OAT Scores - Question

[MMusto]

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Hello Everyone,

I'm sure there have been plenty of these posts in the past, but I am curious of my chances of obtaining an interview/acceptance into an optometry school.

I just took my OAT today (8/6/2010) and received the following scores:

QR: 300
RC: 280
BIO: 350
G CHEM: 320
O CHEM: 280 (Have yet too take O Chem in college)
PHYS: 320

TS: 320
AA: 310

Additional information: I have a 3.96 GPA and almost 100 hours (110+ patients observed) of shadowing optometrists (3 O.D.'s at 2 two different offices).

The schools that I have decided to apply for (through OptomCas) are NOVA, SCO, UAB, ICO, and PCO (I do plan on calling these schools and asking what they recommend, but I am curious as to what you think - I know many schools want a 300+ in all categories, thus the reason for this post)

Any opinions/questions/recommendations/etc. would be excellent. Thank you.

 

[naearls]

I think with the GPA you have the OAT scores wouldn't completely rule you out, but if it were me I would retake. With a GPA like that you should be able to get higher scores that will really make you competitive at your schools. If you could bump your scores by only 20 points or so you should be really competitive. I would wait till you had OChem, I don't know how you did that well without the class, pretty impressive, but that score will shoot up once you have really learned that stuff.

P.S. One thing to consider though is that the average scores on the ASCO page may not be correct. I recently toured SCO and they told me that their scores at least were based on the old scale and their average AA was actually closer to 330, not 340 like that page shows. Don't know if that applies to all the schools listed there, but something to consider.