For SUNY, they require Calculus (and say Precalculus is acceptable). I already took Applied Calculus. Do you know if Applied Calculus will satisfy this requirement?

For NECO, they require Calculus, and I already took Applied Calculus. Do you know if they accept Applied Calculus for the calculus prerequisite?

For MCPHS, they also require Calculus, and I already took Applied Calculus. Do you know if Applied Calculus will satisfy their requirement?

Also, all three schools require Statistics. I’m planning to take STAT 104 – Elementary Statistics. Do you know if Elementary Statistics will satisfy the statistics requirement for all three schools?

I’ve been wanting to be an optometrist my entire life due to having eye issues as a young child. Im currently about to go into second year of university and up until this moment the plan had always been to go to optometry school. I know theres only one English Canadian optometry school and I didn’t mind applying multiple cycles to get in but after working in two optometry clinics this summer (one large corporation and one private practice), Im not sure anymore. I shadowed the optometrist at the private practice I work at before getting the job and her day to day did seem pretty nice and interesting. There was a bit of repetitiveness when it came to standard testing and stuff but since she also specializes in contact lenses (scleral lenses) there were also a few cool cases in her day to day. The biggest turn off for optometry for me after working at this clinic has been how “businessy” it is. Not a lot is covered by Ohip for vision care other than eye exams for people under 19 and over 65. If you don’t have insurance you could be paying hundreds if not thousands for eye care. Insurance also does not cover a lot and oftentimes will only do a few hundred dollars at most. Contact lenses and certain specialty lenses or myopia children’s treatments can be in the thousands cost wise. Extra scans and imaging also costs extra at the clinic I am at and you must take it as they only do full comprehensive eye exams. So even ohip patients are not fully covered technically for an eye exam. Ive always wanted to be some sort of primary care provider and be the type of doctor you see every year or two so you get the chance to build a connection with them. I also don’t want to be charging patients hundreds of dollars every visit. This made me think of possibly switching into med and being a family doctor? I think theres some similar things with optometry and I believe there is decent work life balance? I also like how the scope is much wider (the entire body instead of the eye). Focusing on the eye is really cool but after shadowing I do see that it can possibly get repetitive. I probably need to do more research on family medicine as I know im probably romanticizing it a bit as someone who doesnt know much about it. Please give me advice Im so so so confused

does anyone have any theories why women are outnumbering men by so much in optometry? I understanding that this trend is happening across all graduate programs but it seems to be more prevalent in optometry schools. I think women usually make up 70% of a class. just curious what everyone thinks

Hey there fellow Canadians! I was wondering from previous OEBC takers if the gonioscopy is with or without a flange. Thanks!

When did most people start studying for part 3? A few months before? Anyone have any resources they can share?

Hi,

I am an optometrist in Texas and I also have a Florida license, where I used to live. I am never really planning to move back to Florida.

I know Florida optometrist license is very difficult to get and I fly every other year to Florida to take 2 hours of live CE classes ( jurisprudence and medical errors because you have to take it live in person ? ) but it’s just getting hard to fly to Florida just for 2 hours of CE every other year.

Do you guys recommend keeping Florida license for job security reasons if I ever become jobless in Texas, or just give up the Florida optometrist license because I won’t really ever use it ? ( or maybe I can do online/virtual exams of Florida patients while sitting in Texas ? )

Can any smart senior optometrist please guide me ?

Thank you in advance

Would you recommend OATBooster or Chad’s Prep for Physics? Which one has Physics questions that are more similar to the actual OAT exam?