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with oat scores below 300?
rpames said:I know someone who has, but it not much below. I think 290, but they had tons of experience in optometry.
duracell said:What kind of GPA did your friend have, rpames?
Dr.wannabe said:I called Penn, Ill, alabama, nova and Puerto rico all accepted 290 oats.
alferec said:FYI, I was told that your undergrad school influences your GPA's weight. In other words, a 4.0 in Joe Schmoe State U would be like a 2.9 in Ivy League U (NOT an exact conversion but you get the point).
So even if somebody here got in to opt school with a 2.9 and 390, you have to consider the undergrad school that he/she got that GPA in.
On the other hand I don't think that it'd be a big deal if someone went to a small state university. My junior year an OD advised me to transfer from my small-town univerity in Oklahoma, to a well known university (where I would have had to pay several times as much for tuition). I stayed at the small school, and never had a problem.scraders said:i agree with alferec. i spoke with some representatives of optometry schools when they were at my university's health fair, and they said that the reputation of the school attended factors into the admission committee's decision.
J.opt said:On the other hand I don't think that it'd be a big deal if someone went to a small state university. My junior year an OD advised me to transfer from my small-town univerity in Oklahoma, to a well known university (where I would have had to pay several times as much for tuition). I stayed at the small school, and never had a problem.
hflyer said:I hope that is true. However, when PCO visited my school I was shocked to hear they would weigh a 4 year university organic class the same as community college. Where you attended school doesn't factor in unless you're on the borderline.[/QU
how can they comapre a community college course with a 4 year university course. espicailly the science ones. The difficulty is way different. They should weigh that more carefully.
odstudent said:hflyer said:I hope that is true. However, when PCO visited my school I was shocked to hear they would weigh a 4 year university organic class the same as community college. Where you attended school doesn't factor in unless you're on the borderline.[/QU
how can they comapre a community college course with a 4 year university course. espicailly the science ones. The difficulty is way different. They should weigh that more carefully.
I don't agree with that. I've taken courses at community college that were much harder than courses at a university. How would you know that the difficulty is way different? It just depends on the professor and how the class is taught. I'm taking an anatomy and physiology course now at a community college that's harder than any bio class i had at a 4 year college.
RLK said:odstudent said:I don't agree with that. I've taken courses at community college that were much harder than courses at a university. How would you know that the difficulty is way different? It just depends on the professor and how the class is taught. I'm taking an anatomy and physiology course now at a community college that's harder than any bio class i had at a 4 year college.
good point... I guess i'm just talking about my experiences from the community college in my town.
RLK said:odstudent said:I don't agree with that. I've taken courses at community college that were much harder than courses at a university. How would you know that the difficulty is way different? It just depends on the professor and how the class is taught. I'm taking an anatomy and physiology course now at a community college that's harder than any bio class i had at a 4 year college.
RLK, Just out of curiosity what university do you go to right now?
odstudent said:RLK said:good point... I guess i'm just talking about my experiences from the community college in my town.
I totally agree with odstudent because I went to a top 50 ranked university and the community college classes are way easier than the ones offered through my university. I am not saying people that attend community college should not be allowed in optometry schools, but I do think a four-year college should be weighed more heavily.