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Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (with distant campus in Suwanee, GA)
Number of students: 55
Application Cycle: April - December 1st through CASPA (with an application fee to PCOM) with rolling admissions
Interview dates: September - February
Start date: June
Length of Program: 26 months
Public/Private: Private
HCE: Minimum 200 hrs direct patient contact
GPA: Overall and science GPA of 3.0, with minimum C in all prerequisites
Shadowing: No specific requirement
The Good Stuff:
- GRE is NOT required
- Organic chemistry not specifically required
- A blog post about a student's first week at PCOM. (The author put Pennsylvania instead of Philadelphia, so just ignore that.)
Program Link: PCOM - Philadelphia
For the most up to date information on PA programs in one place, check out The Applicant’s Manual of Physician Assistant Programs. (Affiliate link)
Pre-PA
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Program Spotlight: Samford University