Profile of the 2013 Optometry Entering Class

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For those applicants trying to figure out "What are my chances?", you might find this helpful:
http://www.opted.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Profile-of-the-Entering-Class-2013.pdf

And if you want to get an idea of how the schools stack up against each other (based on incoming average stats for 2013), I put all 21 schools in order by average GPA and OAT scores. Also, 2012 stats are in parenthesis for a little added information (since IAUPR's stats we're NA for 2013).


Avg. GPA
3.76 (3.62) NSU-Oklahoma
3.60 (3.65) Alabama-Birmingham
3.59 (3.57) Michigan
3.58 (3.48) University of Houston
3.56 (3.54) Ohio St.

3.53 (3.55) Pacific-Oregon
3.52 (3.53) Indiana
3.52 (3.54) SCO
3.51 (3.53) SUNY
3.50 (3.51) Missouri-St. Louis

3.43* (3.46) Cal-Berkeley (only considers biology, chemistry and physics GPA for admissions)
3.41 (3.38) ICO
3.41 (3.38) PCO
3.39 (3.44) SCCO
3.37 (3.26) Midwestern-Arizona

3.36 (3.33) Nova
3.30 (3.41) NECO
3.26 (3.23) Rosenberg-Texas
3.21 (3.17) MCPHS-Massachusetts
3.14 (3.18) Western-California
NA (3.08) IAU-Puerto Rico


Avg. OAT (AA)
348 (354) Cal-Berkeley
340 (342) SUNY
333 (326) University of Houston
330 (320) Pacific-Oregon
330 (332) SCCO

329 (325) Ohio St.
327 (324) SCO
325 (324) Michigan
321 (324) ICO
320 (327) NECO

320 (320) Nova
319 (318) Midwestern-Arizona
318 (321) Indiana
316 (316) Missouri-St. Louis
315 (315) NSU-Oklahoma

315 (321) Alabama-Birmingham
313 (308) Rosenberg-Texas
312 (316) Western-California
300 (298) MCPHS-Massachusetts
300 (310) PCO
NA (293) IAU-Puerto Rico


Avg. OAT (TS)
350 (359) Cal-Berkeley
342 (347) SUNY
331 (323) University of Houston
329 (330) SCCO
326 (322) Ohio St.

321 (320) Michigan
320 (321) SCO
320 (320) Pacific-Oregon
319 (318) ICO
318 (325) NECO

315 (313) Midwestern-Arizona
315 (318) Nova
311 (318) Alabama-Birmingham
311 (316) Indiana
309 (314) Western-California

307 (307) Missouri-St. Louis
305 (306) NSU-Oklahoma
305 (301) Rosenberg-Texas
300 (300) PCO
292 (290) MCPHS-Massachusetts
NA (280) IAU-Puerto Rico

 

[drumstix]

Good stuff!

For those applicants trying to figure out "What are my chances?", you might find this helpful:
http://www.opted.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Profile-of-the-Entering-Class-2013.pdf

And if you want to get an idea of how the schools stack up against each other (based on incoming average stats for 2013), I put all 21 schools in order by average GPA and OAT scores. Also, 2012 stats are in parenthesis for a little added information (since IAUPR's stats we're NA for 2013).


Avg. GPA
3.76 (3.62) NSU-Oklahoma
3.60 (3.65) Alabama-Birmingham
3.59 (3.57) Michigan
3.58 (3.48) University of Houston
3.56 (3.54) Ohio St.

3.53 (3.55) Pacific-Oregon
3.52 (3.53) Indiana
3.52 (3.54) SCO
3.51 (3.53) SUNY
3.50 (3.51) Missouri-St. Louis

3.43* (3.46) Cal-Berkeley (only considers biology, chemistry and physics GPA for admissions)
3.41 (3.38) ICO
3.41 (3.38) PCO
3.39 (3.44) SCCO
3.37 (3.26) Midwestern-Arizona

3.36 (3.33) Nova
3.30 (3.41) NECO
3.26 (3.23) Rosenberg-Texas
3.21 (3.17) MCPHS-Massachusetts
3.14 (3.18) Western-California
NA (3.08) IAU-Puerto Rico


Avg. OAT (AA)
348 (354) Cal-Berkeley
340 (342) SUNY
333 (326) University of Houston
330 (320) Pacific-Oregon
330 (332) SCCO

329 (325) Ohio St.
327 (324) SCO
325 (324) Michigan
321 (324) ICO
320 (327) NECO

320 (320) Nova
319 (318) Midwestern-Arizona
318 (321) Indiana
316 (316) Missouri-St. Louis
315 (315) NSU-Oklahoma

315 (321) Alabama-Birmingham
313 (308) Rosenberg-Texas
312 (316) Western-California
300 (298) MCPHS-Massachusetts
300 (310) PCO
NA (293) IAU-Puerto Rico


Avg. OAT (TS)
350 (359) Cal-Berkeley
342 (347) SUNY
331 (323) University of Houston
329 (330) SCCO
326 (322) Ohio St.

321 (320) Michigan
320 (321) SCO
320 (320) Pacific-Oregon
319 (318) ICO
318 (325) NECO

315 (313) Midwestern-Arizona
315 (318) Nova
311 (318) Alabama-Birmingham
311 (316) Indiana
309 (314) Western-California

307 (307) Missouri-St. Louis
305 (306) NSU-Oklahoma
305 (301) Rosenberg-Texas
300 (300) PCO
292 (290) MCPHS-Massachusetts
NA (280) IAU-Puerto Rico

 

[ieatelephants]

I'm curious as to why OAT scores don't seem to correlate with average GPAs. I know each school weighs GPA and OAT differently, but students with high GPAs should manage to get higher OAT scores, in theory.

 

[Rain Clouds]

I'm curious as to why OAT scores don't seem to correlate with average GPAs. I know each school weighs GPA and OAT differently, but students with high GPAs should manage to get higher OAT scores, in theory.

Simple - GPA and OAT aren't everything. You'd have a close correlation if they were the only factors that mattered, but they aren't.

 

[HP.]

If you remove 2 outliers (one high and one low from Berkeley and Oklahoma) there is moderate correlation (R^2 = 0.35) between the two. That's with the total science (TS) OAT scores. I'm curious too, and I don't think it's as simple as "if they were the only factors that mattered" they would correlate and that since they are not the only factors, they don't correlate.