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  • I actually started working in the medical office with my mom when I was

  • like 13 so I was definitely in the medical field by that point I was just

  • like you know kind of making copies and then from that point up I got older I

  • was at the front desk and then I would work with the doctors so I I knew I wanted to

  • do something in the medical field

  • Doing research and with Dr. Sherman and

  • volunteering in a vision therapy clinic for three years I kind of saw that the

  • different specialties that optometry had and I didn't have to sit there and do one or two for the rest of my life

  • Miss Jennifer Crossdale

  • What I didn't know when I started optometry school was the fact that we are actually able to

  • diagnose systemic diseases that I had absolutely no idea about and that

  • was another thing that kind of really made me love the field that much more

  • In my first year it was definitely a very big transition from undergrad to a grad school

  • The studying was very different for me

  • I was so used to the kind of last minute night before and that didn't work here

  • The workload is difficult but it was very manageable

  • I was able to kind of still have my social life which was important for me

  • I've met great people along the way

  • I'm very close with a few of them and I know that after graduation we're still going to keep in touch

  • I think the fact that SUNY is a small school compared to other ones

  • kind of allows for that to be possible

  • The new equipment that we got has definitely been been a big thing here at SUNY

  • I've learned how to use the new technology which is great

  • I am from New York I was born and raised here but I never really spent much time

  • in the city because I always told myself oh I'll get to it i'm from here i'll go

  • look at the the places the touristy places and things like and I'm used

  • to the campus life where you come out at night from the library and it's quiet

  • I wouldn't hear anything and I came out and it was the lights and being in the

  • heart of the city it's just incredible I definitely recommend optometry for my

  • personal view on it and my personal experience it's been a great road it's

  • been tough challenging but it's definitely rewarding

I actually started working in the medical office with my mom when I was

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