The Pre-PA Club

The Pre-PA Club is an admissions-and-career companion for aspiring physician assistants. It sits close to the actual questions applicants ask when the process starts to feel opaque. What counts toward CASPA GPA? How should clinical experience be tracked? What happens when a low GPA does not match the applicant someone has become? How does a student keep studying when the volume of material never really slows down? Savannah Perry anchors the show from the perspective of a dermatology PA and the PA platform creator, while recent episodes bring in PAs, students, new grads, and coaches with different paths into the profession. The show is practical first. It covers tools like Mappd for GPA and activity tracking, medical assistant training options, personal statement support, loan resources, and interview preparation. It also spends real time on the human side of PA school. Guests talk about anxiety, imposter syndrome, student counseling, antidepressants, pregnancy during rotations, marathon training, family timing, and the moment clinical confidence finally starts to appear. That honesty keeps the advice from becoming hollow. A career-change story can start behind a bar at Chili's and lead through respiratory therapy into PA school. A dermatology episode can focus less on glamour and more on getting a foot in the door with no prior specialty experience. A new grad conversation can move from TikTok visibility to the daily reality of starting in ENT. The show also makes room for specialty fit, with conversations touching GYN, interventional radiology, GI, emergency medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, ortho, and dermatology. Its view of the PA profession is optimistic but not glossy. Listeners hear that there are great jobs, but also that adaptability matters and that the role requires doing the work for the right reasons. The result is a grounded, application-aware show for people who need both a checklist and a reality check.