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Hello, everyone!
I have a question that may apply to a lot of applicants who are planning to apply next cycle or who may have not quite made the cut this cycle: What schools out there accept grade replacements for science pre-requisites?
I know that a lot of PT programs only accept 1-3 retakes, then average the rest of the grades, and I also know that PTCAS averages all of the grades and accepts no grade replacements. I have heard that the University of St. Augustine takes the highest grade of all attempts for each pre-req, but I've got to believe that there are more out there. I see this question tossed around a lot on SDN, but no one has really been able to compile a real list of these schools, and a lot of this information is often not available on the program's website or PTCAS.
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So, here's my situation:
Long story short: I didn't get into any PT schools in my home state of TN because of my science GPA. Like most people, I had to work my way through undergrad to make sure I got out without any student loan debt. But, it cost me GPA-wise. I ended up with C's in Physiology, Physics I, and Chem I and II. I got my crap together by the end of undergrad to do really well in all of my upper-level classes and get into a good Master's program at a prestigious medical school in FL, though.
Anyway, this year will be my 1st time taking Anatomy, 2nd time re-taking Chem I and II, and 3rd time re-taking Physiology and Physics I (I know, but you can't say I'm not determined!
) All of my other pre-reqs are mostly A's and some B's.
So, with all of my re-takes, I'm concerned that I may need to re-take too many to even be a competitive applicant anymore. I'm getting a 4.0 cumulative in my rigorous Master's program, and I have years of experience in PT, but I'm afraid that the fact it is taking me so many second chances to get a good science GPA that I'm screwed no matter what.
My goal schools are UTC, Belmont, ETSU, and TSU, in that order. I want to apply early decision to UTC because all of these schools fill their cohorts with ED applicants. I also went there for undergrad, so I know the program really well. But, they require a 3.4 minimum to apply ED, and they only take 3 re-takes into consideration. The rest are averaged. Their last cohort had a 3.86 science GPA average and a 3.9 cumulative GPA average. With all of my re-takes, I'm barely meeting the 3.4 minimum. Any advice? And, does anyone know anything about the other schools regarding their policies on grade replacements for re-takes? I can't find that info anywhere.
As always, thanks so much for your input, guys!
I have a question that may apply to a lot of applicants who are planning to apply next cycle or who may have not quite made the cut this cycle: What schools out there accept grade replacements for science pre-requisites?
I know that a lot of PT programs only accept 1-3 retakes, then average the rest of the grades, and I also know that PTCAS averages all of the grades and accepts no grade replacements. I have heard that the University of St. Augustine takes the highest grade of all attempts for each pre-req, but I've got to believe that there are more out there. I see this question tossed around a lot on SDN, but no one has really been able to compile a real list of these schools, and a lot of this information is often not available on the program's website or PTCAS.
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So, here's my situation:
Long story short: I didn't get into any PT schools in my home state of TN because of my science GPA. Like most people, I had to work my way through undergrad to make sure I got out without any student loan debt. But, it cost me GPA-wise. I ended up with C's in Physiology, Physics I, and Chem I and II. I got my crap together by the end of undergrad to do really well in all of my upper-level classes and get into a good Master's program at a prestigious medical school in FL, though.
Anyway, this year will be my 1st time taking Anatomy, 2nd time re-taking Chem I and II, and 3rd time re-taking Physiology and Physics I (I know, but you can't say I'm not determined!
So, with all of my re-takes, I'm concerned that I may need to re-take too many to even be a competitive applicant anymore. I'm getting a 4.0 cumulative in my rigorous Master's program, and I have years of experience in PT, but I'm afraid that the fact it is taking me so many second chances to get a good science GPA that I'm screwed no matter what.
My goal schools are UTC, Belmont, ETSU, and TSU, in that order. I want to apply early decision to UTC because all of these schools fill their cohorts with ED applicants. I also went there for undergrad, so I know the program really well. But, they require a 3.4 minimum to apply ED, and they only take 3 re-takes into consideration. The rest are averaged. Their last cohort had a 3.86 science GPA average and a 3.9 cumulative GPA average. With all of my re-takes, I'm barely meeting the 3.4 minimum. Any advice? And, does anyone know anything about the other schools regarding their policies on grade replacements for re-takes? I can't find that info anywhere.
As always, thanks so much for your input, guys!