Orthoptics..Job growth? Income?
I've been having trouble finding a lot of information about this career, as for as statstics goes. I'm very interested in this field. Does anyone have first hand information? Hows the job growth? Are...
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My GPA is a 3.1 (pretty low but I'm a behavioral neuroscience major who has had all my science classes lumped with engineers), OAT TS 320 and AA 330, only 20 hours of shadowing but I feel I've gotten a...
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For those of you who have submitted your applications for this cycle, how long did transcript verification take, after the transcripts were sent from undergrad colleges? I just sent in a request to my...
View ArticleHow many seats does your desired school offer?
I know I could probably find this online, but I am in the middle of studying for the OAT and was just curious. I'm applying for Midwestern in Arizona as my number 1 choice an they only have about 50...
View ArticleUnrelated Major - Getting into Optometry
Hello everybody, I am a 20 year old student from Michigan majoring in Health Care Systems Administration with only one more year to go. I have a 3.7 gpa in my current degree, however none of my courses...
View ArticleYour application has been released to SCCO!
Has anyone gotten this email before verification from OPTOMCAS? Does this mean they're going to start looking at your application without GPA?
View ArticleICO secondary application
Did anyone receive the secondary application for ICO? It says only competitive applicants will be sent the application. If you received the secondary application, what were your stats (GPA, and OATS)?
View Articlewhen is the latest i can apply and be accepted for sure
I want to go into the optometry field, but not sure if its too late to apply. My gpa is 3.0. If I take the oats by end of September and get a 350+ in the OATs, what are my chances of getting into...
View ArticleWhat should I aim to get on the OAT?
Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and I was wondering if you guys could help me out. I'm going into my senior year and I wanted to know what I should aim to get on the OAT to be competitive. I'm going...
View ArticleAm I competitive enough?
I just took my OAT and received a 290 TS and 310 AA. I only studied with Kaplan for 3 months and my highest Kaplan score was a 280AA so it wasn't too off Bio 270 (normally get around 310) Gen Chem 330...
View ArticleWould somebody please read my personal statement?
I'm not quite sure if I'm headed in the right direction... Thanks!
View ArticleWhich Optometry School to Pick?
I'm having a lot of trouble deciding which optometry school to attend this fall. Right now I've been accepted to Ohio State, ICO, SCCO, Western, and Midwestern. I'm more leaning toward Ohio State, ICO,...
View ArticleOAT exam date
Hey guys! I'm a Canadian student and I still have to do my OAT exam. I want to reschedule it before the end of October, 2015 however, prometric is not allowing me to see the dates in October. I can...
View ArticleCanadian students: How did you enter your credits on OptomCAS?
Hi everyone, Canadian universities only grant 3 credits per course per semester, no matter whether it included a lab or not. Now some Optometry schools require '4' or '8' credits minimum for some...
View ArticlePCO interview and opinions
Hey guys, So I was lurking the PCO interview threads since I recently got an interview invite but I've read a lot of negative comments that have kind of made me nervous (i.e. school only cares about...
View ArticleAdding Evaluations
So I know that after the application is submitted, you can modify or delete evaluations that haven't yet been completed. Does anyone know if you can add a new reference request after you submit the...
View ArticleWill I be able to update my experiences after I submit OptomCAS?
I'm thinking to submit OptomCAS for 2/9 schools I am applying to right now but I was wondering if I could update my experiences later. I am about to start shadowing an opthalmologist in september
View Articlewritten LOR for optomCAS
Hi guys, One of my evaluators has requested to send a physical copy to OptomCAS. I was wondering if anyone has done this before? On its FAQ section, it is mentioned that I need to indicate the mailing...
View ArticleOptomCas Questions..Help Please
In the "Program Materials" Section of OptomCas, certain institutions such as MCPHS or Michigan have additional questions alongside the primary essay. Some of these questions have the same 4500...
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