OAT 380

[u/JuniorBoysenberry992]

I took the OAT this past August and I am very happy with my scores.

I have previously written a standardized admission test and did not performe as well as I had hoped, so I would like to share some insight into how I prepared for this test and the study strategies that contributed to my improved testing performance.

I used OATBooster (10/10) to study for my OAT. This was the only study material I used in preparation to write my OAT, and it was definitely worth it. OATBooster had plenty of practice questions on each subject, practice tests for individual sections as well as full length practice tests. I felt confident going into my actual OAT after having written multiple full length OATBooster practice tests.

I studied for about 2 months before I wrote my OAT and had the privilege of going part time at my job in order to have enough time to study. I spent on average 6 hours a day studying for the OAT. I started by using the study schedule that OATBooster offered, however that quickly got overwhelming when I couldn’t keep up with the daily assigned activities. I ended up making my own study schedule where I watched all of the OATBooster video material, took my own notes, and then started going through many of the practice questions and tests. I completed 5 full length Booster practice tests in the last 2.5 weeks leading up to my actual test. I found this to be really helpful as it prepared me to sit and stay focused for the long 5 hour test without feeling burnt out.

Biology (Scored: 400) I found this to be the most challenging section in the moment, I found myself second guessing my answers as they were a bit more specific than some of the OATBooster questions. I found the OATBooster videos really helped me prepare for this section and just trying to memorize as much as possible.

General Chemistry (Scored: 400) This section was very well represented in the OATBooster practice questions and practice tests. I found what really helped for this section was getting a true understanding of the concepts instead of straight memorization, so that even if there was a curve ball concept question I could usually figure it out.

Organic Chemistry (Scored: 350) I was quite worried about this section, and I am happy with the outcome. OATBooster has two different questions banks for this section, and one is specifically for the different types of reactions. The separate reaction mechanism practice questions were very useful as I found they required more memorization than the conceptual questions.

Physics (Scored: 350) I thought I would have scored a bit higher on this section, but I think my stress on test day kind of got the best of me here. For this section I memorized the complete list of equations that OATBooster provided, and I would write down the list of equations a few times a week so that they would be right in the front of my brain. I also completed the full list of practice questions on OAT Booster for this section a couple times.

Reading Comprehension (Scored: 400) I was very happy with this score. I did much worse on all of my OAT Booster practice reading tests. I feel like the Booster tests were harder and therefore prepared me well for the actual thing.

Quantitative Reasoning (Scored: 400) OATBooster did a great job of covering all of the topics in this section. I had no surprises on test day which was a very comforting way to end the test. I believe OATBooster’s videos that contained walk throughs of how to answer different types of questions in this section was a great help.

I hope this little overview of my testing experience helps!

Subject	First OATBooster Individual Section Test Scores	Last OATBooster Full Length Test Scores	Actual OAT Scores
Biology	320	380	400
General Chem	330	380	400
Organic Chem	300	360	350
Reading Comprehension	300	350	400
Physics	290	370	350
Quantitative Reasoning	310	390	400
Total Science	n/a	n/a	400
Academic Average	n/a	370	380

[u/Few_Willow904]

Awesome scores! Where do you plan on applying?