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March Student in Focus: Private Practice Expert Sara Davies of ICO!

As our newly designed website continues to move forward, we here at OptometryStudents.com would like to say thank you for your continuing support! What better way to thank our members than to highlight one of our own! Kicking off our 2016 Student in Focus series is none other than ICO’s very own Sara Davies! Her passion, determination, …

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4 Helpful Articles from New Grad and HPSP Recipient Matt Weinheimer

After spending some time in Indiana earning his undergraduate degree and at the Illinois College of Optometry, OS Federal Service Journalist and new grad Matt Weinheimer finds himself practicing halfway around the world at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan. Talk about a big move! As an alumnus of the Navy’s Health Professions Scholarship Program, Matt has …

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School in Focus: A Week in the Life of an Illinois College of Optometry Student

Here’s the next article in our School in Focus series, which has given you a unique inside look at student life at optometry schools across the country! This article was written by Illinois College of Optometry students Jamie Blavat and Maggie Alcesto, both members of the Class of 2017 and on the ICO AOSA Council. …

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Remember How it Felt As a 1st Year Optometry Student? Ahh, Memories…

Remember how it felt to be a 1st year optometry student? The excitement, the nerves…the massive amounts of anatomy! The Illinois College of Optometry’s communications team put together this very entertaining video capturing all these moments, but with the children of ICO staff and faculty as the wide-eyed 1st years! Take a look at the …

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April 2014 Student in Focus: ‘Thrift Opt’ Star & Involved Student, Rich Miller

OS: Congrats on being selected as our April Student in Focus! Most optometry students outside of ICO know you as the ‘OD-in-training’ star of the music video, “Thrift Opt.” Tell us a little more about yourself, your background and what got you interested in a career as an optometrist.   RM: Optometry as a career …

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The Next Level: Pursuing an Optometric Residency

My name is Ryan Corte, O.D. and I’m currently serving a residency in Chicago, Illinois. I interviewed a number of colleagues who are also serving residencies and incorporated some of their responses into this article. It is worth noting that I did not receive any negative feedback toward serving a residency. Enjoy.   Fourth year …

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Message to Pre-Optometry Students and Incoming First Year Optometry Students

I’m an incoming first year student in the class of 2016 at the Illinois College of Optometry.  This last weekend I had an amazing time at Optometry’s Meeting 2012 in Chicago!  I worked at the OptometryStudents.com booth in the exhibition hall on Saturday and had an incredible experience meeting and networking with enthusiastic optometry students, …

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