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Admissions: Residency Program
 Application Materials Submission Deadline: January 30.
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Duration of Program
Begins June 28, 2010 and ends July 2, 2011 (53 weeks in duration).
Important Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss the program with the chief mentor in their area of interest or with
the program directors.
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Specialty Areas and Chief Mentors
The School of Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley offers Residencies in the following areas:
Application
Note: UC Berkeley students do not have to complete the following step.
Students from all other schools:
You need to register on-line with the UCB Graduate Division.
- Click on "Create an Online Application Account."
- Fill out your information; for Step 3, please choose "Fall 2010."
- At the bottom of the next page, click on "login to the graduate application."
- Enter the username and password you created.
- Click on "Proposed Degree Program" on the left.
- Pick "Optometry-Cert" as your Proposed Department and Degree.
- Click "Save."
- Select the "Personal Information" tab on the left, and fill out the entire page.
- Click "Save" at the bottom of the page.
- Click on "Educational Background." Enter the information for your undergraduate and optometry schools.
- Click "Save" all entries at the bottom. Then click "Submit" at the bottom of the buttons on the left of the page.
- Note: You do not have to pay the application fee. You do not have to fill out any of the other requested information.
- Supporting Documents Deadline: January 30, 2010.
The remaining application materials should be sent directly to:
Optometric Residency Program
Attn: Inez Bailey
Graduate Affairs Officer
School of Optometry, 524 Minor Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2020
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Supporting Documents
The deadline for submission of supporting documents is January 30.
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A copy of your Curriculum Vitae and and a 1-page letter of intent
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Three letters of recommendation
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Results of NBEO Part I and II and TMOD. Students may submit their printouts of part I for the initial application, and forward part II scores when they are received.
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Official transcripts of all college-level course work, including undergraduate, graduate, and optometry school.
Applicants must satisfy all requirements to allow for California licensure. This includes successful completion of NBEO Part III and passing the California Law Exam administered by the NBEO in April. Candidates must register
to take the California Law Exam with the NBEO. Their deadline for registration is in February. Details about California licensure, and a copy of the California law can be found at:
www.optometry.ca.gov.
Applicants must have graduated from an Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) accredited school or college of optometry, and have earned an OD degree by the time of matriculation.
It is recommended that applicants have achieved at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative GPA in the optometry professional curriculum.
All applicants will be evaluated without regard to gender, race, color, religion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or national origin. The Optometric Residency Committee, chaired by the Dean, will follow the procedures of the University of California as an equal opportunity employer.
There are a limited number of positions and only the most qualified candidates will be admitted.
On-campus applicants are welcome to visit the campus and clinics on an informal basis. Candidates with completed applications may be invited by the Residency Admissions Committee to the campus for a formal interview.
Candidates are strongly encouraged to submit their application materials early to facilitate the scheduling of invited interviews.
Requirements for Awarding of Certificate
Four case presentations, one formal paper, patient logs, completion of binder, required evaluations, and favorable recommendation from the Chief Mentors.
VA Applicants
VA applicants must apply on-line through the Optometric Residency Matching Service, Inc. (ORMS) and follow its application guidelines. Please check the ORMS website to confirm their deadline which is usually Feb. 1:
www.orms.org
Applying to More than One Program:
Four VA programs are affiliated with UC Berkeley School of Optometry.
If you are interested in applying to one of these programs as well as an on-campus program, you will need to send your application materials both to Inez Bailey at UC Berkeley as well as to the Program Coordinator(s) of the VA(s) that you are interested in. If you are applying to multiple programs, you only need to fill out the on-line Graduate Division application once. Directions for filling out the on-line Graduate Division application can be found on the previous page under "Application, Item #2." Please contact the VA Coordinator directly to get more information on their programs and application materials. If you are interested in applying to more than one on-campus program, you need only send one application to Ms. Bailey, and indicate which tracks you are interested in.
Candidates applying to affiliated VA programs must be US citizens at the time of the ORMS match, and if male, must have registered for Selective Service as required by the federal government.
Final candidates will be selected by the mentors of each specialty area in conjunction with the Residency Supervisor, the Residency Director, and the Optometric Residency Admissions Committee.
The Graduate Division UC Berkeley has final approval of all applicants recommended for admission.
Optometric Residency Program
Inez Bailey, Graduate Affairs Officer
inezb@berkeley.edu
524 Minor Hall, School of Optometry
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020
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