The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

So, I’ve made it to third year. Amen. Two years to go before I finally get to walk across the stage in a oh-so-stylish doctoral cap. Now...

As optometrists, we see plenty of cataracts. It is common to see patients with all types of cataracts, and we have to administer tests to...

This is a breakdown of what ICO’s class of 2020’s choice of majors was in undergrad. You’ll find similar figures on other optometry...

The notion of linear time may be nothing more than our minds’ way of categorizing information into a chronicle.* Theories suggest that...

I am often asked, “Why optometry? Why not general medicine or ophthalmology?” My answer is simple. It wasn’t the time difference or the...