Pre-PA Email Builder | Pre-PA Clinic

How to use this tool

1. Pick your emailChoose who you're writing to.

2. Answer the promptsTap what fits, add a real detail or two. Your email builds live as you go.

3. Review, copy, sendFill any highlighted blanks, tweak the wording, then copy it into your email.

1Which email are you writing?

Pick one. You can come back and build another anytime.

Your PA Mentor's notes

From Katie + Beth

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2Your info

This goes in your signature. We save it on this device so you only type it once.

Your full name *

Your email (optional)

Your phone (optional)

CASPA ID (optional)

3Add your details

Fields marked * are required. Watch your email build in the preview as you go.

Who wrote your letter?

Title

Their last name *

Their email (optional)

How do you know them?

Relationship

Your role and where

What are you most grateful for?

Tap up to 3.

Make it memorable

One real detail is what turns a nice email into one they keep.

A moment or piece of advice you'll always remember (optional, but powerful)

"One thing I'll always remember is ___."

Need ideas? Advice they gave you about PA school or medicine · a time they trusted you with something new · how they handled a tough day · a question they asked that made you think. Skip any patient details.

Add a pay-it-forward line: "I hope to one day be the kind of mentor to future students that you have been to me."

Any news to share?

Where you are right now

Who did you shadow?

Title

Their last name *

Their email (optional)

Specialty (opt.)

Where (optional)

When (optional)

What stood out about how they practice? *

Tap up to 3, or describe a moment below.

Make it personal

A moment that stuck with you (optional, but powerful)

"One moment that really stuck with me was ___."

Need ideas? How they delivered tough news · a procedure they talked you through · how they handled a packed schedule · something they said to you between patients. HIPAA first: no patient names, ages, or identifying details.

What did shadowing confirm for you?

Something specific you learned (optional)

"Watching you work also showed me ___."

Wrap it up

Add a closing ask?

Your interview

Program name *

We'll add "PA Program" for you.

Interview date *

Who interviewed you?

Each person gets their own email. Never one group email.

Make each email personal

Answer for each interviewer. Different details for each person means no two emails read the same.

Bonus: the admissions coordinator

Include a thank-you to the admissions coordinator. They work SO hard to make interview day happen.

Title

Their last name *

Their email (optional)

What did you appreciate? (tap up to 2)

Something else (optional)

Who's it going to?

Title

Last name (blank = "Admissions Committee")

Their email (optional)

The program

Program name *

We'll add "PA Program" for you.

Where you are in the process

Version

Your updates

This is the heart of the letter. Only include what's NEW since you applied or interviewed.

Why this program?

Tap up to 3. Optional for the short version.

Something else (optional)

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Subject

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Before you hit send

Their name is spelled right and their title is correct (check the program website or their signature). I read it out loud once. It sounds like ME. No typos. Spelling and grammar matter here as much as on CASPA. I'm sending from a professional email address.