In Progress Pre-Requisites

You want to apply to Pacific for Fall of 2012.  And because you know we have a rolling admissions process, you want to get your application in early, like sometime in October or November.  But your microbiology pre-requisite course won't be completed until May... of 2012.  What's an optometry applicant to do?

Apply anyway.  Most applicants have at least one required pre-requisite course in progress at the time of application.  And it really isn't a big deal to us.  We only worry if you have a lot of pre-requisites outstanding, because then it can be hard to evaluate your transcript.

You can even be admitted with a pre-requisite, or two or three, in progress.  But here's the deal- your admissions is then conditional upon successful completion of the required course (and by successful, I mean a letter grade of "C" or higher).  And the course has to be (succesfully) completed by August 1, 2012, in order to actually start classes in the Fall. 

So in a nutshell:

• Apply early in our rolling admissions process, even if pre-requisites are in progress.
• Get a minimum of a "C" in all remaining pre-req classes.
• Make sure all in-progress or planned pre-req's will be complete (as in, class over) by August 1.

Easy, right?