The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

I’m from southern California. Apart from visiting Chicago while my sister lived in the area and for my interview at ICO, I haven’t had a lot of experience with snow. In California, seeing snow was a decision I could, but rarely ever would, make by taking a short trip from the beaches to the mountains. Now, I’m expecting to be forced to see a whole lot of snow. Yay? I knew what I signed up for when I chose ICO over other schools (including those back home!) Snow was constantly

We resumed classes this week following a two-week winter break. Whenever winter break comes around, one of my best friends and I always meet up to do something seasonal. Nine times out of ten, that wintery activity is ice skating followed by lunch and maybe a side of shopping. This year, we made plans to check out Maggie Daley Park, just east of Millennium Park. Maggie Daley Park opened on Dec. 13 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was named in honor of the late wife of Chica

Two weeks down, nine weeks to go. It’s certainly too early to be counting down spring quarter, the last of my second year. But I can’t help it! Once the quarter is over, my classmates and I will be halfway done with our education at ICO and even closer to reaching our visionary goals. But let’s backtrack a bit and talk about what’s been going on here so far. When winter quarter ended in mid-February and numerous sighs of relief were expelled at the end of our last final, all

Wintertime has commenced once again in Chicago. Now, if you’re native to the area like me, you may be used to these negative degrees, blistering high winds, and what may seem like mountains of snow. However, with this polar weather come many, many activities that can only be done in this season and only in Chicago. Let me start again in saying that winter in Chicago is unlike any other. I’ve been known to be somewhat of a homebody during winter, usually staying inside and wat

View out my front door at Lake Chataqua… ice-covered of course. Another quarter over and alas, we get our ever-so-coveted break week. The one week where the only thing that matters is getting 15 hours of sleep per day, and trying in vain to re-grow all the hair that was accidentally pulled out while studying for finals. After a few days of well-needed rest I have successfully replenished my sleep… the hair not so much. This break I decided to head back and visit my parents fo