OT Schools in the South

[228]

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Hello, I know many here are from different places, but I was wondering for those people from down south--which regional schools you applied to and why? I am from Mississippi and will be applying to:

UMMC
Brenau(Ga)
Nova Southeastern
LSU-Nola
LSU-Shreveport
UAB


Among others...My situation is this: I will probably have near a 2.9-3.0 upon graduation which really puts me on the borderline of not being even considered. Hopefully I can get it to the baseline by graduation.

Also, I'm a December graduate...Do all schools require submission through OTCAS as well as regular application to the university? So, if I finished in December, would early January be too late to submit my applications to schools if I wanted to be admitted for the fall of that same year?


Thanks for any responses! Hope everyone is studying hard for finals!👍😀

 

[c2902]

OTCAS lists the schools that use its services right on its website. The school itself will indicate whether it requires any supplemental application information. With regard to submitting in December, at that time of year, OTCAS takes a full 31 days to "verify" your application (checking your transcripts against what you entered in the app) - which in all honesty seems like utter BS for a process that can't possibly take more than 45 minutes, but it is what it is. So keep in mind deadlines, and depending on when your transcripts are available, you may not be able to get them to OTCAS in time for your application to be verified before some school deadlines. Some schools don't care if your application is fully verified, just submitted to OTCAS by the deadline, others require it to be fully verified by the deadline. And OTCAS does not consider your application "submitted" until ALL documentation, including transcripts, is received. You can certainly send in your application with your fall classes listed as currently still in progress, which may not necessarily hurt you - just keep that in mind. For example, if your school has a mid-January deadline, you will have to submit your stuff in very early December AT THE LATEST for it to be verified on time.

ETA: I have nothing to add regarding southern schools, sorry!

 

[AspiringOT.]

Hey @228 did you apply to any of these schools? If so, what was your outcome?!

 

[PreOTfromLB]

As someone with a similar GPA after graduating if your university will let you I suggest staying in school one extra semester and taking "filler" classes to bump up your GPA and hold off on finishing your degree. Maybe pick up a minor like gerontology or sociology ? I wish I would have done that. I've spent 5 years working in the field of SPED full time to "make-up" for being sub-par. If I could have done it all over again, the money and time of one extra semester would have been worth it to get considered for better schools.