SCO Residency Admission Requirements The SCO Residency Committee reviews all applications to be considered for admission. The applicant must: 1. have earned an O.D. degree by the time of matriculation from an ACOE accredited school or college of optometry; 2. have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average in the optometry professional curriculum; 3. furnish complete transcripts of all optometric education; 4. take and pass all parts of the National Board Examinations, and furnish results of these examinations; 5. provide three letters of recommendation; 6. be eligible for licensure as described in the program policies; and 7. have an interview with the supervisor of the program.
Previous Residents Information 2024-25 Ashley Peters, OD Michigan College of Optometry ashleypeters@sco.edu
2023-24 D’Ajanee Smallwood, OD University of Alabama at Birmingham dsmallwood@sco.edu
2021-22 Aspen Chun, OD
2020-21 Chawan Rasheed, OD Southern College of Optometry chawanrasheed@sco.edu
2019-20 Kevan Smith, OD
New England College of Optometry kevansmith@sco.edu
2018-19 Yueren “Lily” Wang, OD Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham ywang@sco.edu
2017-18 Jessica Lam, OD
Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham kcilimberg@sco.edu
Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum Univ. ctuong@gmail.com
2013-14 Nancy Chan, OD
Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum Univ. nchan2013@gmail.com
2012-13 Dustin Dixon, MS, OD Southern College of Optometry
2011-12 Danielle Alperin, OD
The Ohio State Univ. College of Optometry dalperin@gmail.com
Pacific Univ. College of Optometry jlam@sco.edu
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2015-16 Brayden Lundquist, OD
Midwestern Univ. Chicago College of Optometry mlundquist@sco.edu
2010-11 Christina Newman, OD
Nova Southeastern Univ. College of Optometry cnewman@sco.edu
If you have additional questions, feel free to contact:
Laurel Kelley, OD, FAAO laurelkelley@sco.edu
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2016-17 Kacey Cilimberg, OD
2014-15 Catherine Tuong, OD
Southern College of Optometry achun@sco.edu
All residency applications will be evaluated without regard to sex, race, color, creed, age, national origin, or disabilities.
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