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Hi everyone, wondering if anyone is thinking of applying for optometry(starting from 2015) ?

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I am hopefully


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What subjects are you doing


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Hi there I'm doing Biology Chemistry Maths Psychology currently in AS wbu?
Biology chemistry maths and physics. But plan to drop physics. Do you plan to drop anything?


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Well it all depends on results day tbh but I want to drop psychology
Well it all depends on results day tbh but I want to drop psychology
Have you done any work experience? I just can't seem to get any in any opticians
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Have you done any work experience? I just can't seem to get any in any opticians


I'm not applying but have done work experience in an opticians and it wasn't particularly difficult, I'd suggest contacting some places that aren't the big chains, like run by one optician and have one shop, that would probably be easiest as that's what I done


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Ohh okay which opticians did you do it at?

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Original post by OneLittleStudent
Ohh okay which opticians did you do it at?

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Just a local one that is most likely hundreds of miles from where you are


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Oh right okay, most of local ones I've rang up or emailed have all said we can't offer/accommodate it including specsavers and vision express and some non franchise opticians


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Original post by OneLittleStudent
Oh right okay, most of local ones I've rang up or emailed have all said we can't offer/accommodate it including specsavers and vision express and some non franchise opticians


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I'd recommend actually going into the shop and talking to them, much more likely to say yes then, just ask if you can help out in the shop and stuff, make it seem like you will help them and they won't have to go out their way for you

That's what I done but I did get to sit in on a couple eye tests at a point


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Oh right thanks, yeah I think I'll try that but some of them just say you will have tp speak to head office and give me a number. I've done a weeks work experience in a hospital and do volunteering at a society for Blind and Partially Sighted People. Do you think that will be enough?

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Original post by OneLittleStudent
Oh right thanks, yeah I think I'll try that but some of them just say you will have tp speak to head office and give me a number. I've done a weeks work experience in a hospital and do volunteering at a society for Blind and Partially Sighted People. Do you think that will be enough?

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Seems like it to me, but I've not really looked into it sorry


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No worries thanks anyways! What are you thinking of applying to?
what kind of grades in GCSE do you really need to stand a chance???
I'm not too sure but for my GCSEs I got 8 A*s and 3 As and 4 distinction*s

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Original post by OneLittleStudent
No worries thanks anyways! What are you thinking of applying to?


Either chemistry, biochemistry or biological science, perhaps a bit of each


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