Post-Acceptance Requirements

Incoming students must complete post-acceptance requirements by November 1st, unless noted otherwise in the seat offer letter. There are three (3) parts to the post-acceptance process:

1. Sign post-acceptance forms.
2. Sign up for and complete a post-acceptance account.
3. Document the completion of outstanding academic requirements, if applicable.

 

Step One: Post-Acceptance Forms

Forms will be sent electronically after a student makes a seat deposit. Students will receive the following forms:

• The Technical Standards Attestation Form¹
• The Consent to Share Information Form
• The Authorization for Release of Information Form²
• The Human Subject Consent Form

 

¹All students must meet the minimum technical standards with or without reasonable accommodation necessary to achieve the knowledge, skills, and competencies required for an entry-level physician assistant. All candidates who are offered a seat in the program will be required to sign a statement attesting to their ability to meet these technical standards.

 

²Each clinical site where students are assigned for their supervised clinical practice experiences requires a copy of the student’s immunization history and tuberculosis screening results. In order to facilitate the provision of this information to the clinical sites, the PA program requires admitted applicants to sign a health information release form, which authorizes the program to maintain a copy of this information in a student record and release copies of this information to the clinical sites where students are assigned for training.

Step Two: Student Compliance Account

On October 1^st, all deposited students will receive an email with instructions to create and pay for an account to upload their post-acceptance documents. Students are responsible for the *cost of this account.

Students will upload proof of health insurance, tuberculosis (TB) screening results, immunization records per CDC healthcare personnel recommendations (see table 2), titer reports, and a government-issued ID. Additional details will be provided in the account. Students are responsible for associated *costs.

Through the account, students will order and pay for a background check. If a student has been a New York resident within the past seven years, they will be required to pay an additional fee. Applicants may be requested to complete a drug screen for an additional cost. Students are responsible for *costs.

*Estimated costs can be found on the Program Cost webpage.

Step Three: Outstanding Academic Requirements (if applicable)

Students will be notified in the seat offer letter if any academic requirements need to be completed before matriculation. Examples include, but are not limited to, a receipt of an official transcript confirming the completion of:

• In-progress coursework, including prerequisites, from a regionally accredited college or university with the required minimum letter grade, while maintaining a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.
• A bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university.