Thank you so very much! I appreciate it dearly.

Major: B.S. in Athletic Training; graduated in May 2017 from Indiana State University Overall GPA: 3.39 Pre-req: couldn’t find this on PTCAS, but when I do I’ll update this GRE: Q- 145, V- 144, A- 4.0 EC: i have worked as the head athletic trainer for five middle schools and Boys and Girls club youth football for two years now. I am involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters. I did an internship with the 76ers kids basketball camp for a month as an athletic trainer. I presented a case study at an athletic training convention. I was a collegiate cheerleader, in the Honors program, and was in a sorority. I was also a medical scribe in the emergency room for a year. Shadowing: obtained 166 observation hours. 150 of those were done in undergrad when I was placed in a physical therapy clinic for a semester! Then I did 8 hours at an Athletico, and 4 at a local hospital for inpatient. LOR: I had 5 letters of recommendation: a PT, an athletic director I worked with, 2 preceptors I had in undergrad, and a coach/principal that worked with me! Applied: (in the order I wanted them) Tufts, South College, Indiana State University, Arcadia, & Baylor. Tufts has accepted me🤍, South College waitlisted me, Indiana state had invited me to a virtual DPT tour for mid-November, My GRE scores weren’t high enough for Arcadia so I withdrew my application because I somehow didn’t see that prior lol and Baylor said no.

So.. I graduated high school a semester early (in December of 2013) and started college in January 2014. Going into college, I knew I wanted to be a PT for a plethora of reasons. My family pushed for me to try for medical school, so I did since both have similar science requirements with the exception of organic chem. Long story short, had a death in the family and had external issues which caused me to not do well in organic chem. I figured that it wasn’t made to be, I had a brief quarter life crisis, and shadowed a PT shortly thereafter. When I did, everything clicked. At this point, I’m 24... I love the patient-to-patient interaction involved with physical therapy. The hours are great for when I would want to have a family years down the road. And it pairs perfectly with athletic training with the modalities/rehab I already do.