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 2010: 274
- Number of students enrolled in 2010: 68
Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Degree: Bachelor's degree (does not require a specific undergraduate major)
- Required Courses
- General Chemistry with Lab (1 semester)
- Organic Chemistry with Lab (2 semesters)
- 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)
- Calculus/Advanced Mathematics (2 semesters)
- Reading and Composition (2 semesters)
- Statistics (1 semester)
- Psychology (1 semester)
- Recommended Courses
- Genetics
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GPA
- Minimum: 3.0 (4.0 scale)
- Average entering GPA 2010: 3.44
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OAT
- Average entering OAT score in 2010: 353
- For the 2010-2011 application cycle, only OAT scores from tests taken from July 15, 2008 until December 1, 2010 will be accepted
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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 2011
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Timeline
- December 1, 2010: deadline for application (note: no rolling admissions)
- December 1, 2010: deadline to take the OAT
- February 2011: Interviews are held
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Tuition 2010-2011
- Non-resident tuition fee (for one semester): $6,122.50
- Non-resident total fees (for one semester): $19,162.25
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