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Hi!
I am looking for advice on things I "can control" that will help me be a better applicant for DPT school. I have been feeling a bit out of sorts regarding the things I "can't control", like a lower cumulative GPA during my undergrad career from 2010-2014.
A little backstory, I graduated college with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 in Environmental Studies. After college, I spent 2014-2019 as a teacher, instructing outdoor and environmental education in both a private school setting and at programs similar to Outward Bound/NOLS . I was also an Americorp Volunteer for about 5 months. Needless to say, none of this has to do with physical therapy and I am working towards being a qualified applicant for DPT school in the fall of 2021.
I am starting from scratch and have two years to complete all of the prerequisites. I need just about every class but stats (which I might retake as I got a B). I know the best thing to do is crush these courses and gets A's or A- at my local community college while doing well on the GRE. Besides that I know that I need to get a lot of observation hours in diverse settings while obtaining quality letters of recommendations. I may also try to work as a PT aide for a year. These are all things I can control but I don't know how to deal with giving 100% and carrying this weight of only being able to bring my cumulative GPA to a 3.3.
The programs I am interested in are state schools that have cumulative GPA's that are 3.6+. I am wondering what advice you all have for other things I "can control" that I can work on over the next 2 years that may make up for a lower cumulative GPA? Are there any folks out there with advice or who were in similar shoes that may give me something else I can work on over the next two years?
Thanks in advance.
I am looking for advice on things I "can control" that will help me be a better applicant for DPT school. I have been feeling a bit out of sorts regarding the things I "can't control", like a lower cumulative GPA during my undergrad career from 2010-2014.
A little backstory, I graduated college with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 in Environmental Studies. After college, I spent 2014-2019 as a teacher, instructing outdoor and environmental education in both a private school setting and at programs similar to Outward Bound/NOLS . I was also an Americorp Volunteer for about 5 months. Needless to say, none of this has to do with physical therapy and I am working towards being a qualified applicant for DPT school in the fall of 2021.
I am starting from scratch and have two years to complete all of the prerequisites. I need just about every class but stats (which I might retake as I got a B). I know the best thing to do is crush these courses and gets A's or A- at my local community college while doing well on the GRE. Besides that I know that I need to get a lot of observation hours in diverse settings while obtaining quality letters of recommendations. I may also try to work as a PT aide for a year. These are all things I can control but I don't know how to deal with giving 100% and carrying this weight of only being able to bring my cumulative GPA to a 3.3.
The programs I am interested in are state schools that have cumulative GPA's that are 3.6+. I am wondering what advice you all have for other things I "can control" that I can work on over the next 2 years that may make up for a lower cumulative GPA? Are there any folks out there with advice or who were in similar shoes that may give me something else I can work on over the next two years?
Thanks in advance.