To be considered for admission into the Professional Program in Physical Therapy at the University of Kansas Medical Center, a student must have:

1. A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution or international university with equivalent requirements for the bachelor's degree. The degree must be completed before classes begin in early June. The degree can be in any field, but must include the prerequisite courses listed in this packet. In exceptional cases, persons not holding bachelor's degrees also may be admitted if they are academically well prepared. The student's academic background will be reviewed by the Graduate School before a student without a bachelor's degree will be admitted as a degree-seeking graduate student.

2. A satisfactory cumulative grade point average. We will calculate GPAs in the following areas and strongly recommend a 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) in each:

• Overall GPA
• Math and science prerequisites courses
• All prerequisite courses

3. A passing grade in all prerequisite courses. A 'D' is not considered a passing grade. See the Description of Prerequisite Courses included in this packet for more information. Please note the following requirements related to prerequisite course work:

• A single course may not be used to fulfill more than one prerequisite requirement (except a combined human anatomy/physiology class that is 6 semester credits or greater and includes a laboratory may be used to fulfill both the anatomy and physiology requirements).
• All prerequisite course work must be taken for a grade. Pass/fail, credit/non-credit or satisfactory/unsatisfactory are not acceptable. However CLEP, ACT and Advanced Placement credits are acceptable when officially documented on a college transcript.
• All prerequisite course work must be completed before June 2006; preference will be given to students who have at least 80% of their Math and Science prerequisites (8 classes) completed at the time of application.
• If a prerequisite course is taken more than once (even if at different universities), all instances must be reported. The grades from all attempts will be averaged in GPA calculations.

4. A satisfactory score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test. We recommend a minimum score of 450 each, on the verbal and quantitative sections, and a minimum of 4.0 on the writing section.

5. Written verification of a minimum of 32 hours of observation in a physical therapy clinic under the direction of a physical therapist, with at least 16 of those hours occurring in a hospital setting. We recommend that students try to observe physical therapists in a wide variety of settings. Those settings include but are not limited to hospitals, private practice clinics, school systems, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and hospice care centers.

6. Three letters of recommendation according to the application guidelines. One letter of recommendation must be from a physical therapist. One letter from a professor is recommended. Letters from family friends are not recommended. The individual writing the letter should be able to speak to your potential as a medical professional, your potential to succeed in graduate school or your work ethic.

NOTE: The Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences reserves the right to waive any documentation normally required and to admit a student, or deny admission, whenever it believes it has sufficient information to make the decision.