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[Aggie622]

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I've seen where podiatry schools usually have between 500-700 applicants. But that's been said for about the last 3 years and I was wondering if anyone knew how many people applied in the last year or so. I keep hearing the number of applicants are going down, but I can't find any numbers on this. If the numbers are going down, does that mean the avg. GPA, etc. are going down too?

On a different note, everyone seems to think that the podiatry profession is a quack and not worth all the schooling, etc. I personally know several podiatrists and have observed in their offices and they love what the do (all in Texas) not to mention they do extrememly well at it. Maybe in southeast Texas they seem to do better or something, but I know they do a lot of surgeries (which I shadowed) and are always booked. Is this just in the region where I'm from? Thanks.

Chris
Texas A&M University - c/o 2004

 

[ItsGavinC]

Chris,

Nice post, good to have you here. All I can say is that I applied to dental schools last year and was accepted to the Pod school in NY simply because I applied to dental schools.

I've never had any correspondance with pod school other than the acceptance letter I received in the mail.

That might shed some light on the current state of podiatry. The ONLY people doing well are the old pods who are part of the "old-pods-network". Once these guys retire it will pretty much be down the tubes from there.

The educational model of podiatry is horrible. The PG training is horrible. The business/marketing skills of pods is horrible.

 

[thesaurus1]

It seems that there is a huge market of Texas pod students. I don't know if the water is different there or what, but a large percentage of students at my school are from Texas. I've heard nothing but good stories from them about Texas pods; infact I've never heard any negative comments. I think there is a sub-culture that has taken a foothold in Texas and it appears to have perforated the usual doom and gloom that this lacrymose forum continues to propagate. I agree with you, it might be a "region" thing. I'm not sure, but too bad I'm not from Texas to understand it.

 

[cg2a93]

Take it from a actual young DPM. Podiatry is alive and doing very well it is not a regional thing.

 

[AttemptDOnowDPM]

There were around 200 applicants last year for a class size of 45 at DMU.

 

[dpmdoc]

So you are a current dpm student and currently applying to the DO program?

 

[AttemptDOnowDPM]

I was accepted to DMU's podiatry program. I started into it and just decided that podiatry was not where my heart was. All, I wanted to be was a doctor and I thought podiatry was an easy way in. But, who cares if it's easy? I'd much rather strive to get into something that I will enjoy rather than slough into something that I was able to get into.

Just my 2/100ths of a dollar.

Seth

 

[dpmdoc]

I was just wondering. I'm glad you made the decision now. Good Luck to you

 

[jconway]

aggie,
its true that it is not very difficult to get into pod schools, I mean basically you need to take your premed requirements, and take the mcat(some schools will take other tests in lieu of it but you are better off with the mcat). I mean I do not know the actual acceptance rates but its safe to say that if you have a gpa in the upper 2's/ 3's range and an average mcat you'll get in. Looking at some of these posts its understandable that podiatry is hard to sell to alot of people; but like I have said before there a so many happy and succeful podiatrists out there that if you look into the field it should be apparent that it is all what you make of it and where your heart is.
That being said I have to say that I have met several people from Texas, Atlanta and Illinois in pod school now who have seem to be really excited about being part of a podiatry program. I do not think its a regional thing persay, its just that once you get outside of NY, the respect level for pod's skyrockets. Being a ny I am sorry to say that most people from around here have a bad taste about the field for a myriad of reasons, but even that can be oversome with a little bit of perseverance and proffessionalism.
Anyways good luck to you.. and if you have any questions feel free to ask...
oh and gavinc...
look I know you say you got accepted without applying, and I know how shoddy some of the administration policies at many of the schools are... But I have to be honest, what you are saying doesnt make alot of sense to me....
I mean I was more than qualified for podiatry school, and I had to go through the usual processes, now I can concede that your grades/scores may have been better, but they would still need your information(ss, name, address, transcripts, and the application fees that most schools fiend for). It just doesn't seem possible that they could get all of this private information about you if you never communicated with them.
inquiring minds want to know

 

[thelost1]

to get into the California school or whatever they call it.