Physician assistant education program application
Requesting an Application for entry into the Physician Assistant Program for Fall of 2011
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Physician Assistant Program, along with the majority of other physician assistant programs, participates in a centralized application service called the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA). The service collates materials, computes grade point averages and transmits standardized information to the applicant and the physician assistant programs the applicant designates. CASPA takes no part in the evaluation, selection or rejection of applicants. Applications, recommendation forms and Transcripts Request Forms may be obtained from the CASPA web site at http://www.caspaonline.org/ starting around May 1st of each calendar year.
In addition to the CASPA application, official transcripts from each college or university attended, and three letters of recommendation are required and must be sent to the CASPA office. Results of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test (verbal, quantitative and analytical) must be sent to the UNMC PA Education Program under Code 4917.
You should be familiar with the CASPA Code of Cooperation.
You are strongly encouraged to apply early. The sooner your application, transcripts, and references are submitted to CASPA, the sooner the verification process can start which can take 4 to 6 weeks.
The CASPA application must be received at CASPA by October 1, 2010. GRE scores must be received at the UNMC PA Program by November 1. Additionally, all required course work for admission must be completed by June 1, 2011.
Contact information for CASPA is as follows:
Address: PO Box 9108,Watertown, MA 02471
Phone: (617) 612-2080
TTY line: (617) 612-2085
E-mail: CaspaInfo@caspaonline.org
Web site: http://www.caspaonline.org/
Supplemental Application
Afer review of the CASPA application, the UNMC Physician Assistant Program requires a Supplemental Application requesting additional information from qualifying applicants. The Supplemental Application will require a $45 fee. Instructions for completing the Supplemental Application will be sent via email to qualifying applicants once the complete CASPA application has been received at UNMC and reviewed by the Admissions Committee.
Deadlines and Application Fees
The primary CASPA application must be submitted no later than October 1. For cost information, please go to the CASPA web site at http://www.caspaonline.org/. Those asked to submit a Supplemental Application must do so within two weeks of receipt. The Supplemental Application will require a non-refundable fee of $45.
Once an applicant is accepted for admission a non-refundable $100 acceptance fee is required to reserve a place in the next entering class.
Questions?
Please contact: Diane Landon, dklandon@unmc.edu or 402-559-2232
