PCO Letters of Recommendation

[liveandyoulearn]

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Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding the LORs for PCO. On their website it says:

• Three letters of evaluation are required and should be forwarded directly to OptomCAS. Any three of the following options will be accepted in order to fulfill the letter requirement:
  • a Pre-Professional Committee letter of evaluation (consult with your college/university pre-professional advisor regarding the policy for providing letters of recommendation for pre-professional applicants).
    • one committee letter will fulfill the entire letter requirement.
  • letter from a teaching faculty member who has taught you in a course (science teaching faculty letter is strongly recommended).
    • letter from a teaching assistant only accepted if co-signed by faculty member.
  • letter from your pre-professional or faculty advisor.
  • letter from practicing optometrist for whom you have shadowed or worked.
  • letter from a healthcare professional or work supervisor who is able to assess your qualifications for professional education and future career in optometry.

 

[SunA21]

hmm you're right this is ambiguously written. It seems unlikely, for example, that three LOR's from faculty members would fulfill the requirement. Almost all schools require a letter from a practicing optometrist, so I think you should contact them to double check.

 

[Xtermination]

Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding the LORs for PCO. On their website it says:

• Three letters of evaluation are required and should be forwarded directly to OptomCAS. Any three of the following options will be accepted in order to fulfill the letter requirement:
  • a Pre-Professional Committee letter of evaluation (consult with your college/university pre-professional advisor regarding the policy for providing letters of recommendation for pre-professional applicants).
    • one committee letter will fulfill the entire letter requirement.
  • letter from a teaching faculty member who has taught you in a course (science teaching faculty letter is strongly recommended).
    • letter from a teaching assistant only accepted if co-signed by faculty member.
  • letter from your pre-professional or faculty advisor.
  • letter from practicing optometrist for whom you have shadowed or worked.
  • letter from a healthcare professional or work supervisor who is able to assess your qualifications for professional education and future career in optometry.

Does this mean they can accept 2 LORs from science professors and 1 from a work supervisor?

follow the link: http://optomcas.org/information-about-schools-colleges/letters-of-recommendation

You need one from optometrist (Required), 1 from science professor (required) and the rest is upto you.

 

[liveandyoulearn]

Thank you!

 

[ODpookie]

I asked them because I had the same problem a while ago. Specifically I was asking if I could have 1 from an optometrist and two from teaching faculty members and they said yes. So I assume it doesn't have to be 3 separate points that you have to pick!

 

[liveandyoulearn]

I asked them because I had the same problem a while ago. Specifically I was asking if I could have 1 from an optometrist and two from teaching faculty members and they said yes. So I assume it doesn't have to be 3 separate points that you have to pick!

Thank you so much! 🙂