Retired Assistant Dean of Admissions, SCCO
This continuing series features a 4th year SCCO student, Daniel Brinchman, who is finishing up his first rotation in Lawton, Oklahoma at the Lawton IHS Hospital optometry clinic. Here’s Episode 3: by Daniel Brinchman, 4th year SCCO student Well it’s just about time to wrap up my stay in […]
To prepare for the interview, shadowing is the single most important experience you will need. The story you tell about your shadowing experience should be the key element of your response to that first interview question, “Why do you want to be an optometrist?” I see it year […]
When you walk into a room with a tree house in one corner and a castle in the other, you know it’s going to be an interesting vision screening. That was what the other SCCO interns and I had to work with at La Habra’s The Children’s Museum’s […]
These are answers to a question a student who is preparing to take the OAT had about how to best prepare for the Reading Comprehension section. It is taken from SCCO’s Facebook Group for Pre-optometry Students: Question: So I’m having trouble studying for the reading comprehension section of the OAT. […]
This continuing series features a 4th year SCCO student, Daniel Brinchman, who is off to his first rotation in Lawton, Oklahoma at the Lawton IHS Hospital optometry clinic. Here’s Episode #2: by Daniel Brinchman, 4th year SCCO student See what kind of weird stuff shows up when you get […]
What follows are highlights from the FAQ I formatted for those preparing to take the OAT. For the complete downloadable PDF of this FAQ, click here: FAQ About OAT Preparation and Scores How does SCCO consider OAT scores? How should I prepare to take the OAT? The OAT (Optometry […]
Faces of SCCO is a series featuring various members of SCCO’s campus community. Meet Dr. Julie Schornack, Vice President and Dean of Clinical Affairs. She is also an associate professor. Dr. Schornack joined SCCO in 1986. She grew up in Chicago and earned her B.S. and B.A. degrees from […]
Judging from the number of hits on blog topics related to OAT preparation, it’s a popular topic right now. I thought this information might be helpful: how SCCO’s incoming class (last season) prepared for taking the OAT. Here are Polled results from SCCO’s incoming class for Fall 2013: OAT Preparation Questionnaire […]
Faces of SCCO is a series featuring various members of SCCO’s campus community. Dr. Melissa Vydelingum is an Assistant Professor at SCCO. She graduated from the University of California Irvine in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. She earned her Doctor of Optometry (OD) from SCCO in 2010. […]
As part of SCCO’s Clinical Outreach program and beginning in the summer quarter of each year, 4th year students begin their first of four clinical rotations. This clinical program consists of 81 sites all over the U.S., with some sites in Canada, Japan, and Guam. Sites can be […]
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