Announcing a new way to recruit pre-PA students
For many PA programs, the real challenge isn't just being found. It is being found by the students who actually belong there.
Meshwell Staff
The New AI Applicant: What Medical School Admissions Need to Know for 2026
Instead of viewing the AI-polished applicant as an adversary, leading programs are navigating this new reality by adopting a more intelligent evaluation strategy. Here’s how.
CASPA and Generative AI: What Programs Should Enforce in 2025–26, What Changes in 2026–27, and Why AI Detection Alone Isn’t Enough
CASPA’s AI rules are changing fast. Here’s what programs should enforce in 2025–26, what shifts in 2026–27, and why AI detection flags alone shouldn’t drive decisions.
Featured AI Sessions at the 2026 ACGME Annual Educational Conference
AI is taking center stage at #ACGME2026—navigate the sessions shaping the future of GME, from AI agents in the office to next-gen assessment and policy readiness.
Can You Use AI (ChatGPT) on Your CASPA Personal Statement? 2025–26 Rules vs. 2026–27 Changes
Wondering if you can use ChatGPT or other AI tools on your CASPA personal statement? Here’s what CASPA rules say for the 2025–26 cycle, what changes in 2026–27, and a safe way to edit without risking a policy violation.
Insights from the 2025 PAEA Admissions Virtual Retreat
At the 2025 PAEA Admissions Virtual Retreat, more than 100 program directors and admissions leaders from across the country gathered on Zoom for a candid conversation about the state of PA admissions. Here's what we learned.
You’re Not Stuck in WebAdMIT
WebAdMIT is great for collecting applications, but it's not a great place to run admissions. Fortunately, it's easy to export from WebAdMIT, so you can use a modern workflow for candidate selection.
What we learned about admissions from 100+ PA program faculty at PAEA25
Think your admissions process is brutal on faculty and students? You're in good company. We talked with 100+ PA program faculty about their admissions process. Here's what we learned.
What does the ARC-PA think about AI in the admissions process?
We decided to ask the ARC-PA directly: are you ok with PA programs using artificial intelligence to assist with their admissions process? Here's what they said.
The AI-Polished Applicant
Imagine a future where your applicant reads an AI-generated response to your live interview question off a teleprompter while you're meeting with them on Zoom. That future...is now.
The New Math of Admissions
A perfect storm is brewing in the high-stakes art of admissions: between surging applications, growing applicant use of generative AI, inflated GPAs, and overworked admissions teams, the system that we use to choose students is flooding across both undergraduate and graduate programs.