I ran across this post reading something else.. But this is exactly what I just dealt with. A little bit about me.. I was dentistry all the way. I received my Bachelor's and didn't have the GPA or DAT to get into Dental School so I did a PostBacc/Master's program at Hampton University (will have my master's degree in May). I did not ever consider PT because I had tunnel vision with dentistry. Last year 2014, I lost about 58lbs and became a fanatic with the entire body and working out. I began to evaluate the reasons why I wanted to do dentistry. Mainly they were that: I wanted to be my own boss, have a comfortable living, be a doctor, create my own schedule, own my own practice, and employ whom I saw fit. It wasn't that I just love teeth like some people say (I don't think anyone just loves teeth lol). I applied and am currently in the application cycle with AADSAS and received an interview offer from a dental school because both my DAT and GPA are both solid. However, I no longer want to be a dentist.
On the flip side, I decided to talk with my mentors about career options and one of my professors mentioned PT. So, I applied to the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the same school I am working on Master's degree at (Hampton University).I had to rush to get everything in last semester so that I could start fall 2015. I had to take the GRE (a test I was unfamiliar with because of my heavy science background) but I found it to be a little easier than the DAT. I took it and did well. I JUST found out Monday that I was accepted into HU's DPT program. Now I have options because I have been told that I am more than likely going to get into that dental school who wants me to interview from an admission person. (I don't want to provide names).
My choice, I am going to choose to become a Doctor of Physical Therapy. My reasons: it will give me everything I wanted in dentistry plus more (I wanted to be my own boss, have a comfortable living, be a doctor, create my own schedule, own my own practice, and employ whom I saw fit). I am taking a pay cut for sure, but the money is still great. I know a PT that has 5 practices in each specialty and makes close to 150K per year. Starting off is rough but PT allows you to do SOOOO much more than I feel Dentistry does in the long run. You could work with the government, school system, Military, Private practice, Professional and/or collegiate sports teams, hospital, home health, travel, etc. Just to name a few. Not to mention start up costs for private practice is significantly cheaper because of the equipment used. Nonetheless, I decided ultimately to do PT because I wanted to focus on the body system as a whole vs working ONLY in the mouth. I worked for an Oral Surgeon for 2 years and shadowed General Dentistry for years. I also did a dental mission trip to Panama, so I feel that I have seen it all. But when I shadowed a PT I was amazed at the different types of things we did and the variety was great. Another reason I switched is because the patient-doctor interactions are much better and the work is more gratifying than in dentistry in my opinion.
I know that this is long, but I wanted to give you my unique perspective on both fields and why I made my decision for PT. I hope that this help you out. If money is your focus, then you need to evaluate what you could put up with not necessarily what you're passionate about. Be in the field to feel good about helping people. But I feel you on that question nonetheless lol Money is important. If you have any questions feel free to PM me and I will be happy to help you out!
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I cleared up all the bad information for the record, but I imagine my efforts were in vain. In general people over there seemed to be a lot more closed minded.
I just read your post over there. 
