CASPA UPDATE

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CASPA UPDATE

• YEAR Five
• PRELIMINARY REPORT
• May 2006

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CASPA Advisory Committee

• Ted J. Ruback, Chair Oregon Health Science
• University
• Jennifer Coombs University of Utah
• Martin Keck
• Diane Landon University of Nebraska
• Janie McDaniel Wake Forest University
• Chere Pereira NAAHP Representative
• Anita Duhl Glicken PAEA Board Liaison

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CASPA Cycle 5

• Applications initiated 10,586
• Applications e-submitted 8,032
• Applications complete/mailed 7,608

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Applicant PoolTrends
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Programs 68 68 80 90 93
Applicants 5,029 5,387 6,145 7,088 8,032
Applications 15,392 18,906 23,660 30,109 36,459
Designations 3.6 3.53 3.94 4.25 4.54
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CASPA Applicants Trends
13.3
15.3
14.1
7.1
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CASPA ApplicationsTrends
21.1
27.3
25.1
22.8
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Growth in Applicant Pool Comparisons 2005 2006

PA MD DO Dental
13.3 4.6 5.8 14
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Number of Program Designations per Applicant
2006

• 28 applied to only one program
• 43 applied to 2-5 programs
• 29 applied to more than 5 programs

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Number of Program Designations per Applicant -
Trends
2003 2004 2005 2006
1 Designation 34.85 32.8 30.3 27.93
2-5 Designations 45.51 45.3 43.7 43.19
More than 5 Designations 19.64 21.9 26 28.88
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CASPA Applicant PoolSeats per Applicant - Trends
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Seats 2,584 2,636 2,990 3,694 3,840
Applicants 5,029 5,387 6,141 7,088 8,032
Applicants per Avail Seat 1.9 2.04 2.05 1.92 2.09
Range 1.89 -31.13 1.84 -22.27 1.92 -27.25 0.20 -28.10
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Seats per Applicant 2006 Comparisons
PA MD DO
Applicants 8,032 37,364 8,255
Seats/ Enrollees 3,840 17,004 3,743
Applicants Per seat 2.09 2.20 2.21
Date 5/2006 11/2005 5/2006
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CASPA Applicant PoolReapplicants
2003 2004 2005 2006
of Reapplicants 12.49 12.98 12.64 10.46
Average Designations per Reapplicant 4.59 4.51 4.29 5.79
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CASPA APPLICANT POOL

• Demographic Information

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CASPA Applicant PoolGender - 2006
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CASPA Applicant PoolGender Trends
70.6
26.6
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CASPA Applicant Pool, 2006 Ethnicity Designation
Categories

• American Indian or Alaskan Native
• Asian Indian
• Black, African-American (non-Hispanic)
• White (non-Hispanic)
• Mexican, Mexican American or Chicano
• Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino
• Puerto Rican
• Samoan
• No Answer

• Chinese
• Cuban
• Filipino
• Guamanian or Chamorro
• Japanese
• Korean
• Vietnamese
• Native Hawaiian
• Other Pacific Islander
• Other Asian
• Other

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CASPA Applicant PoolEthnicity 2006
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CASPA Applicant Pool Ethnicity Trends
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CASPA Applicant PoolG.P.A. - Trends
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CASPA Applicant PoolMost Common Majors - 2006

• Biology 3287
• Psychology 589
• Health Science 469
• Exercise Science 438
• Nursing 284
• Medical Tech 272
• Premedical 253
• Science 248
• Other 604

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Average Health Care Experience
Experience Type Average / Applicant 2003 Average / Applicant 2004 Average / Applicant 2005 Average / Applicant 2006
Direct Patient Care 4873 hrs 2.39 yrs 4929 hrs 2.42 yrs 4824 hrs 2.32 yrs 3901 hrs 1.88 yrs
Health Care Related Exp 2397 hrs 1.17 yrs 2727 hrs 1.34 yrs 2607 hrs 1.25 yrs 4764 hrs 2.29 yrs
TOTAL 3.56 yrs 3.76 yrs 3.57 yrs 4.17 yrs
Volunteer Exp 532 hrs 0.26 yrs 746 hrs 0.37 yrs Not calculated Not calculated
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CASPA Applicant PoolHealth Care Experience

