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Please use the following information as a general guide pending specific updates for the admissions cycle for the class beginning in 2011:

• A complete Anne Arundel Community College Admission Application has been received by AACC’s Admissions office. On the application, under "Enrollment Information" please select the following: the current term (example: if you are completing this application in the Spring 2010, choose Spring 2010) and goal #3, Certificate for Physician Assistant (code: AA.GEN.PA).
• A complete CASPA Application received by AACC’s Health Professions Admissions Office. To include all three letters of recommendation and all official transcripts received and verified on the CASPA application.
• A complete AACC Physician Assistant Program Supplemental Application and fee received. Applications for the class beginning in 2011 will be available in April 2010.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher from a nationally recognized institution.
• All five (5) prerequisite courses completed with a grade of “C” or higher and a cumulative prerequisite GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Cumulative, total GPA of a 3.0 or higher as calculated on the CASPA application. 
• Patient Contact Experience form(s) submitted. If an applicant does not have patient contact experience, please submit form marked with “No Patient Contact Experience.”
• All official transcripts (stamped, sealed and unopened) from all higher-level institutions attended sent with the AACC Physician Assistant Program Supplemental Application. In the event that specific transcripts must be sent directly to AACC, list information on the supplemental application and use the college's transcript request form.
• Foreign Medical Graduates and International Students: ECE, AACRAO or WES official evaluation(s) for all higher level institutions attended sent (stamped, sealed and unopened) with the AACC Physician Assistant Program Supplemental Application and English requirement met. 
• Complete the Physician Assistant Program Application Checklist and send with the Physician Assistant Program Supplemental Application.

FOR A COMPLETE PA APPLICATION PACKET, TO INCLUDE ALL PA ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL US healthprofessions@aacc.edu TO REQUEST ONE TO BE MAILED. 

Anne Arundel Community College's Physician Assistant program does not grant credit for prior academic or work experience. Therefore, we do not offer advanced placement in either the didactic or clinical portions of the program.

The Anne Arundel Community College Physician Assistant program reserves the right to revise the admission requirements, selection criteria, administrative procedures and the physician assistant curriculum as deemed necessary without prior notification.

Notice of Nondiscrimination
AACC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action, Title IX, ADA Title 504 compliant institution. Call Disability Support Services, 410-777-2306 or Maryland Relay 711, 72 hours in advance to request most accommodations. Requests for sign language interpreters, alternative format books or assistive technology require 30-day notice. For information on AACC’s compliance and complaints concerning discrimination or harassment, contact Karen L. Cook, Esq., federal compliance officer, at 410-777-7370 or Maryland Relay 711.