Status of this program’s 2026-2027 cycle. Closed. The complete-and-verified CASPA deadline for Fall 2027 entry was August 1, 2026, at 11:59 PM.
What Rutgers has published (from https://shp.rutgers.edu/ms-physician-assistant/, retrieved September 2, 2026; the page is explicitly labeled for the 2026-2027 cycle):
- Rutgers has a supplemental application linked from inside CASPA. The page confirms at least one item on it, a yes-or-no question asking whether you are a 3+3 (accelerated pathway) candidate. The full set of questions and any limits are not published on the Rutgers page. If you applied this cycle, please paste the questions and limits below.
- The page gives guidance for the CASPA personal statement rather than a numbered prompt: it asks applicants to cover motivation to become a PA, experiences that shaped that decision, career-change or military background where relevant, adversity overcome, leadership and teamwork, and the attributes you would bring. No word limit beyond CASPA’s own is stated.
- Rutgers’ graduate application page also carries an AI disclosure policy for personal statements and essays (https://shp.rutgers.edu/grad-apply/, retrieved September 2, 2026). Read it before you submit anything drafted with help from an AI tool.
- Supplemental fee: $50, non-refundable, and part of what has to be in by August 1 for the application to count as complete.
What we would like from applicants in this thread.
- Every question on the Rutgers supplemental, with limits.
- Whether the 3+3 question changed anything else in the form.
- Interview invite timing for August 1 applicants.
General discussion of the program lives in the existing admissions thread: https://forum.prepanavigator.com/t/1458