Pre-Optometry

General Information

• Introductory Handout, including required courses and application outline
  • Should I retake classes?
• Building a first-semester schedule
• Tips for academic success
• Character development for future medical professionals
• Suggestions for getting optometry, social service & research experience
• Career Description, including nature of the work, education, job outlook & earnings

Applying to Optometry Schools

• Application Outline
  • Optometry Admission Test (OAT)
    • Should I retake the test?
  • Evaluation Letters
  • Optometry Centralized Application Service (OptomCAS)
  • Writing a Personal Comments Essay
  • Interviewing

Optometry Links

• Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)
  • Optometry Career Guide
  • Optometry Schools
    • Admissions Requirements Guide
    • Required Courses
    • Entering Class Profiles
• Northeastern State University of Oklahoma College of Optometry
• Optometry Admission Test (OAT)
• Optometry Centralized Application Service (OptomCAS)
• Scholarware OAT Software
• Southern College of Optometry in Tennessee
• Student Doctor Network
• University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Optometry