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## [Things I Wish I Had Known Before My First Day of Optometry School](https://301048.hs-sites.com/things-i-wish-i-had-known-before-my-first-day-of-optometry-school)

## [Job Opportunities for Optometrists: Seek and You Shall Find](https://301048.hs-sites.com/job-opportunities-for-optometrists-seek-and-you-shall-find)

## [Patients Benefiting from Interprofessional Education](https://301048.hs-sites.com/patients-benefiting-from-interprofessional-education)

## [The Important Role of Optometrists in Today’s Dynamic Market](https://301048.hs-sites.com/the-important-role-of-optometrists-in-todays-dynamic-market)

## [CooperVision’s Student Ambassador Experience](https://301048.hs-sites.com/coopervisions-student-ambassador-experience)

## [Retina Focus: How Do You Know if Treatment is Working?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/retina-focus-how-do-you-know-if-treatment-is-working)

## [A Visit to Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University - Education Strengthens our Ability to Serve our Customers](https://301048.hs-sites.com/a-visit-to-pennsylvania-college-of-optometry-at-salus-university-education-strengthens-our-ability-to-serve-our-customers)

## [Top 10 FAQs for Opening a New Optometry Practice](https://301048.hs-sites.com/starting-from-the-ground-up-a-guide-to-opening-a-new-optometry-practice-0)

## [Optometrists: Changing Lives on the Daily - Part II](https://301048.hs-sites.com/optometrists-changing-lives-on-the-daily-part-ii)

## [Doctors of Optometry: Changing Lives on the Daily - Part 1](https://301048.hs-sites.com/changing-lives-on-the-daily)

## [Starting from the Ground UP - A Guide to Opening a New Optometry Practice](https://301048.hs-sites.com/starting-from-the-ground-up-a-guide-to-opening-a-new-optometry-practice)

## [Pursuing Optometry? Health Professions Scholarship Fund Can Help!](https://301048.hs-sites.com/pursuing-optometry-health-professions-scholarship-fund-can-help)

## [Is .edu For You?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/is-.edu-for-you)

## [Pre-Optometry Clubs with Brighter Visions: Helping their Campus & Community One Day at a Time](https://301048.hs-sites.com/pre-optometry-clubs-with-brighter-visions-helping-their-campus-community-one-day-at-a-time)

## [A Short Conversation with Dr. David Damari, ASCO President](https://301048.hs-sites.com/a-short-conversation-with-dr.-david-damari-asco-president)

## [Four Schaeffers Come to One Conclusion: Optometry is a Great Career](https://301048.hs-sites.com/four-schaeffers-come-to-one-conclusion-optometry-is-a-great-career)

## [My Internship at ASCO](https://301048.hs-sites.com/my-internship-at-asco)

## [Social Life in Optometry School: What’s it Like?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/social-life-in-optometry-school-whats-it-like)

## [“First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is”   (Donovan - 1967)](https://301048.hs-sites.com/first-there-is-a-mountain-then-there-is-no-mountain-then-there-is-donovan-1967)

## [Can You Take a Gap Year Before Optometry School?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/can-you-take-a-gap-year-before-optometry-school)

## [It’s Never Too Early to Start Prepping for a Career as a Health Professional](https://301048.hs-sites.com/its-never-too-early-to-start-prepping-for-a-career-as-a-health-professional)

## [An Optometrist Saved My Vision!](https://301048.hs-sites.com/an-optometrist-saved-my-vision)

## [Have You Considered an Optometry Residency?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/have-you-considered-an-optometry-residency)

## [Why Student Involvement Matters, and How You Can Contribute by Joining the American Optometric Student Association (AOSA)](https://301048.hs-sites.com/why-student-involvement-matters-and-how-you-can-contribute-by-joining-the-american-optometric-student-association-aosa)

## [15 Tips for Applying to Optometry School](https://301048.hs-sites.com/15-tips-for-applying-to-optometry-school)

## [Vision of Hope by Dr. Andrew Buzzelli, Founding Dean of The University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Optometry](https://301048.hs-sites.com/vision-of-hope-by-dr.-andrew-buzzelli-founding-dean-of-the-university-of-pikeville-kentucky-college-of-optometry)

## [Is Your Son or Daughter Interested in Optometry School?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/is-your-son-or-daughter-interested-in-optometry-school)

## [Recent Optometry School Graduates Talk About What It’s Like to Own Their Own Practices](https://301048.hs-sites.com/recent-optometry-school-graduates-talk-about-what-its-like-to-own-their-own-practices)

## [ASCO Celebrates 75 Years - A Look Back by Dr. Arol R. Augsburger - President, Illinois College of Optometry](https://301048.hs-sites.com/asco-celebrates-75-years-a-look-back-by-dr.-arol-r.-augsburger-president-illinois-college-of-optometry)

