Should I retake? Advice needed!

[HoHOhoh]

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I took my OAT last week and I was wondering if I should retake.

I have a 3.49 GPA and about 50 hours of shadowing.

Bio - 280 (Terrible...🙁 I had ridiculously weird questions)
GChem - 350
Orgo - 360
Phys - 290
Reading - 300
QR - 320

TS - 320
AA - 320

I am worried about the bio and physics scores.. They are below 300.
Thinking about applying ICO, PU, NOVA, SCCO, IUSO.. Any other recommended schools?

Any advice or comments about my chances would be very much appreciated!

Thank you!

 

[ProbeVision]

Hello! I am not sure what the requirements for the schools you have applied to are. I would suggest calling the schools up to see what they recommend as they will be the best people to ask. I think your scores are okay and if you can explain the two low ones on an interview you should be fine. I got an AA and TS of 300 when I took the OAT and I had two scores below 300 (Orgo and Reading - which i didnt understand why). I was feeling really bad and thought I would have to retake it as well. However I felt that my GPA was okay and I already had experience working in the field as an optician so I applied to MCPHS, Salus, NECO and SUNY. Salus and NECO sent me interviews and MCPHS is a little late and just let me know they received my application. I interviewed at NECO two weeks ago and just found out on October 8th that I was accepted. I think that each individual application is different and you can't base it on my experiences but I wanted to let you know my experiences so you have an idea. I highly encourage you to call the schools you are thinking of applying to and maybe research and see if there are others you can apply to as well that would not require you to retake the OAT. After all at the end of the day, you will become an optometrist and thats the end goal of your journey🙂 Good luck with everything!!!

 

[HoHOhoh]

Hi! Thanks a lot for the response!!! Congratulations on your acceptance! That's awesome!
I tried to call but they wouldn't answer me... I thought they would be busy around this time of year.
I will try to call them tomorrow again or email them 🙂

 

[ProbeVision]

Thank you🙂 I am sure that they are busy with interviews. Different schools have different interview days. I would keep trying! Good luck with everything🙂