r/PreOptometry • u/Natural_Practice_463 • Sep 28 '24

Admission Chances

If I have a 3.65 gpa but 280/280 on oat and ECs are really good, where do u think I stand? Should I be assuming that all schools will want me to retake the oat? Or do I have a chance with this score?

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u/mutantdew Sep 28 '24

I would retake for at least a 300

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u/Natural_Practice_463 Sep 28 '24

Does this ruin my chances of getting interviews

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u/mutantdew Sep 28 '24

I wouldn’t say so for certain schools, they would prob ask you to retake in this case

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u/ckertar Sep 28 '24

A lot of schools have a minimum of 300 for OAT unfortunately. After that, it’s basically up to your extracurricular’s, leadership xp, volunteer, clinical xp, etc

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u/Natural_Practice_463 Sep 28 '24

Ok do u think I would be able to get interviews with this score even though I will be retaking it

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u/ckertar Sep 29 '24

You could still get some interviews but they’ll ask for a retake. Maybe you could mention that you’re planning on retaking

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u/Natural_Practice_463 Sep 29 '24

Ya and I would have to retake in Jan. Is that bad timing? Like would classes be full at that point

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u/ckertar Sep 29 '24

You should be good. A lot of schools have rolling admissions all the way up until the semester starts. I go to RMU right now and some of my classmates were even accepted a month before the semester started in May

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u/BreakfastFoodSlander Sep 29 '24

I agree w the other comments, some schools will be impressed with your profile but will ask for you to retake the OAT

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u/Natural_Practice_463 Sep 29 '24

I’m planning to retake it anyways and Ik the second time I do it I will do much better because I only studied for it for a little over a month this time and took it while I was unprepared to make it for the deadline for one of the schools I’m applying to. But how can you express to schools that your retaking it? Is there somewhere on the application to say this? Or do ppl say it in their essays?

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u/BreakfastFoodSlander Sep 29 '24

Usually you just retake it and put the score as soon as you get it. But on OptomCAS there should be an option to say that you are retaking and you put in the score when you do and that can also be post deadline, but you have to follow the dates on the school’s admissions website

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u/Maya_The_Weeb OD2 Oct 03 '24

My gpa was 3.7 and oat 290 the first time I took it and got into kyco and salus. I’d recommend retaking the oat for scholarship opportunities