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Hi Jasmine! I’m a junior in high school and over the summer I volunteered for the outpatient clinic at the VA Hospital. With over 110 hours, I became close with many of the PTs and PTAs. As only a high school student, what else can I do to prepare me for college? Should I start memorizing the muscles and bones of the body now? Or wait until college? What more can I do?

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It won’t hurt to look at muscles and bones, but you’ll memorize them when you have to for class, so don’t drive yourself crazy with it now. I would keep trying to get as much PT experience as possible now. Since you’ve done outpatient, try shadowing in a hospital, school, nursing home, or other settings […]

Hi Jasmine! I’m a junior in high school and over the summer I volunteered for the outpatient clinic at the VA Hospital. With over 110 hours, I became close with many of the PTs and PTAs. As only a high school student, what else can I do to prepare me for college? Should I start memorizing the muscles and bones of the body now? Or wait until college? What more can I do? Read More »

Ty for the follow. Awesome blog! Any recommendations on blogs similar to yours? Also, is it too personal a question to ask where you currently attend?

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Thanks! I go to Columbia University, but my blog is not affiliated with the school. I’ve seen other similar blogs in the past, but I don’t know of any at the moment that are still writing. Let me know if you find any good ones yourself.

Ty for the follow. Awesome blog! Any recommendations on blogs similar to yours? Also, is it too personal a question to ask where you currently attend? Read More »

PT is a Top 10 Job

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This list highlights roles for which a college degree is required and where the jobs posted by companies each month outnumbers the workers employers are able to hire. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a job rankings list, but now that the end of the year is approaching, more should be coming along. Forbes

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Hello. I have been reading your posts for about a year now and I have learned a lot from you. I am an undergrad with 3 semesters left until graduation. I have good grades and will more than likely get into a physical therapy program but I feel like those grades don’t really reflect my knowledge. I guess my question is in what ways can I prepare myself for physical therapy school? Will studying anatomy and physiology a bit each day prepare me? Just how much physics material will I need to know?

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As long as you fulfill the pre-requisites that the school wants you to take, you should be prepared for PT school. If you take the physics classes as your pre-req’s it will be enough. Studying anatomy is great because it’s one of the most important aspects of PT, but that is probably also a pre-req,

Hello. I have been reading your posts for about a year now and I have learned a lot from you. I am an undergrad with 3 semesters left until graduation. I have good grades and will more than likely get into a physical therapy program but I feel like those grades don’t really reflect my knowledge. I guess my question is in what ways can I prepare myself for physical therapy school? Will studying anatomy and physiology a bit each day prepare me? Just how much physics material will I need to know? Read More »

I am currently stagnant when it comes to the PTCAS essay prompt as well as my own personal statement for PT programs. How was your process of writing up the personal statement and PTCAS essay when you were applying? I know I should have many people take a look at whatever I got once its drafted, but I’m not sure where to start. Do you suggest taking a look at other written personal statements? I just don’t want that to stunt my creativity and originality.

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I started writing the essay a few separate times without looking at what I had written previously so that each time I wrote it, I wrote from a different angle. Eventually I read everything I had written, and pulled the parts I thought were best. If you think it would be helpful to look at

I am currently stagnant when it comes to the PTCAS essay prompt as well as my own personal statement for PT programs. How was your process of writing up the personal statement and PTCAS essay when you were applying? I know I should have many people take a look at whatever I got once its drafted, but I’m not sure where to start. Do you suggest taking a look at other written personal statements? I just don’t want that to stunt my creativity and originality. Read More »

#IceBucketChallenge

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After being inspired by my fiance doing the ice bucket challenge and donating, and my classmate Hannah, I decided to donate to the ALS Association, which you can do here. Although some people have called the challenge annoying and useless, it has actually raised MILLIONS of dollars in the past few weeks. The challenge was

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Job Search Advice

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Although it seems a long time from now, in less than a year I’ll be looking for my first job as a licensed physical therapist! Here’s some advice from a Tumblr friend who just got her first job: But my job search process began with writing a resume for a my college’s healthcare job fair.

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