Physician Assistant School – What Does it Take to Get In?
To apply to the Duke PA Program you must use the CASPA or Centralized Application Service Physician Assistant. After you have finished that application and submitted it, Duke will send you an e-mail that gives you authorization to access the Duke supplemental application. In addition you must have 1000 hours of direct patient care experience. Duke is very specific about what this means so read their website to be sure you have met that qualification. You will need three recommendations, one of which must come from someone who has seen you provide patient care. For the 2009 year you must complete CASPA and the Duke supplemental applications after May 1 and before Oct 1, 2008. The Supplemental form by 15 Nov 2008. The class that entered Duke in 2007 were chosen from 570 applications and had the following group qualifications. Over all GPA 3.1 – 3.5, Natural Science GPA 3.0 – 3.5, Total Natural Science Credits 42-68, GRE General test scores, Verbal 460-570, Quantitative 550-670, Analytica
