Becoming Physiotherapist

[Flex]

My marks were not the best in yr 12 I didnt take it serious enough but even if I repeated year 12 and missed out I would feel like I wasted the year.

Adv English 64/100
biology 70/100
pdhpe 80/100
modern hist 73/100

I think my second best bet would be to contact the uni and ask them, thanks everyone for great replies and advice, its helped alot.. i'll update this thread when I find out what they require.

[alophysio]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I am sure how things work these days but i think this is accurate...

1. HSC again is your best bet because even if you didn't get into physio, at least you could do a university course. As it is now you can't even get into uni until you are "mature aged" meaning at least 21 or so. Therefore the year of HSC again is not a waste and as mentioned before, school is easier than uni.

2. I think you have a snowball's chance in hell of getting in any other way at this stage because of the following (and i don't mean to be discouraging, just realistic):
a. you didn't get a UAI
b. you didn't get high enough marks in the right subjects
c. you are competing against so many people with UAIs, halfway thru uni with HD, D and Credit averages, etc. It is not like physio school is struggling to get students. I think they would put you pretty far down the list.
d. I tried to get a friend into the Uni with a reference etc but she was similar to you and she got nowhere close to being let in and she had done part of a Science degree with a credit average (more quals that you). If she wasn't even close, i think this route is pretty much closed to you.

There is the option of going somewhere where they will take your money and go as a full fee paying student. Don't know where or how but i am sure they don't knock back good money often!

Good luck. I really hope it works out for you. It is a shame you didn't have good advice (or someone to knock it into you!) at school!!! All the best!

[physiouk]

Well not sure if that last post made you feel any better about urself eh?!

I would speak to the uni's...at least then you know where you stand and can take things from there. If your not looking to repeat the year then there are other options...its not the end of the world. Maybe even go and c a careers advisors..there are tonnes around. It mite mean u go to college or uni to do a different course to take u into physio.
But dont lose hope...maybe u jus need to look into things a bit more and by speaking to the uni's is the best way to start!

Good Luck and keep ur head up...ul get there!!

[alophysio]

Yes, I am sorry about the tone of my last post. It was not meant to make you feel bad.

But i feel what you lacked was the truth about how things work. If someone had explained that without a UAI you will find it extremely difficult to get into uni to do even the lowest ranked course, maybe you would have done 10 units instead of 8?

To be honest, maybe you could finish your fitness and massage stuff then try apply as a mature aged student. You will have to wait a while but it will make you hungrier to become a physio!

Again, i apologise...

[Flex]

No need to apologise mate, I like all realistic scenarios so I wont be too disappointed in the long run and may even have backup plans. I'm still grateful for your help lol

It mite mean u go to college or uni to do a different course to take u into physio.
But dont lose hope...maybe u jus need to look into things a bit more and by speaking to the uni's is the best way to start!

Yeah this is also why I need to call uni and find out other courses that may be able to lead into physio.. now im not so worried about how long it takes.


My school was restricting students from doing maths, chem and physics in senior years if you werent in advanced maths in 10th grade.. unfortunately I was in intermediate and they said no to me when I wanted to do maths but they let me do biology beause I was good in science.. I suppose this was to up their reputation - unfortunately they didnt care as much about their students. That probably has affected me a bit for now. But im not going to blame that for the situation im in - hopefully i'll find a way around it whether I do other courses that may get me into it such as podiatry? or something along those lines.

[alophysio]

Thanks for being understanding.

If you can get into anything at uni, that would be a good start.

If you think about it, you are good at science so maybe doing a science degree with a major in anatomy would be a good thing. A lot of chiros go down that route.