The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

Aside from shadowing different eye doctors, upon entering optometry school, I didn’t know any current optometrists or optometry students. Looking back, I wish I had gotten to know a current optometry student. They could have not only answered my questions about applying and what the field is like, but also explained to me what I would truly experience in optometry school… especially all of the math! I strongly, strongly dislike math. I’ve always felt that way. I’m not sure if

The first book I bought for Optometry school Second year is here. With a quick review of all the tests and tricks we learned last year, we are ready to learn even more. While we have started learning about near vision, binocular vision, etc., there is one class that I think all Optometrists should be excited to take. I call it the Money Making Class. Now, you may be wondering, “What is the Money Making Class? Do we learn how to print the greens and the loonies (we can’t exclu

Expert Optics Lab Who would have guessed we would still get field trips in grad school? It was definitely a pleasant surprise. The second years all hopped on a coach bus last week and visited an independent laboratory, Expert Optics. Even after four quarters of optics classes, we still have so much more to learn about lenses. We were greeted by the president of the company, and got fed lunch before the tour got started. So after lunch, and a short introduction to the lab, we