How I Made My Final Decision Between My Top Two Optometry Schools
All of a sudden, making this ultimate decision became one of the hardest she’d ever had to face.
Making the Optometry School Decision: Where Do You Envision Yourself?
Here’s an article written by a young man who was accepted into our incoming class for this fall. Its overarching message describes how he went about the decision-making and even more importantly, how he dealt with the inherent anxiety in that process. By way of endorsement and from […]
Optimize Your Summer Schedule and Apply Early to Optometry School
Applying to optometry school may seem like a huge undertaking. While you should treat the process with the focus it deserves, there’s no need to let anxiety or perfectionism creep in and cause you to submit a late application. What follows are suggestions for simple things you can […]
Why I Opted Not To Get My Bachelor’s Degree Before Entering Optometry School
More and more and for not just the obvious reasons of conserving resources and a shortened timeline, pre-optometry students are deciding to forego completion of a bachelor’s degree before applying to optometry school.
Video: What Makes A Competitive Applicant for SCCO’s Optometry Program
As an admissions officer, I have reviewed thousands of applications and have developed an expectation for essential elements that I look for in competitive applicants—those who will qualify to advance in SCCO’s admissions process. I explain the process here in this video: The most fundamental explanation of SCCO’s […]
For Future Applicants to SCCO Who Are Currently Completing Prerequisite Requirements…
Optometry Applicant Interviewing Tips ala The Dog Whisperer
Nervousness is inherent to any interview process… But the nervous vibe is not what you want to give off because it conveys fear and being out of control… You can be nervous and still control the vibe you give off. I will use wisdom from Cesar Millan, The Dog […]
WICHE Program Supplements Optometry School Tuition All Four Years! Are You Eligible to Apply?
Are you a resident of AK, AZ, CO, HI, MT, NV, NM, ND, UT, or WY? Then you may be eligible for up to $18,000 per year towards tuition through WICHE’s Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP).
Resume/CV for My Application to Optometry School
SCCO’s admissions process is paperless, with one notable exception: your Resume/CV is still printed out for review by the interviewing faculty member assigned to do your interview. So why in this paperless process is your Resume/CV still printed out? Because it is personal, and most importantly, it is […]
Timeline Strategy for Applying with Rolling Admissions
There is so much misinformation and thus misconceptions about SCCO’s application process. Let this article remedy this misinformation and quell unnecessary anxiety associated with the process. To hear my explanation of the strategy, click on the video link here below : Rolling Admissions: SCCO uses rolling admissions; applications […]
Eryn Kraning, Senior Director of Recruiting and Admissions, SCCO
Jane Ann Munroe, OD, Assistant Dean of Admissions, SCCO