Importance of shadowing and experience in the field before applying

I wanted to create a thread on shadowing and more specifically the importance of working in an optometry/medical setting before applying to optometry school from my undergrad experience. A lot of people stress the need for having many hours of shadowing and working part time during the school year to be a competitive applicant. THIS IS WRONG! Above all schools want a high gpa, in competitive challening courses, and good oat scores (nothing below 300, competitive being 330+). There is nothing...

Importance of shadowing and experience in the field before applying