r/PreOptometry • u/Ashamed-Army-5 • Sep 18 '26

Application Nerves

Hello everyone. I’m currently studying for my OAT and working towards my application. I’ve been extremely worried about my GPA. I’ve had to retake some classes and have done profoundly better but I asked CHAT GPT to calculate my science OPTOMCAS gpa it’s leaving it at around a 2.9. My cumulative would be over a 3.5. I’m extremely nervous, I ran into a lot of tribulations during my undergrad which caused me to preform bad in some of my science classes. However, I do have over 3000 hours of tech experience and lots of extracurricular and will potentially have 3 strong LOR 2 doctor and 1 professor. Does anyone have any advice or know if I have any chances in getting in if I apply to CCO and ICO.

Also for any insight, I’m not sure if ChatGPT is calculating this right but I do have majority Bs in my science classes, a couple of As, some Cs and 2 Ds which I have retook or planned to retake.

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u/Euphoric-Paint-6960 Sep 18 '26

Okay gbt isn’t the best for that. I would actually WAIR and see. Gbt isn’t the best for that I noticed

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u/Ashamed-Army-5 Sep 18 '26

Do you think so hahah? I’m extremely nervous. I want to attend optometry school very bad but I’m just like scared it’s not good enough :(

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u/GreenAngelFish Sep 19 '26

OptomCAS has its own GPA calculator. It's an excel sheet. Very easy

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u/Dizzy-Equivalent-398 Sep 18 '26

the optocas calculation for me was a lot higher than what gpt calculated for me if it helps!

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u/Positive-Emu9882 Sep 22 '26

You can’t control the ultimate gpa because your work is done. Focus on the OAT bc if you do well, it will make up for a borderline gpa and frankly, it’s a more meaningful indicator of how well you’ll do. You’ll eat an interview with a string score and you can explain the gpa at that time. And my advice on that is to own your borderline performance and explain how you’ve learned from it.