Hey Josh! I hope to study optometry one day and just wanted to say your videos are fantastic, showing what optometry school really entails and the commitment it takes to achieve success! You are inspiring a new generation of optometrists, thank you!

@joshreese_optometry

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! You’ll be an amazing optometrist!

Hi Josh, really love your videos, am actually an Optometry student in Nigeria,And I'll love to practice in America someday, can you please do a video on what it'll entails for a foreigner to practice Optometry in America.

@joshreese_optometry

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words and support! You’ll be a great optometrist! I could definitely do some research and make a video on that topic!

@alelenosakhare5114

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshreese_optometry thanks Alot .

@joshreese_optometry

2 жыл бұрын

@@alelenosakhare5114 No, thank you for watching! 🙏

I get scared of talking to people because I feel like I might say something embarrassing generally I'm just very shy but I reeeeaaaalllly want to go to optometry school hopefully I learn to be more comfortable talking to people

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

Don’t worry! You get a lot of practice communicating in low-stakes situations, so it becomes a skill that you can develop! You’ve got this!

@goldiemcfish2992

Жыл бұрын

@@joshreese_optometry thanks

@Nat-wv5lj

10 ай бұрын

I used to struggle with this as well! I recommend working as an optometric tech for a while so you can get a feel for the field and learn to communicate with patients 😁 It completely got rid of my fear of public speaking. You've got this!

Optometrist and civil engineer, who makes a better money? Because I'm after the money😂

So I chose it because it's a job that wont impede my health(initially predent but many of the dentists I shadowed had back and neck pain), has a decent income, good hours usually(trying to avoid wknd workdays), and a generally chill job. Do you think that's ok because I honestly don't exactly have a passion to work in a dream job, just to live a good comfy life which I feel like optometry can provide based on the 3 optometrists I've shadowed in retail chain, an md/od practice and a hospital setting. I've graduated with a bio BA (3.7gpa) and currently preparing for OAT. I've also scribed in an ER for about a month and just didnt like that type of setting or care and ophthalmology is not a guaranteed choice so I have picked optometry where eye care is the end result It's just the atrocious loans that scare me 😔

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

I think that is fine and you’ll still be a great doctor, but I would come up with something a bit more substantial to put into your personal statement and have it ready for interviews as well

@rektscope8860

Жыл бұрын

@@joshreese_optometry ​ @Josh Reese Oh yes, the personal statement would be fleshed out to appeal myself to the committee, i'm not gonna say, "I dont dream to work" lmao (unless👀). I'm just asking anonymously on the internet here because I had to take a gap year since I was by default, a premed and realized I didn't want to do that and have a bio degree. I'm conflicted about if these instinctive reasons are ok to pursue the field or am I gonna regret picking this career for seeking a low stress life with good leisure time & good money (hopefully get into a $125k+ and up, somewhere nice like a suburb). All of which just requires generally pleasant interactions with people (aside from telling some that they have a dz) and work which I believe would not be too hard to leave me mentally or physically exhausted after the average workday from what I've observed from ODs. Also I've thought about private practice down the line, but from what I've heard about retail corporate chains, online retailers, issues with insurance underpaying (the older dentist I shadowed villainized the crap out of them and I'd guess its probably similar in the optometry world), it does feel like buying a practice may not be lucrative anymore so I would probably be an associate for life which also sounds weird because there is no "promotion" in healthcare as a system since you're basically already maxed out Just these thoughts swirl around my mind time to time as I drag myself through OAT prep in addition to the eventual ~ 260k student debt which throws me into a depressive state when I think about it.

Hi Josh! Love the video. I am an ophthalmologist and optometrist in China, and now I want to study OD program in the US, can I find a job easily after I finish the OD program.

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! The job placement for optometrists right out of school is excellent!

Josh, how about inferiority complex? I think most optometrist working with ophthalmologist have that kind of feeling.

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

Well, I think that it’s ok to have those feelings! Especially bc it comes from a humble place

Hi Josh is optometry classes hard and do u learn only about eyes or the whole body?

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

You do a unit on each system of the the body, but the majority of the curriculum is ocular and optics based

Does optometry course I really tough

Hey josh, how do I become am optometrist after high School

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

It usually goes 4-years of undergrad at a college, then 4- years of optometry school after! But I have a few videos on how to do that faster!

Hi Josh. I am a student who try to get into optometry schools and right now I am in SUNY Brockport College to get my Bachelor degree and I am worry after I get my degree. I don’t know what to do next or how to apply for OAT test. I feel like I am a blank of paper and with lot of worry ahead of me. I don’t even know how apply for the school. Can you help me

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I have a lot of videos on those subjects! For applying- you do everything on the OptomCAS website, and for the OAT, you go to the AOA website to get more info! I have a video on each of those things!

@phoucngo6555

Жыл бұрын

Do you know where I can go and do lot of OAT test practice

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

@@phoucngo6555 Kaplan has some, and there’s some other ones if you dig hard enough

@phoucngo6555

Жыл бұрын

@@joshreese_optometry I have a question can a 2 year bachelor degree able to enter optometry school

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

@@phoucngo6555 it depends on the school! Some schools require a bachelors degree, others only need you to complete your prerequisites!

if you wanna just make money become a truck driver. They make like 15k a month. But that’s like a wage slave job. Yes optometry for the money and the stimulating and gratifying experience

@joshreese_optometry

Жыл бұрын

Good point!

@theresaseng2856

Жыл бұрын

Do they really earn that much????

@opufy

Жыл бұрын

@@theresaseng2856 yeah i shouldve done that when i was 18 for 2 years then buy real estate or something

Why are you going to optometry school?

@valentineparker

2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to be a family medicine doctor but I didn’t want to see anybody die and optometry was the answer

@joshreese_optometry

2 жыл бұрын

@@valentineparker It’s true! You get to save and improve lives without that stress!!

💚👊

@joshreese_optometry

2 жыл бұрын

😎