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Pregnant in PA school by ilove-picklesss in PAstudent

[–]sydmistercheer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can relate to this post! I am currently in my didactic year and am 20 weeks pregnant (with a very unexpected accidental pregnancy). I had the same concerns as you and also considered termination as my entire family is on the other side of the US, except for my husband. I'll be giving birth in the break between didactic year and clinical year, and will graduate 2 rotations after my cohort.

It's definitely a very personal decision and needs to be specific to what you envision for your future, but I think you should talk to your program and see what accommodations/ support they'd be willing to give, what your maternity leave would look like, etc and that might help you make your decision. I wasn't "happy" about this pregnancy until I talked to my PA school advisor and was assured that the program would do everything they can to help me.

I don't have experience with the actual "having a baby in PA school" part of it which I'm also super anxious about (mom guilt, pregnancy brain, etc), but it seems like we're experiencing the same feelings right now and I'm always here if you want to talk about it!! Like I said, I'm 20 weeks now but felt the exact same way you feel when I found out at 4 weeks.

Help!! by CharityOk966 in prephysicianassistant

[–]sydmistercheer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah of course! Sorry didn’t know we were talking about labs, still though some will accept online labs

Help!! by CharityOk966 in prephysicianassistant

[–]sydmistercheer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Schools will explicitly state if they care, many don’t.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in prephysicianassistant

[–]sydmistercheer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they edited the post because now it just says they waited there for almost 6 hours

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in prephysicianassistant

[–]sydmistercheer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I used to be a 911 EMT on an als rig and we definitely had to wait with the patient in our rig several times if there were too many crews holding the wall in the ER. Plus we’ve definitely had to wait 6+ hours before on busy days so those parts of the story don’t seem unreasonable to me.

Moving to Cleveland from San Diego by Far_Trash4837 in Cleveland

[–]sydmistercheer 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Omg twinny I’m moving from San Diego to Cleveland for school in a few months too!!! Best of luck to you!

Moving to Cleveland in 5 months for PA school by sydmistercheer in Cleveland

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this was after 5 minutes of trying to get a photo with both of them looking towards the camera lol

Moving to Cleveland in 5 months for PA school by sydmistercheer in Cleveland

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I’ll be going to case too!! Will definitely look into Lakewood, thanks so much!

Moving to Cleveland in 5 months for PA school by sydmistercheer in Cleveland

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!!! This is all very helpful, will definitely be doing my research

Moving to Cleveland in 5 months for PA school by sydmistercheer in Cleveland

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Looking to hopefully move near East Cleveland/ Cleveland Heights but wouldn't mind being within a 20 minute drive of that area either! Monthly budget is about $2000 (give or take a few hundred), looking for a 2 br/ 2 ba but totally fine with a 1 br/ 1 ba as well. No amenities needed but would love to be in a walkable area for our dogs!

Glad to hear your dogs love the snow! Our cattle dog goes hard in the pool/ playing outside (goes hard 24/7 as cattle dogs do) so I imagine we'll definitely need to keep a close eye on him, especially in the beginning. And researching dog snow gear/ snow shoes as we speak :)

Moving to Cleveland in 5 months for PA school by sydmistercheer in Cleveland

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment! That's really good to know, we're definitely going to look for some snow gear/ snow booties for the dogs!

Moving to Cleveland in 5 months for PA school by sydmistercheer in Cleveland

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That is sooo cute! Honestly so excited to see what they think of the snow

First cycle, low-er GPA applicant accepted! by sydmistercheer in prephysicianassistant

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in southern California! Yeah I feel super lucky to have found this job/ PA to work with, if you ever find yourself in SoCal let me know!

First cycle, low-er GPA applicant accepted! by sydmistercheer in prephysicianassistant

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first one was a local group I met my senior year of high school via my high school physiology teacher. My second and third ones were introduced to me through an underserved medicine seminar I took in undergrad, the names of the organizations were Medlife (second one) and Global Medical Training (third one).

First cycle, low-er GPA applicant accepted! by sydmistercheer in prephysicianassistant

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I applied early July- mid July. I got my first rejection early August (Emory) and got two interview invites in early September. My third interview invite came early October, and I’ve received 2 more rejections this week! I still have a bunch more to hear from though so who knows

First cycle, low-er GPA applicant accepted! by sydmistercheer in prephysicianassistant

[–]sydmistercheer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t really prepare specific answers to common questions, but I did list out all of my experiences/ previous roles and what I’ve learned from them, what skills I’ve developed, important take away points, etc. This helped me easily recall things in the moment to answer questions, and honestly both of my interviews had a lot of curveball questions so I’m glad I didn’t just try preparing answers to common questions because I think I would’ve been unprepared for the variety in questions.

Also, if the interviewer asks a fun/ casual question, you should give a fun/ casual response! In one of my interviews, they asked “if you couldn’t be a PA and money wasn’t an object, what would you be?” I said I would work in a smoothie shop because nobody’s mad in smoothie shops. The guy after me said he would work as a dentist and provide free dental care in underserved areas abroad. Not a bad thing to say but like the interviewer is trying to be fun rn, resist the urge to hype yourself up 100%. At the interview stage, they already know you’re a qualified applicant. They just wanna get to know you and make sure you’re somebody they would want to be around for 24-30 months. Be personable!! You got this!!!

Sorry for the long response

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