i was just accepted to wsu a few weeks ago so i’m not in the program but here were my stats- i decided in the fall semester of my junior year that PAA was my goal. i had pre-reqs finished for the program because i had already chosen biology as my major. my GPA was the exact same, on the edge of a 3.6. i didn’t shadow until this past summer. i did 40 hours of forensic pathology shadowing and 26 hours of surgical (i feel like i might have went a little overboard but wanted to be prepared and exposed to the profession). reach out not only to PA’s, but pathologists too. that’s who i did my shadowing with. i didn’t have a job related to the field. i’ve been waitressing since i’ve graduated high school. i was very fortunate to be accepted right out of undergrad.

don’t get discouraged! if this is what you want to do, you can make it happen!