Pre-optometry requirements must be completed by the time the student enters the School of Optometry.

Students must take their pre-optometry course work at an accredited institution and earn a grade of C or higher.

Up to 10 credits of AP/CLEP course work is accepted and must be documented in undergraduate transcript.

Advanced Placement (AP) course(s) for the prerequisite(s) are accepted provided you received the appropriate number of credit hours. The courses need to appear on your official college transcript and show you received college credit for the course(s). If your college or university does not show this information on the official transcript, you will need to provide a letter sent to us from the Registrar's Office documenting the credit awarded for the AP course(s).

For English Composition, a minimum SAT Verbal score of 670 or ACT English score of 32 will exempt the student (without credit) provided it is noted on the official transcript.

Submit OptomCAS (www.optomcas.org) application between July 1 and January 15.

Prefer having taken the Optometry Admission Test (OAT) by November 30.

All pre-optometry requirements must have been completed within 10 years from the time when the student hopes to begin the Doctor of Optometry program.