The application checklist
Every moving part of a PA application, in the order it actually needs doing, with the deadlines that sneak up on people.
Free resources
Useful things, gathered in one place
A growing shelf of guides, checklists and links worth trusting. Take what helps, ignore what does not.
In the works
Guides being written right now
These are being built from the questions that come up most often in sessions. Ask to be told when each one lands.
Personal statement starters
Prompts that help you find the story only you can tell, plus the openings that admissions committees have read a thousand times.
Interview question bank
The questions that come up again and again, including the awkward ones, and how to answer them without sounding rehearsed.
Worth bookmarking
Official sources to trust
When advice online contradicts itself, these are the places to check first.
- PAEA — Physician Assistant Education Association paeaonline.org
- CASPA — the centralised application service caspa.liaisoncas.com
- ARC-PA — accredited PA programs arc-pa.org
- NCCPA — certification and PANCE nccpa.net
- AAPA — American Academy of Physician Associates aapa.org
These links point to independent organisations and open in a new tab. PAve the Way Mentoring is not affiliated with them.
Notes from the practice
A blog is coming
Short, practical posts on the questions that come up most: what makes a personal statement land, how to talk about a low semester, what the first month of a first job really feels like.
One-to-one still beats a blog post
Have a question that cannot wait?
A single 45-minute session is often enough to unstick the thing that has been sitting on your chest for weeks.
Book a sessionStill stuck?
Bring the question to a session
No resource replaces someone reading your actual application and telling you the truth about it.