A Lesson in Perseverance

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Madness202

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I graduated from undergrad back in 2011. I applied to PT school during the fall semester of my senior year. I did not get accepted. During the next cycle, I got more observation hours, couple of certifications, an additional letter of recommendation, and applied 2 months earlier than I did the previous year. I ended up waitlisted at two schools, but was ultimately not offered admission. During this cycle, I was naturally discouraged but was urged by my parents to apply one more time. I had put all my effort into my previous application, and not hearing a final rejection until August made it impossible to retake summer classes to improve my GPA. I reached out to my previous 3 letter of recommendation authors, as well as one new one. I also devoted way much more time on my essays and explained how much I really wanted to be a PT. I applied to 15(!) schools and got nothing but rejections, until I got a waitlist offer in the middle of March. I almost gave up hope, until today when I finally got an acceptance letter in my email. I was unbelievably ecstatic to see that all my hard work and persistence paid off. So, for those who will be applying for a 2nd, 3rd or 4th time next cycle, keep the faith. Anything is possible. 👍
 
Awesome! That sounds very similar to my situation, except for the acceptance part 🙂 Where did you just get in?
 
Congrats to you and good luck! I was just rejected for the 2nd straight year so as I regroup for the next cycle it is inspiring to see someone else in the same situation achieve their dream. Third times a charm!
 
Thank you, everyone. I knew my stats were below average so that's why I put all my effort into my essays and my letters of recommendation.

Cumulative GPA: 3.2 (includes C- in Math that was retaken and turned into an A; and a B- in Bio that I retook and turned into an A.)

Pre-Req GPA: 3.0

GRE: 450 (150 on current scale) Verbal, 560 (146 on current scale) Quantititative, Writing 4.0.

100+ observation hours in two outpatient clinics.
 
BoSox27 said:
Congrats to you and good luck! I was just rejected for the 2nd straight year so as I regroup for the next cycle it is inspiring to see someone else in the same situation achieve their dream. Third times a charm!
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Anything is possible! Best of luck to you in the next cycle
 
This is great...Congrats...feel proud to have amazing parents and never forget what they did...Good Luck for the future 🙂
 
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