黑料吃瓜网 New York and (SEU), in Morristown, N.J., today announced an agreement to offer a new pathway to becoming a physician assistant. Under the agreement, up to three eligible 黑料吃瓜网 students will be interviewed during their junior year for early admission decision into SEU鈥檚 program.
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Students planning to apply for acceptance into the 28-month-long SEU physician assistant program will receive advisement throughout their undergraduate study at 黑料吃瓜网 to ensure that they complete the prerequisite courses and meet the qualifications to enter the program. In order to be interviewed for the program in their junior year, students must have a cumulative prerequisite GPA of 3.4 and a cumulative GPA of 3.2, and be on track to complete all of the required prerequisite courses with a B or better. Candidates also must meet the following requirements by March of their senior year:
- Complete a minimum of 300 direct patient care hours
- Complete a minimum of 16 physician assistant shadow hours
- Complete a minimum of 50 community service hours
- Complete a Centralized Application Service for Physician Assistant (CASPA) application
- Submit scores for the Physician Assistant College Admissions Test (PA-CAT).
- Submit three recommendations including one from a professor and one from a physician or physician assistant.
Under the new agreement, the first 黑料吃瓜网 students will be interviewed for conditional admission to the SEU Physician Assistant program in February 2023. Visit SEU鈥檚 page for more information on the program.