Pre-PA Major and HCE Questions

[patrickwood]

I am currently a freshman majoring in athletic training and plan on applying to PA school after I graduate. I want to go into orthopedics so that is why I chose athletic training over a biology or chemistry major. I know I have to take a few extra classes to get all the requirements in, but the main part of the major is more interesting to me than biology or chemistry as well. We are required to be a student AT once we get into the program and the hours don't count toward a credit for a class, but they still are required. We do rotations at our school, a high school, and hospital. I was wondering if those hours would count towards the HCE hours for PA school, or do they have to be completely separate from my major?

If they do not count, I have been looking into Kinesiology with an exercise science focus because it would be a lot less time consuming not having to do all the AT hours while still giving me a good sports related and science base for PA school. Would you recommend doing one of these majors over another or think that my plan for the future is a good one?

[Shinodaya]

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