The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

The first round of lectures has begun for the graduating class of 2022! I am an ICO first year coming to Chicago from Nashville,...

During fourth year at ICO, you meet tons of optometry students from other schools at your rotations. At both my first and third sites, we...

Although the optometric community is considered to be small, it is full of great minds. Just within my class alone, ICO’s class of 2019,...

There is a sense of relief that comes with the unfolding of a new year. It’s a chance to start fresh and leave behind all of the acquired...

It is hard to realize the impact you are having on the visual health of others when you only see, on average, six patients a week as a...