Which would be the better OCS pathway to prepare me for pursuing PA school (IPAP), going AD or Reserves?

So what’s the real issue? If you go OCS then you get branched needs of the Army. It won’t be any easier to do IPAP. After doing s few years in whatever branch how competitive do you think your direct patient hours will be? I would say not as competitive as those in the medical field branches. And it don’t mean medical service Corp. Is it you don’t want to pay for the school yourself or that you can’t get in a program as a civilian. Your best bet if you really want to join something is Reserves because active duty your taking your chances to not get selected and then your stuck with whatever branch. You best bet is to direct commission into PA.

OK, elaborate...what GPA? Also, which SVC as PA, all svcs have them, incl USCG, I gather you want Army, try to not limit yourself in that regard, it's not which one you want, it'# which one wants you. I've been all through virtually everything done clinically, I was doctoral level allied health before my disability, I trained with masters levelmPA students, so believe me, I've taken it all, passed it all, I assure you, other than some OB/GYN, PEDs, and some more anesthesiology. We shut my license sevl yrs ago as I'm total perm disabled, however, I can show you a good deal. Look at USPHS COSTEP, the USPHS analogue to ROTC, dont just think of the other typical five svcs, trust me, look it up, you'll see why I suggest it. Further, are you EMT? Paramedic? Have you done any hospital volunteering at all? I gather you've done half of organoc, not the other half, tell !e exactly wpyour science coursework, embryology, comparative anatomy, genetics, have you done any cell bio? Molecular bio? Find a school by you giving gross anatomy over a summer program and try to go, with full cadaver dissection. Also, histology is quite different from gross, the technique for learning it differs, I had to do gross twice to get it, same for path and oharm, I know all the review texts used. Get the Williams and Wilkins review texts called the Board Review Series (BRS), and the Natl Med Series (NMS), get the Lippincott blue soft cover biochem text, and the red soft cover pharm text, all clinical programs use them, all, doesn't matter the field, or level, all of them. If where you are has nursing anatomy, ask to take it as an elective, also, I'm assuming you'd do a masters level PA, undergrad PAs are nearly the way of the dodo. Further, if you can go nurse practitioner (NP), you'd be better off, for numerous reasons. If you want PA, fine, however, NPs get their own licenses and can hang shingles independently, and dont have to be supervised and signed off like PAs do, PAs get only limited licenses, now, if you want PA as I'd said, fine, howeve, also, specifically tell me, if you can, elaborate, what specific subfield as PA would you want? Internal med? OR? Psych? Derm? What specific field would you want, ifmyou have any preference now? Also, if youre not EMT or AEMT or paramedicz try to go for it, doing that would give you some more realistic perspective, OK? Elaborate, I'll try to help with more so far as I can, OK?

If you have a Bachelors in Biology with a decent GPA, I recommend trying a direct commission instead of OCS. It takes some time, but once you’re in, you’re in.