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==Timeline==
 
==Timeline==
*June 29, 2012: OptomCAS and Berkeley Optometry's supplemental application launch
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*Late June: OptomCAS and Berkeley Optometry's supplemental application launch
*December 3, 2012: Deadline for application (note: no rolling admissions)
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*Early December: Deadline for application (note: no rolling admissions)
*January 2013: Interviews invitations sent via email
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*Applicants must take the OAT by early December for the following fall admissions cycle
*February 2013: Interviews held by invitation only
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*Scores from at most two years old are valid.
*End of February 2013: Admission decisions made and applicants informed
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*Late January: Interviews invitations sent via email
For more information, click [http://optometry.berkeley.edu/admissions/timetable-for-admissions here]
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*February: Interviews held by invitation only
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For more information, click [[http://optometry.berkeley.edu/admissions/timetable-for-admissions here]
  
 
==Tuition 2012-2013==
 
==Tuition 2012-2013==

Revision as of 22:23, 4 March 2016

Contacts

Website: http://optometry.berkeley.edu/
Phone: 1-510-642-9537
Admissions e-mail: optometry-admissions@berkeley.edu

Program Information

  • Doctor of Optometry (OD)
  • 4 years in length
  • Number of applications in 2015: 284
  • Number of students enrolled in 2015: 69

Admission Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree (or in the process of completing one)

Course and Degree Requirements

  • Degree: Bachelor's degree (does not require a specific undergraduate major)
  • Required Courses
    • General Chemistry with Lab (2 semesters)
    • Organic Chemistry with Lab (1 semester)
    • Biochemistry (1 semester)
    • General Biology with Lab (2 semesters)
    • General Physics with Lab (2 semesters)
    • Human (or Comparative) Anatomy with Lab (1 semester)
    • Human (or Mammalian) Physiology with Lab (1 semester)
    • Microbiology with Lab (1 semester)
    • Immunology (1 semester)
    • Calculus/Advanced Mathematics (2 semesters)
    • Reading and Composition (2 semesters)
    • Statistics (1 semester)
    • Psychology (1 semester)
  • Recommended Courses
    • Genetics, Business, Cell Biology, Perception, Pharmacology, Public Health, Speech

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GPA

  • Entering 2015 Class high GPA: 4.00
  • Entering 2015 Class low GPA: 2.75

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OAT

  • Entering Class of 2015 OAT Score High: 400
  • Entering Class of 2015 OAT Score Low: 310

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Supporting Documents

  • Three Letters of Recommendation:
    • an optometrist who can state through documented experience that you know what the profession of optometry entails.
    • a professor with whom you have done personal work or with whom you took a prerequisite course.
    • an employer or extracurricular activity advisor who can comment about your maturity, diligence, and conscientiousness.
  • Three essay questions
  • Official transcripts from universities attended
  • OptomCAS Application

For more information, click here

Interview

  • Held by the Admissions Committee by invitation only
  • Held in late January
  • Combination of traditional application-based and MMI interviews

For more information, click here

Timeline

  • Late June: OptomCAS and Berkeley Optometry's supplemental application launch
  • Early December: Deadline for application (note: no rolling admissions)
  • Applicants must take the OAT by early December for the following fall admissions cycle
  • Scores from at most two years old are valid.
  • Late January: Interviews invitations sent via email
  • February: Interviews held by invitation only

For more information, click [here

Tuition 2012-2013

  • Non-resident tuition fee (for one semester): $15,907.75
  • Non-resident total fees (for one semester): $22,030.25

For more information on tuition, click here