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Did anyone else get this? Just received an email and when I logged in to the applicationstation site and it has a $150 background check fee.
The part that confuses me is the email said I was being sent it because I was "conditionally accepted" to a school however it doesn't say what school, and none of the schools on the list of who use the service have interviewed me.
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Ellowyan said:
Did anyone else get this? Just received an email and when I logged in to the applicationstation site and it has a $150 background check fee.
The part that confuses me is the email said I was being sent it because I was "conditionally accepted" to a school however it doesn't say what school, and none of the schools on the list of who use the service have interviewed me.
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Where? In optomcas?
 
kilegna said:
Where? In optomcas?
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Not directly in the Optomcas application. It's a separate background check thing you log into called Certiphi on a website called applicationstation. Apparently the price varies based on where you live and what's on your record but I don't get why mine is so expensive?? Then again I live in an expensive city...but still I have nothing on my background except 2 speeding tickets from like 4+ years ago that were both appealed and removed.

This is the list on OptomCas:
Participating Institutions for 2017–2018
  • Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry
  • New England College of Optometry
  • Northeastern State University – Oklahoma College of Optometry
  • The Ohio State University College of Optometry
  • Pacific University College of Optometry
  • Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University
  • Southern College of Optometry
  • State University of New York State College of Optometry
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
  • University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry
  • University of Houston College of Optometry
  • University of Missouri at St. Louis College of Optometry
 
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Oh man lol so I figured out where I got confused.

Everyone who was accepted to a school off this list ends up receiving this "conditional acceptance background check" email. Unless you're a murderer or have DUIs on your record and some other crazy stuff on there, then you will be all cleared.
I was actually accepted at NECO on the list. I thought there was a typo when I saw the "conditional" thing and freaked out for nothing...LOL but it doesn't literally mean conditional acceptance. Just that the acceptance is contingent off the final check at these schools.

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London22 said:
Oh man lol so I figured out where I got confused.

Everyone who was accepted to a school off this list ends up receiving this "conditional acceptance background check" email. Unless you're a murderer or have DUIs on your record and some other crazy stuff on there, then you will be all cleared.
I was actually accepted at NECO on the list. I thought there was a typo when I saw the "conditional" thing and freaked out for nothing...LOL but it doesn't literally mean conditional acceptance. Just that the acceptance is contingent off the final check at these schools.

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Hey! I know its been two years but did you receive this before you received an acceptance from neco?
 
London22 said:
Not directly in the Optomcas application. It's a separate background check thing you log into called Certiphi on a website called applicationstation. Apparently the price varies based on where you live and what's on your record but I don't get why mine is so expensive?? Then again I live in an expensive city...but still I have nothing on my background except 2 speeding tickets from like 4+ years ago that were both appealed and removed.

This is the list on OptomCas:
Participating Institutions for 2017–2018
  • Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry
  • New England College of Optometry
  • Northeastern State University – Oklahoma College of Optometry
  • The Ohio State University College of Optometry
  • Pacific University College of Optometry
  • Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University
  • Southern College of Optometry
  • State University of New York State College of Optometry
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
  • University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry
  • University of Houston College of Optometry
  • University of Missouri at St. Louis College of Optometry
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I asked them why it varied too and they said it is based on the state? I don't think it is what is actually on your record. I did one for UAB and it was 50 i think...maybe thatsg because I live in rural florida and the school is Alabama...but yeah I would maybe recommend asking their customer service they were very kind!
 
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