I agree with Heidi as well! The degree isn’t as important as the overall application! Sometimes a degree in something completely different than the “sciences” actually can make your application stand out. I […]

Sounds like you are on the right path to landing a seat but it’s hard to project anything without a GRE score. Focus on that for now! Also, I am not sure CASPA lets you say the amount of hours “you will have” […]

Health care experience just lets the schools know you have been around the health care setting, that you know you can handle it, that you can see yourself doing it for long term, and that you have some experience dealing with ppl in a medical setting. Sure there are some types of HC experiences that [...]

I feel that all the top candidates look very similar on paper, (e.g. good GPA, top GRE scores, health care experience, community service, school involvement or long term health care related job (you know all the stuff they require for admissions). I would think it’s the admissions essay and the interview process that sets them [...]

Hi Sean, I think you know your options, you just need to make a decision and head in that direction. Now, I could do the smart thing, go back to school and get a ton of courses done and try to raise my overall 2.7 to a 3.4 but how long would that take and [...]

Check out the websites of the schools that you are specifically interested in applying to. They often have statistics that will say “we had over 800 applications for the 50 seats available. The entering class had a 3.56 GPA, a 3.45 science GPA, over 2000 health care hours, a 1000 on the GRE….” You get [...]

I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad idea. “The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa shall be to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students. To achieve this purpose, Phi Theta Kappa shall provide opportunity for the development of leadership and service, for an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas and ideals, for lively…[Read more]