Program Overview
- The University of Findlay is one of a few physical therapy programs in Ohio that offer an early assurance program.
- The early assurance program allows high school seniors to apply to reserve their seat in the Traditional DPT Program.
- After three years of undergraduate study, the student is guaranteed a seat in the Traditional DPT Program, providing they maintain the minimum requirements needed to remain in the early assurance program.
Early Assurance Application Process
- Apply to The University of Findlay through UF admissions
- Upon acceptance to the university and if the early assurance criteria are met, applicants will be given access to a separate supplemental early assurance option application.
- The second application allows the high school student to provide the application reviewers information on their involvement in extra-curricular activities, service, a performance in other areas pertinent to granting an invitation for admission to the professional phase of the DPT program.
Early Assurance Admission requirements:
High school seniors who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply for the early assurance option:
- Minimum overall grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- 26 or higher on the ACT or 1240 or higher on the SAT
Once accepted into the early assurance program, students must meet the criteria listed below:
- Complete all of the University CORE+ general education undergraduate degree requirements and all program prerequisites. Please see the prerequisite courses below.
- Maintain a minimum overall college grade point average of 3.5 every semester, and a minimum Math/Science Prerequisites GPA of 3.2 by the end of the fall semester of their junior year.
- Complete 40 hours of observation in two different types of clinical settings in physical therapy by the time of application to the PT program.
- One setting must be an acute care hospital, rehabilitation/subacute rehabilitation facility, or extended care facilities/nursing home/skilled nursing facility.
- The second setting is the student's setting of choice.
- A minimum of 20 hours is required at each clinical site.
- Submit official transcripts
- Complete the GRE with scores reported to The University of Findlay.
- Declare and complete a minor or dual major prior to entering the DPT program
Prerequisite Courses specific to the Traditional DPT program:
- Human Anatomy & Physiology I
- Human Anatomy & Physiology/Lab
- Human Anatomy & Physiology II
- Human Anatomy & Physiology II/Lab
- General Chemistry I/Lecture
- General Chemistry I/Lab
- General Chemistry II/Lecture
- General Chemistry II/Lab
- Physiology of Exercise
- Elementary Statistics or Integrated Statistical
- General Physics I/Lecture
- General Physics I/Lab
- General Physics II/Lecture
- General Physics II/Lab
- Trigonometry or Precalculus
- General Psychology
- Lifespan Development
- Medical Terminology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Wellness
- Introduction to Health Professions
**These prerequisites are specific to the DPT program and undergraduate degree requirements may differ.
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