SUNY admissions

[JLand]

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So from what I can gather, it seems SUNY is one of the harder schools to get into. I go to Penn State University, main campus, I have a 3.79 GPA and my oat scores are:

AA: 370
TS: 360
RC:390
QR: 380
Chem: 400
OChem: 370
Physics: 350
Bio 330

I don't have a TON of extracurriculars but I've shadowed an optometrists, tutored and TA'ed a bio lab, What do you think my chances of getting into SUNY, New England, and Salus are? Thanks

 

[Arctic]

Your gpa and OAT scores are strong. If you do have, or if not can get, good LOR's (especially one from an OD) you should be in a good position to get acceptances; however if you've only shadowed one optometrist (I was unclear from your post if this was the case) you definitely should get more shadowing experience. Good work so far! 👍

 

[JLand]

I've only shadowed one optometrist, but I did for 3 hours a week for an entire summer. Approx 40 hours. And he wrote me a LOR. Do I still need to shadow another optometrist?

 

[Arctic]

That's great! It would still be in your best interest to shadow a few other optometrists (especially in different modes of practice) but yeah, it looks like you should be quite a competetive applicant.

 

[JLand]

Okay, thanks a lot.

 

[JLand]

Okay, thanks a lot.