Dear Plumeria, 

Wonderful question. When asking for a letter of recommendation, you should first make sure that the doctor or the person you are asking knows you well. We understand that it can be difficult to make to talk to a doctor or professor, and they know this too so the best way would be to send them an email or small talk. They should have a general sense of your work ethic as well as your personality. From that, you can also  buy them a cup of coffee and briefly talk to them about why you want to be an optometrist. This will give them a few ideas on what to write. Don't forget that you want a great letter! For an optometrists, if you set up an exam to get their eyes checked, that gives you the perfect one on one time with the doctor without interfering with their busy work schedule. Once, they have written you a letter recommendation you should give them a gift card or email them a thank you notice. We hope that his helps :).

Cheers, 

U See Eyes

Dear Cinnamon Princess, 

​Some of our favorite GE courses are Art 9A, Education 124, PSCI 11A, Public Health 1, Public Health 2, Sociology 2, Psych 56L, Arts 1, Anthro 2A, Anthro 41A (highly recommended with Professor Douglas), Sociology 1, Gen&Sex 50A, and LSCI 2. There are more, and you can find them in the member exclusive page course advice. A brief preview of how we rate these courses involve their work load, difficulty level, and GPA impact. Therefore, if you are a paid member make sure to visit the page or join us membership program :). We are also free to Zoom call. Just message or email the board member you are interested in meeting with and we definitely schedule something.
As for the 4 year plan, we are actually planning to have a 4 year plan workshop this quarter where we’ll briefly go over some of the main pre-requisites for optometry school and give some advice about things to keep in mind while making your own 4 year plan. We will also provide a template where you can use to making your own plan. Nonetheless, as always, if you ever want to reach out to any of us for help or advice outside of our weekly meetings, feel free to message us! We are more than happy to help. 

You're SPEC-tacular, 
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U See Eyes