How harder is getting into medical school compared to being accepted to a physician assistant program?

Trying to become a physician assistant and EMT.. 10 pt. for best answer!! Advice please!!?

• I want to become a physician assistant. This summer I plan on getting my EMT certification so I can volunteer on the ambulance and get some experience while Im in school. I currently go to Indiana University, but they do not have a physician assistant program yet, so I think I might be transfering at some point. My question is kind of a broad one. What kind of education would you recommend I get. Does it matter if I get an associates of physician assistant, a bachelors, masters?? I just want advice from someone in the medical field, or someone who has been through something like this. I know I can do the schooling, it will just take a lot of studying, and I'm okay with that. Any advice would be great. 10 pts. to whoever can give me some good advice and/or knowledge!! Thanks guys!

• Answer:

  Most PAs have a Master's level education - they go to PA school for two years after they graduate with a Bachelor's degree. The prerequisites courses for PA school are pretty similar to those for Med School. They also require the GRE and several hundred clinical experience hours (your EMT hours will count at most schools). I'd recommend talking to the pre-Med adviser at your school to see if you can complete all the prerequisites without transferring to a different school. You don't have to get your Bachelor's from the same University that you attend for PA school.