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Rachel Shackelford
Sep 13, 20195 min read
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,...
Rachel Shackelford
Aug 20, 20192 min read
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...
Rachel Shackelford
Jul 30, 20194 min read
Applying for Optometry School: My Steps and Mis-steps
As I prepare for my first year at ICO, I’ve been reflecting a lot on how I got here. About a year before I began applying to optometry...
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