I am going to SUNY

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Hey,
Just wanted to make the "I am going to SUNY thread."

I got accepted and will be sending in my $500 deposit in a few days.

Looking forward to meeting all you SDN nerds. hahah

Best of luck to everyone else!

-Matt

 

[DJC]

how was the interview?????
I am going to the interview in two days, so nervous about that.

 

[blysssful]

how was the interview?????
I am going to the interview in two days, so nervous about that.

I just interviewed there today! The interview wasn't nearly as stiff as others make it seem... the interviewers were really nice. Don't stress so much! 🙂

 

[canestj]

Congrats guys for getting an interview! Are there any tips you can give with regards to the whole interview process? Were there particularly hard questions to watch out for? Thanks and goodluck!!

 

[blysssful]

Congrats guys for getting an interview! Are there any tips you can give with regards to the whole interview process? Were there particularly hard questions to watch out for? Thanks and goodluck!!

They really didn't ask me any difficult questions. One question caught me really off-guard--I guess one of my LORs described me as "inspired and fearless" and they asked me what I thought that meant. I REALLY was not expecting that. They made positive comments about my OAT and asked how I prepped. They asked me to explain my research and asked more about one of the clubs I'm involved in. They asked me what do I "know" about optometry (that one was a little too open-ended, and I think I ended up going off on a couple tangents). Why SUNY, how do I spend my free time... like I said, things that I could have expected (for the most part).

I haven't heard back yet (they said to give it a week or two), so hopefully I answered these "not too surprising questions" well!

 

[canestj]

Great! Thanks so much, and hopefully you hear back with good news soon 🙂

They really didn't ask me any difficult questions. One question caught me really off-guard--I guess one of my LORs described me as "inspired and fearless" and they asked me what I thought that meant. I REALLY was not expecting that. They made positive comments about my OAT and asked how I prepped. They asked me to explain my research and asked more about one of the clubs I'm involved in. They asked me what do I "know" about optometry (that one was a little too open-ended, and I think I ended up going off on a couple tangents). Why SUNY, how do I spend my free time... like I said, things that I could have expected (for the most part).

I haven't heard back yet (they said to give it a week or two), so hopefully I answered these "not too surprising questions" well!

 

[minimeeeeeee]

for those of you who got accepted/invited for an interview to SUNY..
what are your stats?
SUNY is my first choice and I haven't heard anything from them..
getting nervous.. 😱

 

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I am accepted.

Stats?

-3.5 pre-req GPA
-3.43 overall GPA at SUNY ALbany
-350ts
-330aa
-Created a really good pre-optometry club and ran it for 4 years
-Worked 2 summers at a busy private practice
-Worked 6 months for a optometry business consulting company and still goin
-70+ hours shadowing both here and in the United Kingdom
-Had about 9 letters of recommendation, 3 from optometrists
-Absolutely murdered the interview, had them laughing and loving it.
-Oh, and I never committed any felony's!

Good luck though!!

 

[jagyjen]

3.6 GPA from undergrad in mechanical engineering
4.0 GPA in 5/6 remaining pre-reqs after graduation
TS: 340
AA:340
Shadowed 4 different optometrists in private practice, commercial, group practice and hospital setting in sports med, vision therapy, low vision and primary care.
Worked in a family physicians office part time since high school.

I am switching to Optometry two years after graduating, I am so excited to start at SUNY in the fall!!!

 

[Idioteque83]

3.7 GPA UC Berkeley Psychology
3.5 Prereq GPA
TS: 390
AA: 370 (reading comprehension... psssh)
Worked two summers for an Optometrist
Was in the scrabble club
Did some public health volunteering teaching/counseling the ins and outs of safe sex to the unaware.
Did my interview at UCLA with Dr. Johnston