University of California, Berkeley Optometry
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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
- Average entering OAT score in 2010: 353
- Most recent set of scores must be no earlier than two years prior to opening of curent OptomCAS session
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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
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Interview
- Held by the Admissions Committee by invitation only
- Held in February 2013
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Timeline
- June 29, 2012: OptomCAS and Berkeley Optometry's supplemental application launch
- December 3, 2012: Deadline for application (note: no rolling admissions)
- January 2013: Interviews invitations sent via email
- February 2013: Interviews held by invitation only
- End of February 2013: Admission decisions made and applicants informed
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Tuition 2012-2013
- Non-resident tuition fee (for one semester): $15,907.75
- Non-resident total fees (for one semester): $22,030.25
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