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Hello everyone, aspiring to become a PA here. I am currently in my 3rd year of getting my bachelor's in the hopes of becoming a PA. I want to share my thought process about a situation and wanted to see from others if it is a good plan I need to change certain things. I want to complete the EMT training in order to work as an ER tech and gain some direct patient care hours to increase my chances of PA school acceptance. My plan is to complete the course and pass the NREMT examination to become EMT certified and wait until I apply to PA schools. If I get accepted into a PA school, then great, If not, then I would work as full-time ER tech to gain experience and patient care hours and after a year or so apply again for PA school. The reason why I am shying away from working as ER tech before applying to PA school is that I am a full-time student and would not think I can handle both at the same time. Any advice? Sidenote: I have a 3.9 GPA.

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This is really something to discuss with your current academic advisor and with the admissions staff at PA programs that you might apply to.  It was my understanding that all PA applicants needed to have a minimum fo 2000 hours of clinical experience in order to be considered.  That's basically one full year working full-time AFTER graduation.

Your GPA is important, so you don't want to do anything mess with that.  The few people I know who have gone the PA route graduated from college and then spent a year working in a clinical setting before applying to PA school.

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Talk with a school advisor about this. You are a full time student with a 3.9 gpa. Keep doing what you are doing and you will keep your gpa. Change things around and you risk lowering your gpa. If in doubt, the answer is No.

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