Pre-Optometry

What to Expect in the Year Preceding Optometry School: Eyeing the Future – Part 2

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The winter months in the year preceding optometry school can be an exciting time for many students. By this time, many optometry school applicants have completed their applications and have already gone through the stressful interview process. Now they are faced with the very difficult decision of selecting which school they will attend for the […]

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An Evening With The EΨE Optometric Fraternity and a Look Into Ohio State College of Optometry

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After going through four different interviews, I did not think this experience was going to be any different. The other schools had offered the usual amenities of any interview day: a tour of campus, meetings with students and faculty, and of course free food! The only difference was this time I was staying at the

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What to Expect in the Year Preceding Optometry School: Eyeing The Future – Part 1

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The fall months in the year preceding optometry school are full of the unknown for many anxious applicants. Not only is filling out the OptomCAS application stressful, but even just deciding which schools to apply to can be overwhelming. These months are also filled with interviews and acceptances for many students. Students are often unsure

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4 Tips for Choosing Your Best Optometry School

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As the president of the Grant MacEwan Pre-Optometry Club I have had many members ask me how to decide between optometry schools after they have received their acceptance letters. For some it is an obvious choice, but for others it will be one of the most difficult choices they will ever make.  Below are some tips to

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Picking the Right Optometry School for You!

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After my first year of optometry school I was given the opportunity to serve as a Student Ambassador for Southern College of Optometry. Since that time I have met many prospective students that have come to the college for their interviews and tours of the school and without fail, I have been asked every time, “How did you choose

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A Roadmap for Pre-optometry Students

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Because this is a small profession, it is usually difficult to find other pre-optometry students at most colleges.  In fact, until last year, there was not even a pre-optometry club at my university.  The lack of pre-optometry students can sometimes result in a lack of pre-optometry advisers, so this article is directed to anyone in

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The Importance of Building Connections Prior to Optometry School

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It is undoubtedly important to succeed academically in undergraduate studies and in optometry school, but it’s also extremely important to begin networking as soon as possible.  My connections initiated from shadowing optometrists.  During one summer, I shadowed four optometrists in four different practices: three private practices and one MD/OD clinic.  In fact, one of the

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Pre-Optometry Study Abroad Opportunity

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Dear Optometrists, Optometry students, and especially Pre-Optometry students, As a little background before you begin reading, I’m a second year student at St. John’s University in the seven year program with SUNY Optometry.  I want to introduce to you International Service Learning (http://www.islonline.org/). In short, ISL sends medical and educational volunteer teams to several under-served

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Pre-Optometry Students- What are you doing this summer?

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What’s up readers, fans and fellow students!? Today we have a guest article from Angelica Delgado, a SALUS 2014 Optometry Student who went above and beyond to learn more about optometry and to get herself involved in the profession. Her story is both inspiring and informative and it is students like her who will go

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