Is William & Mary on her list? Might be a smidge smaller than she wants but very good school. With DPT and volleyball.
She could also check out Elon. She shouldn’t have any trouble getting in there.
Maybe Wake Forest?
Is William & Mary on her list? Might be a smidge smaller than she wants but very good school. With DPT and volleyball.
She could also check out Elon. She shouldn’t have any trouble getting in there.
Maybe Wake Forest?
Ohio University would definitely be in the mid D1 category. They play in the Mid American Conference. Just so you know. Applying to PT school does not mean you have to be a biology or pre health major. If that interests her then by all means pursue it. You can pursue any major so long as she takes the prerequisite courses for DPT programs (that will vary a bit by school so pay attention) and does well, do the appropriate amount and types of shadowing and do well on the GRE (if required not every school does now). My D was a BA Dance major and went into PT school. She got to do what she loved and pursue the career she was seeking. She also loved biology and anatomy so that was a plus as well. Good luck.
Volleyball is a headcount sport so if @Loopy414 's daughter is recruited, she’d get a full scholarship to a D1 school like Pitt. Not recruited? Unlikely to get on the team at all.
If she wants to be recruited, that is going to make a big different. A D1 school is going to be all-or-nothing, whereas a d2 school can offer a partial scholarship.
I know she wants NO religious requirements, but she might want to consider Wheeling Jesuit as it as a large medical/training department. Jesuit schools do have a ‘religion’ requirement but there are many ways to meet the requirement like psychology classes, comparative religions, classes about certain authors like CS Lewis. I will also say that the farther south you get, any school can have a religious ‘flavor’ to it, and some of the sports teams even at public schools can be very religious with saying prayers on the field and having Fellowship of Christian Athletes a big part of the team.
Lindenwood University is now D1. It is slightly west of the Mississippi in St. Charles, MO and it is about 5000 students, but it is heavily sports focused (thus the change from D2 to D1) and has great facilities.
I do not think anyone has mentioned James Madison University in Virginia yet. They are in your preferred geographical region and have strong pre-pt, exercise concentration through kinesiology, and health sciences.
She might want to have East Carolina on her big schools list. They have a good health sciences program all around and it should be an easy admit with her grades. My cousin’s daughter got her DPT there. She was a big softball player in high school. Not sure if she played in college or not.
I’m still confused if being a recruited athlete is driving this search or if the student just wants to be admitted. If she’s recruited, it should be no problem to get admitted to any of the schools mentioned.
Incorrect. High academic schools have benchmarks for their athletic recruits. For example, D3 Johns Hopkins wants athletes to have a minimum SAT of 1500, except for their D1 lacrosse team. Athletes at these schools have to pass an academic pre-read before officially applying.
D1 schools have much different benchmarks for their athletes, and OP said the student had a gpa over 4.0. I don’t think anyone suggested Hopkins or MIT level D3 schools.
Volleyball is just different because of being a headcount sport for women. If recruited, I think she’ll pass the preread with a 4.0. If not looking to be recruited and needing other financial aid, it’s a different story.
I listed several high academic D3 schools. And there absolutely are D1 schools with higher standards, even for headcount sports. I guess the point I’m trying to make is that academics DO matter at some schools.
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