My Journey To Become A Physical Therapist

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Coming into College
As a freshman in high school I decided that I wanted to go to college to fulfill my dream to become a Physical Therapist. Although now I only want to be a Physical Therapy Assistant. I am attending Elizabethtown Community and Technical College mainly for financial reasons and it is also closer to home. Many friends told me during my senior year that college is so much better than high school you will love it. They didn’t tell me wrong but I would definitely love to go back to high school. My parents never went to college so asking them for help isn’t always the best idea because they know nothing about college. I didn’t expect college to be anything like high school and it’s not. You have more responsibility and need to

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