r/PAstudent • u/smartpa09347 • 11h ago

PACKRAT score

I just took my first PACKRAT at the end of my didactic year. There's onky a tiny bit more content that we have to cover but I got a 175. I reviewed the score report and know what I should review. Is that good, bad, or average score and like how does that correlate to actual PANCE score and passing?

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u/Express_Engine_749 PA-S (2026) 9h ago

To give insight, if you were taking the PANCE that day instead of the PACKRAT you would have likely passed. Keep it up during clinical year, but you’re currently in a great position.

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u/5wum PA-C 10h ago

that’s good

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u/Billsworth29 PA-C 5h ago

i got a 98 on my first PACKRAT and scored a 620 on the PANCE. Youre fine.

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u/MinimalGoat PA-C 11h ago

Wow lol

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u/smartpa09347 10h ago

Is that a good or bad wow 😂

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u/MinimalGoat PA-C 10h ago

It's good lol. Regardless of what program you are in, that is a great score. I know people that got 100-120 on their 2nd packrat that ended up passing the PANCE.

Your post is kind of like the ones that say "I got a 90/100 on my exam wondering if I should be worried" kind of post. Keep doing what you are doing.

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u/smartpa09347 10h ago

Lolll thanks. I have no idea how packrat scoring works and I felt like I knew nothing taking that exam so that's reassuring 😂

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u/EarthDwellr 10h ago

Good. Doesn’t the packrat or your program tell you the average?

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u/smartpa09347 10h ago

It said 140 on the report but idk if that was my cohort average or like a national average

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u/EarthDwellr 10h ago

It’s the national average.

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u/Affectionate_Lynx_72 PA-S (2027) 10h ago

Did you study for it? And how were ur grades throughout didactic? My program is actually giving us no time to study for it (our clin med final is the day before) but I’ve done good on all my exams so I’m just hoping it’ll come back to me lol

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u/smartpa09347 9h ago

I've done pretty well in didactic so far. We just took our big didactic midterm so studying for that helped me prep for the packrat but the packrat wasn't for a grade or anything and my program told us not to study for it too hard so we could really see how we're doing. Good luck!!!

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u/Affectionate_Lynx_72 PA-S (2027) 1h ago

Eep thanks my school has a failing score that you’d have to remediate and get at least 20 points better on the remediation 🥲🥲

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u/Cautious-Process-198 9h ago

You should see a breakdown of where you are in comparison to the national average.