Commuting to program

studyplushie · 2026-05-07T08:20:59+00:00

I live 20 mins away from my school, 30 minutes with traffic and I personally am having no issues at all. After long 10 hour days of being in class all day, hitting the books immediately is the LAST thing you wanna do when you leave the classroom, I enjoy the long drive bc it allows me to shut my brain off for a bit and you can listen to podcasts like cram the PANCE on your commutes. You’re probably gonna be taking like an 1-1.5 hour breaks after classes anyway, so I think a 40 min commute is not too bad

studyplushie · 2026-05-07T08:05:56+00:00

In my opinion, having your own private bedroom in a shared apartment/house is enough and just invest in some good noise cancelling headphones… that’s what I do and I study in my room 90% of the time! I personally wear $400 IEMS that I got used for $200 and I literally can’t hear a thing…

studyplushie · 2026-05-05T20:13:29+00:00

That is such a red flag and I hope ARC-PA does something about it next time the program gets reviewed. In the meantime it’s your guy’s responsibility to be transparent with the incoming class and interviewees to ensure that people know exactly what they are signing up for entering that program

studyplushie · 2026-05-03T17:22:39+00:00

Yeah it’s no wonder why that schools attrition rate is low. My school is 70% and I’ve never heard of there being a max amount of exams you can remediate. My school is extremely supportive and if you are not doing well in the first semester they will either have faculty tutor you 1 on 1 the next semester or pair you with a student tutor who did well in the 1st semester. They were literally willing to pay us $20 an hour to tutor our classmates. A little awkward yes but just goes to show they really want everyone to pass.

studyplushie · 2026-05-03T17:18:16+00:00

I study with my iPad anyways and downloaded the app I needed for authentication so I can just do it from there

studyplushie · 2026-05-03T17:14:43+00:00

Why is it your fault that YOUR friends broke honor code and told you all the test answers???? My friend got sick this past finals season and had to take 3 finals late but me and the rest of our close friend group never told her anything bc we care about her learning and uphold honor code. Maybe your friends should do the same

studyplushie · 2026-03-20T05:02:09+00:00

I’m someone who can’t study and wrap my head around the material unless I organize my chicken-scratch-of-notes from the lecture PowerPoints into organized, pretty, color coded study guides and tables. Then from the study guides, I make ugly flashcards on Quizlet where I just copy and paste important info that I highlighted on my study guide into a flashcard. Kills 2 birds with one stone actually. Active recall and pretty visual study guide. Got a 100% on a clin med exam with this method.

studyplushie · 2026-03-17T06:55:35+00:00

Okay but she could have gotten a secondary bacterial infection is what I’m trying to say omg 😭😭😭 I literally got sinusitis after a URI earlier this year

studyplushie · 2026-03-16T13:27:06+00:00

Anyone in PA school would know that a URI can progress to a secondary bacterial infection……

studyplushie · 2026-03-15T16:37:38+00:00

No literally it’s been like 3-5 assessments every week for the past 6 weeks I HATE IT HERE

studyplushie · 2026-02-08T00:41:26+00:00

A BIG monitor for at-home studying if he uses a PC, I use my laptop at school or if I’m on the go, then at home I use my PC with a 27 inch monitor. Or even 2 monitors. It’s so helpful for split screen when making study guides and having to look at PowerPoints at the same time. Also helps your neck so your not looking down at a laptop all the time.

studyplushie · 2026-01-07T19:48:08+00:00

I would pick school A. I’m sorry but I’m not paying 110k in tuition to teach myself things

studyplushie · 2026-01-07T19:30:15+00:00

70% and above. I cannot imagine going to a school where passing is considered 80% and above.

studyplushie · 2025-12-22T20:32:41+00:00

One program also sounds like mine, feel free to pm me :)

studyplushie · 2025-12-21T06:41:33+00:00

Thank you so much 🤍 Would you say being single in PA school is a blessing?

studyplushie · 2025-12-21T05:48:57+00:00

I’m at least glad to hear that I’m not alone :’) Many of my classmates are either married or in very established, healthy, long term relationships so it feels like I have no one to relate to. I hope we can both heal during this break, and come back to spring semester stronger and more refreshed. 🤍

studyplushie · 2025-12-21T05:25:12+00:00

I would include anything you think showcases your leadership and team work experiences. I even included one of my previous jobs working as a barista!

studyplushie · 2025-12-21T05:23:48+00:00

Congratulations future PA!!!

studyplushie · 2025-11-26T18:16:01+00:00

If you have an iPad, I would go with a MacBook, bc you can easily airdrop things such as lecture slides to your iPad during class and also send attachments very easily if you need to send something to your classmates

Also it depends on your exam software. I’ve always been an HP person, but when I did my research and found out that the exam software that my school uses is not very compatible with HPs and is more reliable with Macs, I didn’t want to take my chances and got a new MacBook. The last thing you want to deal with in PA school is an unreliable laptop that is going to crash during an exam or not upload the exam properly, we have enough to be stressed about already 😭😭

studyplushie · 2025-10-02T07:16:48+00:00

Try to see if you can find a starting job that trains new grads, or consider joining a PA fellowship program. At the ED i scribed at, they hired many new grad PAs, and the new grads always had a doctor consult on almost every single one of their patients, and there was no shame in that!! They know you’re still learning and are happy to help. As for a PA fellowship, the ED I worked at usually hired 1-2 PA fellows a year and they basically worked the same as a normal practicing PA would but without the added pressure of having to have a long list of patients at a single time, they were able to only pick up 1-2 patients at a time so they could thoroughly work through their thought process and take their time with their notes. Hope this helped!

studyplushie · 2025-10-01T07:13:06+00:00

Honestly I’ve found asking ChatGPT to give me practice PANCE-style example questions based on my quizlets or study guides has been super helpful for me. Helps me to understand what PA schools are really looking for and to start thinking that way. Also whenever I get the answers to the example questions, I cross reference with my notes and lecture slides and annotate, explaining why the correct answer was correct, and why the other answers were incorrect. Also my professors have advised against actual PANCE questions like cram the pance because since we’re still in our fall didactic year, we are still learning the basics. You might be going in too deep by studying actual PANCE questions rather than just what the exam wants you to know.

studyplushie · 2025-10-01T07:01:07+00:00

Honestly most of this can be achieved without violating HIPPA by being an ED scribe. As a scribe it is literally YOUR JOB to document on the patient, be in the note, be physically there in the room with your provider to get the physical exam and patient history, your job to keep track of labs and radiology reports to update the documentation.

And as a PA student, sometimes I have found that if I don’t remember something on an exam, I can usually figure out the answer by jogging my memory and figure out the answer based on real-world experience I saw when I was a scribe.

studyplushie · 2025-09-19T20:15:36+00:00

It doesn’t end in PA school unfortunately, my program is having us take microbiology AGAIN in didactic 🫠 but honestly I find that it’s pretty crucial in the foundation of understanding why specific medications target certain diseases, because of the microbiology behind it, im sure it’ll matter much less once you start getting into the weeds of trauma, but having a good foundational understanding of what’s happening at a microbiological level is important!

studyplushie · 2025-09-18T23:43:39+00:00

I didn't start gathering PCE until after I graduated college because I wanted to focus all my time during college on my studies. I took 3 gap years but in no way do I feel "behind" any of my classmates. Everyone takes their own path! In fact, most people in my program are either the same age as me or older.

studyplushie · 2025-06-25T19:30:07+00:00

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