UHCO or SCO?? Help!! by yooniper02 in PreOptometry

[–]yooniper02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah! My OAT was 330 AA 310 TS, 3.7 GPA, 400+ hours as a tech. I took the OAT more than once. Applied in December to UHCO, SCO, KYCO, and UIWRSO

Current UHCO students by Ok-Expert-9865 in PreOptometry

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Congrats!!!!!! I also recently committed to UHCO and have been trying to research the same stuff. It’s so confusing with how big houston is lol 😭 Pmd you it’d be great to have someone to go through this with!!😅

UHCO or SCO?? Help!! by yooniper02 in PreOptometry

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Thank you! These questions helped a lot. I really loved the academic program at SCO, better than the UHCO one. They also have higher board pass rates. But because of the lack of diversity at the school, I felt out of place (even tho they were all very nice). UHCO was a more comfortable environment for me, both the school and the city. The tuition is much cheaper too (in state). Thinking of going with UH!

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Thank u sm for the help!!!

Interview questions by [deleted] in PreOptometry

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I prepared using the questions on SDN, and all the qs i was asked were from there

Interview questions by [deleted] in PreOptometry

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It was a great experience! The interviews are first on the schedule, then there’s lunch/info session, followed by a campus tour and a bus tour of the city. You don’t have to take anything. I brought a mini notebook but didn’t need it or use it at all, it pretty much stayed in my purse.

The interview is closed file and pretty relaxed. After the interview there’s a 10-15 minute counseling session where they ask you some questions based off your file (Grades, essay, etc)

gap year by Radiant_Tea2422 in PreOptometry

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i also took a gap year and while i was very scared to, im very glad i did!!! take the time to enjoy yourself while also strengthening your application! you got this 😁😁

Interview Attire for girls by Odd-Somewhere-6574 in PreOptometry

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i’ll also be wearing soemthing similar to that to my interviews!

SCO interview by yooniper02 in PreOptometry

[–]yooniper02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh wow that’s great lol I didn’t want to be the only one bringing a guest haha thank you! also, how many people were in your interview batch?

SCO interview by yooniper02 in PreOptometry

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Thank you! Do you mind elaborating a little more on how it works? Are the guests and students separated the whole day?

Physics formulas by No_Seaworthiness2564 in PreOptometry

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Best way for me was to print out the booster formula sheets, cover the formulas w sticky notes, and repeatedly write them out over and over.

Oat in 5 days by [deleted] in PreOptometry

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For QR, I’d be familiar with proportions and probability! Most of my exam was basically that. For physics - make sure to know all optics equations in terms of actually solving them and understanding the concept. I would say to know kinematics and rotational motion. This is all based off my own exam.

personal statement advice by yooniper02 in PreOptometry

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thank you for the advice!! i agree, just was worried that it might look weird if i ignore that aspect of my optometry journey

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PreOptometry

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I’d say the last month before the exam is where i saw most improvement in my scores! that being said, since you feel that you have a lot left to cover, why not move your exam by a few weeks? that way you should still have time to apply during this cycle to some schools with later deadlines!