Amplify your optometry school experience and see what it means to get involved in our profession as the annual AOSA/AOA conference, Optometry’s Meeting, comes to the Music City, June 19-22, 2024. Optometry’s Meeting provides students a four-day, immersive experience in career development, clinical and practice management skill building, professional networking and advocacy alongside optometry’s leaders. …
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Hey everyone, I just wanted to let all of our readers know that things are really busy lately because it is midterm week and I have no time to write articles. Dale has been very consistent with his OAT articles which are turning out to be very potent and useful! I wanted to give everyone …
Students applying to Optometry School hear it all the time, “make sure you have plenty of great letters of recommendation!!” Did you know that the way you go about requesting a letter of recommendation has a huge impact on the quality of the letter? Let me ask you your opinion… Which letter of recommendation would …
OAT Strategy Article 3: How to Handle Test Day Welcome back! This article will cover some important test day information and strategies, and will also alert you to some common mistakes to avoid. This will be the final article in my general OAT series; so please check back soon for my next article, which will …
Optometry school is NOT easy, if you like a challenge then Optometry School is FOR YOU! It is not just classes and tests that you must focus your energy upon, but you must be hypersensitive to you financial situation, your commute to and from school, staying active with clubs/committees, networking yourself, and of course keeping …
Welcome back! This article will help you get on track with a successful OAT study plan. Why is a plan so important? Well, most successful students take several months of studying to be prepared for the OAT. There is just so much material on the test, that at first studying can appear to be a …
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Below is a list of the accredited of Optometry Schools in the United States of America and Canada. For articles to help you on your personal journey into optometry school, check these out! We wrote them all! How to Pick The Right Optometry School for You Letters of Recommendation For Optometry School 3 Steps To …
Hey everyone, I am here to share a very very special and helpful post with you about interview’s for optometry school. I was looking through some old files of mind and I found an interesting one. Back in undergrad at SUNY Albany myself and my friend Robert Register created the SUNY Albany Pre-Optometry club that …
Hey everyone. I would like to present to you a new member of the OptometryStudents.com team. His name is Dale Paynter and he has been one of my good friends since sophomore year of undergrad at SUNY Albany. Dale is applying to Optometry schools for the 2014′ year and with his outstanding academic skills and …
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At SUNY Optometry part of our coursework is shadowing 3rd and 4th year students in the clinic. Keep in mind that the eye care clinic at SUNY Optometry (Optometric Center of New York) is THE LARGEST outpatient vision facility of its kind in the NATION! That means that this clinic sees over 80,000 patients annually. …
To survive at SUNY Optometry you need to take breaks. I bet that is just what you wanted to hear! Well do not get too excited. Yes, it is important to take quick breaks while studying, but the breaks I speak of involve breaking up your academic subjects. For example, I never study every subject …
