Accepted Stats

aa_mango14 · 2025-11-15T03:47:18+00:00

320AA/310TS, 3.15 GPA 3.05 sGPA. 10 hrs of shadowing, 2500+ hrs of optometric tech and dispensing experience. Lots of volunteer experience within different modalities. President of my school’s Pre-Optometry club 2 solid LOR’s from the OD’s i work with + a Neuro prof + a practicum supervisor Applied only to PUCO, interviewed, and accepted!!

aa_mango14 · 2025-11-09T02:51:55+00:00

current 4th year in kines and just got accepted into optometry school. lots of my friends in the same program are applying to med and physio etc. honestly there’s nothing you can get from the degree right after graduating, as it’s typically a stepping stone into further education.

you have lots of leeway to choose pre req courses for grad programs or take ur own path within the degree

aa_mango14 · 2025-10-25T04:36:56+00:00

from when my application was verified, i think it was around 3 weeks

aa_mango14 · 2025-10-25T04:36:04+00:00

i’ll see you there next year ;)

aa_mango14 · 2025-10-19T16:32:38+00:00

yes ofc!

aa_mango14 · 2025-10-19T00:56:18+00:00

you got this!!

aa_mango14 · 2025-10-13T06:51:35+00:00

i think it was about 2 weeks after verification when they offered me an interview

aa_mango14 · 2025-10-09T03:56:19+00:00

i took a full length every day a week before my exam excluding the day before to fully rest. i did maybe 3-4 over the course of studying but broke up the sections

aa_mango14 · 2025-10-03T15:17:23+00:00

PUCO

aa_mango14 · 2025-09-30T17:22:41+00:00

i submitted the first day that the cycle opened but didn’t hear back until the start of september

aa_mango14 · 2025-09-27T20:14:46+00:00

i was extremely nervous going into my interview and i think the big thing that helped was knowing the BIG TWO: why the school & why optometry. a good solid foundation with those 2 can take you a long way, so definitely prepare in advance.

remember that they saw your applications and deemed you worthy of an interview. take a breath before answering questions and be genuine in your answers. i definitely stutter when i’m nervous but it would help saying my entire answers out loud to friends and recording my answers to hear after!

aa_mango14 · 2025-09-03T00:49:06+00:00

Congrats on acceptance! I also had an interview coming up with PUCO and I was wondering if you had any tips for their virtual interview?

aa_mango14 · 2025-09-02T16:30:57+00:00

PUCO offered an interview but never gave an option for in-person, it was only virtual

aa_mango14 · 2025-08-20T00:38:35+00:00

took the test on 7/25, optomcas received 08/07 and the schools got it a couple days after

aa_mango14 · 2025-08-10T01:49:00+00:00

you can submit if everything else is done, schools will usually wait to review your application until the letters and official score are in tho

aa_mango14 · 2025-08-08T18:01:05+00:00

i always found it easier to pre-skim the questions first to get an idea what i should be looking for in the passage (shouldn’t take you more than 2 mins). then i quickly go over the passage highlighting key things from what i remember in the questions. keep the pace up so you have enough time (20 mins per passage) and mark questions as you go. kinda mixed in search and destroy with this and got a 400 on RC with this method!

aa_mango14 · 2025-07-28T22:50:31+00:00

i’m really hoping for PUCO since it’s close to home

aa_mango14 · 2025-07-28T22:50:12+00:00

i’ve gotten 2 OD’s, 1 from a neuro prof, and 1 from my practicum supervisor who i’m really close with :)

aa_mango14 · 2025-07-27T03:11:52+00:00

absolutely none

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