During this meeting, we heard a presentation from New England College of Optometry. Here are the notes from the meeting.
New England College of Optometry:
- 1894
- 130 class size
- Boston, MA
- See pts starting in second year
- Faculty wants you to succeed
- First Year:
- Classroom, lab, pt care
- Vision screenings and clinics
- Heavy lecture and lab
- Second Year:
- Assigned first clinical site
- Still heavy lecture/lab
- 1 day/week in clinic
- Can perform entire exam at end of second year
- Third Year:
- Still have classes
- Business course
- More time in clinics
- Fourth Year:
- 4, 3 month long rotations
- Some rotations available in Canada and China
- Have specialty programs, electives, residency option
- 10:1 student to faculty ratio
- 20 exam lanes
- 4 special lanes with new tech
- Slit lamps with imagine systems for instand feedback
- “Preparing today’s optometrists for tomorrow’s optometry”
- Research:
- Vision science
- Biomed science
- Clinical
- Education
- Combined MS/OD and PhD/OD program
- Still grad in time
- 15+ student orgs
- Tutoring available
- Assigned a faculty mentor
- Rolling Admin: June 30-March 1
- 1 letter of rec from optometrist
- 1 letter of rec from a science professor
- Average GPA: 3.4
- Avg OAT: 320-300
- Take GRE: 154/section, 4 on writing
- Tuition:
- $42,592
- $19,800 living allowance
- 90% receive aid
- Scholarships awarded at time of acceptance
- Questions:
- Emily DeRosa
- derosae@neco.edu
- admissions@neco.edu
Thank you to Emily DeRosa for presenting this information!