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Hello all,
I am a non-traditional student who is applying next year (June or July 2017).
This is second time attempt after my first attempt when I graduated in university in 2012. I took OAT in 2013 but due to my family circumstances, I had to pause my future goal and work. After working for 3 years, my family stabilized and now I am trying again to get into one of the optometry schools. I am planning to take my OAT on first week of April and maybe one more after completing summer schools. However I have two questions.
1) From OptomCas, it looks like few schools are still open for 2016~2017 cycle. Should I even try to apply after my first OAT? I know it's super late. Not sure if its worth it or even beneficial if I apply for next year. My GPA is 3.0 and science GPA is lower. The reason why I'm taking summer schools is to re-take few science classes that I got C on. If I apply for this year, I will be applying with new OAT score with 2.9 GPA (lots of shadowing/volunteer)
2) Should I include my old OAT score back in 2013? I don't even remember the score but I know I did bad because the day before I took OAT, my father collapsed due to his heart condition (Reason why I had to work for several years). I did not even apply that year. I tried to retrieve my score back but it costs $35 and I'm not sure if its necessary. All I know is that the score is now invalid due to its age, I'm considering not mentioning the score in 2013. What should I do?
Thank you very much for your time! I appreciate it.
I am a non-traditional student who is applying next year (June or July 2017).
This is second time attempt after my first attempt when I graduated in university in 2012. I took OAT in 2013 but due to my family circumstances, I had to pause my future goal and work. After working for 3 years, my family stabilized and now I am trying again to get into one of the optometry schools. I am planning to take my OAT on first week of April and maybe one more after completing summer schools. However I have two questions.
1) From OptomCas, it looks like few schools are still open for 2016~2017 cycle. Should I even try to apply after my first OAT? I know it's super late. Not sure if its worth it or even beneficial if I apply for next year. My GPA is 3.0 and science GPA is lower. The reason why I'm taking summer schools is to re-take few science classes that I got C on. If I apply for this year, I will be applying with new OAT score with 2.9 GPA (lots of shadowing/volunteer)
2) Should I include my old OAT score back in 2013? I don't even remember the score but I know I did bad because the day before I took OAT, my father collapsed due to his heart condition (Reason why I had to work for several years). I did not even apply that year. I tried to retrieve my score back but it costs $35 and I'm not sure if its necessary. All I know is that the score is now invalid due to its age, I'm considering not mentioning the score in 2013. What should I do?
Thank you very much for your time! I appreciate it.
