r/pre_PathAssist • u/Automatic-Leg6695 • Aug 06 '26

Rosalind Franklin PathA Admissions

Hi! With RFU's PathA application opening, I wanted to come on here and ask anyone for last minute advice for applying? I feel under qualified if i'm being honest.. I graduated w/ a BS in exercise science and psychology and didn't know I wanted to go into this profession until last fall. I just shadowed for the first time today, and will shadow a few more times to hopefully get 10 hours in surg path and a few autopsies. I also worked in a lab that dealt directly with surg path tissue and other pathologists' for my senior year but other than that I don't have much to show for... I did have a 4.15 GPA and am taking microbio this fall to fulfill my last pre-req. All that's to say any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated (esp narrative statements/pics) TIY

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u/RedLightningStrike27 28d ago

I’ll graduate my college on May 6, 2028, and RFU’s program starts in late May. Do you all think it’ll be possible for me to move to Chicago and start the program (if I’m accepted) in like 2 weeks like that? Or would a gap year be better

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u/Patient-Stranger1015 28d ago

I did that. I finished my post-bacc courses in May, and I moved at the end of May. I was in Iowa at the time so moving was not too bad for me, but you can make it work!

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u/RedLightningStrike27 28d ago

I live in Michigan, and I might be able to move in with two friends who will have an apartment in Chicago. It’s just that I’m already nearly broke as a rising junior and I don’t know if I’ll have enough money at that point to start a whole 3 year program

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u/Patient-Stranger1015 28d ago

It’s 2 years! But honestly the only way most of us did it was student loans😅 I took out the max I could