I recommend Christie Golden ' s Seven of Nine . It ' s very consistent characterisation with the TV show , but goes into more detail and is in general great stuff . You won ' t see our favourite cyborg in quite the same way again afterwards . <| sep |> Their site . They always have sales . Check out rfrugalsupplements <| sep |> Oh yeah I ' m totally serious . Chapel Hill said that we ' d need a minimum of 120 hours to be competitive , but current applicants were averaging 200 or so . I ' ve had several admissions folks tell me that I ' d need at least 100 to even be considered . They don ' t list it in their paperworkon their websites highest minimum I ' ve seen listed online was 85 hours but if you ask at an open house or when speaking with a person from the school , that ' s what you ' re told . It ' s really unfortunate because I ' ve got a lot of experience working With OTs on the treatment team cotreating with RT and I can ' t include that experience . And I just can ' t get 100 s of hours of shadowing in . I had to get 65 hours of shadowing to declare my undergrad degree so I didn ' t have the early years to accrue OT hours as well . So now I ' m literally deciding where to apply based on places that ask for shadowing Or experience with OT populations because that ' s the only thing I can do . Thanks so much for the feedback on ways to be more involved during shadowing ! So far the majority of my hours have been in home health or elementary schools , so it ' s helpful to hear about how to assist in other settings as well . I just want to be sure I ' m getting the most I can out of the experience