Who am I...

         The picture on my blog is me with the Associate Dean of the School of Applied Sciences. He was there to congratulate me on my recognition. It was a very distinguished award signifying excellence, volunteerism, and performance. An experience far from forgettable.

         I am an EMT-B with 3.5 yrs experience, and I have accumulated over 4200 hrs ( and still accumulating ) of hands on experience. I worked 48/72 hrs/wk ( 24 hr shifts ) throughout my undergrad degree.  I am an A.H.A BLS Instructor, and have accumulated over 50 hrs of class instruction. I am a Healthcare Management Undergraduate ( University )  who has earned a 3.2 GPA, and an Associate of Science ( Community College ). I have earned 157 credit hours in 4.0 yrs of schooling, and am 22 yrs old. I was nominated by the Director of Allied Health to recieve the            " 25 Most Distinguished Seniors Award".  I have played significant roles throughout my community to include: American Cancer Society Leadership Board Member, Colleges Against Cancer Education Officer, and Pre-Profession Association( PPA ) member. ( Physician Assistant was my focus in PPA. )  I have both basic and advanced Phlebotomy skills, and have received a recognition during a 5 month internship at the local VA Hospital that has never been given to any Healthcare Management intern since the beginning of the universities history. I presented via PowerPoint to over 200+ medical staff ranging from PA's, DO's, Nurse Case Manager's, PT's, Nurses, Chief of Surgery, Chief of Staff, Chief of Nursing, Volunteer Dept., and several others on the importance of Patient Centered Care. Approx. 10-12 presentations total. I assisted in the transformation of a Patient Centered Care facility. I know that as a future PA I will be able to apply exceptional Patient Centered Care.

         I have shadowed a spectrum of PA's to include: Emergency Medicine, Behavioral Medicine, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, and Hematology/Oncology.  Aggregate shadowing hrs (60+).  For the application of my #1 pick I even included an 8 page journal of some of the notes that I made throughout my shadowing experience. They were typed/nice n neat/ a boarder placed around each page and orderly, spell checked and everything. The advisor told me that she has "never had anyone do that before", and she thought that was excellent.

         Letter's of recommendation. I had two from PA's and one from my preceptor ( RN, Health System's Specialist )  through my internship. They were golden! :)


         So, let's look at my letter grades now. I took several courses at the community college, and I asked my advisor if this would be ok. She said it would be fine as long as I made A's. This is what I made in several key courses, and these are what I'm trying to analyze most:

Community College Courses:
Organic I: B
Organic II: B
A&P I: A
A&P II: A
Chem 200 B: A
Micro: B


University Courses:
Statistics Probability 288: C
Healthcare Statistics 365: A

** I've take more at the University like Aging/Rehabilitation 410, Nutrition 365, Medical Terminology, and such. I've made A's or B's in them***

**I must note on my Organic I that I was doing a 300 hr Internship while taking 2 other courses coupled with working 24hr/avg/wk.   Organic II I was taking 5 classes to include Micro. I will say that the individuals who did make an A in Orgo classes took only this class for the semester or just 2 classes all together.** ** Did I over load my system those 2 semesters? **

         What's aggrevating is I just spoke with my PA advisor today, and now she is saying that I need to consider taking the Universities Anatomy/ Physiology and make A's in them. She told me I could take the community colleges courses as long as I make A's. I did.   I need help understanding what I must do to get accepted ?!?! hahahah :) Do as I'm told?  I don't know what to think about my situation.

         I've already missed registration for this spring semester, becuase I'm waiting to hear something from a program. So, I'm behind a semester already if I have to take/re-take courses to improve my chances. hahaha Seriously, I just feel like an underdog! I thought I had a loud bark, but apparently it didn't get any schools attention! hahah