BSPT-my college course??

As what I have talked about in one of my posts that I have a dilemma of choosing what course to take during college. Another choice came into being. I could take up BSPT or Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy.

This course has something to do basically with the rehabilitation of a healed part of the human body, a healed broken bone for example. This maybe not much but it is fulfilling. With ComSci (Computer Science), I can help businessmen or companies perhaps. With ChemE (Chemical Engineering), I help people indirectly. But with PT (Physical Therapy), I can help people personally. I can help more people. Helping people heal wasn't in my mind when I was younger, but I realized that I wanted to help people.

Being in public service is something that some people want to 'do'. They only entertain them. They only supply them with their basic commodities. But they also look at the profit they could make. Being a physical therapist, a person can serve with his own hands and let the patients feel the care that they need. A gentle rehabilitation for a stressful disaster.

But I still need to look at the fees that have to be paid to become a physical therapist. First of all, there is the tuition fee. Now is the time for weighing things. For the first year, a student has to pay about Php 27600. While for the second year is just about the same. For the third year, about Php 27800. For the fourth year is Php 29100. But BSPT is a five-year course. There is the fifth year. The tuition fee for the fifth year is about a shocking Php 64ooo! It is so expensive! The approximate total is Php 176100.

Good thing that my sister told me that she will pay for my college education. I am very thankful to her because even though she already has a husband, she didn't forget her family. I know that she and her husband would soon make a family of their own, she would still support my education. The problem of the tuition fee is now out of the way.


You may be wondering about one thing: If I want to serve people, why Pt and not nursing?
It is because in nursing, there is a thing called the nightshift or the graveyard shift and PT has a regular 8-hr office hours. I know that in service, there is sacrifice. But I can't sacrifice my health. If I am in a nightshift, my body would be tired because I tire very quick. I can't be able to to my job so well. But with a regular 8-hr schedule, I can rest and be a hundred percent in doing my job.

Another is that if I want to go abroad (IF i want to...), there is also a great demand of PT's there. If salary is being discussed, nursing and PT is just about the same. But my sister told me that PT's have larger salaries because of overtime. But going abroad is not on my mind right now because the people I want to help recover are the Filipinoes. In a way, I can help other Filipinoes.

If I would pass the entrance test and qualify for enrollment, I would take up BSPT.