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What Colleges In Ny Can I Transfer To To Complete My Graduate Work For A Doctorate Of Physical Therapy?
Posted by admin in Careers in PT on February 16, 2010
Right now I am a high school senior pursuing the career of physical therapy. I have been accepted to Ithaca, Nazareth, and SUNY Brockport. Because of money issues, Brockport seems like my cheapest choice, however, I have to transfer to another school to do my graduate work. I applied to Upstate Medical for early admission and was denied because every spot was already filled. I contacted the school and they said I can still apply within the three years of my study at Brockport, but there is not a 100% chance I will be accepted. Should I just take out the painful student loans and go to a private school, or take a chance of not being accepted to Upstate Medical? Or what other graduate schools can I apply to for my doctorate?
Should I Transfer Schools?
I’m currently at a small private school that I have always thought was perfect for me. I plan to be a Dr. of Physical Therapy. The school I’m at now is BU. I’m considering transferring to UK.
Right now I’m not happy at BU. The social life sucks and that has always been really important to me. My boyfriend of almost a year goes to UK as well and loves it. From what I hear the social life is much more like what I am looking for. Plus I have spent a lot of time in that particular city and am more comfortable there than I am in this one. Both schools have good Dr. of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs. I have always been against going to UK because of the large campus and number of students, but now I’m wondering what was wrong with that to begin with? It makes for more social opportunities. However, BU has smaller classes which I am more comfortable in. The education at BU is probably better, but ultimately both will get me where I want to go. BU’s campus is small…i feel trapped. UK’s is huge…I won’t know my way around for a while but that can be overcome. Plus exercise is never a bad thing. BU is very big on study abroad which is a major plus. UK has programs available but doesn’t push it. If I wanted to study abroad I would just have to make use of it on my own.
BU is very expensive but I have received a lot of scholarship money.
UK is relatively cheap. And I’m sure I could get scholarships there as well.
I’m more likely to get into UK’s DPT program than BU’s (because it is extremely competitive).
I know some of my friends and my family will probably be disappointed if i switched. And they’ll be convinced that its because I want to be closer to my bf. Which I do, but thats not the main reason I’m switching. Although I’ll admit, I am always so much happier when he is around.
So UK or BU?
I’m not asking you to make the decision for me, but any sort of guidance would be appreciated.
(btw, I’m currently a freshman. If I transferred it definitely wont be until next fall at least)