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Join us for a live webinar: “Building Resilience in the World of COVID-19”

Articles, Events, Healthcare, News, Optometry School / By / 1 minute of reading

As we all work through this difficult time, the American Optometric Student Association (AOSA) would like to offer additional resources to help manage stressful situations, and to turn uncertainty and fear into productivity. The AOSA is offering a free, live, interactive webinar sponsored by AOAExcel “Building Resilience in the World of COVID-19” that will cover […]

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Travel Grants for Optometry’s Meeting 2020 – Don’t miss out!

Articles, Events, Involvement, News, Optometry School, Organized Optometry / By / 3 minutes of reading

If you are planning on going to Optometry’s Meeting in Washington, D.C. this June, you already have plenty of reasons to attend: the Optometry Student Bowl powered by Essilor, Luxottica Live!, residency summits, and Optometry Unites at Capital Hill. But if that weren’t enough, there are still travel grants available to help make your trip

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Spotlight on Low Vision

Articles, Clinical Optometry, Optometry School, Residency / By / 5 minutes of reading

  Whether you’ve already taken a low vision course in optometry school, or are still trying to figure out why you’re spending so much time on telescopes in optics, there’s a lot to low vision that even a non-low-vision optometrist can benefit from knowing. This is especially important because many patients will still see his

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How to Live a Life Outside of Optometry School

Optometry School, OptometryStudents.com / By / 4 minutes of reading

When it comes to balancing a well-rounded lifestyle with the pressures of optometry school, it can sometimes feel like optometry school always outweighs everything else. Between clinic, classes, studying, and other school related responsibilities, it’s hard to find time to do the things that you enjoy outside of optometry. During my first semester of optometry

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Navigating Glaucoma for Optometry Students

Articles, Optometry School, Study Resources / By / 6 minutes of reading

Regardless of whether you’re a first or a fourth-year optometry student, glaucoma is something we all must become familiar with for our profession. Though most optometry students spend a significant amount of time learning about the glaucoma, it’s a topic worth revisiting regularly, which is why we’ve got a quick guide that you can easily

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A Non-Traditional Path Into Optometry School

Articles, Optometry School, Pre-Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

For some optometry students, going to doctoral school is just the next step after getting a bachelor’s degree. I admire the young, motivated students that followed the multi-point plan to graduate with honors, study for an entrance exam, and start his or her doctoral journey immediately following undergrad. After optometry school, these young professionals will have

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Tips on Coming Back from a School Break

Articles, Optometry School / By / 3 minutes of reading

When you’re in optometry school, breaks are an amazing and much-needed time to wind down, catch up on sleep, and spend time with family. However, coming back from a break can be challenging: you already know that you’ll be facing another intense semester and that you’ll have to cut into those favorite activities that you

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Drink From Your Resource Cup, You’ll Feel Less Empty

Articles, Optometry School, Study Resources / By / 5 minutes of reading

The demands of Optometry school can leave you feeling like you have to be a superhero to be successful. You can day-dream about freezing time or being a brainiac but the reality is that superheroes only exist in movies. It’s not atypical to feel overwhelmed and  overworked. When you focus too much time on your

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Peer Mentoring Programs In Optometry School

Articles, Optometry School, OptometryStudents.com / By / 3 minutes of reading

Let’s be honest – starting optometry school is a scary experience. Orientation is overwhelming, meeting new people is stressful, and the first week of class is intimidating. Graduate/professional school is so much different from undergraduate studies. No matter how much you try to prepare for this experience, the questions still remain: How should you study for

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