ICO or NOVA?

[BearDown06]

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Hey everyone, I have recently been accepted to ICO and should hear from NOVA anyday now. Can anyone give me any feedback on NOVA? I absolutely loved the school when I visited. I know that it is a fairly new program, but I just want to make sure that I would be prepared for Board III and not just the Florida Board. Any info on NOVA would be helpful.

Good luck to everyone as they apply to schools!!!

 

[Eve:)]

What do you like about ICO?

 

[Docc99]

They have a pretty high passage rate for all of the boards, I just interviewed down there and they accepted me on Friday 😀 . For the first part of the boards they have a 90% passage rate and the others are just as good but I dont remember them. ICO was rude to me on the phone and I hear the area is dangerous around the school so when I heard I was accepted to NOVA I cancelled my interview at ICO. It was supposed to be Oct. 19th

 

[BearDown06]

I like how ICO has extracurricular activities geared toward the optometry students. For example, intramurals. I also like how they have a Residential Complex for first years. I think this would make it easier for them to get to know each other and hang out. I don't necessarily care for the area on the south side, but its definitely not as bad as some make it out to be. Being from the Chicago area, I have seen much worse areas. I also don't like that they have tests every 2 days.

NOVA's faculty and staff were the friendliest group of people whom I have dealt with from all the schools, esp. Fran. Like I said before, they made it feel warm and homey.

How did you hear from NOVA, e-mail, phone, letter? I interviewed 2 and 1/2 weeks ago. I know the committe was to meet Oct. 12th.

Are the board passing rates that high? I had previously heard from years past that they were in the 60s. I know that you make the best out of your education, and if you put your mind to it, you can pass the boards, no matter which school you go to.

 

[Docc99]

The assistant dean said he just got them back and it was a 90% passage rate. I was worried too because I heard about the lower ones in previous years but they changed some things around recently and that was the result. Fran actually left me a meesage on my cell phone 😀 You should give them a call.