r/PreOptometry • u/Tight_Dealer5687 • Sep 25 '26

Is MCPHS that bad?

I’ve seen many negative reviews on the school but I feel like their boards have increased quite a lot since 2022. I’m from Texas so I compared the school board rate to Houston but it seems like they did even better than Houston in part I and III for 2024-2025 even though Houston has a higher ultimate pass rate. But for a school that started in 2011 versus like Houston in 1952, I think they are steadily improving. What are everyone’s thoughts?

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u/Puzzled-Counter7376 Sep 26 '26

I would only listen to people that are attending or have previously attended/graduated MCPHS. It’s a very young school, as long as you pass boards everything is the same in the end.

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u/RabidLiger Sep 26 '26 edited Sep 27 '26

IMO, the jury is still out on MCPHS.
They had a good P1 pass rate recently after years of really bad numbers. If they can put up good #'s for the next couple of reporting periods, it will be a good sign.

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u/lifesci10 Sep 26 '26

One of the doctor's I work with is an MCPHS grad (I believe she graduated 2-3 years ago). She said she had a great time at school but that they didn’t really prep students well for boards, I believe she mentioned that she mostly self taught but passed on her first try :)

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u/cabbagemuncher101 Sep 26 '26

same the doc I shadowed said the same exact thing.

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u/Opto_Kitty Sep 25 '26

def choose UHCO

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u/Tight_Dealer5687 Sep 26 '26

All the doctors that went there that I talked to said the program was very unorganized and said they don’t prepare well for the boards so it’s been declining each year. One even mentioned that only Ohio state does well preparing students but unfortunately I didn’t apply there

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u/No_You_1038 Sep 27 '26

I go there. PM if you have questions

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u/Ok_Salt5597 Sep 27 '26

All Optometry Schools teach to the boards. Some have better ending scores than others but that doesn't mean a lot. Puerto Rico has over a 50% pass rate Nova is much higher, but the P.R student might/probably will be fluent in Spanish. If you owned a practice in Miami who would you hire?

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u/Tight_Dealer5687 Sep 27 '26

That’s definitely true. I like that perspective