Words of Wisdom to the Class of 2020 from Your Alumni Community

Congratulations, Doctor (!!!), on joining the wonderful world of Optometry! The best advice that stuck with me is if you find a subspecialty that fascinates and interests you, pursue it. Can’t do a residency in it for life reasons or because you didn’t get selected for the only one or one of the very few spots? Don’t let that deter you! Educate yourself on it, build relationships with people who can refer those patients to you, and make it your specialty! (We don’t have “board certified” specialties anyway!) Believe in yourself, in your ability to find the resources you need, find people who know tons about that area and shadow them when you’re a new grad (great chance to pick their brains on how they got successful), and pursue whatever you love about Optometry. You can do it, and you will be great at it! Oh and one more thing... I still think my class of 2010 has you beat... by about 2 lines ;-) Elizabeth Wickware, 2010