## [Educational Research](https://301048.hs-sites.com/educational-research)

## [Best Things about Optometry School](https://301048.hs-sites.com/best-things-about-optometry-school)

## [Part II: Where and How Will You Practice Optometry? Four ODs Talk About the Settings They’re Currently In](https://301048.hs-sites.com/part-ii-where-and-how-will-you-practice-optometry-four-ods-talk-about-the-settings-theyre-currently-in)

## [Part I: Where and How Will You Practice Optometry? Four ODs Talk About the Settings They’re Currently In](https://301048.hs-sites.com/part-i-where-and-how-will-you-practice-optometry-four-ods-talk-about-the-settings-theyre-currently-in)

## [Too Cool for School? Nope. The Schools and Colleges of Optometry are Exactly Where You’ll Find the Latest, Quite Amazing, Diagnostic Technologies](https://301048.hs-sites.com/too-cool-for-school-nope.-the-schools-and-colleges-of-optometry-are-exactly-where-youll-find-the-latest-quite-amazing-diagnostic-technologies)

## [A Message from ASCO Executive Director, Dawn Mancuso, MAM, CAE, FASAE](https://301048.hs-sites.com/a-message-from-asco-executive-director-dawn-mancuso-mam-cae-fasae)

## [Optometry and the Future of Health Care:  Schools and Colleges Embrace Interprofessional Education](https://301048.hs-sites.com/optometry-and-the-future-of-health-care-schools-and-colleges-embrace-interprofessional-education)

## [Optometry:  Good Work, Good Life](https://301048.hs-sites.com/optometry-good-work-good-life)

## [Want to Learn about an Optometry School?  The Best Way to Be in the Know is to Go!](https://301048.hs-sites.com/want-to-learn-about-an-optometry-schoolthe-best-way-to-be-in-the-know-is-to-go)

## [Optometry: An Inspired Career Choice](https://301048.hs-sites.com/optometry-an-inspired-career-choice)

## [Inside OptomCAS Part II: Your Personal Statement for Applying to Optometry School](https://301048.hs-sites.com/inside-optomcas-part-ii-your-personal-statement-for-applying-to-optometry-school)

## [Inside OptomCAS Part I: Letters of Evaluation for Optometry School](https://301048.hs-sites.com/inside-optomcas-part-i-letters-of-evaluation-for-optometry-school)

## [Are You an Optometry Student Who Feels the Need to Lead?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/are-you-an-optometry-student-who-feels-the-need-to-lead)

## [Why You Should Join, or Start, a Pre-Optometry Club](https://301048.hs-sites.com/why-you-should-join-or-start-a-pre-optometry-club)

## [The Importance of Shadowing in Pursuing an Optometry Career](https://301048.hs-sites.com/the-importance-of-shadowing-in-pursuing-an-optometry-career)

## [Pre-Optometry? Here are Six Questions You're Eventually Going to Ask](https://301048.hs-sites.com/pre-optometry-here-are-five-questions-youre-eventually-going-to-ask)

## [Take Charge of Your Financial Wellness in Optometry School and Beyond](https://301048.hs-sites.com/take-charge-of-your-financial-wellness-in-optometry-school-and-beyond)

## [Which Optometry School is Right for You?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/which-optometry-school-is-right-for-you)

## [The Optometry School Admissions Interview: Be Ready if You Get the Call](https://301048.hs-sites.com/the-optometry-school-admissions-interview-be-ready-if-you-get-the-call)

## [Applying to Optometry School - Getting to Know OptomCAS](https://301048.hs-sites.com/your-blog-post-title-here)

## [Diversity Awareness and Cultural Competence in Optometry](https://301048.hs-sites.com/diversity-awareness-and-cultural-competence-in-optometry)

## [Optometrists Make a Difference in Daily Lives](https://301048.hs-sites.com/optometrists-make-a-difference-in-daily-lives)

## [A Day in the Life of an Optometry Student](https://301048.hs-sites.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-optometry-student)

## [Are You Ready for the OAT?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/are-you-ready-for-the-oat)

## [What Makes a Competitive Applicant to Optometry School?](https://301048.hs-sites.com/what-makes-a-competitive-applicant-to-optometry-school)

## [Optometry Virtual Fair on April 17](https://301048.hs-sites.com/optometry-virtual-fair-on-april-17)

## [A Day in the Life of an Optometrist](https://301048.hs-sites.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-optometrist)

## [Considering a Career in Optometry? Great Choice!](https://301048.hs-sites.com/considering-a-career-in-optometry-great-choice)

## [Introducing a New Blog: Eye on Optometry](https://301048.hs-sites.com/introducing-a-new-blog-eye-on-optometry)

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## About *Eye on Optometry*

Welcome to *Eye on Optometry*, a new blog from the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)! The main goal of the blog is to provide timely and useful information to anyone who is interested in applying to optometry school. It’s all part of one of ASCO’s many strategic objectives, which is to help the schools and colleges of optometry develop a large, diverse and highly qualified national applicant pool while getting the word out about the attractiveness of a career in the profession.  We will also blog about other optometry-related topics from time to time.

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