Established in 1904, the College is located in Fullerton – a city of over 137,000 nestled against the hills of North Orange County, one of the most progressive counties in the nation. SCCO’s mission is to educate today’s minds to provide tomorrow’s eye, vision and health care. They offer a four-year professional college granting the Doctor of Optometry degree, and the Master of Science in Vision Science degree, and offering a Vision Care Assistant program. In August 2011, the College announced plans to start a Physician Assistant program – the first in Orange County – via a two-year graduate degree.
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The Sneaky Questions of the Optometry School Interview
There comes a time in every optometry applicant's life when they come face-to-face with the all-encompassing interview. It can be a fearful time, especially if you're prone to over-talking when nervous (ahem, that would be me). Thankfully,...
Helping To Serve The Underserved In Optometry
When the Dean of your optometry school sends out an email to the entire student body titled, “Call to Action,” you tend not to ignore that one and put it in the junk pile. Now as students, we have more power to change legislation in...
What to Expect When You’re Expecting (To Go to Optometry School!)
So you've decided to go to optometry school. Maybe you really love the subject of optometry and simply can't see yourself doing anything else (if you're in that boat, I salute you!), maybe you're not 100% sure what you want to do yet,...
The Rotations Experience: The Value of Low Vision
Dear Diary, Fourth year clinical rotations are the pinnacle of optometry school that all students are anxious for. It’s a time of freedom, learning, and exposure to parts of optometry you may never see in the school clinic. Or is...
Why UPP is Good for Optometry
Unilateral pricing policy (UPP) of contact lenses has made recent headlines. Why is UPP good for optometry, and why should students bother to understand its importance to the profession? UPP is a policy implemented by many contact lens...
