9/20/2022
Location: Fry Hall 33
Meeting Called By: Pre-Optometry Club
Duration: 2 Hour
Guest Speaker: Nik Jones
Nik has worked with admissions at IUSO. Associate Director of Recruitment
City:
- Showed off the city
- Feels like a Big 10 school
- IU is beautiful
- Not a far drive to get out of the city and to explore
Building:
- Holds everything except for the clinic
- There is housing right behind the building which makes it a 5-10 min walk.
- There is also campus parking as well housing farther down
Specialize:
- Best in pediatrics
- Work with sports vision
- Can work with forming lens for cameras
- Vision processing
Networking:
- There are tons of alumni everywhere and IU can get you anywhere
- They are capable with getting you at a ton of different facilities (VA, private, etc…)
Degrees:
- OD
- MS (master of vision science)
- Ph.D
- They also partner with the Kelley School of Business to get you better acquainted with the business side of optometry. (Extra cost). (get a certificate)
- The credits transfer to Kelly School of Business and can be used to get an MBA
- They also have an Early Admission program where you can go to their school after your third year.
Admissions:
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- Average GPA: 3.75
- APPLY EARLY
- Letters of Rec (3)
- Personal Statement
- Look at Science and Math GPA
- Want: Grit, Determination, Collaboration, and Compassion
- Upward grade trend
- Competitive level of schools
- Class load each semester
- Shadowing experiences (20-30 hours)
- Want an Extracurricular Involvement
- For the class of 2025:
- 763 Application Received
- 85 Enrolled
Cost:
- Vary depending on where you live
- They do have scholarships
- Do they have an MS/OS Full-Tuition Scholarship: opportunity for 2 students to receive full tuition for 4 years
- Are required to take the GRE
- They also have 4 DEI scholarship programs…