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The NPTE, also known as the physical therapy boards, is changing in 2024. In part, due to declining test scores, the National Physical Therapy Examination is going the way of the GRE and will have several changes this year. Per ACAPT, the changes include the following [my commentary is in brackets]: The exam will be […]

It’s one of the biggest questions when entering the field – how much can you expect to earn as a physical therapist? But it can also be tricky to figure out as many people are hesitant (or not allowed) to discuss their salaries and you may not know many physical therapists to ask. Here are

It may sound like a “champagne problem,” but each fall, many pre-PTs wind up with two PT school interviews scheduled for the same day. What should you do if this happens to you? First, decide which school you’re more interested in. Keep this interview. Then, reach out to the second school and politely ask them

Over a year into the current personal statement prompt – I’ve edited a ton of PTCAS essays and seen a lot of both great and not-so-great personal statements. The prompt for the PTCAS personal statement essay for the 2024-25 cycle is: “Every applicant is unique in their own way, possessing individual qualities, abilities, and backgrounds.

So, you’re starting PT school soon and a loving friend or family member has asked what they can get you. Or maybe you are the generous buddy searching for the perfect present for a special future DPT in your life. How should you know what to get? Let’s start with this question first: What do

Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. When you’re applying to PT school, you have to keep track of so many. A few involve PTCAS and many more involve the PT programs themselves. The PTCAS deadlines can be found here, but in general, the 2023-2024 admissions cycle opened on Jun 15, 2023 and will stay open until June 2024.

No matter which PT schools you apply to, or what your undergrad major was, you’ll need to have a certain set of pre-reqs under your belt. While these prerequisite courses vary from school to school, there are a few common ones that will apply to most PT programs: These courses were widely adopted by most

Over my years as a physical therapist, the way I practice has shifted. I’ve gradually come to rely less on modalities and manual therapy, and more on exercise. This change has come in part because of a desire to help make patients more independent and less reliant on me, and is also based on a

There’s no doubt that becoming a physical therapist is expensive. The cost of physical therapy school and amount of debt many PT’s take on is one of the biggest issues in the profession even if you’re attending a relatively inexpensive school. To offset the cost of PT education, it can be helpful to get scholarships.

It’s well established by now that most PT schools are expensive and the majority of future physical therapists have to take out loans to cover the costs of their education. In 2019, the average total tuition for three-year DPT programs was: According to the APTA, almost 93% of PTs graduate with an average of $152,882