Author name: Sylvester Nguyen

I'm a second year at Nova Southeastern University. I truly believe that as a profession, optometry has come a long way and that we're in for something really big. That being said, I want to help this movement by staying active and motivated. As future optometric physicians I understand the responsibility that comes with that title. Being the Chief of Second Year Optometry Students, I aim to inform the optometry student body about the opportunities available to them, and make students aware of the career benefits that come with these opportunities to contribute to our profession. I will also serve as the liaison between OS.com and second year optometry students.

Think You’ll Be a Good Optometrist? 5 Things to Consider

Articles, Post-Optometry School / By / 8 minutes of reading

Why did we specifically choose optometry as our future professions, when there are so many other options out there? It’s so easy to get caught up in our daily routines that sometimes we forget why we became so passionate about this career path to begin with. Like a lot of people, I personally chose to pursue […]

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The Burning Question for Optometry New Grads: Part-time or Full-time?

Articles, Finance & Business, Post-Optometry School / By / 7 minutes of reading

Sit back for a minute and picture yourself a few years from now, O.D. badge and all. By then we’ll no longer be clinicians in training, instead we’ll be practicing optometry in the real world for a living. Now imagine what kind of work environment you see your practicing in. Commercial or private? Bustling city or

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12 Things Every First Year Optometry Student Should Know

Articles, Involvement, Optometry School / By / 4 minutes of reading

As graduation caps come flying off and summer heats up, many anxious pre-optometry students are also getting ready to take the next big step – the first year of optometry school. Nobody said it was going to be easy. This sentence will resonate volumes when those tough stretches of exams start coming around and are relentless

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