Colleges with good physical therapy programs

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<p>Most important will be the students GPA and GRE scores for acceptance into DPT programs - so the undergrad piece - because it is such a competitive field now - will have to be pretty stellar.</p>

<p>This is an example of what will be required by most of the grad schools.......</p>

<p>Prerequisites: Be eligible for admission to the Graduate School. (Applicants must apply separately to both the DPT program and Graduate School.), have satisfactory Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores (must also take the WRITING portion of the GRE), provide evidence of extracurricular involvement, provide evidence of exposure to the practice of physical therapy. A minimum of 100 hours is encouraged, have two of the three letters of reference (from the *** Graduate School application) be completed by licensed PTs who supervised the applicant's PT experience, present evidence that the required prerequisite course work will be completed and an undergraduate degree from an accredited university or college conferred before the start of the program in the summer.</p>

<p>DPT is a long haul - an additional 3 years of school/clinical practice - many are interested but many won't follow that route......... mine chose after a while to follow another route - tho it still puts her in line to work with adaptive programs - so that is just fine with her.</p>

<p>No matter where one chooses to do the undergrad piece - make very sure to research the grad schools for the requirements they have to make sure all requirements will be completed.</p>

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<p>For a PA state school:</p>

<p>Slippery Rock has the 3+3 program Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) Tuition is not bad either!</p>

<p><a href="http://academics.sru.edu/catalog/d_health_phys.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://academics.sru.edu/catalog/d_health_phys.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>kitty
I second the motion to have her check out Simmons College in Boston. Excellent PT program. College is all-women,(son might like that ;)) and in Boston, if she is willing to expand her geographical search.</p>

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<p>Boston Univertity’s “sargent collge” is the best in the country… be prepared to pay high tuition and the student must be academically competitive…</p>

<p>go to bu.edu</p>

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<p>Wow, lots of these old threads being dug up lately! I didn’t even recognize this as mine since 4+ years have elapsed!</p>

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<p>This is an OLD thread… but if anyone sees the title and is looking for PT programs, Northeastern Univ in Boston has an excellent BS/DPT program. Students enter as freshmen, and in 6 years they have their Doctorate in Physical Therapy, which is the new standard requirement for those wanting to practice PT. No need to re-apply to grad school. After the first year, it’s a year-round program - classes and co-op/internships for the next 5 years straight. Northeastern does not offer Occup Therapy, though.</p>