I’m probably not the most representative person to answer this question since I’m someone who does well on standardized tests. I prepared by buying a couple of GRE books and using them to review math I hadn’t seen since 9th grade and get familiar with the test by taking a few practice exams. But the […]
In your opinion, how bad was the GRE and how long/much did you study? Read More »
Great question! I’ll start by saying that each school has different requirements, and the best thing you can do is check with the schools to which you’re applying (or interested) to make sure you meet their requirements. That said, the reason schools require observation hours in the first place is to ensure that you want
Since today is the halfway point in 2013, I decided to take a look into who’s visited my blog in the past 6 months. According to Google Analytics, since December 20 (when I started keep track), 841 people have visited my blog 1367 times. But what’s really cool is that people have visited my blog
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If you’re still in college, I’d recommend taking more writing classes. Practicing writing and getting feedback will help you improve. It’s also important to read a lot. Read books, read the newspaper, and read other people’s personal statements to get an idea of how they’re written. But in my opinion one of the best ways
No! I’m sure you remember more than you think you do. You don’t need to remember every single detail and you’re professors will probably do a little refresher of the essentials. And it’s always easier to relearn something than to learn it for the first time.
So am I really ridiculously screwed if I can’t remember anything I learned in physics? Read More »
A common complaint I’ve heard from pre-PT students is the amount of pre-requisite courses that are required for admission. Although they vary slightly from school to school, they tend to include a year each of anatomy, chemistry and physics, as well as some humanities and writing classes. While the anatomy requirement seems obvious, some of
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This week I filled out a list of the top 10 places I want to do my first Clinical Education Internship in November. The realization that it’s just around the corner is thrilling. Of course I’ll be excited to be on a work schedule with no homework at night, but I’m even more excited to
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As a group, doctors dislike ambiguity. We pride ourselves in the scientific girders of modern medicine and are most comfortable when we are dispensing medical care to our patients that comes from a double-blind clinical trial, that fits into a validated clinical-prediction rule. But very little of medicine falls into that absolute category. As we
Today in modalities class we had a guest lecture on Dry Needling. It is similar to acupuncture, but based on physical therapy knowledge and can be used by PT’s in certain states alongside more traditional PT techniques. At the end of class we were given a brief lesson in how to Dry Needle and allowed
Today was the first day of summer semester, the third and final semester of my first year of PT school. Although it’s only been 10 days since we ended a grueling spring semester, and this semester looks like it’s going to be about 14 weeks crammed into 8, and now I have to sit inside
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