Class of 2024

[Landobanando]

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Date OptomCAS submitted: 2/20/20
Date verified: 2/27/20
GRE Score: Verbal: 155 | Quantitative: 151 | Writing: 4.5
Major: Public Health
Undergrad GPA: 3.5 overall, 3.29 sGpa
Extracurricular Activities: President of Vietnamese Student Association, Optometric Assistant ~5 years, shadowing in ophthalmology clinic ~4 months, worked at a health-tech start-up during my "gap year" ~1 year, public health intern at different non-profits through my 2nd-4th year of undergraduate
Schools applied: UIW, Midwestern AZCOPT, SCCO, Western
Interviews extended/date: UIW, Midwestern AZCOPT, Western
Interviews accepted: UIW, Midwestern AZCOPT
Interviews declined: Western (received interview offer after both my deadlines to accept my offers at UIW and Midwestern.. I didn't want to take any chances in case I get rejected by Western lol)
Rejections/date: N/A
Acceptance/date: UIW, Midwestern AZCOPT

Will be attending AZCOPT this fall!

I was scheduled to take the OAT in March but it ended up getting cancelled due to COVID-19. I was scoring in the mid 300's so I was super bummed that my test ended up getting cancelled. Luckily the schools I applied to (minus SCCO) accepted the GRE in addition to the OAT so I submitted those scores instead. I decided to take the GRE a few years ago in case I wanted to pursue my MPH degree first lol. I was worried submitting my GRE scores would hurt my application as I was going against other applicants who most likely have taken the OAT. To my surprise, I ended up getting interview offers and got accepted to both UIW and AZCOPT. Both schools were really impressed with my experience (especially working at a start-up lol) and my dedication to improve my GPA. I showed major improvement in my GPA in my final two years of undergrad and also retook a few pre-requisites at a local community college. Keep staying positive if your science GPA's are low! Just make sure to show improvement and get some diverse experience 🙂

See you there!

 

[Rpeardon94]

Congratulations everyone on your acceptances. Best of luck to you all as we get started on this big crazy journey in these unprecedented times. Stay safe!

 

[futureoptt]

See you there!

Hey do you have any tips for interviews for AZCOPT?

 

[Landobanando]

Hey do you have any tips for interviews for AZCOPT?

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Just act natural, dress well, it is a semi closed book interview so they can see your personal info/essays from OptomCAS but they can not see your GPA or OAT scores. No trick questions when I was there it was more like they were just trying to see if I would be a good fit personality-wise. Be open and honest with your responses I definitely got the feeling that they wanted me there, and were just putting a face to my OptomCAS profile. The interview itself will only last between 10-15mins, the rest of the time is a tour of the campus and interactions with current students. It was a really great experience.

 

[eye.believe]

Most schools accept the GRE this cycle including NECO. check optomCAS or schools websites. It is a new change many schools are implementing.

That's news to me. Is the change for only this year due to COVID?

 

[futureoptt]

Hello !!! I am wondering if anybody knows where to find housing by NECO for this upcoming fall or if anybody is looking for a roommate please msg me !