Breathe

Do you ever find yourself contemplating so many things at once?

You start to breathe heavier

Pace more

Overthink EVERYTHING

That’s definitely me at this moment. Let me sum up a couple of life decisions that have been going on in my head.

If I don’t get into PT this year should I …

Get a Master’s degree in Kinesiology then apply afterward?

If I apply afterward I would have to wait an additional year or two

Do I really want to be in school till I’m 30?

On the other hand,

Should I retake two classes to boost my GPA? ( right now I have more B’s than A’s)

Should I focus on retaking the GRE?

If you could see me now I’m currently overwhelmed with REAL LIFE decisions.

After I gave myself the weekend to freak out.  The best advice I got was to BREATHE.

I can’t make any rational decision while I’m panicking.  So I took advantage of my day off by calling Tennessee State University to see what I can do to improve my application for next year ( best decision before doing anything else). After I took some deep breaths and received advice. I realized that the best thing for me to was to connect all the schools to see why I didn’t get accepted into the program, in addition, find out what I can do to improve my application for next time.

I only called Tennessee State University because I know they do Early Decision. With early decision, they fill up the majority of their class.

The early decision would also mean that by September I would know if I’ve been accepted or not. The reason I didn’t do an early decision last time is that you can only apply to one school. If you get accepted during early decision you MUST attend the school. I wanted to have options my first time around, but at this point, I just want to be in school.

After talking to the administrative assistant she clarified a few things for me:

1. PTCAS denies applicants that don’t meet the minimum requirements for that specific program. While I was on the phone with her she informed me that they never received my GRE scores which were strange since I sent them with my application. But to my surprise that’s how PTCAS limits the amount of application the school actually see. 

2. The GRE weighs 60% the other 40 percent is GPA, prerequisites, interview, and the onsite essay. The person with a higher GRE score over GPA will likely be accepted over someone with a higher GPA and lower GRE score. She recommended that I take this time to retake the GRE and not focus solely on the grades. Give me enough time to take it at least twice before PTCAS opens up again in July. ( this specific to Tennessee State University may vary at other schools)

So straight from work, I went to the library to pick up some practice books