The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

While this winter in Chicago has been relatively mild, I'm sooo ready for it to be over. More often than not, I find myself daydreaming...

I pressed “submit” on my screen and let out one big breath. That had been the final exam for my winter quarter of first year. I couldn’t...

One main thing I’ve learned over the course of the past two quarters is that not all subjects require you to study for them in the same...

This past month, we got introduced to the skill of refraction, a big component of an optometrist’s job! I was extremely excited to learn...

Nerves were running high as I was trying to get some sleep the night before taking NBEO Part 3 on Wednesday (and NBEO Part 2 a few weeks...