I mentioned a few weeks that I had been accepted at a PA school. I won’t lie when I say that sometimes I lay in bed and think, “did I imagine that? Perhaps I read the email wrong!” I even went back and reread the email at least once, if not twice.

But since then three events have reinforced that I’m in. Last week the first down payment had to be submitted by midnight Tuesday night. I got out the credit card, went to the webpage and submitted my information. First deposit accepted. I figured they wouldn’t take my money unless they had accepted.

Later in the week there was a scheduled Zoom meeting for accepted students. At that point it was really sinking in. I mean they wouldn’t invite me to such a meeting unless I really was accepted, right?

The Zoom meeting was interesting, and being a good student, I did take notes. I don’t think there’s a quiz later, but I figured it’s better to be safe than sorry.

And just this morning I whipped out the credit card again and made the second down payment, also accepted.

I mentioned in my earlier post a concern about the school’s accreditation status. But two things have allayed my fears. The first is a practical manner. The way the review process works, if the worst case scenario happens, it would be only a month into the program and I’d work to get my money back and still have plenty of time to resubmit to other programs if I really wanted to try for a third round. Though I’d probably want to retake some undergrad courses to help my GPA.

The second is a more nebulous reason. I managed to find some forums for students in my cohort and some had contacted current students and their thoughts on the current probationary status was that the school in fact was making good progress in fixing the cited deficiencies and they all had great things to say about the program.

So, that makes me feel far more comfortable and prepared to stay the course and attend this school. For now, so that I don’t influence any potential recruiters at other schools (yeah, right, like they’ll read this!) I’m keeping the name out of my posts.

But, I’m getting more and more used to saying, “Yes, I’ve been accepted and will be a PA student next year.”

So yes, I’m no longer Schrödinger’s PA. I’m accepted and will be a PA student next year.

Coming up… more self doubts…