• 45 of Self-Reported Health Care Experience is
• Direct Patient Care

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CASPA Applicant PoolStates Contributing Most
Applicants
Texas 769
California 615
New York 530
Pennsylvania 453
Florida 435
Michigan 300
North Carolina 281
Illinois 256
Virginia 245
Washington 243
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CASPA ServiceCycle Five
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Deadlines, Applicant CASPA Processing Time
EC May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Program Deadlines (per/mo) 05 -- 06 0 -- 0 1 -- 3 0 -- 1 1 -- 0 4 -- 8 11 -- 20 31 -- 20 25 -- 28 11 -- 10 1 -- 3
Apps Processed 05 -- 06 39 -- 0 208 -- 226 229 -- 469 343 -- 522 946 -- 1488 1298 -- 1485 1648 -- 1986 1000 -- 660 852 -- 373 398 -- 210
Processing Time (days) 05 -- 06 14 -- -6.5 14 -- -2 14 -- -2.9 14 -- .51 18 -- 6.8 18 -- 11 22 -- 12 32 -- 6 29 -- 5 18 -- 10
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Average Number of Days Between Completion
Verification
May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
05 39 208 229 343 946 1298 1648 1000 852 398 150
days 14 14 14 14 18 18 22 32 29 18

06 226 469 522 1488 1485 1986 660 373 210 99
days -6.5 -2.03 -2.88 0.51 6.84 11 12.1 6.4 4.98 9.9
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Percent Change in Applicant Pool per
Program2005-2006

• 68 of Participating Programs experienced an
  increase in applicant pool from
• Cycle 4 to Cycle 5

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Percent Change in Applicant Pool per
Program2005-2006
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Fee Waivers

• Requires demonstrated financial need
• Equivalent to cost of application to one program
• 165 Fee waivers available
• 102 Waivers Exercised
• 8 Educationally Disadvantaged
• 65 Economically Disadvantaged

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Fee Waivers2004-2006 Comparisons
2004 2005 2006
Available Waivers 120 10 16510 165
Waivers Exercised 130 175 102
First Waiver Granted 03/21/03 04/27/04 05/26/05
Last Waiver Granted 07/30/03 09/29/04 03/03/06
Educationally Dis. 23 16 8
Economically Dis. 52 51 65
Average Designations 3.53 4.3 4.8
Designation Range 1-16 1-12 1-8
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CASPA CUSTOMER SERVICE

• Year Five Program Survey Results
• Date of Survey May 2006
• N78 Results as of 05/24/2006

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CASPAs Responsiveness to Applicant Concerns
05-06 Cycle
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CASPA Responsiveness to Applicant Concerns
2003 (n54) 2004 (n35) 2005 (n39) 2006 (n78)
Very Responsive 15.2 18.7 10.2 19
Responsive 65.3 68.7 66.6 72
Unresponsive 13.0 12.5 23.1 9
Very Unresponsive 6.5 0 0 0
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CASPAs Responsiveness to Program Concerns 05-06
Cycle
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CASPA Responsiveness to Program Concerns
2003 (n54) 2004 (n35) 2005 (n39) 2006 (n78)
Very Responsive 47.8 50 28.2 46.8
Responsive 32.6 47 56.4 48.1
Unresponsive 13.0 3 15.3 3.9
Very Unresponsive 6.5 0 0 1.2
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How satisfied was your program with CASPAs
communications and efficiency 05-06 cycle?
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How beneficial was the Web-based Admissions
Portal to your admissions process 05-06 cycle?
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Most Common Program Comments

• I found that the portal was a great change - easy
  to follow and track info.
• I had a concern regarding the errors in the
  mailing and some HCE left out of several, but
  CASPA responded quickly with corrections.
• It was helpful to have the phone conference after
  the cycle to talk about issues and changes.
• Despite some administrative errors, in general
  the system worked well. The increase in
  applicants from centralized applications created
  interesting challenges when reviewing
  applications.
• Would like to have the information on
  Supplemental Applications available on CASPA for
  Applicants.

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CASPA CUSTOMER SERVICE

• Year Five Applicant Survey Results
• Date of Survey March 2006
• N1350 Results as of 5/16/06

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How many CASPA programs did you apply to?
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How many non-participating CASPA programs did you
apply to?
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How many non-participating CASPA programs did you
apply to?

