Required Materials for CHA/PA Program Application

1. CASPA application: must be completed by September 1  (https://portal.caspaonline.org)
   
2. Three letters of recommendation to be submitted through CASPA
   
3. CHA/PA Program Supplemental Application due 2 weeks (14 days) after the CASPA application has been submitted. Specific instructions for submission of the supplemental application may be found on the first page of the application. The supplemental application will include the following required items:
   • a. Supplemental Application (click here for a copy of the application and instructions)
   • b. An autobiographical essay (all applicants)
     1. This essay should be an account of the applicant’s life history and experiences.
     2. This essay should be two pages in length, double-spaced, 10-12 point font.
   • c. A most stressful personal experience essay  (all applicants)
     1. This essay should describe a stressful personal experience of the applicant and its resolution
     2. This essay should be one page in length, double-spaced, 10-12 point font
   • d. A rural track essay (rural track applicants only)
     1. This essay should describe the characteristics that make the applicant a good candidate for the rural track including experiences in rural areas and the applicant’s goals for practice.
     2. This essay should be one page in length, double-spaced, 10-12 point font
   • e. A re-applicant essay (re-applicants only)
     1. This essay should describe changes since the last application that make the applicant stronger during the current application cycle.
     2. This essay should be one page in length, double-spaced, 10-12 point font
4. Official GRE Scores: must be received by the CHA/PA Program by October 1. (Institution code: 4877 - Department code: 0615).
5. Supplemental Application fee of $40 by check or money order

Director of Admissions
CHA/PA Program; F543
Anschutz Medical Campus Bldg. 500
13001 E. 17th Pl., E7015
P.O. Box 6508
Aurora, CO 80045-0508

Completion of Application:

The CASPA application must be completed no later than September 1. CASPA must receive your online submission and all supporting documentation, including transcripts, letters of recommendation, and payment, no later than the September 1 deadline.  CASPA will then process and send your application to the program. Incomplete applications or applications completed through CASPA later than this date will not be considered. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide accurate and complete information to CASPA; the CHA/PA Program will not consider undelivered or re-submitted applications after the September 1 deadline.

The program supplemental application must be completed and received in the CHA/PA Program offices 2 weeks (14 days) after the CASPA application has been submitted. Official GRE scores must be received no later than October 1.  Applications will be reviewed only after all materials are received by the CHA/PA Program.

Once your CASPA application and supplemental application is received in our office, you will be notified by us via e-mail. Please set SPAM filters to accept e-mail from chapa-info@uchsc.edu. Please allow up to 4 weeks after submission to receive notification that we have received the CASPA application.

Foreign Transcripts:
If the applicant chose to study abroad for a semester or longer and the study program was not affiliated with a US school or program of study that provides credits and grades according to the US system, they must submit official foreign transcript reports from World Educational Services (www.WES.org). The service may take several weeks to process your foreign transcript. The CHA/PA Program must receive the WES evaluation by the application deadline. If an applicant studied abroad by a sponsoring US sending school and the credits and grades for that study appear on the US sending school transcript, and are included in the number of total credits and the cum GPA, they do not have to obtain a WES evaluation. 

Click here for International Student requirements.