Your application to the Optometry Program will require several university transcripts to be forwarded to the Optometry Admissions Office:
- an interim transcript due at the same time as your Application for Admission to the School of Optometry
- if granted an interview, a transcript of your fall (September to December) course work
- if admitted to the program, a transcript of your winter (January to April) course work
Visit the Important Dates page for due dates.
Courses completed between the end of May and the beginning of September of the year you enter Optometry will not be considered by the Admissions Committee.
All of the prerequisites must be completed before entry into the Optometry program.
Applicants who have not completed all the prerequisites will not be admitted. There are no exceptions.
Transcripts while attending an Ontario university
If you attended the University of Waterloo for your pre-requisites, you do not need to request transcripts.
- If you are attending a university in Ontario (other than Waterloo), you must use the online system to request a transcript to be sent immediately. There is a fee for this service.
- If you are currently registered in the fall 2011 term, you must then contact the universities you’ve attended to request that a transcript be mailed directly from the university to the School of Optometry with your end of term final fall 2011 marks. The deadline for this transcript is January 31, 2012.
- If admitted, you must then contact the university to request a transcript be mailed directly from the university to the School of Optometry with your end of term final winter 2011 marks. The deadline for this transcript is May 31, 2012.
Transcripts from outside Ontario
If you are attending a university outside Ontario, you will have to make independent arrangements to have your transcripts sent to the Optometry Admissions Office. This is typically arranged through your Registrar's Office. There is usually a fee for this service.
Have the transcripts sent to:
School of Optometry
Admissions Office
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2L 3G1
