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Pre-Optometry Workshop
Take advantage of this opportunity to:
- Explore the profession of optometry and the UMSL College of Optometry program
- Learn about our admission requirements and where these courses may be taken
- Find out about the Optometry Admission Test (OAT) and when it should be taken
- Learn how to select a professional school based on your personal needs
- Learn about our application procedures
- Learn how to estimate cost of optometric education
- Develop a budget
- Learn how to finance your education
- Tour the College
- Talk with current students
- Discuss housing options
- Have your questions answered
- Hear from a panel of faculty members
Listen to students discuss optometric student activities
**Due to federal healthcare patient privacy laws (HIPAA), campus tours do not include the University Center for Eye Care, however, we arrange for all tours to include the Pre-Clinical area.
When:
Friday, July 19, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Friday, March 21, 2014
Please check-in with a Student Services Representative in the lobby of Marillac Hall (South Campus) before 10:45 a.m.
Each program will begin at 10:45 a.m. and end at approximately 4:00 p.m. A very light snack break will be provided.
Where: University of Missouri-St. Louis
One University Boulevard
St. Louis MO 63121
(South Campus located at 7800 Natural Bridge Road)
Maps of the Campus http://www.umsl.edu/misc/Maps/maps.html
Parking is available in lots V or W. Both are located in front of Marillac Hall. A parking decal is required. A Student Services Representative will be present in the lobby of Marillac Hall to give you a decal.
Registration:
There is no cost to attend this workshop, however, registration is required and limited to the first 45 registrants (potential students and their families who are attending).
Register here.
What:
Tour begins promptly at 11:00 a.m
12:30 - What school is really like- Student and Faculty Panels
1:30 - Becoming a candidate- Pre-reqs, Application, OAT
2:00 - Becoming the perfect candidate- How to make your best impression during all phases; What is most important? Getting Accepted: getting an interview? What is the interview like?
2:30 - Break and refreshments
2:45 - Funding your dream- Financial aid and budgeting for school
3:30 - Questions and answers
Please bring all your questions. Write them down so that you don't forget them. The purpose is to insure that you have all your questions answered.