Advice & Insight From PA Application Specialists
The course has a 3.27% acceptance rate, making admission to the program very, very competitive – more so than most medical programs! Each entering class will be selected from 1200 applicants, of whom 150 are invited for an interview, and 40 are offered a seat in the class. Baylor College reviewed the demographic and academic information of its applicants who were successful in entering the PA program and found that the typical student was female, was 24 years old, and had a bachelor’s degree. The mean grade point average (GPA) was 3.7 (from a range 3.2 to 4.0). You must have a GPA of at least 3.2 overall, and 3.2 in science, on a scale where A equals 4.0, to be considered in the admissions process at Baylor.
Baylor provides the following information on its interview: you should expect an orientation component first, which will likely begin just after lunch time on your first day of the interview process. This will introduce you to Baylor itself, the physician assistant course, and the different learning opportunities that you will be able to experience. You will then have one interview with at least one member of the faculty. Your interview will last 30 minutes. The interview will be on the day after the orientation session. Interviews will last all day and you may be scheduled at any point during the day.
If you are selected to interview at Baylor for its Master of Science Physician Assistant Program, you will likely have this interview in Mid-November – the 2020 interviews, for example, took place from the 11th to the 13th of November.
Given that this is a half hour interview with a faculty member, you should expect a range of general questions, questions focusing on the PA degree and career, and questions probing your interpersonal and soft skills. The latter part is especially reinforced by the following from Baylor: ‘there are occasions when persons invited for interviews experience difficulty in communicating information in response to questions raised by interviewers. Because communication and interpersonal skills are competencies expected of all physician assistants, they are a very important part of the interview process.’ Therefore ensure that you are confident in communicating information surely and effectively.
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