So at this point in order to get my degree and meet all the PT school pre-reqs I haven't really got an room for any more electives without doing another year of undergrad...which isn't gonna happen...being a biology major though I will have never taken a kinesiology or biomechanics class...do PT schools look at that poorly? Kinesiology or exercise science are obviously the majors of choice for pre-PT, but are they looked at more favorably then other majors. I know people say that only the pre-reqs matter, but there is a big time majority of people going to pt school with degrees in kinesiology/exercise science...
I think the PT applicant data explains this the best. The majority of people in PT school are kinesiology/exercise science majors simply because the majority of people applying to PT school are kinesiology/exercise science majors. The 2011-2012 data report basically shows that across all majors there is roughly a 50% acceptance rate. Which to me sounds like it doesn't really matter what you study. There were a few with higher i.e closer to 2/3 acceptance rates like anthropology, neuroscience, journalism, history but the smaller number of applicants for those majors makes it hard to generalize.
http://www.ptcas.org/About/
Some quick examples:
KINESIOLOGY total applicants 2,141 total accepted 1,010
EXERCISE SCIENCE total applicants 3,017 total accepted 1,520
ATHLETIC TRAINING total applicants 553 total accepted 261
BIOLOGY total applicants 2,122 total accepted 1,076
BUSINESS total applicants 233 total accepted 127
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY total applicants 374 total accepted 198
COMMUNICATIONS total applicants 62 total accepted 37
MUSIC total applicants 29 total accepted 17
ENGINEERING total applicants 50 total accepted 26
you get the idea.
