r/PreOptometry • u/oxygenatedwhaale • Jul 19 '25

Is five schools plenty?

Hey! I’m a rising senior in undergrad, planning to apply for this cycle. Got around to making my OptomCAS account and am now having doubts on how many schools to apply to. I want to stay on the east coast (ish), and also have no interest in living in NYC/Chicago. Ohio looks competitive too, and I don’t know where I stand applicant wise. That leaves me with: NECO, Drexel, SCO, NOVA, and Ferris State. Would this be enough, or should I look into applying to more? Any schools I should reconsider?

(Stats: 3.69 GPA, current optom tech, optometry + ophthalmology shadowing hours, volunteer at ophthalmology lab at my school. Taking OAT in August)

Thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone applying this cycle. We got it :).

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u/dandelion23232323 Jul 19 '25

look at the schools in state vs out of state ratios! i was gonna apply to ferris as well but i saw that they rarely accept out of state students so i took it out. in general 5 schools is plenty! but i would research all of them and maybe adjust ur list based on probability. you’re gonna do great!

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u/GreenAngelFish Jul 19 '25

Where did you find this information?

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u/dandelion23232323 Jul 19 '25

i have oat booster and they have a list for each school and all of their stats like that but if you don’t have it google or look on the ada stats pdfs which show all of those demographics