Pre-Optometry

General Information:

• Introductory Handout, including required courses and application outline.
  • Required and Recommended Pre-Optometry Courses
    • Should I retake classes?
• Building a first-semester schedule.
• Tips for academic success.
• Suggestions for getting optometry, social service & research experience.
• List of medical profession books on reserve in the Anschutz Science Library.
• Optometry Books on Reserve
• 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
  • Writing a Personal Comments Essay
  • Interviewing

Optometry Links:

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