For Future Anesthesiologist Assistants

pre‑AA
pathways

"Turning Ambition Into Admission"

A podcast and a free resource library for non-traditional students navigating the path to AA school. Prerequisites, CASAA, shadowing, and everything the other resources don't cover.

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The Pre-AA Pathways mark: a winding path rising toward a cluster of dots
2026 CASAA Cycle
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Free Tools
CASAA Resources
GRE & MCAT Guides
Non-Traditional Applicants

What We Do

Everything you need
in one place

The pre-AA path is scattered. Resources live across Reddit threads, Discord servers, and YouTube videos that may or may not still be accurate. We built the resource we wished existed.

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The Podcast

Thirteen episodes walking step-by-step on prerequisites, clinical hours, shadowing, CASAA and the tests. Hosted by two applicants living the process in real time.

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The Socials

Most of the day-to-day happens on Instagram and TikTok: episode clips, quick answers to the questions we keep getting, and the unglamorous parts of applying while working.

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The Resources

A free CASAA GPA calculator, plus source-checked guides to the GRE and the MCAT: structure, real costs, score-sending, and the deadlines that matter. No gatekeeping here.

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Latest Episodes

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New to Pre-AA Pathways? Start with Episode 1 for the whole picture — or jump straight into whatever phase you're in right now.

Phase 3
Episode 11
Pre-AA Perspectives on the MCAT
Sep 21, 2026 · 37 min
Why Tiffany chose the harder test. What it really cost, the study approaches that worked, test-day logistics, and the 24 hours after you walk out.
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Phase 3
Episode 10
Pre-AA Perspectives on the GRE
Sep 7, 2026 · 32 min
Adrienne and guest Stephanie Rauda break down the GRE for non-traditional applicants: structure, study resources, and balancing prep against work and prerequisites.
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Coffee Break
Bonus
A Pre-AA Legislative Update
Jul 3, 2026 · 13 min
Federal court action on how professional degrees are defined, what it means for student loan limits, and where pre-AAs can actually plug into advocacy.
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Tiffany, co-host of Pre-AA Pathways Adrienne, co-host of Pre-AA Pathways

Hi, we’re Tiffany and Adrienne

We are two non-traditional applicants going through the 2026 CASAA cycle right now. We are not admissions consultants and we are not CAAs yet. Everything on this site is what we are learning as we learn it, checked against the official source before we publish it.

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Come along for
the cycle

We post the day-to-day on Instagram and TikTok: what we are studying, what we got wrong, and what we wish someone had told us earlier.

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