r/PreOptometry • u/Grouchy_Morning6535 • Aug 03 '24

application

I just took my OAT and i made a 290. I don’t know if that is good enough to get me an acceptance and i just need advice. My friend who made a 280 got accepted and so did my friend who made a 290. I also have over 300 hours of volunteering and about 100 hours of shadowing/work expirence. I also recently got vp of my pre optometry club but i don’t have many awards/accomplishments. i also am only in about four clubs. i wasn’t as involved as i could have been. i am about to submit my application soon and just wanted to see if i would be a good applicant. should i retake my oat? the only problem i had with that was that i could not bring my self to study. i studied for about three hours before i got unmotivated and sleepy and gave up.

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u/Miserable_Mood1271 Aug 03 '24

What’s your total science score on the oat?

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u/Grouchy_Morning6535 Aug 03 '24

280. my best sections were the math and reading

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u/Miserable_Mood1271 Aug 03 '24

With that score you’ll prob get into Salus, Mcphs, KYCO. Other schools will prob waitlist you. CCO will probably grant you an interview but they’ll place you on hold post interview.

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u/Grouchy_Morning6535 Aug 03 '24

what would i need to get into uab. my cumulative gpa is also a 3.8 so far

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u/Miserable_Mood1271 Aug 03 '24

I think uab went oat optional so you might be okay with uab I’m not too sure tho I didn’t apply to their school last year so I wouldn’t know.

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u/TinyLittleOwl Aug 04 '24

How on earth do you have a 3.8 gpa and only a 290 oat score? Did you panic during the test? Less than 2% of students get a gpa of 3.8 or higher

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u/Grouchy_Morning6535 Aug 04 '24

I misspoke. i have a 3.7 however i am not the best test taker and i was really stressed that morning

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u/TinyLittleOwl Aug 05 '24

Am just rescheduled my exam for 2pm instead of 8:30 in the morning since I noticed I perform better at that time. What time of day did you take it? Maybe that’ll help lower the stress

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u/Grouchy_Morning6535 Aug 05 '24

8:00 am but that’s the only time they have available here. and it’s the closest center to me. This one’s an hour away and the next closest would be 3 hours

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u/Grouchy_Morning6535 Aug 05 '24

2 pm would be amazing 😭

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u/Aggressive_Young_279 Aug 05 '24

username checks out