Hello, I was wondering if anyone has interviewed at MCPHS yet? I was just wondering what to expect, any help would be appreciated!
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has interviewed at MCPHS yet? I was just wondering what to expect, any help would be appreciated!
My advice...go to a different school.
I'm not sure why everyone is wanting you to dodge this school. I'm NOT disagreeing with them because it just opened and you'll be the entering class that set the standards as to whether the school will get accredited or not..
1) it is 100% unnecessary
2) why on earth would you want to be a guinea pig for almost $200k
3) almost 18 other better choices on schools to attend
4) did i say it wasn't needed at all?
I would love to hear your answer to the question, "Why our school?"
Taking an acceptance and hoping to transfer is TERRIBLE advice.
1) it is 100% unnecessary
2) why on earth would you want to be a guinea pig for almost $200k
3) almost 18 other better choices on schools to attend
4) did i say it wasn't needed at all?
I would love to hear your answer to the question, "Why our school?"
Taking an acceptance and hoping to transfer is TERRIBLE advice.
I really wonder what are the stats of some of the people who got interviews at this school? i have pretty good stats and got a few interviews at other schools but got rejected from this school after a month of completing the application. Very strange!!
Getting rejected from MCPHS is probably the best thing that will happen to you in your professional lifetime. It will be cranking out low-quality grads into a completely saturated market that doesn't want or need them. The only other school that is as ridiculous as this one is WesternU outside of LA, located about 10 ft from another optometry program - both of them pumping ODs out into completely overstuffed environment.
A big "Thank You" to the dean of MCHPS, Lesley Walls, OD, MD. All of us practicing ODs are very grateful for your greed. Enjoy your new cash-cow.
I agree with JasonK on this one. You will NOT be hired by private practice ODs.
Why? Just because it's a new school?
Getting rejected from MCPHS is probably the best thing that will happen to you in your professional lifetime. It will be cranking out low-quality grads into a completely saturated market that doesn't want or need them. The only other school that is as ridiculous as this one is WesternU outside of LA, located about 10 ft from another optometry program - both of them pumping ODs out into completely overstuffed environment.
A big "Thank You" to the dean of MCHPS, Lesley Walls, OD, MD. All of us practicing ODs are very grateful for your greed. Enjoy your new cash-cow.
OD.. MD.. really? Any ideas on why he has both degrees?
1) New school
2) Unnecessary
3) Dilution of applicants
4) Dilution of patients
5) Located in a state where ODs have their hands tied (can't even treat glaucoma ffs)
HOWEVER, this school may take over NECO in the long run because of NECO's scandal, the fact that it is run by an MD, OD and part of a larger institution of sciences.
But for the now it is inferior.
He could have started a school in ANY of the adjacent states (Rhode Island, Connecticuit, Vermont, New Hampshire) and be better off financially, patient-wise (no opto schools in these states) and legislatively (for ODs). But he just HAD to pick Massachusetts.
Now, I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist but this one is just a little too obvious for me. He is clearly wanting to overthrow NECO in the long run, charge extremely high tuition rates ($35,000/yr) and produce the most inept optometrists (smallest scope of practice of any of the 50 states so they learn the least out of any ODs in their clinic). I totally agree with JasonK on this issue that he just wants to cash out and fragment the profession.