The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

When you get to optometry school, life is a whirlwind. It’s new classes, new friends, new layouts… a new lifestyle, apparently. I...

Believe it or not, long distance relationships are very common in optometry school (and graduate school in general.)  Although they are...

Everyone always says that first year at ICO is the hardest. Well, I think many people would argue that second wasn’t any easier. Now that...

You did it! Congratulations! The time has come. You have finished your undergraduate career, maybe taken some time off, applied, and...

It has been 8 weeks since classes began here at ICO. Those 8 weeks have been packed with tests, labs, events, ups, downs, failures,...