SCCO’s clinical program gets a lot of attention. Because of its scope and strength, potential students quickly identify with it as one of our program’s best features. For some reason I’ve never understood, potential students think somehow that if a program is strong clinically, it must reciprocally not […]
Susan Cotter, O.D., M.S., FAAO, is a professor and clinician scientist at the Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) at Marshall B. Ketchum University, where she teaches as both a classroom and clinical educator, and she also performs clinical research. After training at the Illinois College of Optometry, she […]
For most students, planning for optometry school will involve financial aid and therefore loans. Here’s an article hosted on ASCO’s (Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry) blog that should help get you started on formulating a strategy when it comes to financing your professional grad school education. For those […]
Another terrific resource for SCCO students! Here’s the press release about the newly installed NBEO Mock Exam Room: In March 2014, in recognition and celebration of the 110th year anniversary of the Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University, graduates and friends of SCCO at […]
For all optometry school applicants who are in the process of writing their personal statements, this article will help. I highly endorse its wisdom. After Maggie shares tips on how to write a memorable and winning essay, included at the end of this article is the very essay […]
SCCO is dedicated to excellence in clinical education. As such, part of that excellence comes in empowering the clinician with skills that will help him or her be successful when it comes to wearing the two hats of being both a doctor and running a business. SCCO’s Private […]
I came across this article on Monster.com. Michael Neece makes six concise points about interviewing that has relevance to an applicant interview. I formatted this article so that my comments appear after each point made by its author: Six Interview Mistakes by Michael Neece, Monster.com, Contributing Writer #1 Confusing an Interview with […]
OptomCAS has an FAQ page that is well organized and very informative! Take charge or your OptomCAS application process by thoroughly reviewing this page’s information: OptomCAS FAQs
Second only to Graduation Day, fourth year rotations are indisputably the most exciting months in a young optometrist’s educational years. In SCCO’s Outreach clinical program, students are able to take hold of their education and customize their final year to fit their personal interests and professional goals. You […]
Here’s a recent Facebook conversation between SCCO students with a pre-optometry student regarding OAT test preparation: Melisa G (pre-optometry student): I am debating on how to prepare for the OAT and I was wondering if someone could give me some advice based on their past experience with Kaplan […]
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