As a general rule, the first two years of the optometry school curriculum involve primarily course work, while the third and fourth years involve clinical rotations and training. There are currently 21 accredited optometry schools, 20 in the United States and one in Puerto Rico. These schools graduate more than 1, optometry students each year. Texas has two optometry schools. Below is a table listing the names, locations and Web sites for the Texas optometry schools.
Name Location. Return to list of professional programs. Beginning of video dialog content Close Video. Go to the schools' websites and make a table of courses required, average GPA of their incoming class, and number of hours in a medical setting if any.
These will give you some idea of where you need to be academically when you graduate from Wittenberg, and the courses you need to take inside your major and in the general education program to make you a good candidate for that particular set of schools.
Schools consider both your science GPA and your cumulative GPA, so it is not wise to prioritize your grades in science courses over those taken for your general education requirements.
Summarize your findings. Create a sample table of school information assuming all require general biology and general chemistry. Add a column for each different course as you encounter them as prerequisites at your schools of interest. Evaluate your findings. Look for data that report on the percentage of students that have passed the board exams. Always apply to the schools in the state where your parents are living and paying taxes.
You have the best chance to get into the public schools in that state, and the tuition at your in-state school is much less than at a private or out-of-state public school. Apply to the optometry school in your home state if there is one. If your parents live in Indiana, you should definitely apply to the optometry school in Indiana. Indiana residents who lived in Ohio for 4 years while attending Wittenberg get no preference from Ohio State Ohio's only optometry school.
This ensures that you at least have a chance to be interviewed. Apply mainly to private optometry schools outside of your home state. Consider applying to between 2 and 4 optometry schools. Optometry schools do not require its applicants to have a composite letter of evaluation that is generated by Wittenberg's Pre-Health Professions committee.
Instead, you will usually be required to have three letters of evaluation submitted directly to the schools on your behalf. When choosing your evaluators, consider asking at least one optometrist and one faculty member, but be sure to follow the specific directions given to you by each school.
All applicants to the schools and colleges of optometry are required to take the OAT which test is designed to measure your general academic ability and comprehension of scientific information. Because this is a content based test, you should have taken General Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Math, and Physics prior to taking this examination. The test is computerized and can be taken multiple times, with a mandatory wait period of 90 days. The examination lasts approximately 5 hours and consists of:.
There is no central application service for applying to optometry schools. Completion of the basic pre-requisites is needed to be prepared to take the OAT.
Take the OAT before applying to optometry schools. Optometry school applications Students apply to optometry school a full year before they intend to start summer of junior year through fall of senior year. Applications open every summer and each school has its own deadline.
Most optometry schools have rolling admissions, so they will review student files as soon as they are complete and submitted. Applicants are encouraged to apply early! Take a look now at what is expected of the application: OptomCAS application Optometry School Information and Beyond A traditional optometry school program is four years long, and externships are normally incorporated into the final year of school.
Students are not required to complete residency training post-graduation to practice; however, some places of employment may require a residency program, which is usually one-year long. Contact Pre-professions advising has a dedicated program specialist to help students prepare for professional school in the health sciences.
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