I got the email at for the interview too! I'm so excited! Hope to actually meet you guys in person during the half day session.
Yeah hope to meet some of you there!
I got the email at for the interview too! I'm so excited! Hope to actually meet you guys in person during the half day session.
Aw man my interview is at 8:30 am.... ughh lol
yayyy i got my invite too!
Does anyone happen to know the number of invites they generally send out each year?
also, for those who are from Waterloo, how do you calculate your average in GPA?
I got the email too! Pumped and nervous.
Are there any current Waterloo optometry students or second time applicants that have done the external interviews? I'm not quite sure if I'm going to fly out to Waterloo from Alberta. On one hand it seems to be more logical to do the external interview, but on the other hand I want to go experience the half day events. Do you think there would be any favoritism towards those that made it out to the university?
I got an interview as well! I personally won't be doing the campus tour, msyou192. I am sooo excited!
I am on the edge about the campus tour, I've never been to Waterloo, so I'd like to see the campus but my interview is at 1pm and the tour starts at 11:30. I don't know if I'll have enough time after the tour to grab a bite and change for the interview
Hi,
Got my interview for the 11th of Jan at 8.30am. I'm from Toronto and was wondering whether anyone is interested in prepping up for the interviews.
Current Education level: Graduated during summer with an honours in cell and molecular biology and french
OAT score: 370 TS / 360 AA
GPA: 3.70 out of 4.0
Optometry Experience: Since July I've been volunteering at a practice and been shadowing the 3 optometrists that work there (8-12hr per week)
EC: Volunteered at multiple clinics during my summer holidays for the past 4 years, worked on campus for past 2 years, 1 year research experience in an evolutionary behavioural lab. Currently working part-time in retail (30hr/week)
Hmm, I was under the impression that interviews were all going to be done by 12:30 pm. From my email it says: "The introduction to the School and interview process is a half day and will finish approximately at 12:30 p.m."
But I guess some are being done in the afternoon during the tour...
I also wonder if the 2 person limit (for guests) also applies to the University tour (or is that only for the School of Optometry tour?) - I'll be bringing my entire family along haha
Hi everyone, I just found this thread, but I got an interview too!
Current Education level: 3rd year Biomedical Sciences at uWaterloo
OAT score: 360/360
GPA: I have no idea...Waterloo uses percent, I have an 83 average total
Optometry Experience: 3 summers working in a retail optometry office. On my spare time I would shadow the doctors (there were 4)
EC: Mentoring team for science students, Orientation week, TA for intro bio classes (but that is paid work)
My grades maybe aren't that great, and I know I need to improve my EC, but I think I have an okay chance. Looking forward to the interview, but completely terrified at the same time!
Jan 12 at 9:30sounds great looking forward to meeting you. Where is your interview? mine is Jan.11 at 1pm
How has everyone been prepping?
Also, question for the girls, what are you going to wear to the interview?
How has everyone been prepping?
Also, question for the girls, what are you going to wear to the interview?
Hey Guys
I know interviews are this week! I know you guys will all rock it.
If anyone is looking to do some practice, I don't mind helping where I can spare some time. PM me and I'll try to get back to you. I can't get you any of last years questions because of waiver agreements, but I can certainly help guide you with constructive critic!
Hey that's great, I just can't find how to send you a PM on here for some reason. any tips ? Also, did you get in last year?
I did get in and now I'm in first year! I sent you a PM! Good luck this weekend and it's nerve racking, but also can be enjoyable at the same time.
Good luck to everyone interviewing in this next week! But, honestly, dibs on one of those 90 spots!
There were 72 people at the 8:30 Saturday session!
I was among the 72 people for the 8:30 am Saturday session! And yeah, when I signed the list, pretty much everyone was from ontario, so I guess it was for locals like AnthonyC mentioned.
Saturday morning for me and my group was all from GTA.
My group was all from Ontario... biggest surprise was two of them came from my school and we had never seen each other. Otherwise, other than GTA, I heard London and Hamilton so my group was all locals too.
What group were you btw? I was in the second group with interviews first. I'm just glad the process wasn't as controlled as when we wrote the OAT, with all the fingerprinting scans and metal detectors.
Did anyone else receive an email from Waterloo regarding "potential information exposure"?
Are we expected to make one? I thought we were being told by emailHas anyone made a quest account? Any updates on there?
I heard from current optom students that it may be possible to see the status of your application about 2 weeks before they email everyone. Not sure if that's still the case!Are we expected to make one? I thought we were being told by email