PT career path

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If I want to become PT , should I need to take kinesiology as my undergraduate degree or health related degree is also accepted like food science or nutrition ?
Also, what graduate PT school is recommended ?

thanks so much .
 
If you look online you'll see that it really doesn't matter what you're undergrad degree is in. I would recommend to do something that will knock out most if not all of your pre-requisites needed to apply to a DPT program. I personally was a Psychology and Art major and I do regret it now as many of my classmates were athletic training, sports med, bio, etc. (those with and exercise/science background may have had it a little easier this semester) but everyone is doing just fine, regardless of their undergrad background, because of the require prerequisites.

As for picking a program there are over 200+ schools so you're going to have to do some work to look in to that, go to the CAPTE website to find a list of all accredited schools and start looking at states that you would want to live in. You'll have to decide if you want public vs. private, in-state vs. out-of-state. You can also see which schools require what pre-requisites, GRE scores, observation hours, etc.
 
Search the forum and research for yourself. You will find a lot more useful information that way.
 
I have another questions about PT. Is it more difficult for international student to find a PT job ?
 
I have another questions about PT. Is it more difficult for international student to find a PT job ?

Are you talking about applying to DPT schools or if you already have a DPT from another country as these are two complete different topics.
 
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