Applying to Grad School | A First Generation Experience
As a first-generation student, the thought of attending optometry school felt like a dream that was far out of reach.
Advice from Students Who Took Gap Years by SCCO Ambassadors Ally Tran & Karen Nguyen
Taking a gap year was the best decision I’ve made during my application process. Instead of rushing to fit a certain timeline, I decided to take a mental break from school and spend more time expanding my patient care experience. This extra time before optometry school helped me become a better prepared and more confident applicant when completing my applications.
Lots of Other Things On Your Plate While Studying for the OAT? Advice from SCCO Student Ambassador Kaitlyn Tsou
Lots of Other Things On Your Plate While Studying for the OAT? Here’s My Advice from SCCO Student Ambassador, Kaitlyn Tsou
Preparing for the OAT: From SHPEPconnect
Preparing for the OAT, a webinar recommended by ASCO (American Schools and Colleges of Optometry) and hosted on SHPEPconnect.
Preparation to a Perfect Score: How I Prepped for the OAT
Anytime I meet an applicant who scores well on the OAT, I ask him or her to write a how-to article on how he or she prepared to take it. This is such an article. You can’t get much better than the top score of 400 in every […]
OAT Prep Website Hosted by Successful Test-Taker and Now Optometry Student
I’m eager to pass along any resource that will help optometry school applicants—especially those that will help students score well on the OAT. This is such a resource. It is written by a young man, though a non-traditional student who despite his confessed anxiety about the process, scored […]
My Unofficial Study Guide to the OAT
My Unofficial Study Guide to the OAT by Colin Leung, SCCO Class of 2022 This study guide was written by a SCCO student from the incoming class Fall 2018 who successfully took the OAT. Colin calls it his “Unofficial Guide to the OAT.” In it, he reports both […]
My Step-By-Step Method for OAT Success
his article was written by a young man, Paul Hill, who will be applying to optometry school in the upcoming admissions cycle. I asked him to write this article because of the terrific success he had taking the OAT. I’ve asked his permission to report that he scored a 390 in the Academic Average and a 400 in the Total Science sections. With such solid scores, of course I asked him if he would share his OAT preparation method.
Managing Test-Taking Anxiety
For optometry applicants, taking the OAT is inherently stressful. It just is. Even so, for some OAT test takers, there is excessive and unnecessary self-inflicted anxiety that can be avoided.
This article will explain what you can do before and during the OAT to help deal with the anxiety inherent in test taking.
Study Tips from a Successful OAT Test-Taker and SCCO Student
Tips for successfully taking the OAT!
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