Does anyone have any advise for studying for OAT in less than 3 months?
Hey guys! So I'm a first-gen college student in my family, and we moved to America from Iran about 7 years ago. I want to become an optometrist and what I didn't know is that I'm supposed to take the...
View ArticleSUNY or NECO?
Hi guys, I've been seeing a lot of these posts lately, but I truly need help on deciding which one of these two schools I should attend. I recently got accepted to both SUNY and NECO, and my deadline...
View ArticleExtension Email
Hello all, Today I received email acceptable from salus with the date deadline of 2 weeks. How can I ask them to extend it by another week or so ? I don't want to seem not interested just want to wait...
View Articleshould i give up..?
hello! I applied optometry school and got 2 interviews from Salus and Western. However, I rejected from those schools after interviews and other schools said they're still reviewing my application. I...
View ArticleDo I have a chance? GPA/OAT
Hello everyone! I'm applying pretty late in the 2019-2020 cycle and I wanted to know if I still would have a chance, given my following info: Cumulative GPA: 3.16 BCPM GPA: 2.70 OAT AA: 310 OAT TS: 310...
View ArticleGRE instead of OAT
does anyone have any reason as to why schools are now accepting the GRE instead of the OAT??
View ArticleOAT study schedule!
Hi everyone! I am officially starting to study for the OAT and planning to take it in Mid-May/Early June depending on how prepared I feel! I do have a few questions regarding a study schedule: What was...
View ArticleIpad for note taking in optometry school?
So i have been thinking of getting an ipad pro during opto school to take notes and study lecture slides from. I am really tired of printing papers and misplacing them and trying organize everything...
View ArticleCHAD VIDEOS HELP!
Recently decided to go with chad's videos on Chadsprep.com compared to Coursesaver where all videos needed are there... So I went on the 2020 OAT Guide and wrote down all topics that will be tested to...
View ArticleWaitlist
Hey, Anyone who’s been on the waitlist for Salus, do you have any tips on how to get off the list? I’m still taking courses so I do have the winter semester grades to send but other than that I don’t...
View ArticleNot ready for My OAT. Help?
I am taking my OAT in a week, and I am severely unready. I recently graduated university and had a study schedule planned out, but once I started working full time, my study time and energy went DOWN....
View ArticleCoronavirus
Anyone concerned about traveling and thinking about cancelling their interview(s)? Has anyone heard if other schools are considering e-interviews? I'm not sure, yet, but I'm wondering if any school...
View ArticleCoronavirus and OAT
My OAT is in 2 weeks and I'm just wondering if anyones exam has been cancelled. Mine hasn't but im just worried this will be a possibility and unsure of what will happen because Im trying to apply for...
View ArticleTips for online interviews
Due to the outbreak of COVID, I’m sure many of us including myself are going to be experiencing online interviews from now on. Any tips on it? What you would’ve done differently? What do avoid?
View ArticleChad's Videos
I'm planning on taking the OAT in June. Does anyone have a rough estimation for how long it took them to go through all of Chad's Videos? (Gen chem, Organic chem, and Physics). Thanks!
View ArticleSchool closure?
Current OD 1 here, wondering if other Optometry schools have closed for Covid-19? Berkeley has moved didactic courses online but we are still holding labs. What are other schools doing across the country?
View ArticleSalus vs ICO
I have been accepted to both and I have 15 days to decide what to do. Can students who go to either tell me how you feel about the school? How are the classes? How is the class schedule for first...
View ArticlePrometric closing
Any idea what schools are doing about OAT scores? I had an exam scheduled for 3/20 and all testing centers are closing until 4/16. I’m feeling very discouraged.
View ArticleVirtual interview
ICO just reached out and canceled my in-person interview for March 27th. They did give me the option to instead do a virtual interview on facetime/google hangout/ skype on the 27th OR I can try to...
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