The best direct entry PA program is at quinnipiac. You probably will be offered the maximum amt for scholarship, if you get in. The curriculum is fixed so you don’t have other options. The first semester’s course loads are gen chem, gen bio, calc 1, english and freshman seminar. You can place out calc and english if you have AP scores. APs do not apply to chem and bio.
The admission to the program is almost pure academic. So if you have the stats, you have a better chance to get in. The acceptance rate is 7-8% and the yield is about 50%. Last year, I believe that there were 800+ applications.
Not sure if you can play basketball there. Good at playing basketball may not add any points to your advantage, just opposite to the admission to the so-called elite universities.
You pay them at discount rate, and upon graduation, you get a 100% passing rate for the license and a 100% job placement with $97,000 to start with.