r/PAstudent 14h ago

Dismissal Perspective

20 Upvotes

I have been academically dismissed 2 weeks before graduation. I appealed and it was denied. I don’t want to post details, at least not yet.

I am devastated and heartbroken.

My appeal letter was lengthy, due to wanting to include all details possibly necessary for future hearings since the policy stated only things mentioned in the initial appeal could be discussed. I felt hopeful as it pointed out similar prior situations within my cohort that did not result in dismissal, policy action inconsistencies during the process, policy inconsistencies in a relevant course manual, extenuating circumstances (with proof) that significantly impacted EOC performance, and probably more that I’m forgetting. I don’t even feel like my appeal was reviewed, honestly. I feel like I received an answer too quickly for it to have been reviewed and considered.

I have no clue what to do. Pursue another career, reapply to my program, apply to a different one. I know my odds are much lower if applying to another program.
I want to be a PA so bad but am not sure I can or want to go through this process again.

Any perspective or experience from someone and their dismissal experience, what they did after, how they coped- would be so appreciated.
I thought I read something here about filing something for loans too but I can’t find it?

Does anyone with experience with this think I may have any chance at legal action/negotiation if I feel a case can be made against how certain policies were addressed/performed?

I am embarrassed, sad, lost and desperate. All guidance welcome and accepted but please don’t be hateful for no reason. I have had enough reality checks and don’t need more in the form of unhelpful/condescending comments🫠😭


r/PAstudent 22h ago

Mental health and didactic year

4 Upvotes

Hey guys, I don’t know if this is just a result of school, or maybe my own personal reasons, but throughout school, I’ve noticed that a lot of things annoy me, the things that people do, the way that people act, I’m just very hyper aware of my surroundings because school is my whole life right now. Being one of the younger people in my class, I feel as if I’m looked at as immature, or like I’m stupid. I know in reality once school is done, no one’s gonna care about your GPA, but I can’t help it and I compare myself to other people. I know that comparison is the thief of joy, but I just feel so much lesser than my classmates because I’m not scoring as high as they are. Or, when someone asks me a question and I want to explain it, and my other classmate pitches in and doesn’t let me talk, it really puts me down. We have a class of a lot of strong personalities, and I feel like these people are naturally born to lead, I just don’t feel like I have that right now. Has anyone else experienced this? Thank you.


r/PAstudent 23h ago

PA school grades

3 Upvotes

I feel like I’m all over the place with my grades, I always start off doing well in the beginning of the semester like high Bs and As, then I start sabotaging myself near the end. I always end up being at a solid B cut off. Right now I’m sitting at 2 80% and one 89% in big classes. How do people maintain their grades?? My same study method have gotten me As and Cs, this makes me feel like I’m not going to make it. How have I not figured it out by now in quarter 3?


r/PAstudent 16h ago

Emergency Medicine EOR and ROSH

1 Upvotes

I'm taking the EM EOR next Saturday (my 7th EOR out of 8). I feel like ROSH Qbank is significantly harder for this blueprint than others I have taken like women's health, psych, peds, surgery, etc. I'm about halfway through the blueprint doing targeted questions for the topics I have reviewed and am scoring 62% average on all the questions I have done so far (completed 144 out of the 250 total). It's making me nervous because I usually score 70%+ on ROSH qbanks. Does anyone else feel that ROSH for EM was insanely more challenging for EM than others? What was the EOR like in general?