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Hello!
I was hoping to discuss with other members on this forum, which schools you find heavily prioritize academics during their application process, and which look at the overall profile of the applicant.
For example, by reading the threads on the pre-optometry forum, I've noticed that SUNY places a huge importance on academic statistics and are most likely extend an invite if an applicants GPA is at least a 3.0 and an OAT score of 320 or higher, despite a vast array of extracurriculars and optometry-related experience.
I feel that PCO looks at the overall applicant opposed to statistics like SUNY, but I was just wondering what others feel. I've called schools that I'm interested in about this and they generally don't really talk about extracurriculars during their review process, but 'the average accepted applicant now has a x cGPA and a y OAT score'.
I know academic statistics are an essential part of applying to Optometry (as there are grade/score/prereq cut offs) but in undergrad I noticed some schools purely just based their acceptances based off academic statistics and some schools looked more deeply into their applicants overall profile and 'well rounded-ness' (ie: as long as the applicant made a grade threshold, all applicants were treated equally and experience/extracurriculars were evaluated)
I'm very much interested in the opinions of what people think NECO, ICO, and NOVA places a priority on during their admissions evaluation - academics or experience?
I was hoping to discuss with other members on this forum, which schools you find heavily prioritize academics during their application process, and which look at the overall profile of the applicant.
For example, by reading the threads on the pre-optometry forum, I've noticed that SUNY places a huge importance on academic statistics and are most likely extend an invite if an applicants GPA is at least a 3.0 and an OAT score of 320 or higher, despite a vast array of extracurriculars and optometry-related experience.
I feel that PCO looks at the overall applicant opposed to statistics like SUNY, but I was just wondering what others feel. I've called schools that I'm interested in about this and they generally don't really talk about extracurriculars during their review process, but 'the average accepted applicant now has a x cGPA and a y OAT score'.
I know academic statistics are an essential part of applying to Optometry (as there are grade/score/prereq cut offs) but in undergrad I noticed some schools purely just based their acceptances based off academic statistics and some schools looked more deeply into their applicants overall profile and 'well rounded-ness' (ie: as long as the applicant made a grade threshold, all applicants were treated equally and experience/extracurriculars were evaluated)
I'm very much interested in the opinions of what people think NECO, ICO, and NOVA places a priority on during their admissions evaluation - academics or experience?