I'm applying to colleges and really want to major in PT. But I also know that going to an Ivy will give me the most opportunity down the road. Why don't these schools have the major I want? I thought they were supposed to be on the forefront of education and I can't even major in one of the most practical and employable subjects!
Is it because of Obama? I will add Obama will not let you do this at ivy scools to my TALKING POINTS list to INFORM AND EDUCATE across AMERICA.
Sounds like trolling, but physical therapy is a doctorate degree. DPT. Same reason you can't study medicine as an undergrad no matter where you go. That said, the Iviess don't have great DPT programs in general. Columbia might be the best, but plenty of state schools have better programs. Ivies care more about their MD programs. Probably more profitable for them?
Physical therapists don't grow up to become robber barons. Since the Ivies want their alumni to grow up to be robber barons, they do not put much emphasis on physical therapy.
Major in Biology and get a DPT. Most Ivies aren't into "pre-professional" majors and prefer a more liberal arts education (there are no nursing majors either). You can definitely go to an Ivy and become a physical therapist, or anything else you want to become.
el senior wrote:
I'm applying to colleges and really want to major in PT. But I also know that going to an Ivy will give me the most opportunity down the road. Why don't these schools have the major I want? I thought they were supposed to be on the forefront of education and I can't even major in one of the most practical and employable subjects!
The bigger question is why you would want to spend $55,000 grand a year going into a field that any decent state school can give you a great opportunity in.
Not to mention the 3 years of graduate school you'll have to do. Do you really want to spend $350,000 for a degree that gets you $60,000-$70,000 max? Is it worth paying student loans for your entire working career so you can say you went to an Ivy League school?
Go to a good, cheap state school, major in biology, get good grades, do observations at a PT clinic. Then go to a quality, but not too expensive graduate program. Plus if you really are Ivy League material, you should be able to get a scholarship at the undergrad level and an assistantship at the graduate level. Could end up being pretty cheap for you.
I Physical Therapy degree is a graduate degree, so you'll wanna take pre-reqs in college, which you should be able to do at an Ivy or any State School. Go with the State School.
tom waits wrote:
The bigger question is why you would want to spend $55,000 grand a year going into a field that any decent state school can give you a great opportunity in.
Just to correct this, I went to an Ivy and I know of nobody who spent that much. Ivies actually end up being some of the cheapest places to go to school because of their incredible financial aid. So that's the sticker price, but only the billionaire's child pays it. I paid $5,000/year (including room and board) and had zero loans at the end. Sure, I could have gotten a full scholarship somewhere else, but I can easily make $5k a year and the quality of education was worth it to me.
Ivy league schools are for people who are smart and ambitious. Physical therapy is for people who aren't super dumb and aren't super unambitious.