• 81 Respondents applied to only CASPA
• participating programs in 2005-06
• 75 Respondents applied to only CASPA
  participating programs in 2004-05
• 71 Respondents applied to only CASPA
  participating programs in 2003-04

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Into how many programs were you accepted?
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When did you submit your application to CASPA?
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CASPA Applicants Submitted Prior to September 1
2004 2005 2006
Applicants Submitted Prior to Sept 1 1620 2144 2478
of Total Applicants 26.3 30.6 31.2
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When did you submit your application to CASPA?
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When did you receive communication from the
programs you applied to?
Response
Soon after submitting my application to CASPA 23.2
After my application was complete and mailed to the programs by CASPA 66
I did not have any communication from the programs 7.8
No answer 3
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How easy to use was the Web application?
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How easy to follow were the instructions?
50
How often did you use the on-line status check?
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Please rate your satisfaction with the timeliness
of CASPAs response to your questions and
concerns.
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Please rate the professionalism of CASPA staff.
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Rate your satisfaction with the time it took
CASPA to process and deliver your application to
programs.
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Rate your overall satisfaction of the quality of
service provided by CASPA.
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Matriculant Data
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CASPA 2005

• The Applicant Pool
• vs.
• Matriculants
• .. First
  reported in November, 2005

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• Methodology

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CASPA Applicant Pool vs. MatriculantsTotal
Numbers

• Matriculants Identified 2576
• CASPA Applicant Pool 7088
• 69 of Reported
• CASPA Seats

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CASPA Applicant Pool vs. Matriculants Number of
Program Designations per Applicant
Matriculants Total CASPA Pool
Average 5.25 4.25
1 Designation 22.63 31.02
2-5 Designations 42.51 43.47
More than 5 Designations 34.78 25.10
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CASPA Applicant Pool vs. MatriculantsAverage Age

• Matriculants Identified 26.69
• CASPA Applicant Pool 27.72

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CASPA Applicant Pool vs. MatriculantsGender
Matriculants Total CASPA Pool
Females 74.22 72.4
Males 25.38 27.2
Unreported 0.4 0.4
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CASPA Applicant Pool vs. MatriculantsEthnicity
Matriculants
CASPA Pool
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CASPA Applicant Pool vs. MaticulantsEthnicity
Matriculants
CASPA Pool
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CASPA Applicant Pool vs. MatriculantsG.P.A.
Matriculants Total CASPA Pool
Overall GPA 3.39 3.23
Science GPA 3.29 3.08
Non-Science GPA 3.49 3.34
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CASPA Applicant Pool vs. MatriculantsHealth
Care Experience
Experience Matriculants Total CASPA Pool
Direct Patient Care 3750 hrs 1.80 yrs 4283 hrs 2.06 yrs
Health Care Related Exp 1758 hrs 0.84 yrs 2256 hrs 1.08 yrs
Total 2.64 yrs 3.14 yrs

Volunteer Exp 654 hrs 0.31 yrs 573 hrs 0.28 yrs
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CASPA Applicant Pool vs. MatriculantsHealth
Care Experience

• Percentage of Direct Patient Care
• Matriculants 68.08
• CASPA Applicant Pool 65.50

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CASPA

• Cycle 6
• Admissions 2006-2007

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Admissions 2006-2007Enhancements/Changes

• Reference scanning, all references will be
  available electronically
• New 8 ½ x 11 format for all materials mailed to
  programs
• Advisors Portal
• Policies and Procedures Manual being developed
• Updates to Code of Cooperation
• Matriculant Data Analysis

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CASPA Year 6 Fee Schedule
Program (s) Through 08/31/06 After 09/01/06 40 Step Difference
1 120 160 0
2 160 200 40
3 200 240 40
4 230 270 30
5 260 300 30
6 285 325 25
7 310 350 25
8 335 375 25
9 360 400 25
10 375 425 25
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CASPA 5-Year Report

• Coming October, 2006

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CASPA MembersWe Continue to Grow
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THANK YOUfor your help with this report

• Deb Erdner and Ann Donnelly, Liaison
  International
• Sam Kang, Manager of Education Programs, PAEA
• Colleen Schierholtz, OHSU PA Program

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QUESTIONS ANSWERS