Assistance with degree choice, please?

[burbuja0512]

I would suggest that you fully research whether PA schools - any PA school, not just Yale PA would consider you without a traditional degree.   The field is EXTREMELY competitive and I've known people that I consider the "best of the best" with majors such as microbiology and chemistry that have not been accepted.  (That was years ago... so maybe things have changed)

I also worked for almost 4 years at one of the largest medical associations in the U.S. and can tell you that any clinician that holds a degree considered "above" nursing is EXTREMELY picky about academic credentials.     Some are downright snobs.  

This might be different, but based on multiple interviews with physicians and residency directors, I have even removed my daughter from community college and am paying more to have her in a 4-year university to improve her shot at med school.   Granted, she wants to be a physician, not a PA, but the docs I spoke to said that a CC education wasn't rigorous enough.  Since it's so tough to get into PA school, I imagine that there is some comparison.    

I would start off by looking online and then seeing who you can talk to at either Yale Online or any other school.  The Big 3 degree is so amazing for so many people, I just think that any highly competitive field might not be ideal.  Especially one that is so concerned with academic credentials.    Sorry - I hope this post turns out to be incorrect.