What is Marquette Known for?

dbwes
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:35:22 +0000

I think PA programs are pretty competitive anywhere.

I just double checked the website on this. I had assumed it was like physical therapy (the program my daughter is interested in). For PT, they have direct freshman admission – that is, as long as you maintain a certain GPA, you do not have to reapply to the professional phase of the program. This is a very competitive program, also.

For Physician’s Assistant, you DO apply to Health Sciences as a pre-PA. If you do well in your prerequisites, you are “preferentially considered” for admission to the professional phase of the program. This still differs from other PA programs I have read about that expect people to have health care experience as EMTs, RNs, etc. The Marquette program takes five years for both a bachelor’s and the PA master’s.

I’m not sure what you mean when you say they have a “really small” college of arts and sciences. There are over 8,000 undergrads at Marquette and many of them are in LA&S. Do you mean there are fewer majors available?

You do not “have to be accepted” into health sciences from LA&S. You apply directly to Health Sciences. A very small number of people transfer from LA&S into spots in the health sciences as sophomores or juniors. It’s harder because most of the spots go to entering freshmen.

Toledo, I do agree with you that it is frustrating to get conflicting answers to your questions. When we attended the Health Sciences open house in September, they were very upfront about the competitive nature of the programs.