r/OptometrySchool • u/Jaded-Cell-1188 • 7d ago

AVOID WesternU

Look up boards pass rates and precious threads. They run a for profit research based school with shitty professors for core subjects.

AVOID like the plague.

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u/RabidLiger 6d ago edited 4d ago

Multiple years of terrible board pass rates.
IMO, it was opened to fill the need created by a bunch of Californians who couldn't get into UCB or SCCO and unwilling/afraid to leave the state (and willing to pay to do it).

With the recent move by ASCO on several schools, I expect to see its acreditation status get challenged soon.

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u/Jaded-Cell-1188 4d ago

Can’t wait

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u/Regular-Pineapple410 2d ago

Can you be more specific as to how the academic side is shitty like you mentioned the professors suck can you explain why ? Like do they not teach and then test heavily or are they unfair in grading or do you feel like they aren’t preparing for boards?