What are my chances of getting into a PT program?

[Tom51]

Here are my stats:

School: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Major: Kinesiology
Cum. GPA: 3.12
Prereq. GPA: 3.07
GRE: Verbal: 470 Quantitative: 670
Observation: 200 hours
Additional info: I have my CSCS issued by the NSCA and am CPR/AED certified

Also, I got a C- in one of my prereqs (Chem. 2) which is calculated into my prereq GPA.

What do you think my chances are? I applied to about 15 schools. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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[Tom51]

I asked this on the Physical therapy board first because I didn't konw about this one.

Here are my stats:

School: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Major: Kinesiology
Cum. GPA: 3.12
Prereq. GPA: 3.07
GRE: Verbal: 470 Quantitative: 670
Observation: 200 hours
Additional info: I have my CSCS issued by the NSCA and am CPR/AED certified

Also, I got a C- in one of my prereqs (Chem. 2) which is calculated into my prereq GPA.

What do you think my chances are? I applied to about 15 schools. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[DPTHopeful921]

what schools did you apply to??

 

[Tom51]

Chapman, Husson, Massachusetts College of Pharm. and Health Sciences, Mount St. Mary's, Richard Stockton, Sacred heart, U. of Rhode Island, U. of Vermont, U of New England, Florida International, Hampton, Scranton and UMass Lowell.

 

[jchen707]

I'm assuming you applied for the present cycle, correct? bc with a lot of the schools having had deadlines in early to mid december, I would think you'd have heard about an interview by now... but I guess it could take a while if schools are swamped with apps.

Anyway, to be honest, IMO, your GPA, both cumm and pre-req, are low. But I don't know much about any of the schools you applied to. I was going ot apply to UMASS Lowell, bc it would've been in state, but on their website, they say they reserve about 60% of their spots for their own students. But I don't know much about any of the other schools you applied to.

If you have a solid PS and some good LORs, you should be all set and should hear back from some programs.

Best of Luck.

 

[NeophyteParkour]

Chapman, Husson, Massachusetts College of Pharm. and Health Sciences, Mount St. Mary's, Richard Stockton, Sacred heart, U. of Rhode Island, U. of Vermont, U of New England, Florida International, Hampton, Scranton and UMass Lowell.

Out of those, I've applied to URI, UV, and UNE.
URI and UNE have offered me interviews so far, and UV I have yet ot hear from (beyond just saying they have received my application).
In case you're wondering, my stats are very similar to jchen707's.

The only one I really know much about is URI. They accept a lot of out-of-state students, and apparently the lowest GPA they accepted last year was a 3.5. Really what they're looking for though is a 3.6+.
They value last-60 credits and GRE scores the most.

Also, you can find a lot of information here: http://www.apta.org/uploadedFiles/A...APTA/PTCAS/2010_11_PTCAS_ApplicantDataRpt.pdf
about who gets accepted, from the likelihood of getting into a school when applying to 15 different schools, to the GPA's that typically get accepted.

 

[arvest25]

Don't lose hope! I know stats are a huge factor in the application process, but some schools don't just look at stats! I know of a few schools that ACTUALLY take the time to look at the whole resume of an applicant to measure whether or not they would be a good fit into their program! And don't be afraid to apply anywhere b/c whether people want to believe this or not, demographics play a huge role into "applicant-decison making"

 

[arvest25]

Here are my stats:

School: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Major: Kinesiology
Cum. GPA: 3.12
Prereq. GPA: 3.07
GRE: Verbal: 470 Quantitative: 670
Observation: 200 hours
Additional info: I have my CSCS issued by the NSCA and am CPR/AED certified

Also, I got a C- in one of my prereqs (Chem. 2) which is calculated into my prereq GPA.

What do you think my chances are? I applied to about 15 schools. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Which schools did you apply to again? You could beef up those observational hours a tad bit more (I would)!

 

[fejin757]

Which schools did you apply to again? You could beef up those observational hours a tad bit more (I would)!

Haha, glad I wasn't applying against you..I think 200 hours(In many different settings) is a pretty significant amount of volunteer experience.

You've already applied to 15 schools...I'm sure you'll get invited and given the chance to shine somewhere.

Best of luck.

 

[jchen707]

I replied earlier I think to your other thread in the pre-pt forum, but for simplicity, i'll address the volunteer hours here.
I agree, your volunteer hours are fine. Most schools want to see over 100. I barely got over 100 (literally, I think I had 103 hours) and I was invited to all the schools that I applied that conducted interviews. But the thing to make sure is they are in different settings, not just 200 in 1 setting, bc in that case you would def need more hours. You should have about 3 different settings, like outpatient ortho, inpatient, acute, geriatrics, peds etc... Some schools also have a specification on how many hours would constitute it being in a different setting, like at UF they require you have 3 settings, with at least 10 hours in each setting. Therefore you should review the criteria of the schools that you applied to. But if I remember from your other thread correctly, you already applied? So you prob already knew all the info I just wrote above ( ). Anyway, good luck with your apps and hopefully you'll be interviewed at all of your schools and get into most of them if not all.