Looking at USA Study options

Hi Everyone,

Thanks in advance for any advice and opinions.

To explain my situation:

I am in a long distance relationship with my wonderful girl who is a medical student (and a US citizen), about to graduate in May and begin her residency. She hopes to get placement at MGH for a Pathology residency program, otherwise places in NYC, John Hopkins or in PA (she's currently at NYU doing Sub-intern).

I, however, am located in Sydney, Australia, a goodly long way away.

Education wise, I have quite a bit. My Bachelors (graduated in 2002) was in Science, majoring in Anatomy, with courses in histology, physiology, psychology, chemistry, physics and maths.

In addition to that, I have a Master in Applied Science (graduated in 2003) majoring in Microscopy (especially scanning electron microscopy).

Then to top off the trifecta, I have a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.

It's a long story how I got there, but, now, I am considering Physiotherapy, and studying it as also a means to be closer to my beloved.

I am particularly interested in sports physio/science, as I have been fairly active in a few different sports/martial arts in my life and experienced/seen the conditions/injuries/effects of these upon those participating.

So, the questions:

How likely would I be to be successful in an application to do physiotherapy in the USA?

I notice that there is a lot of doctoral programs (7 semester + clinicals) for physicaltherapy, are there Masters programs that I would be eligible for? I'd rather not step into a Bachelor program if I can avoid it.

How are the financials like? I noticed for the doctoral program, MGH affiliated institute listed $97k/year as a typical cost. I don't have that kind of money available and would have to do loans or something....

I also notice that they require a GPA of 3.0 Well, it has been a few years since I studied (I graduated in 2008)..... I am not sure what a GPA 3 equals to....

Anyway, that was pretty long winded.

So, in summary,

Any places with post-grad courses for international students in physio in the Boston/NYC area?

What are my chances of success in this endevour?....

Once again, thanks heap.