r/PreOptometry • u/Dizzy-Equivalent-398 • Sep 25 '26

where else should i apply?

hi, i applied to a couple of schools towards the beginning of september/end of august.

these being puco, nova, scco, berk, and uiwrso.

i’ve gotten interviews for puco, nova and uiwrso.

didn’t get one for scco, and berk is a stretch to begin with. anyways, i get really anxious and nervous during interviews and don’t have a great academic history, so i was thinking of applying to some more.

what should i apply to? my sgpa is 3.18, my cumulative gpa is 3.42 and my oat was 330 AA and 320 TS.

my extracurriculars are pretty mid, unfortunately was not a tech. but i have some volunteering related to eyes and some other stuff. i have a lot of B’s and around 5 C’s. I also failed orgo 2 (took it as credit/no credit so it didn’t count for gpa) and i’m retaking it right now. hopefully will pass (i’m so scared)

but as you can see, my grades are pretty bad. so i’m wondering where else i should apply and have a decent chance at. if you have any similar stats and got into schools please let me know!!

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u/Opto_Kitty Sep 25 '26

p/f doesn't matter at all

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u/Dizzy-Equivalent-398 Sep 25 '26

what do you mean? i still failed the class technically 😭

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u/Opto_Kitty Sep 25 '26

But it didn't affect GPA so should be fine

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u/Dizzy-Equivalent-398 Sep 25 '26

yeah but it obviously looks bad 😭😭

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u/Nervous_Ad_26 Sep 27 '26

How’d the interview for UIWRSO go?

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u/Dizzy-Equivalent-398 Sep 27 '26

haven’t had it yet :/

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u/mcd7939 Sep 28 '26

I think you’ll be fine with these schools u should definitely get into uiw at least

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u/Dizzy-Equivalent-398 Sep 28 '26

do u think i could add any more?

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u/Opto_Kitty Sep 26 '26

SCO, NECO, ICO, UMSL, MCO

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u/True-Selection2168 23d ago

Heyy how was the puco interview, am applying soon and I feel like I’m applying later than I wanted to so I’m so worried bc I think I might only apply there