Okay, here is what you really came for-MY STATS! The following are my final stats after six years of retaking classes, taking additional coursework, and earning an entire master's degree. I took over 60 additional units and my GPA barely budged. I know. It is a lot to sit with.

I get asked all the time what I did differently on cycle six and that is exactly why lowgPA-C exists. Not to sugarcoat it, but to tell you precisely what changed, what worked, and how you can do the same.

6th and Final Cycle CASPA Stats:

Undergrad: University of California, Riverside: Bachelors in Psychology

Graduate: Western University of Health Sciences: Master of Science in Community Health Education

Undergrad GPA: 2.47

Undergrad Science GPA: 2.25

Post-Bacc GPA: 3.56

Post-Bacc Science GPA:3.41

Graduate GPA: 3.01

Overall CASPA GPA: 2.74

Overall CASPA Science GPA: 2.83

Healthcare Hours: ~13,000 healthcare and patient-care hours

Volunteer Hours: 266 hours

Shadowing Hours: 128 hours

MY JOURNEY:

After graduating in 2014, I worked full time as an ER scribe for about five years, which is how I accumulated thousands of clinical hours. During that time I also enrolled in community college classes hoping to bring my GPA up. After my fourth rejection cycle, I decided to pursue a Master of Science in Community Health Education — convinced it would finally move the needle on my GPA. Spoiler: it did not move it as much as I hoped. But I kept going.

In 2019, I left scribing and became an ophthalmic technician to get more hands-on patient care experience in a completely different setting. It added hours, but more importantly, it added depth to my clinical story.

Here is what I learned through all of it: pre-PA students are often so focused on their GPA that they forget how many other ways there are to stand out. Even with a 2.7 overall and a 2.8 science GPA, I showed programs that I was more than a number. My experiences, my personal statement, and the way I told my story is what got me in. Not a perfect transcript.

Your application is a full picture. Make sure you are painting one worth looking at.