I am posting this to share with others with low stats. I read this forum before applying and took it all in (read: too much at times) and applied using as much of what I read as I could. After reading that this was the 2nd or 3rd time for some applying, I knew I only wanted to do this once. I have some classes I took in college in 2010 and 2011 that I would need to retake if I waited and also, its just time. I graduated undergrad in 2013 and this is now or never for me. I started with 24 schools I planned on applying to, I ultimately wound up completing the apps for 19. I had a variety of MSOT, OTD, in OTCAS, not in OTCAS, small private, big state university, reach, safety, with a majority of what seemed to be good fits or that looked like they could go my way in one area (experience and dedication to the field) if another wasn't quite as high as it looked like was needed. I steered away from those that seemed to focus on stats above all else and primarily applied to places where people in these forums felt the interview and the experience were most important. I honestly was going to take the first program that asked me, feeling it may be the only one and may get away. I surprised myself by making it past round one at 9 schools so far (some of them only had 1 round and sent an acceptance without an interview.)
This forum was extremely helpful and pretty much on target. I could not have done this without the advise and opinions I found here. Thank you to everyone who continues to post even after they land a spot, it is very helpful to the rest of us.
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University: University of Iowa
Major: Therapeutic Recreation
Overall GPA:3.1
Pre-Req GPA: 3.0 ish
GRE:302/3.5 writing
Experience: more than 4,000 hrs working with children and young adults with a WIDE variety of disabilities. 80 hrs with OTs
Acceptances: Gannon, USciences, St. Ambrose, AIC, Drake,
Rejections: UKansas, UIC, Touro Nevada, Murphy Deming, LLU (after video submission), UW-LaCrosse
Waitlisted: D'Youville
Interviews: Creighton, Drake (accepted), St Ambrose (accepted), Allen College
Waiting to hear from: St. Augustine, BayPath, UMilwaukee, (Creighton interview coming up next week)
This forum was extremely helpful and pretty much on target. I could not have done this without the advise and opinions I found here. Thank you to everyone who continues to post even after they land a spot, it is very helpful to the rest of us.
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University: University of Iowa
Major: Therapeutic Recreation
Overall GPA:3.1
Pre-Req GPA: 3.0 ish
GRE:302/3.5 writing
Experience: more than 4,000 hrs working with children and young adults with a WIDE variety of disabilities. 80 hrs with OTs
Acceptances: Gannon, USciences, St. Ambrose, AIC, Drake,
Rejections: UKansas, UIC, Touro Nevada, Murphy Deming, LLU (after video submission), UW-LaCrosse
Waitlisted: D'Youville
Interviews: Creighton, Drake (accepted), St Ambrose (accepted), Allen College
Waiting to hear from: St. Augustine, BayPath, UMilwaukee, (Creighton interview coming up next week)