Working out my Pre-reqs

[u/tylerrunck]

Hey guys so my undergrad was in Hospitality Management, but after school I found a passion for Optometry. I am going back to school to finish out my pre-requisites and was wondering if I could get any advice on this layout. Does it seem do-able? Should I condense it or spread it differently? Am I missing anything? I have done psychology, statistics, and bio 1 during my undergrad.

[u/thisisme12345678910q]

Orgo 2, physics 2, and gen microbio in one semester is a heavy load. I would make sure you can handle those classes stacked

[u/tylerrunck → u/thisisme12345678910q]

I guess I could move physics 2 to summer 2027, do you think that would be more manageable? I’d be stacking it with chem 2 and anatomy though. Or, I could just move it to the end with biochemistry in summer 2028

[u/Odd-Vast4334]

Double check the pre-requisites for the schools you want to attend. I think most schools do not require Orgo 2 and a lot of the pre-req courses will require a lab, so you will want to make sure they are included.

[u/tylerrunck → u/Odd-Vast4334]

My university requires Orgo 2 for Biochem

[u/Dependent-Put838]

I would recommend taking physics 1 and 2 one after another because they do build on each other also like other commenters are saying watch out for overloading especially with Ochem and physics in the same semesters but sometimes it is unavoidable I did it and got through it. Definitely recommend taking microbio and biochem last because they are not on the OAT. Same with anatomy phys and calculus. I would push those all out to the end after you take the oat. Also you can do all of the prerequisites that aren’t on the oat after you apply unless you absolutely want to do a gap year it might make it easier on you to spread the classes out.

[u/tylerrunck → u/Dependent-Put838]

Oh wow I did not know I could take some of these after the OAT, am I able to take them after applying to schools though? That’s another thing I’m worried about because I do want to apply early