General Admissions & OTCAS Chances

[OTstudent41]

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College: St. Joseph's College, NY
Major: Speech Communications (Speech language pathology concentration)
Overall GPA: 3.3 (OTCAS gpa is a lot lower, because I retook a few classes) 🙁
Prereq gpa: 3.4-3.6 depending on the program.
Science gpa: 3.4-3.6, it may even be higher since Im taking physics now and doing well.
GRE: NONE
Letters: 2 from OTs, 2 from A&P professors, and 1 professional
Personal statement: Excellent ( I had 3 schools and many people read it and received great feedback)

Observation hours: over 250 in a hospital, school and will observing in a nursing home this fall.
Volunteer hours: 40 at a hospital, 60 at a hippotherapy center, and dozens of fundraisers and walks.
Extras: CPR certification, Aphasia training certification, Speech Pathology internship (70 hours), 1 semester of child development research with NYU, gymnastics coach and camp counselor for 5 years.

Applied in state (NY): Sage, Stonybrook, NYIT, Hofstra, and thinking about applying to NYU.

Applied out of state: Shenandoah, U of the Sciences, Stockton (long shot because I'm missing 3 prereqs)

Should I apply to more schools? Stonybrook is my dream school, so Im really hoping they'll look at my science GPA and last 60 rather then my overall.

 

[sngot]

It should be pretty easy to find information such as whether a school or not looks at science GPA or last 60. I would also try looking at school that offer interviews because those care about the applicant as a whole rather than only looking at someone's stats. Best of luck.