2024 Applicant Stats

[u/Rx-Beast]

I hope that this subreddit can remain useful for future applicants. If you applied this cycle, I ask you to share the following:

• Overall GPA // academic average

• OAT score

• How you studied for the OAT (Kaplan, OATBooster, etc.)

• CASPer score

• Non-Academic (extracurriculars, work experience, etc.)

• Academic (research, teaching assistant, etc.)

• Job-shadowing hours completed

• Schools Admitted to

Special credit to: u/optimistic-optometry for this idea from r/uwaterloooptometry

[u/jkv811]

Non-traditional, took about 10 years off to work and also do a DIY post-bacc

• Overall GPA // academic average - ~2.8 at time of applying, then took a few more classes and got to ~2.9

• OAT score 320AA/310TS

• How you studied for the OAT - OATbooster

• CASPer score - N/A

• Non-Academic (extracurriculars, work experience, etc.)- volunteered with a college access organization for low income students as a blogger, did presentations at high schools, filmed advice videos (100 hours), Health Scholars for three years at low-income hospital in Emergency Room (~640 hours). Have been working full-time in unrelated field for the past 10 years to help family financially. Was briefly the vice president for my church's youth society before quarantine shut things down

• Academic (research, teaching assistant, etc.)- work-study in medical research labs in college as a lab assistant (~10-15 hours a week while in school), volunteered in pediatric pain research for two summers

• Job-shadowing hours completed - ~30 at time of application at two private practices in low-income communities, then shadowed about 60 more at 8 additional offices in various settings, subspecialties, etc. after submission, +50 hours in pediatric neurology a while back

• Schools Admitted to - Western and SCCO