Illinois College of Optometry Blog

Sep 27, 2019
2 min

Halfway through First Quarter at ICO!

I am now almost half-way through my first quarter here at ICO and it has felt like a roller coaster with many highs and lows. The first t...

6 Things I've Learned in My First 5 Weeks as an Optometry Student

Rachel Shackelford

Sep 13, 2019
5 min

6 Things I've Learned in My First 5 Weeks as an Optometry Student

Five weeks of optometry school down! That means fall quarter is already halfway over. I've taken my first exams for each of my classes, a...

Betsy Yaros

Sep 3, 2019
4 min

ICO Interview Day: What to Expect

With the start of optometry school interview season, I thought I would write a post on what my Interview Day experience was like at ICO. ...

Lauren Aguilar

Aug 26, 2019
3 min

Dear Class of 2023,

It has been a year since my world turned upside down when I made the big move to Chicago. Starting optometry school has brought with it a...

Rachel Shackelford

Aug 20, 2019
2 min

My First Nights in the RC

When I began touring optometry schools, I was adamant that I did NOT want to live on campus through professional school. I lived in the d...

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