Anyone have some insight on this?
So this past weekend I met a student who is about to be a third year optom student (I won't reveal what school he goes to), and naturally we are talking about optometry school, the scope of the career etc, and he makes a statement that basically reads: "Where you go to school matters. If two O.D.'s are competing for the same job, person from school A will always win over school B."
I'm not completely shocked by that statement. I think many of us felt growing up it was important to go to a "good" high school and then on to a "good" college, but I thought at the professional level it came down to more what you are looking for in a school and what your stats are. Yes, sure some schools stats are higher or lower than others, but we all have to be board certified and therefore we all meet a certain quality level of knowledge and practice, so wouldn't the rest of the resume count more than just the school title?
I'm really curious about this. I want to know every little detail about this industry I want to be a part of. And I don't want to be focusing on schools or agreeing to backup schools that would be a waste of my money: That I end up coming out with an O.D. degree and not finding the jobs I want b/c reality is I'll never get them for having gone to school XX.
So this past weekend I met a student who is about to be a third year optom student (I won't reveal what school he goes to), and naturally we are talking about optometry school, the scope of the career etc, and he makes a statement that basically reads: "Where you go to school matters. If two O.D.'s are competing for the same job, person from school A will always win over school B."
I'm not completely shocked by that statement. I think many of us felt growing up it was important to go to a "good" high school and then on to a "good" college, but I thought at the professional level it came down to more what you are looking for in a school and what your stats are. Yes, sure some schools stats are higher or lower than others, but we all have to be board certified and therefore we all meet a certain quality level of knowledge and practice, so wouldn't the rest of the resume count more than just the school title?
I'm really curious about this. I want to know every little detail about this industry I want to be a part of. And I don't want to be focusing on schools or agreeing to backup schools that would be a waste of my money: That I end up coming out with an O.D. degree and not finding the jobs I want b/c reality is I'll never get them for having gone to school XX.