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UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO | ADMISSIONS 2020

OPTOMETRY #BEYONDIDEAS

ACHIEVE YOU OPTOMETRY

BEYOND VISION

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a residency program or do graduate resea in health care, industry, or academia. uwaterloo.ca/optometry

THE WATERLOO AD CLINICAL TRAINING Gain hands-on training and exposure to different patient populations, enabling you to apply your classroom and lab learning to the many aspects of optometric practice.

STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES Access unique facilities and the latest

100%

of optometry graduates are employed within six months of graduation

technologies in our ocular disease, acute care, contact lens, low vision, binocular vision, pediatrics, and sports vision clinics.

EARN 2 DEGREES

Pursue a Waterloo science program and graduate with two degrees – Honours Science BSc and OD

EARNING YOUR DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY DEGREE

ADMISSION AVERAGE FROM HIGH SCHOOL†

RECOMMENDED WATERLOO SCIENCE PROGRAM

Regular stream

Honours Science

Low 80s

Three years

Life Sciences – Biology

Low 80s

Three years

Life Sciences – Biomedical Sciences

Low 80s

Three years

OUR OD PROGRAM This degree prepares you to become a

APPROXIMATE OPTOMETRY RE

registered optometrist. A specific set of university courses must be completed to qualify for admission into the program, which requires enrolment in a university Bachelor of Science (BSc) program of your choice with a full course load (five courses per term).

HIGH SCHOOL

WATERLOO SCIENCE › Apply to a Faculty of Science program (see chart)*

UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE

NON-ACADEMIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS › Complete the Optometry Admissions Test (OAT) with a minimum score of 300 for all sections › Complete the Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics (CASPer) test online

OTHER ACCREDITED UNIVERSITIES

› Demonstrate direct work or volunteer experience and job shadowing in an optometry setting

› Apply to a university science program other than Waterloo**

› Obtain a letter of reference from an optometrist as well as a character reference

*You can apply to other Faculty of Science programs, but keep in mind it will take more than three years to meet the requirements. See uwaterloo.ca/future/programs. **Your application will be given equal consideration. To ensure the courses you take meet our requirements, we encourage you to check out uwaterloo.ca/optometry.

†These averages are based on previous years’ entering classes and are subject to ▲ A minimum of 70% is required.

ACADEMIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS You must have a minimum university average of 75% (based on all post-secondary courses taken), along with evidence that you can handle a demanding academic load of at least five courses (with some additional labs) per term for six terms. REQUIRED COURSES: › Introductory Biology‡ (two terms) › Introductory Chemistry‡ (one term) › Physics‡ (two terms) › Calculus (one term) › Introductory Psychology (one term) › English (writing) (one term) › Physiology (human/mammalian) (two terms) › Introductory Ethics (one term) › Organic Chemistry (one term) › Microbiology (one term) › Biochemistry (one term) › Statistics (one term)

SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE › Apply to the OD program before entering third year › Accept your Offer of Admission

START

OD PROGRAM

Note: One term is equal to four months. ‡ Courses must include a lab component.

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APPLICATION TIMELINE JULY

Online applicat

AUGUST

Deadline for co Deadline for co

OCTOBER

Online applicat

NOVEMBER

Supporting doc Confidential Ass

LATE NOVEMBER

Meet and Gree

JANUARY

Meet and Gree Final transcripts

MARCH

Admission deci

APRIL

Deadline to acc

JUNE

Final transcript

SEPTEMBER

Lectures begin

*Applicants/candidates not selected

uwaterloo.ca/optometry

OPTOMETRY ADMISSION

OAT is a standardized online

year of university science, inc

website for valid OAT dates a at ada.org/oat.

COMPUTER-BASED ASSE CHARACTERISTICS (CASP

APPLICATION PROCESS

A requirement for all optom that examines characteristics

communication, judgment, a

judgment tests. You can appl

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Steps you can take now to sta

› Concentrate on the sciences

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work or volunteer experien › Research university science

admission requirements for

Seeing eye to eye. The School of Optometry and Vision Science accepts applications from university undergraduate science students as early as three years into their degree program.

Our OD program is a

FOUR-YEAR PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM

COME VISIT US! FALL OPEN HOUSE NOVEMBER 2, 2019 MARCH BREAK OPEN HOUSE MARCH 21, 2020

SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE FACULTY OF SCIENCE 519-888-4567, EXT. 36243 [email protected] uwaterloo.ca/science

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