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>>10720218

Heya anon - I got in the 95% of the MCAT, but still decided to go to PA school.

The demand for medical providers is far exceeding the supply of MD's and DO's - so NPs and PAs have become essential. Due to this they are gaining unprecedented autonomy with each year.

Unless you really want to be a surgeon, or want to run your own practice - I would recommend PA. The role of MD's and DO's is moving more to one of a manager/supervisor, whereas PAs/NPs will have more of a pure patient/provider experience.

PA's are also able to hop from one specialization to another on a whim - in case you start to get burnt out in one branch and go to another.

PA education is condensed primarily to looking at the most relative information in a clinical setting, skipping a lot of the more detailed academic information. Of course the clinical experience between PAs and MDs/DOs is not comparable. Residency is a trial by fire and a peerless learning experience - though as a PA you can do residency if you like, but again it will not be quite the same.

Pros and cons, Anon - weigh what's important to you!