Physical Therapy

DPT Application Process

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICTIONS FOR 2008-2009 ACADEMIC YEAR!

Beginning August 1, 2008, the Department of Physical Therapy will be participating in the Physical Therapy Centralized Application System (PTCAS) and encourages all applicants to the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program to make use of this system.  The system can be accessed at the following website: PTCAS.

In addition, applicants can obtain an overview of the admissions process and secure all necessary documents and information by clicking on the following link: Admissions Packet.

The supplemental application form includes an additional processing fee for the Temple University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program of $65.00.  This fee is in addition to the PTCAS fee.  A check made payable to Temple University for 65.00 and must be mailed directly to Temple University.  The assigned PTCAS application number must be written on the  memo line of the check.  Please download, print and complete the    Admission for Graduate Study – College of Health Professions – Temple University Form (make as link to form) and include it with the supplemental application fee mailed to Temple University.

Stephen Carp PhD, PT, GCS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of Admissions & Program Assessment
Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Physical Therapy Department
Temple University
3307 North Broad Street
Philadelphia PA 19140

stephen.carp@temple.edu

All completed application materials should be sent to:

PTCAS

P.O. Box 9112

Watertown, MA 02471

e-mail inquires can be sent to: ptcasinfo@ptcas.org

Recommendations for admission include:

• A completed undergraduate degree in any major with a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 (A = 4.0).

• Completion of the ten pre-requisite courses all with a minimum GPA in each course of 2.0.

• GRE’s completed within 5 years of the admission date with scores equal to or greater than the fiftieth percentile in 2 of the 3 domains.

• Exposure to physical therapy profession by unpaid volunteerism or a paid clinical position.

• Submission of an essay detailing reasons why the applicant wishes to enter the field of Physical Therapy.

• Submission of two references; one from an academic source (preferably a full-time professor in the undergraduate discipline of study) and one from a practicing physical therapist.

• A course description from the completed statistics course (may be “cut and pasted” from the on-line course bulletin) up to and including the level of hypothesis testing and basic inferential statistics (t-test, ANOVA, etc.).