Anyone attending Uhco or Iwco with community college pre-reqs

[chrisdar08]

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Has anyone taken some community college pre-reqs that are attending Houston or Incarnate Word at San Antonio??

If so, how many and what were ur stats?
Thanks!

 

[lilmisseyeballs]

I haven't been accepted to UIWSO, but I'm going there for an interview in a couple weeks. I applied/interviewed at 1 other school this past year, but got waitlisted because of a messed up interview. The dean there met with me and told me it had nothing to do with my grades, schools I attended, etc., just that my nervousness got the best of me that day. I did about half of my bachelor's at a community college; specifically my bio, gen chem, micro, most of my math, and english prereqs. I haven't had a problem so far with optometry schools looking down upon community colleges. I was even advised a couple years ago by an opt school to finish my prereqs at a community college; they said there was no need to transfer to a university unless I wanted a bachelor's (which I did). I've heard some schools even think of attending community college as economically smart. I just finished my B.S. in Biology with a 3.1 gpa.

OAT:
QR - 370 - 97 percentile
RC - 330 - 39 percentile
BIO - 310 - 55 percentile
GCHM - 340 - 80 percentile
OCHM - 320- 60 percentile
PHY - 300 - 55 percentile
Total Science: 330 - 71 percentile
Academic Average - 330 - 76 percentile

 

[cloud99]

lilmisseyeballs

when did you take your OAT? Was it with the new score scale or with the old?

 

[cloud99]

Nevermind, just saw your other post. Looks like both of your OATs were with the old scale.

 

[lilmisseyeballs]

yes, luckily I had the old scale. I must have gotten the last few months of it. It seems to me the reading comprehension was the subject with the largest deviation from 300 being the average. I'm guessing 39 percentile on the reading now would be probably a 280-290 instead of a 330... Bio and both chems might have dropped 1 score (10 pts), but other than that it seems like the reading part is the main reason for recalibrating the test.