The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

I’m officially in my first rotation away from the Illinois Eye Institute- and, truth be told, home in general. This new adventure has...

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

The past five weeks have zoomed by and I am loving the change in pace. Gone are the days of classes, homework, and tests. From morning to...

I’m assigned four 45-minute vision therapy sessions with four different patients every Wednesday night. The best part about this shift is...

As a prospective student, I was always curious to know how externship selection worked. All my life, the best everything was awarded to...