Physical Therapist or CAA?
I am currently set to start my DPT program this fall. I learned about CAA maybe a year ago when I originally received my rejection from my first round of PT applications. If I had gotten rejected again I would’ve heavily considered going back and doing prerequisites for CAA school. I was fortunate to graduate early so I’m basically on track (for me) to finish my DPT at 25. I’m not sure if it’s worry that I won’t be satisfied financially with being a DPT bc of a lot of PT’s being burned out or not being compensated enough. I’ve been thinking of the possibility of withdrawing from the program before things are set in stone (ie. Moving) but I’m not sure. If I did decide to withdraw, I would at the very least have to go back to school and do prerequisites that I did not have to do to apply for PT school and that would take another year or so. If everything went well, I’d be a CAA after reasonably 4.5 years which is only a year and a half more than me going to PT school. I did debate on potentially going to complete my DPT and then work for 3 years or so, accumulating a savings and taking classes somehow so that I could apply for CAA school and then be done with school forever at roughly 30. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts or advice. I do realize that I may be trying to rush things a lot at a young age but I think I just want to be able to actually live life as soon as possible.
TL;DR: Should I withdraw from PT school and do another 1.5 years of prerequisites to go to hopefully CAA school first application attempt?