Hi guys! I just wanted to share what my stats are/are predicted to be in case anyone sees gaps I should be filling. I'll apply in the summer of 2026, so I have some time but I really need to be using this next year effectively!!
Stats:
Stats:
- Current Overall GPA 3.97 | GPA in Prerequisite Courses (currently A&P 1 and 2, Med Terms, Psych, Stats) 4.0
Goal: maintain an overall GPA of 3.8+ & focus on getting a 4.0 in my prerequisite subjects
- Internship Hours: projected to be 180
50 outpatient ortho (completed), 30 inpatient ortho/neuro (in progress), 50 sportsmed/outpatient ortho (scheduled), 50 VA hospital (not yet scheduled).
This is where I'm most concerned, I can't really tell if I'm doing enough but I would struggle to add more. I could potentially do another 30hr if I really had to?
- Martial arts instructor:
6+ hours/week since I was a sophomore in hs, I'm currently a head instructor for the Jrs/Teens and the program director for the little warriors, I redid the warriors curriculum to focus more on motor skill development so they are better prepared for the big kid classes (& life), I intend to start learning to teach adults soon
- Research Project
I'm putting together a research project evaluating the motor-skill focused curriculum, I'm proposing & developing the project, I have professors advising it, I intend to bring in another student or two in the next semester as we formalize it, and I'll present at the undergraduate research showcase.
- I volunteer helping to teach first aid (Stop The Bleed, BLS, HSI CPR & AED, USCCA Fundamentals of First Aid, Emergency Planning, youth first aid)
- I earned my IB diploma in HS, so I will be graduating with my BS in Kinesiology in 3 years, also my CAS project was developing & teaching a youth first aid seminar
- I've been in physical therapy off & on since I was 8, I learned I have a connective tissue disorder in 2022 & have consistently been in PT weekly since that summer. I know you can include some of your time as a PT patient in your observation section, but I don't know how much of that is reasonable to include. Just the last round? Just while in undergrad?
- I tend to test well, I did well on the SAT & my IB exams (which happened at the exact same time as my black belt testing) so I'm fairly confident I'll get a solid GRE, which I plan to start studying for in the fall
- I'll have a rec letter from my martial arts instructor (who I'll have been teaching for for 5 years), my physical therapist (I'll shadow her later this summer & I've worked with her for 2 years now), and hopefully a faculty advisor from my research project (one is the Chair of Kinesiology & we get along very well so I'm thinking I'll ask her)
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