CHEWYBAR101
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I graduated a year ago from a four-year university but didn't so well GPA-wise. I was unsure of what career path at the time and didn't really have a clear sense of direction. For the past year I've been retaking my pre-requisites for PT school at a local community college but I don't feel as if that is enough to improve upon my mistakes in my GPA.
I graduated with a double major in Neurobiology (BS) and Communication (AB) but ended up leaving with a poor GPA of 2.97. As of current, my post-bacc GPA is 4.00 as I'm retaking my prerequisites at community college. The problem I'm facing is that as a prior science major, I took a lot of upper division specialty science courses at my university and didn't pass with the greatest of grades. Even though I'm retaking all of my pre-requisites, I can't fix those upper div courses because they aren't courses offered at community colleges which greatly affects my science GPA and cumulative GPA. Are there any recommendations I can do to beef up my application? I heard there was a cut off 3.2 GPA in PTCAS where they throw away your application and I was worried/concerned
Major: Neurobiology, Communication
GPA (leaving university): 2.97
"Post-Bacc" GPA: 4.00
Pre-requisite GPA (w/ highest grade for retake): 3.64 ~ 3.74
Cumulative GPA (w/ highest grade for retake): 3.25
Science GPA (w/ highest grade for retake): 3.16
PT Hours: 40 Hours of Inpatient; I'm in the process of getting 2 more internships to hopefully attain 200 hours total
Other Experiences: 600+ Hours of Athletic Training, 150+ Hours of Massage Therapy Coursework, 200+ Hours of Community Clinic Volunteering
Thank you for reading. Any advice or shared past experiences are appreciated
I graduated with a double major in Neurobiology (BS) and Communication (AB) but ended up leaving with a poor GPA of 2.97. As of current, my post-bacc GPA is 4.00 as I'm retaking my prerequisites at community college. The problem I'm facing is that as a prior science major, I took a lot of upper division specialty science courses at my university and didn't pass with the greatest of grades. Even though I'm retaking all of my pre-requisites, I can't fix those upper div courses because they aren't courses offered at community colleges which greatly affects my science GPA and cumulative GPA. Are there any recommendations I can do to beef up my application? I heard there was a cut off 3.2 GPA in PTCAS where they throw away your application and I was worried/concerned
Major: Neurobiology, Communication
GPA (leaving university): 2.97
"Post-Bacc" GPA: 4.00
Pre-requisite GPA (w/ highest grade for retake): 3.64 ~ 3.74
Cumulative GPA (w/ highest grade for retake): 3.25
Science GPA (w/ highest grade for retake): 3.16
PT Hours: 40 Hours of Inpatient; I'm in the process of getting 2 more internships to hopefully attain 200 hours total
Other Experiences: 600+ Hours of Athletic Training, 150+ Hours of Massage Therapy Coursework, 200+ Hours of Community Clinic Volunteering
Thank you for reading. Any advice or shared past experiences are appreciated