Hi guys im wondering if any body knows if I take prereqs at a community college for optometry school while im attending a 4 year university and if i have to let my college know or if i can just take them and then just transfer my transcripts to whatever optometry school i attend?
It’s going to depend on the policies of your college. Check your college’s student handbook. Or you could try sending an anonymous email (don’t use your student email account!) to the registrar at your college to ask what their policy/requirement is.
If you plan on asking for a health committee LOR from your college (professional schools strongly prefer a committee LOR if they’re available), then you need to have the CC grades on your record showing you’ve complete your pre-rec classes or you’ll be ineligible for the LOR.
And you can’t just “transfer” the transcripts. All optometry schools use a centralized application management system, OptomCAS, which handles your application, LORs, transcripts etc,