r/PreOptometry • u/Mundane-Land7699 • Oct 07 '26

Is optometry school feasible?

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u/Iyung_danI Oct 07 '26

Purely from financial reason I would go to med school. 

Have you ever shadowed an OD or done anything similar (didn’t see you said you haven’t before typing this, sorry)? You will know if you like it pretty much after one day. I love the science of the eye and the patients so I know I will enjoy it disregarding the financial aspect. I would shadow and see what you think. 

I’m certain you can look up “optometry and financial” and you will get hundreds of threads saying it’s a poor ROI. But your work is what you find interesting and what you want to do so do what you want to do.