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[tamugirl15]

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Major: B.S. Nutritional Sciences
Overall GPA: 3.65
Prereq GPA: 3.57
Observation hours: 200 among outpatient sports, cardiac rehab, home health, neuro
I haven't taken the GRE yet

I began my undergrad at a 4-year private school playing a division 1 sport before suffering a career-ending injury. This caused me to transfer to Texas A&M due to financial reasons. I'm worried that transferring schools could look bad on my application as well as my GPA not being that high. However, I was curious as to whether these schools wold take into account that my major is rather difficult and includes many upper-level science classes.
I've completed Organic Chemistry 1 and 2, Genetics, Microbiology, and Biochemistry 1 and 2. If you could give me any advice on how to strengthen my application I would be so grateful. I plan on applying to most of the Texas-based DPT programs.

 

[ptlover]

You are solid. Rock the GRE and you'll be golden. Also, its not bad that you had to transfer! It happens.

 

[DesertPT]

However, I was curious as to whether these schools wold take into account that my major is rather difficult and includes many upper-level science classes.

They have no way of knowing how difficult your curriculum really was, and they aren't going to see Nutrition as any more rigorous then any other science degree that the majority of applicants have. The fact that you have taken a few additional pre-med bio and chem classes doesn't make you special unfortunately.

With that being said, nobody really cares what anybody's major was when it comes to the PT admissions process. If you've got a bachelor's degree and have taken the specified program pre-reqs, that's all that really matters.

 

[uncwpt2018]

I transferred from UNC-Chapel hill to another UNC system school for personal reasons and they just want you to be able to explain why, but it shouldn't hurt you at all. Your GPA and volunteer hours are good, so just try to get above 300 on the GRE to really solidify it.
Your major doesn't matter to them so much as you have done well in the pre-reqs.
The best you can do is make sure you are getting good recommendation letters and make sure your essays are well organized and answer the prompt.

 

[Watson27]

Don't worry about how transferring schools will look. I attended one school for 3 years before taking a year off due to health reasons and then transferred and attended another school for 3 years. I addressed this in my app, and I had one school ask about it in my interview. No one seems to care because I've been accepted to 4 programs so far. 🙂

Like knj27 said, they will have no way of knowing if your major is "harder" or not. The fact that you have taken upper level science courses is great, but unless a program suggests taking these courses, the only thing they will care about is what grade you got in them.

My suggestion is to rock the GRE, get great recommendations, and write a killer essay.