first year

Welcome to Virtual Optometry School

The first semester of optometry school should be a memorable experience. You meet the friends you will have for life, receive your white coat (depending on your school), choose your optometric instruments, explore your passions, and much more. But with a global pandemic and state regulations, all of that has been canceled and moved online. …

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First Year Optometry School Survival Guide

Optometry school is full of milestones: from receiving your interview letter to accepting your offer of admission to writing your first exam. This past school year has been nothing short of a crazy roller-coaster ride: from living on my own for the first time to meeting more than 90 new faces to finding my way …

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“Which is clearer?” “One or two?” Learning Manifest Refraction

“Which is clearer, one or two?” It still amazes me that this simple question can lead to a great prescription allowing sharp vision for all patients. Personally, answering this question as a kid allowed me to watch cartoons from the couch instead of at three feet! After my first pair of glasses, I knew that I …

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Pre-Optometry to 1st Year Optometry Student Transition

It feels like yesterday that I narrowed down what I wanted to be in life, studied and took the OAT, flew for a couple of interviews, graduated undergrad, and enjoyed my last free summer before optometry school. Time flies. But in the last couple weeks of summer, I spent less time relaxing as I was …

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