The pre-requisite worksheet is encouraged for all applicants to complete, but is currently not a requirement of the application process. Applicants seeking to complete this form are encouraged to contact the Office of Graduate Admissions at 413-205-3700.

Additional documentation is not required; however, many students choose to submit a resume or additional personal statements. You can upload all additional documents in the "document upload" section of the PTCAS application. 

Recommendations:
Letters of recommendation should come from professors under whom the candidate has studied or, when appropriate, from supervisors or colleagues with whom the candidate has worked. 

Please choose individuals who can provide an objective and frank appraisal of your capacity for graduate study and your potential for professional success. 

AIC requires a minimum of two documented clinical observation experiences totaling twenty hours (ten at each location) as part of the graduate application. These observations serve as preparatory experience and are required to enroll in the DPT graduate program. 

Applicants are advised to participate in two different experiences at two different practice settings.  Practice settings include outpatient, acute care inpatient, acute rehabilitation, skilled nursing facility, home health and school systems.

Students who were unable to complete observation hours due to the COVID-19 pandemic are asked to contact Admissions for a waiver. 

Program uses the highest grade in prerequisite GPA calculations, if course was repeated. All prerequisite courses must have been completed within the last five years in order to be eligible for consideration. The number of times that a course has been repeated and/or the number of courses repeated will be considered.