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		reducesuffering on April 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Doctor fired from ER warns about effect of for-pro... NP/PA programs have entry requirements of 80-90% A’s (3.7 avg), GRE, 1000+ patient care hours and like 4% acceptance rates…

affyboi on April 3, 2022 [–]

I don’t know that you can use the acceptance rate as a direct comparison to med school, you have different populations applying to each.

I remember there was a PA that did end up going to med school and took the PA boards (forget what they call it) just for kicks and ended up scoring in the 99th percentile.

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