The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

My move-in experience was a little different from most of my classmates. Instead of moving in the RC on Wednesday like everyone else, I moved in on a Sunday, 3 days before Move-In Day. My family wanted to help me move in, but my dad couldn’t take weekdays off of work, so we opted to move in during the weekend. We drove 14 hours from Texas, and even stopped in St. Louis to take pictures with the Gateway Arch before we made it into Chicago. Talk about a long drive! I even got t

After spending hours upon hours hunched over your Anatomy notes, the different lobes of the brain begin to melt together, the cranial nerve pathways become jumbled, and you begin to lose hope that you will be sleeping more than a few hours later that night. A slight whimper of defeat escapes from you as you take yet another swig from your coffee cup. That might have been a bit dramatic. But sometimes life as an optometry student can be overwhelming. When the going gets tough,

Let’s start this off with an apology. Sorry guys, I’m Canadian. Born and raised. I like hockey. I drink good beer. I speak French, the language of love and separatism. I’ve seen Anne of Green Gables so many times I know the camera angles. I voted for a prime minister. I learned my provinces and territories in grade 1, not first grade. I coloured Dr. T’s notes with my pencil crayons and throw in a “u” wherever I damn well please. Sorry I said damn, I didn’t mean to offend anyo