As a recent graduate of the MCPHS DPT program in Worcester, MA, my advice is do not bother applying there and stay as far away from that toxic program as possible.
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As a recent graduate of the MCPHS DPT program in Worcester, MA, my advice is do not bother applying there and stay as far away from that toxic program as possible.
Also forgot to mention, their first time pass rate for the boards is in the low 80s.
I don’t plan on applying here, but would you mind elaborating on why it’s not a good program?As a recent graduate of the MCPHS DPT program in Worcester, MA, my advice is do not bother applying there and stay as far away from that toxic program as possible.
I don’t plan on applying here, but would you mind elaborating on why it’s not a good program?
The faculty is extremely unsupportive. With the exception of one professor, you’re basically teaching yourself. The rest of them just read word for word off of their powerpoints. They don’t actually care about their students, they just care about the program looking good, their reputations, and their board pass rate (which is abysmal). You’re spending $52,000 a year, when you can spend a quarter of that getting a better education anywhere else. They have faculty who haven’t practiced in over 3 decades, and who have no idea what the content of the classes are, grading practicals. The program director is an honest to god awful human being who doesn’t care about anything other than her ego and climbing the ladder. The clinical placement process is a joke, with the 2 people who do it having next to zero interaction with students before placing you. You get placed where you’re placed and there’s no discussion. They don’t care where you have housing, they put you where they want and expect you to figure it out from there. Every professor aside from 2, absolutely hate being challenged and get extremely rude when they are, even when it’s in a respectful manner. If I could do it over again, I absolutely would have avoided that place at all costs.
Oh wow, I’m sorry you had to deal with all of this, but thank you for sharing
I just think it’s important for people applying to a program to know what they’re getting themselves into, especially when you’re paying hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The faculty is extremely unsupportive. With the exception of one professor, you’re basically teaching yourself. The rest of them just read word for word off of their powerpoints. They don’t actually care about their students, they just care about the program looking good, their reputations, and their board pass rate (which is abysmal). You’re spending $52,000 a year, when you can spend a quarter of that getting a better education anywhere else. They have faculty who haven’t practiced in over 3 decades, and who have no idea what the content of the classes are, grading practicals. The program director is an honest to god awful human being who doesn’t care about anything other than her ego and climbing the ladder. The clinical placement process is a joke, with the 2 people who do it having next to zero interaction with students before placing you. You get placed where you’re placed and there’s no discussion. They don’t care where you have housing, they put you where they want and expect you to figure it out from there. Every professor aside from 2, absolutely hate being challenged and get extremely rude when they are, even when it’s in a respectful manner. If I could do it over again, I absolutely would have avoided that place at all costs.
I have somewhat similar feelings about where I attended school, even at an "elite" program. I made a thread about it here a few months ago. For anyone reading these posts, the only semi-reliable way to determine quality of life in a program is to talk to MULTIPLE students and recent grads per program to hear their perspective, preferably outside of official avenues where they might feel they need to put on a front. And this takes a lot of work, but is probably your best bet as far as learning which programs are worthwhile.