#tommy li

Name Tommy Li
Location Seattle, WA, USA
What do you do? I am a semi-professional ultimate frisbee player who is applying for physical therapy school in late 2017. I have overcome expectation for what I should be doing with my career. I majored in Mathematics at Pomona College, which was just a slog. Immediately got a job out of college doing digital marketing, and I spent 4-5 years in a field that was a bad fit. But I had always pursued and trained for sports with a passion–playing ultimate frisbee, now at the semi-professional level on nights and weekends. Coming from a strong academic background, I had always expected that I would thrive in the business world. But in late 2016, my career-passion misalignment had come to a head. I got let go from the small marketing team at a startup I was working at in Seattle. I spent the next few weeks thinking hard about what work I wanted to do. I had always been passionate about sports and the way the body works, so I made the decision to apply for physical therapy school in late 2017. Although I have not applied yet, I am loving my path so far. I never thought I could love school after slogging through my mathematics degree, but here I am loving biology. I am just fascinated by the molecular and and cellular mechanisms for life. Physical therapy school has changed over the last few years–it is now a doctorate program, and competitiveness has risen dramatically. On average, acceptance rates hover around 10%. Despite the odds, I’m confident that I will make a great candidate. This is the work I want to do, and I’m not messing around. This year I hope to play the best ultimate I’ve ever played! If you live in Seattle, I invite you to catch me at a game sometime.
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