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No problem Nova's interview day seems to be pretty professional compared to some of the other schools-- I felt like I had to maintain a charismatic, professional persona compared to other interviews that were a little more relaxed and genuine. But the whole campus is impressive and the beautiful weather may have sold me!
The closed interview is very conversational (why optometry, your experiences), and the open file was more academic (I didn't have any weird grades but they would 100% discuss them here, OAT, how you'll deal with the rigour of optometry school, strengths and weaknesses, etc). I guess the open file one was a little more good cop bad cop since I felt the pressure there, and he did call me out a little when discussing my weaknesses. I don't think that's the intention and everything was still very friendly-- it may just be the overall Florida vibe that I'm not be used to as well.
There was also one more short meeting with the nicest lady just about any classes or credits you're missing and anything like that-- not really an interview but it's one-on-one.
thanks so much for sharing your experience! Best of luck to you for the rest of the application cycle