Advice & Insight From PA Application Specialists
The Physician Assistant course at Duke is incredibly competitive, with 1780 applicants for only 77 acceptances. There are 90 places offered. The overall average GPA is 3.63 and the average science GPA is 3.57. Average patient contact hours are 3063. Prerequisite courses include one course from psychology, at least two semester-long courses of human anatomy and physiology, two courses with labs for biology, one course for microbiology, and one course for each of genetics, chemistry and medical terminology.
Approximately 250 of the best applicants will be invited for personal interviews. You should expect to have two interviews, both one-on-one, with either faculty members, PA alumni, or other health professionals from Duke. There will also be a group exercise with other applicants.
All CASPA applications (the portal through which you must apply to Duke’s PA program) must be completed by September 1st at the latest. However, you ought to apply well in advance of this deadline. After your application has been received, you will be given instructions on how to complete the supplemental application – this must be submitted directly to Duke by October 1st. Candidates who have an interview are notified in writing of the decision made by the admission committee from ten days’ time after their interview until the first of March.
Expect to field both general questions, a scenario during your group interview, and specific questions on the nature of being a PA and healthcare in the US.
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