<p>How difficult is it to get into optometry school compared to medical school? What are the major differences between the MCAT and OAT? Also, what are the advantages/disadvantages of choosing optometry over medicine? Thanks for your help!</p>
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<p>It is easier to get into optometry school than medical school and the path to practice is shorter. Optometic practice is limited, but there is an active effort by optometrists to expand their scope of practice into what has traditionally been medical and surgical, that is ophthalomologic, practice. </p>
<p>For optometrists' perpectives of optometry you will want to visit <a href="http://www.optometry.com%5B/url%5D">www.optometry.com</a>. One of their forums (perhaps you initiated the thread) discusses the M.D. vs. O.D choice.</p>