If you’re like me and haven’t decided to become a PT until finishing college, you may be looking for an easy way to knock out your prerequisites and wondering if you can take your PT school pre-reqs online. You may also be looking for a virtual option if you’re retaking pre-reqs to boost your grades […]

When most people start writing their PTCAS personal statement, they look for an example of the essay. Unfortunately, there are not many online, and I don’t share my clients’ work with anyone. Luckily, someone in a forum I frequent posted her essay for other applicants to read. I haven’t worked with her and don’t know

When I graduated from PT school and had to study for the boards, the only decision I had to make was which review book to purchase. In recent years, however, several companies have sprung up to guide NPTE-takers through the process of passing the boards. They offer interactive material and practice exams that help prepare

Although I’d been taking multiple-choice tests since elementary school, nothing I’d done before PT school came close to resembling a practical exam. Although these tests strike fear in the hearts of many a DPT student, I grew to appreciate these examinations that try to imitate real-life scenarios. With three years of nerve-wracking practicals under my

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 or finishing 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:

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.