I'm sure every school is different but this is what is on the website for one school in Chicago..maybe it will help you out a bit..
The Admissions Decision
The following elements of evaluative criteria are used by the Department of Physical Therapy Admissions Committee when reviewing applicants.
The Admissions Equation:
Total Selection Index Points = TSIP = 100 points
Graduate Record Exam verbal and quantitative scores (15%)
GRE Analytic Writing score (5%)
Last 60 undergraduate hours GPA (15%)
Prerequisite GPA (25%)
Academic preparation (15%)
Additional factors (25%)
Graduate Record Exam (15%) will be based upon the sum of the scores in the verbal and quantitative.
GRE Analytic Writing (5%) will be based on the score of the GRE Analytic Writing section.
Cumulative GPA (15%) will be computed based on the last 60 hours of undergraduate courses.
Pre-Requisite GPA (25%) will be computed based on grades earned in the prerequisite biology, chemistry and physics courses, the calculus course, the statistics course and the psychology courses.
Academic Preparation (15%): will be based on
- School attended: (competitive vs non-competitive )
- Course load taken/factors affecting course load (e.g. full time work)
- Number of credit hours per term
- Whether more than one science/math course was taken per term
- Additional science courses taken; caliber; type; grade; relevance; lab
- Recentness of prerequisite science courses; update of old prerequisite science courses; work experience refreshing old sciences
- Type and amount of prerequisites left to complete and plan for completion
- Graduate course work taken and grades
Additional Factors (25%): will be based on
- Mitigating circumstances issue
- Efforts since last application to program: additional course work; additional work/volunteer experience
- Specific facts presented in personal statement and the letters of recommendation
- Work/volunteer experience
- Cultural diversity
- Other language fluency
- Generic abilities