Hey lirpa! thanks so much for your info too! I actually just mailed off my application yesterday, very exciting. Could you tell me more about how your interview went? Types of questions asked, who conducted it, were you alone or was it a group interview? I'm starting to look at apartments online to get a feel for price and location, are there any complexes you would recommend? Do you like where you're living? Sorry if I'm asking too many questions..there are just so many! haha. Congrats on your acceptance!
You are such a big help! Thank you so much!!!!! I am actually from Southern California, so those prices aren't too much of a shock for me. The renting a room sounds like a good idea. I'll look into it. Did you specifically apply for the Summer 2009 class or another class and they asked if you wanted to join the summer class? May I ask when you applied, got an interview, and got the acceptance? Hopefully I will see you there in a few months!
I was originally going to apply for the Spring 2010 class. I had heard through the rumor mill that they may have been having trouble filling the Summer 2009 class. When I found this out I called to see if this was true and they informed me that your class, the summer class, was filled but there were still seats in the fall class (seemed odd to me...since the deadline was like 4 months ago). Anyways.. they told me if I got my application to them as soon as I could, I could be considered for the Fall 2009 class. All this has happened in the last week and a half. I got an application together and I mailed it off March 18th. I put a tracking number on it and they received it Friday afternoon. I'm sure with it being a Friday afternoon it wasn't looked at yet. So I'll see what the next week or two brings me!
Yeah no problem..my stats are:
I cannot thank you enough for the inside info you have given me! I just got an email today from Krista saying my application is complete and it's now onto the review committee...I'll def keep you posted
Hey there. I'm not familiar with the OT program. But there are two information sessions at the San Marcos campus coming up on May 16 from 10:00am-12:00pm and on May 20 from 7:00pm-9:00pm for the OT and OT/PT dual program. Don't quote me on this but I think this upcoming September is the first OT class at this campus, so this could be by there isn't much info out there on it. I would have your girlfriend give them a call to find out more info. They can give her more info regarding her GRE scores and if she should retake them or not.
my interview is next friday (the 10th) at 11am! im very excited
hey! i felt the interview went very very well..so fingers crossed! they changed the questions up from the ones you gave me and the essay question was different as well. but i felt like i was just having a conversation with them, rather than being drilled with questions, so thats good. while on the tour mary told us that they were accepting around 55-60 people for the fall class and that they still had another interview date in early may. i really liked it there, everyone was so nice and it's such a nice area! are you still starting in early may? do you know anything about your class yet? it's all so exciting!
there were only two of us interviewing that day. we interviewed with dr. wanda nitsch and dr. steve laslovich. both really nice and down to earth. they made me feel really comfortable. we were asked things like: if you were the president of your undergrad university, what would be something you would change? what is integrity and what was a situation that you had to use or felt it was tested? they had similar questions to yours but changed them up a little bit..such as: your doctor was overweight and smoked, would you listen to him when he told you to lose weight and quit smoking? do you feel as physical therapists we are role models? what changes do you see in physical therapy in the next 15-20 years? and then just things like what things have you done to prepare to be a physical therapy or be accepted in PT school? how do you handle stress? what class in undergrad was challenging to you and how did you overcome that challenge? etc. things like that...it's all sort of blurring together now. we were in there for about 45 minutes. my essay question was "what does the term quality of life mean to you?"
well hopefully ill be in for fall or spring! i cant believe how slow the days are going by...haha. the next two weeks are gonna be long!
I GOT IN!!!! I just got the call from Mary!! I'm so excited!
Here's a website I found. Anytime I needed to call, I called the number for Enrollment Services on this site. http://my.usa.edu/ics/Admissions/
Good thing you called and found that out about your bio! Glad I could could help!
Thanks for the heads up! I'm sending them my check tomorrow for the course. Hope you're not going too crazy yet!
Hey there. I interviewed at the San Diego campus, I'm assuming they run their interviews very similar. You can read above in this thread for interview questions that Lirpa and I were asked. Just be yourself and just talk with them like you are having a conversation. You have already passed the first step of meeting their requirements and obtaining an interview. The rest of your acceptance rides on your interview. The people interviewing you do not know what you look like on paper, such as GPAs and GREs. They are basing everything off your presence. It doesn't matter if the person you are interviewing with looks better on paper, you could be a better people person and be accepted based on how you presented youself. I would refresh yourself on current issues in physical therapy, they make ask a question or two during the interview to see if you are update on current issues, such as vision 2020. I felt my interview was very relaxed. They didn't sit there drilling you with questions or trying to trip you up. They just want to get a feel for who you are. Just review the questions we were asked and think of how you would answer them, look up current events in PT and just be yourself. Good luck!
That massage class sounds like heaven! haha Def will help with the first trimester's stress. is anatomy the hardest course you have this semester and spend the most time on? or is another one killer? or all of them? haha study study study, you'll do great!
thanks Merryx for the advice I feel better about it now I feel like I will do ok if i can keep my nerves at bay. I wish july would hurry up. have you started at your school yet.