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What would be a good extracurricular for someone wanting to apply to the optometry program?

I know that leadership skills are important to note, and ive been volunteering at my church as a teacher for catechism for 2 years. If I keep this up, would this be a good ec? Im also wondering how many ecs I should have?

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u/Cute_Shoe_638 — 12 hours ago

my questions for optometry, for someone who is doing their undergrad in UofS (Saskatchewan)

before choosing my classes, I want to have a clear understanding of how I should do everything before applying to the optometry school. Any insight will help, even if you’re not from saskatchewan!!

  1. Since Waterloo requires specific classes to be taken in order to apply to their program, how would I know if i’m taking the right classes (since in every province, the classes are named differently and don’t contain the exact same material)?

  2. When should I start shadowing an optometrist, when would it be an early time to start?

  3. When should I take the OAT and CASPER, and is it open in summer or only school times? Does the school provide anything regarding it or is it outside of school?

  4. Does the classes I take in my first year need to be SPECIFICALLY cultivated (like the hardest classes), or does it just need to be any classes that are required in the 4 years of undergrad? What types of classes are important to take early on, or is there no specifics?

  5. What extracurriculars should I do to have a lot of volunteer experience, would it need to be related to the optometry field (in regards of skills)?

6.Since i’m most likely going into Arts and Science and are going to take a Bachelor of Science, how do I decide what I need to do for my major? How do I choose it, based on what (on the future job, on my interests)?

  1. Is there anything I need to do in university to be more prepared for the optometry schooling?

  2. How many recommendation letters should I have from profs and optometrists?

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u/Cute_Shoe_638 — 8 days ago

my questions for optometry, for someone who is doing their undergrad in UofS (Saskatchewan)

before choosing my classes, I want to have a clear understanding of how I should do everything before applying to the optometry school. Any insight will help, even if you’re not from saskatchewan!!

  1. Since Waterloo requires specific classes to be taken in order to apply to their program, how would I know if i’m taking the right classes (since in every province, the classes are named differently and don’t contain the exact same material)?

  2. When should I start shadowing an optometrist, when would it be an early time to start?

  3. When should I take the OAT and CASPER, and is it open in summer or only school times? Does the school provide anything regarding it or is it outside of school?

  4. Does the classes I take in my first year need to be SPECIFICALLY cultivated (like the hardest classes), or does it just need to be any classes that are required in the 4 years of undergrad? What types of classes are important to take early on, or is there no specifics?

  5. What extracurriculars should I do to have a lot of volunteer experience, would it need to be related to the optometry field (in regards of skills)?

6.Since i’m most likely going into Arts and Science and are going to take a Bachelor of Science, how do I decide what I need to do for my major? How do I choose it, based on what (on the future job, on my interests)?

  1. Is there anything I need to do in university to be more prepared for the optometry schooling?

  2. How many recommendation letters should I have from profs and optometrists?

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u/Cute_Shoe_638 — 8 days ago