How Do I stack up?

[PT_Hopefull]

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Hey there everyone! I am currently studying for my GRE's and I've been stressed for months thinking about if I'll get admitted into a PT program or not. I graduated from my college back in January 2020 after 4.5 years (I chose my major a little late). My college career didn't start off so hot, I came into college severely depressed dealing with financial issues at home (I was almost homeless) as well as my parents constantly fighting. Going into my junior year things began to pick up for me, but it wasn't good enough as I graduated with a 2.893 GPA with a degree in Psychology (Major GPA 3.35). Since my junior year I worked hard to make up for my rocky start and began to shadow at various clinics and I have accumulated around 400 hours of Shadowing. As well as that in school I went on to become a Chemistry TA. Since graduating and because of the pandemic I have began to work as a PT Aide and helped relieve some financial burdens from my family. I know my resume does not look good but what do you all think?

 

[Galain]

Hi,

You'll want to retake coursework to bring your GPA up in order to be competitive. If you can crush your GRE you may be able to make a sympathy case for yourself but otherwise most schools require at least a 3.0 to even get looked at. Most schools get hundreds of applicants so they are looking for ways to eliminate candidates as there are many highly qualified ones. Don't make it easy for them to eliminate you.

 

[dpta1998]

I agree with the person above. You want that GPA (especially science/pre-req GPA is be at least above 3.0 and even higher if possible with retakes). Don't be afraid to take a gap year and apply next cycle if that's going to make you a stronger applicant. That way you can work longer and save some more money while also building up your resume and stats! Not to scare you, but when I applied last cycle, I was rejected from 4/5 schools and my cgpa was 3.7 and sgpa was 3.5. Unfortunately, GPA is one of the first things many schools look at. Hope this helps.

 

[ya1]

Hey there everyone! I am currently studying for my GRE's and I've been stressed for months thinking about if I'll get admitted into a PT program or not. I graduated from my college back in January 2020 after 4.5 years (I chose my major a little late). My college career didn't start off so hot, I came into college severely depressed dealing with financial issues at home (I was almost homeless) as well as my parents constantly fighting. Going into my junior year things began to pick up for me, but it wasn't good enough as I graduated with a 2.893 GPA with a degree in Psychology (Major GPA 3.35). Since my junior year I worked hard to make up for my rocky start and began to shadow at various clinics and I have accumulated around 400 hours of Shadowing. As well as that in school I went on to become a Chemistry TA. Since graduating and because of the pandemic I have began to work as a PT Aide and helped relieve some financial burdens from my family. I know my resume does not look good but what do you all think?

How many pre-reques courses do you need to take? My undergrad was about 2.7, but I had to take all my pre-reques. My pre-reques GPA turned out to be around 3.5-3.6. I still had to take a few more classes to get to pre-reques, so my last 60-ish nits GPA ended up to be around 3.75. That brought up my commulative GPA to 3.0-3.1 which is enough for minimal requirements for PT schools. I am pretty sure no school will accept you with GPA under 3.0.
You can also consider schools that look at the last 60-100 units GPA only - you should have a better shot in those schools.
You already got enough observation hours, which is great!

 

[reems112]

Retaking your pre reqs will definitely help but also looking at schools that accept lower GPA requirements would be a good idea too. There are schools that the minimum cut off is a 2.7 so you can do your research and see what those schools are. Along with your pre reqs if you are financially good, you can consider doing a grad program or a masters into something related to PT. That will also comprise your last 60-30 hours gpa as well. I know many people who have gone through a masters and have benefited greatly into getting into the programs they have wanted to. Schools want to see if you can take up the load of grad school and this will be a great way to show that you can handle the rigor of a DPT program as well. Schools will also see the upward trend as well if you show them how you did in a masters program and some schools do factor both undergrad and grad school GPAs together. Don't lose hope though! Its totally possible!