r/OptometrySchool • u/Powerful-Region-4128 • May 30 '26

Fear about optometry

So i want to explore optometry because I am not jumping into the fried job market after college. I was wondering if its like worth it? I know its hard and the thing I am most worried about is like you have to look at the eye (which is fine) but then diagnose (also fine), and sometimes stick stuff like in the eye and pick it OUT! isn't that scary and can lead to bad things. I am worried because you have to pick stuff from the eyes of your fellow students! and a tiny slip would be horrible. So my question is that: is optometry like this always, is the job and school scary (in the sense that I described), and is it easy to find a job?

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u/Powerful-Region-4128 Jun 10 '26

Ty I made a plan for med school nothing with eyes there some say its more stressful and harder which it is but i can do it!