I am a practicing Physician Assistant in the Neuro ICU. Before PA school I served as a U.S. Army practical nurse, then spent fifteen years as a respiratory therapist in adult acute care.
It took me three application cycles to get in: one program the first time, then three, then twenty-two. The spreadsheet at the center of this site started during that third cycle, so I could keep hundreds of requirements straight. I shared it with the pre-PA community on Reddit, where it has lived for five years. The Dashboard is that same research habit, built into something that does the work for you.