11/15/2022

Location: Fry 33

Meeting Called By: Pre-Optometry Club 

Duration: 1 Hour

Realeyes came in and held a training session for the pre-optometry club!

11/8/2022

Location: Zoom

Meeting Called By: Pre-Optometry Club 

Duration: 1 Hour

The Club got to meet with OAT Booster. Booster talked about their services and how they can help students 

10/18/2022

Location: Fry 33

Meeting Called By: Pre-Optometry Club 

Duration: 1 Hour

Southern College of Optometry got to speak with the club. 

• The campus itself is very small.
• The clinic and the building are right next to each other. 
• All the students will know each other like a small highschool 
• Blind interview 

Entering Class Profile (2021)

• Average GPA: 3.66
• Average OAT: 338
• Class size: ~136

Factors to Consider:

• They do clinical research 
• 98% of the students who have entered SCO have graduated 
• They are a private institution
• They start clinic in their third year 
• 2nd years can do some school vision screening and will shadow third and fourth years  

Memphis

• Big music town 
• Smaller city than Columbus 
• They do not have on campus living. Most of their students live on Mud Island 

Application Requirement: 

• OptomCAS June 30 2022- March 1, 2023
• Essay
• Letter of rec.
  • OD
  • Pre-professional advisor or science professor
• Official Transcript 
• *prefer if you have 30-40 hours of shadowing 

Application Tips:

• Gain Diverse Optometric exposure
• Apply Early
• Be professional 
  • Dress professionally 
  • Respond to emails/phone calls 
  • When plans change, notify each school 
• Ask questions 
• Be yourself 

Board Passage Rate: 

• Check online, they defected when asked in person. 
  • Also was not present during the presentation. 

10/12/2022

Location: Zoom

Meeting Called By: Pre-Optometry Club 

Duration: 1 Hour

The club got to meet with ISO and got to hear about their program.

PDF of Presentation:

file:///Users/haleyschroeder/Downloads/2023%20ICO%20Club%20Presentation.pdf