Letters Of Recommendation
Two Letters of recommendation must be requested via and submitted directly to OptomCAS.
Letter #1
A letter must be provided from an academic mentor. This mentor could be a professor, an advisor, a coach, or any other individual capable of speaking to the applicant's academic preparedness in regard to their professionalism, dedication, intuition, character, integrity, wisdom, teamwork, responsibility, humanity, etc.
Letter #2
This letter is strongly recommended to come from an optometrist with whom the applicant has worked or shadowed. A minimum of 20 hours of direct optometric experience is also required from at least two settings (e.g., shadowing/work experience from two optometric practices, ideally in varying modalities).
Primary Contact

Lyle Tate
Dir, Student Srvcs (OPT)
+1 713-743-2044 (Office)
dltate@Central.UH.EDU
Information Request
If you have any questions or would like more information, please email us at optadmissions@central.uh.edu.
Questions? Contact Us.
College Of Optometry
J. Davis Armistead Building 4401 Martin Luther King Blvd. Houston, TX 77204-2020
uhco@central.uh.edu
(713) 743-2020
