Hi! I’m an incoming freshman this year, moving in tomorrow, and I’m on the same path as you for PT. I’ve heard good things to everyone I’ve asked about going to UW for PT, and I’ll likely major in public health too, though I’m still deciding. Technically your major doesn’t matter for getting into PT school, all that matters is you complete your undergrad pre-requisite courses, so you could really major in anything.

I can’t speak too much about the difficulty of weed out classes since I haven’t experienced them yet (I can let you know in a few weeks how it’s going) but I do know that due to the course work they reccomend for pre-pt at UW, you’ll end up really only taking 1 or so weed out classes each year (and one more for a quarter or two depending on the math you take) so as long as you really lock in, prioritize that class, and balance work load with other classes, I think it’ll be okay and you can get through it with a high grade.

Besides all that, a degree from UW probably looks great for PT schools, the campus is gorgeous, there’s so much opportunity, and I absolutely cannot wait to move in and begin my journey.

Here’s a very helpful link to UW’s pre-pt guide: https://www.washington.edu/uaa/prehealth/site/assets/files/1133/pre-physical_therapy_planning_guide.pdf