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WE WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR THE
FALL 2010 CLASS IN
JULY
Admission Requirements
Online Application
opens on July 1, 2009 and closes on November 1, 2009 for the class
beginning August, 2010. You can apply online via the
UTMB Enrollment Services web page and download all the forms you
need from the Physical Therapy web site. We recommend early application
to allow receipt of ALL documents before the November 1 deadline.
Application Procedures:
Complete a Bachelor's Degree and all pre-requisite courses by May of the
year in which you wish to begin the PT program.
Complete 52 hours of specific UTMB
prerequisite courses with a grade of C or better. No more than 60
hours of the required 120 hours can be from a junior college. All Math
and Science prerequisites completed must be less than 10 years old.
GPA
requirements:
- Minimum of 3.0 overall GPA OR the GPA for the last
90 hours (we will use the higher of
those two GPA
scores)
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Minimum
of 3.0 math/science GPA on all courses coded MATH, BIOL, CHEM, PHYS
(Kinesiology and statistics courses are not included in this
calculation.)
Submit the score of the Graduate Record Examination. GRE scores are
valid for 5 years from date taken.
Complete at least 40 hours (80 hours is recommended) of volunteer or
paid experience in a physical therapy setting in which you have been
supervised by a licensed PT. It is highly recommended that you have a
variety of experiences. Some examples include, but are not limited to:
Outpatient and Inpatient Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Outpatient and Inpatient Neurological Rehabilitation
Burn
Rehabilitation
Sports Medicine
Pediatrics
Geriatrics
Home
Health
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
Submit three (3) completed recommendation forms. At least one (1)
recommendation form must be from a PT that supervised your volunteer
or work experience.
Submit a Student Profile form. All forms needed with the application
can be found on our PT website under Application Process: Forms for
Application.
Review Process:
Once you have completed your
application and all documentation has been received by our University's
Enrollment Services, your application file will be sent to the Physical
Therapy department where it will be reviewed and scored by the PT
Admissions Committee. Based on this score, the top 100 applicants will
be invited to interview.
Applications are scored on a
variety of factors including overall GPA OR last 90 hours AND
math/science GPA, letters of recommendation, file folder review, and
personal interview. Selection for the DPT program is highly
competitive.
DPT Student Profile:
Average GPA: 3.6
GRE scores > 1000
PT experience > 100 hours in
varied settings
IF
YOU ARE SELECTED - SECURITY CLEARANCE
On
January 1, 2004, a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care
Organizations (JCAHO) standard became effective that requires criminal
background check(s) for security purposes on all employees, staff, and
volunteers who supervise care, render treatment, and provide
services. Individual institutions have been given the responsibility for
mandating this clearance for students. In keeping with this policy, all
Department of Physical Therapy students will be required to undergo
background check(s) for security clearance in order to matriculate at
UTMB and other off-campus clinical training facilities. Students who do
not pass the security clearance may be subject to a HOLD on enrollment,
rescheduling of training opportunities, or delay of graduation and may
in fact impact licensure after graduation. If a question does exist
about an issue raised in your background check, it is best identified
early. The Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational
Therapy Examiners for the State of Texas will be instrumental in
deciding whether an issue raised in the background check will or will
not effect an individual’s eligibility for licensure; the earlier this
council can work with a student the quicker a decision can be made. (Excerpts
from UTMB SOM and SON student policies)
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