Hello sensory vision...

So our first exam of hundreds, is on Wednesday at 9AM next week.  It's covering practically 95.3% of Ch.8 on Sensory Vision.  If you look at the book...it's practically a 1/4 of the whole chunky book!  It's outrageous! I've been studying and reviewing since the SECOND day of school, but I read over the study guide questions today...let's just say I should STUDY not review, LOL. 

I've studied in my boyfriend's car today, while he was washing and waxing it. I actually get a lot done reading in the car, more than on the couch!  You should try it some time!  Okay, back to studying!....

Brought my boyfriend to class...

So, I brought my boyfriend to school last last Friday. Being a small class, everyone knows who's a student and who is not.  Of course, my classmates would look at him oddly, or stop and ask him if he was a new student, in a joking manner of course.  It was a long 3 hours of lecture, with 10 minute breaks in between.  He brought a laptop to go online, but of course...our school doesn't have wifi!  I brought the ethernet cable for him, but our row was malfunctional.  All we had left to rely on was my classmate's wifi, which died after the first hour of lecture, LOL.  So he learned about phorias and tropias....LOL.

Second Year!!!!

Hello everyone! It has been an awesome summer vacation!  I hope y'all had a great one as well!
I had three jobs this summer, went back home for a few weeks to visit my parents, ventured around Orange County and attained my SoCal sun-kissed tan :)

School started on Monday, and it's been a slow week, but it will pick up rapidly.  I started studying a little bit, because I don't want to feel behind.

Our class has hosted a Mentor-Mentee dinner for the first years, Class of 2014!  It's a great even to get to know your mentors and mentees as well as other colleagues.

Here are some photos:

Hello June!!!

Happy Summer everyone! I have been missing in action ever since school has been let out for summer, can you blame me? I feel so alive and happy to be stress free! Although, I find myself still wanting to learn and be on campus. I actually have been on campus 6-8 times since school has let out, believe it or not. :) I have been a part of a research study for dry eye patients. You are compensated for your time and learn more about the subject matter of your own eyes. I just can't stay away from school. I want to hopefully refract a lot of my no-SCCO friends over the summer to make sure I don't forget over the summer. It's funny how once you learn a skill, you want to constantly practice it so you can master it. I associate it with learning to play the piano. When I first learned to play, I couldn't stop practicing.

Most of my classmates are traveling for the summer. This is our only summer break so...I suggest you do the same. As for me, I am trying to find work and learn as much as I can. I am also trying to RELAX and just take in the beauty of life. I will fly back home to TX towards the middle of the summer, but for now, I just want to work. :)

If you have any questions at all please leave it in the comments box! I will be sure to repsond quicker since I have nothing to study :p

1st year of Optometry schoo--> COMPLETED!!!

It feels so wonderful to watch tv guilt-free!!!
These past two weeks of finals and proficiencies were rough, but managable.  I am so excited for Summer!!!! 
Thanks for following me through my first year! It only gets more challenging from here and I hope that you will follow me all the way to graduation!

Visual Acuity Project Madness!

Hey guys,

I forgot to include some photos from our visual acuity projects for our psychophysics class. We had to create our own VA charts, caluclate and size it accordingly, determine the patient population we wanted to design it for, determine the type of contrast sensitivity we wanted, the type of optotype (letters, numbers, symbols) we wanted to use, size, testing distances, illumination levels, etc. The list goes on! To summarize, making an acuity chart is not as easy as it looks. My partner and I made a near-vision acuity chart to screen for amblyopia in children under 6 years of age, with 90% contrast, at a testing distance of 75cm.

A Taste of SCCO Student Life

A apologize for being M.I.A with my blogs. We basically have no more reading week, because now it is basically 2 weeks of finals. We have a clinical methods proficiency on Monday, a neurophysiology lab practical ( I've never had to memorize so many neuronal pathways that i didn't even know existed!), and our first final, clinical medicine.  The week after we have ophthalmic optics, neurophysiology lecture, clinical methods, and psychophysics finals.  Doesn't sound intimidating for you? Don't worry, they guarantee that it will only get worse from here. First year, is suppose to be the simplest out of the first three years. :(  See you after finals!


Here is a great open house video summary of the student life here at SCCO. This video was presented at this year's Spring Admissions Open House. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s33AINgoiU0