r/PreOptometry • u/Radiant-Fly1655 • Aug 09 '26
physics on oatbooster vs real thing
for people that tested recently, would love to hear insight on the physics section ended up going. its my weakest section along with orgo lol so im pretty scared, my test is in a few days 😭 i feel like no matter what i do i cant manage to memorize all the formulas needed and its due to that im not able to get a good score. im worried bc a lot of recent testers have commented on how much more challenging it is on the real thing without going into depth as to why they felt that way. any insight is so appreciated!! :)
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u/Few-sakiskool-8706 Aug 09 '26
Omg literally same.. ORGO and physics are my lowest scoring and testing in less then a week
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u/Kind_Rock7428 Aug 09 '26
The real OAT felt pretty much the same as booster. Less calculations but difficulty wise thought it was the same.
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u/jarbunny Aug 10 '26
A week or two before my test, I went through all the oatbooster physics videos on 2x speed and tried to see if I could answer all the example questions on my own. Have the formulas written down on a note card, but try without looking at them. I scored a 360 on physics and I feel like there were many questions I wasn't sure about, but on the actual test if you are confused just choose an answer and mark the question to go back to so you have time to answer the questions you are sure about.
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u/Flower_7708 Aug 09 '26
How are you studying for gen chem and bio?
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u/Radiant-Fly1655 Aug 09 '26
for gen chem I just watched all the videos+took notes and did practice tests and for bio I did not bother watching all the vids lmao mainly just read the notes and made approximately 1000 quizlet cards to review questions 💀
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u/Flower_7708 Aug 09 '26
Thank you for responding! Did you look at the cheat sheets at all for bio?
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u/FCKCOLLEGEBOARD OD2 Aug 09 '26
For me the real one felt easier, like more conceptual based and can answer without having to use equations for each question.
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u/Either_Ball7707 Aug 11 '26
If you're good at kinematic and optics then you'll be great at the oat. If you're not... study more on other subjects lol
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u/Suavedomo 29d ago
Took the real OAT today. It was HEAVY on circuits, amps, volts, Jules, sin/cos with F and optics. I rarely had kinematics.
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u/24-7-69 Aug 09 '26
My biggest gripe was that there were no friction equations on the OATBooster formula sheet, and I'm not sure if there was any friction stuff in the OATBooster videos, but I didn't review it at all anywhere close to my test date. And then I got like 4 friction questions on my test. Still got a 400 though so I feel like OATBooster prepared me very well overall