American Optometric Student Association

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In August of 2019, if you asked me what I expected my four years of optometry school to look like, I probably would’ve answered something along the lines of “studying all the time,” “cons...

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Sydney Mathias, IUSO, Class of 2024 As we all know, optometry is a legislated profession, meaning that state and federal law decide the scope of practice in each state. While this may make optome...

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Catherine Liu, ICO, Class of 2025 Dear future optometrist, How are you doing? You hanging in there? Maybe you’re a pre-optometry student still working on your prerequisites in college and worry...

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Vaishnavi Narain, IAUPR, Class of 2024 One of the biggest challenges optometry students face is finding the time to relax and unwind. Tackling exams every week, attending lectures all day, and sq...

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Rachel Ryan, ICO, Class of 2024 Student doctors often find themselves placed in uncomfortable situations in clinic. That all too familiar panicked feeling of seeing something unknown during an ex...

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To those students going into OD 1, here are some words of advice, study tips and recommendations to help you transition into optometry school. Print this note and keep it nearby as a reference as...

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Optometry is not a relatively new profession in the United States. In fact, the American Optometric Association that we now know today was founded in 1898. The first state law recognizing optomet...

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We’re all familiar with the optical phenomenon of a reflection; a wavefront enters a system, bounces off a reflecting surface and travels back to the medium from which it came. Reflection has m...

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