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How important are grades? what are the average GPAs?
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Grades are very important. It's one of the main criteria schools look, in addition to your OAT scores, that qualifies you for an interview and/or an acceptance.........
You can look at the Average GPA for the past entering class on the opted.org website......
You can look at the Average GPA for the past entering class on the opted.org website......
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what's considered a low gpa? what's the lowest that you guys know. im not done with my undergrad yet, so i still have time to boost it up. but i feel that i understand the concepts for these pre-req classes but just don't do well on tests. 😳
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you can't really ask somethin similiar to "what is the lowest possible gpa i could get and still get in optometry school" because whoever got in w/ that low GPA probably has ALOT of other things going for them or has a special (and not bc they're poor/sad/bad profs etc) circumstance. but generally, anything below the average GPA of their previous entering classes is considered a low gpa.
but if you really want some numbers, i'll give you my take on it.
REALLY Low (0-9% of acceptance) : 2.7-2.8
pretty darn low (10-20%): 2.81-2.99
low (21-35%): 3.0-3.2
average (36-65%): 3.21-3.33
above average (66-80%): 3.34- 3.5
much average average (81+%): 3.51+
depends on the school. good luck !
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Well, I think that if you understand the concepts taught in your courses, then you should do well on the OATs. If you get a really impressive OAT score, that should balance out your GPA, as long as it's not like a 2.0 or something. 😉
