**The Physical Therapy Department at the College of Mount St. Joseph will participate in the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service, known as PTCAS, beginning in July 2011. Applicants applying to the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program for the Class of 2015 (coursework beginning June 2012) will apply online using the PTCAS application. To learn more about the PTCAS application process, please visit the PTCAS web site.**
As a benefit of choosing the College of Mount St. Joseph for their undergraduate education, current Mount students will enjoy guaranteed admission to the DPT Program if they meet the following criteria:
- Earned undergraduate degree (in any major) conferred by the College of Mount St. Joseph. Note: Students who transferred to the College of Mount St. Joseph during their undergraduate coursework must complete a minimum of 60 semester hours at the Mount to earn this benefit.
- Enrollment into the DPT Program following the senior or final year (December or May graduation dates are both acceptable). No student who graduated from the Mount in the past will qualify for this benefit UNLESS they have been continuously enrolled (minimum of one [1] credit hour in every Fall and Spring semester following graduation). Thus, only current Mount undergraduates qualify for the guaranteed admission benefit.
- A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0. Note: ALL undergraduate coursework, not just that at the College of Mount St. Joseph, will be included in this calculation.
- A minimum pre-requisite science GPA of 2.75. This calculation includes the applicant's pre-requisite Anatomy and Physiology, Physics and Chemistry courses.
- Completion of at least 80 hours of clinical observation in both inpatient and outpatient settings (minimum 20 hours in each).
- Completion of the PTCAS online application and associated College of Mount St. Joseph materials detailed on PTCAS by by the application deadline of November 15th.