Nova Southeastern University College Of Optometry
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Optometry Schools | Private Non-Profit
Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?
What was the zip code of your residence in high school?
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What do you like most?
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Location
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Honestly, nothing. I would say the location but I hardly have time to enjoy it with the curriculum and scheduling
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The town.
What do you like least?
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Administration, clinic experience, schedule, lack of communication within faculty, unprofessionalism and disrespect from faculty
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Definitely administration. I think their ultimate goal is to make NSU optometry students as miserable as possible. Curriculum is dense, scheduling is relentless, and administration truly has no care for any of its students. Any suggestions to improve scheduling, curriculum, student experience, etc. are met with constant push back. They consider the student body to be “complainers” and they have made it clear they do not care about our thoughts on our own education. As someone who deliberated long and hard about which optometry school to attend, and who pays a lot of money to be here, I am extremely disappointed in my choice. I feel constantly defeated and frustrated with administration and am counting the days until graduation. However, with the schools rapidly declining boards pass rates, I still have a lot of bullshit to get through. If you are struggling to decide which optometry school is best for you, please take my advice, and choose a different school. I truly do not recommend Nova and believe you will become a better doctor elsewhere.
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The curriculum has changed every semester for us in a way that is not beneficial for the students. We are overloaded with classes that are being taught in a way that is evaluating how we memorize information compared to actually learning and truly digesting the information. Most of the professors are not adequate teachers and become irritated with the students when we no longer show for classes we deem not worthy of our time and money because the professors are not putting in the effort that is expected of a medical professional school. The school also seems to have a big issue with managing their time, giving the students an extremely loaded summer and having lab practice at times that cause a lot of tension throughout different lab groups because the students have to fight for their spots. Nova optometry has also lied to incoming students with promises of lighter schedules and some ample breaks between semesters, but this is false. We have received our academic calendar for the next semester only a month in advanced and when administration is told that this is not ample time to coordinate visits home for students, we are told basically to deal with it. Most schools have an academic calendar at least a year in advanced and some even 3 years in advanced. We’re not even allowed to use contact solution from the school during lab and are told to supply it ourselves. The school obviously only cares about receiving money and not at all abut putting effort into their program. We are wasting time spending 4 weeks learning skills that require less emphasis and technique and are stuck being forced to learn how to use a BIO and tonometry in 2 weeks and then expected to go into the clinic now one semester early.
Does the student body seem cooperative or competitive?
Does the environment seem supportive for underrepresented minorities?
Does the environment seem supportive for lesbian/gay/bisexual/transsexual students?
Does the environment seem supportive for married students?
Does the environment seem supportive for students with disabilities?
Does the environment seem supportive for older/non-traditional students?
Do you/did you feel well prepared for your board exams?
How approachable are faculty members?
What are the facilities and clinics like (old/new, well maintained, etc.)?
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Old but maintained okay.
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The facilities are average, not terribly old, they are well maintained thanks to Juan Carlos, he is the shining star of Nova.
How do students from this program do after graduation - are they adequately prepared for practice?
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Most do adequately, but given the changes to the boards with more clinic experience required, we are not sure how it will go in the next few years, seeing as this is why our curriculum is changing so much.
What are rotations like?
How do students from this program do in the Match?
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