so what are my chances..

<p>i am going to be a high school senior and have begun the college search!
i want to be a physicians assitant which REALLY narrows down the amount of schools i will apply to
i am looking at drexel, qunnipiac, seton hall, and wagner
i have about a 3.9 average (this as an approximation i could be a little lower)
i am around the top 10% of my class of about 600 students
i have test anxiety so my sat's are not great but i got 570 math 570 english and 430 writing (english is NOT my strong point)
my acts where a 23 with very high reading and science
iv only taken the sat II's in us history and i got a 700
iv taken ap us and all honors courses (with the exception of english)
iv taken a full course load and iv never even had a lunch peiod or a study hall.
im in ny so iv taken and passed all the requied regents for an advanced regetns diploma</p>

<p>id really like to know my chances at drexel and qunnipiac
thanks!</p>

<p>Why not at least be a nurse? It sounds like you've worked hard. Do you really want to live on the salary of a doctor's assistant? If you really do, then don't waste your money on college.</p>

<p>do u know what a pa even is? they are not a dr's assitant! they can write scripts in 48 states (and i am not gunna live in ohio or indiana so tis not an issue) and preform physical exams, they work in hospitals, and private practices and are a growing need in the medical community as many dr's can not be in 2 places at once(who really can) so pa's are needed to preform in there place. a pa's starting salery is 50,000 and usualy goes up to high or mid 60,000's and u NEED college to be a pa and i plan on going for the masters(all those schools have great masters programs)</p>

<p>o i forgot to add my ec's dance since i was 3 years old, key club 10th-12th, national honor society, private voice and piano all during high school, band, chours, choral, choir (i love to sing can u tell?) hudson valley youth chorale 9th-10th (got to sing with with the vienna boys choir i grew out of the hvyc unfortunetly :( i play the bass clar, and the regular clar, iv dabbled in drums as well. dance is 3x a week and i sing in my church choir, i vulnteer at the local hospital during the summer 3x a week</p>

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<p>You're right, I have never heard of a pa. However, I do know that nurses can make far more than $60,000.</p>

<p>yea but they dont get to do the fun stuff! nursing just never called to me for sum reason i know they are of course a very intergral part of the medical world and i vulttenteer on a hospital floor thats basically run by nurses and they are awsome but i feel the need to carrey around a stethoscope lol</p>