California applicant not sure if I have a good chance

[Daniel86155]

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I feel so lost on what to do now. I have no idea whether to apply to other schools or if these are good enough. I feel that my stats are mediocre and am terrified that I wont be accepted this year. This is my second year applying. I am planning on retaking the GRE this month but also scared that I have studied verbal enough to get a higher score.

University: UCI

Major: Biological Sciences

Overall GPA: 3.47
Pre-req GPA: 3.69-3.75ish (Depending on the school's prereqs)
Last 60 Hours GPA: 4.0
GRE: 155Q 147V 4.5 W

Extracurricular/Awards:WorkStrong Intern, Yearbook Intern, Medical Scribe, Control Group Lead,Retreat Chair, Information Front Desk,
Volunteer Hours: Inpatient (~70), Outpatient (~100)

LOR's: (2) PT, one from a senior therapist, (1) General Chemistry Prof

Applied: Azusa Pacific, CSU Long beach, CSU Sacramento, Chapman (summer/fall), Mt St Mary, UN Las Vegas, Loma Linda

Interview: online interview UNLV, Interview for Azusa but I don't think it will go through since I will not meet the GRE requirement
Waitlist:
Denied: CSU Sacramento (one course was not accepted)
Accepted:

 

[Ideclarebankruptcy1]

Hey man your stats are superb. Your gpa (especially pre-req) is competitive for a lot of schools. The one thing that is maybe not superb is the verbal GRE score, like you said. Some schools have minimum 150 GRE, while others have a lower min., higher min., or no min. at all. I don't think your stats are mediocre one bit, and I also think you could totally apply to some more out of state schools if you're so inclined. Don't be so hard on yourself; you have a good resume, you just have to find the schools looking for your strengths.

 

[Aktowhere]

I’m not sure how the admissions process works at Azusa, but I don’t think they would offer an interview if they didn’t think you were a qualified candidate. Had your GRE not met their requirements I don’t think they would have invited you for an interview.

 

[Daniel86155]

Hey man your stats are superb. Your gpa (especially pre-req) is competitive for a lot of schools. The one thing that is maybe not superb is the verbal GRE score, like you said. Some schools have minimum 150 GRE, while others have a lower min., higher min., or no min. at all. I don't think your stats are mediocre one bit, and I also think you could totally apply to some more out of state schools if you're so inclined. Don't be so hard on yourself; you have a good resume, you just have to find the schools looking for your strengths.

Thank you so much i needed this. Its just that when you weight in how many applicants there are and how many are chosen its kind of scary

 

[Daniel86155]

I’m not sure how the admissions process works at Azusa, but I don’t think they would offer an interview if they didn’t think you were a qualified candidate. Had your GRE not met their requirements I don’t think they would have invited you for an interview.

interesting. I told them about my GRE score to see what they would say just in case.

 

[Ideclarebankruptcy1]

Thank you so much i needed this. Its just that when you weight in how many applicants there are and how many are chosen its kind of scary

I get what you mean, but you have to realize it is not as competitive as people make it out to be. In 2016-2017 there were 19,000 applicants fighting for 9,700 spots. That seems rough, but when you look closely at the numbers you realize that you have a 50% chance of getting into PT school (of course this is an absolute number, your relative chance depends on the schools you apply to, but it will always be around 50%). The statistics seem scary because they talk about number of Applications which is around 120,000 every year. But out of all those applications, everyone can only choose one school. This is why the waitlist is not such a bad thing. You can be very far back on the waitlist and still get in just because so many people have to turn down offers. You got this!

 

[Daniel86155]

I get what you mean, but you have to realize it is not as competitive as people make it out to be. In 2016-2017 there were 19,000 applicants fighting for 9,700 spots. That seems rough, but when you look closely at the numbers you realize that you have a 50% chance of getting into PT school (of course this is an absolute number, your relative chance depends on the schools you apply to, but it will always be around 50%). The statistics seem scary because they talk about number of Applications which is around 120,000 every year. But out of all those applications, everyone can only choose one school. This is why the waitlist is not such a bad thing. You can be very far back on the waitlist and still get in just because so many people have to turn down offers. You got this!

You are very amazing. Thank you so much for explaining all this to me. I was thinking numbers way too much and losing confidence slowly. I have regained it thanks to you