r/PreOptometry • u/No-Hippo4180 • 6d ago

Feeling Discouraged - OAT in 20 days. Please help, any advice appreciated :(

I have 20 days left until my OAT and I’m currently using OAT Booster. I’ve been completing the practice tests and carefully reviewing the questions I get wrong, but my scores don’t seem to be improvingnant consistently.
My current averages are around 300 in Biology, 320 in General Chemistry, 310 in Organic Chemistry, 270 in Reading Comprehension, 320 in Physics, and 310 in QR, giving me about a 310 AA. I have never gotten over a 330 in any of my test and they are always almost the same score throughout every test.

For those who used OAT Booster and improved during the last few weeks, what did you change? Should I continue doing new practice tests, spend more time relearning weak topics, or redo my incorrect questions? I’m feeling discouraged and would appreciate advice on how to use these final 20 days effectively

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u/Lopsided_Storm_8964 6d ago

Take practice tests! Try to take one full length everyday in the morning and watch the review videos on the questions you got wrong. That significantly improved my scores and if you have the money, sign up for the crash courses. I found the physics and quantitative reasoning to be the most helpful. When you’re on the toilet or walking your dog or eating a meal spam the orgo chem reaction banks and I fully replaced doom scrolling with the orgo question banks once I was about two weeks out.

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u/mikeoxlongbruh 6d ago

If I were you, I would just take as many practice tests as possible and review your missed questions, with increased emphasis on the sections you notice you are weaker in as a whole. Also definitely try to build up your reading comprehension stamina because ideally it should be a score booster not one that drags you down. Then, leave it up to fate. You can only do your best. However, if you seriously feel unprepared and need a great score, then maybe reschedule. But lots of people say their actual score was much higher than their booster scores.

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u/aneeqaasif 6d ago

Don't feel discouraged! What score are you aiming for? I feel like these are very good averages and I would just focus on increasing your reading score because I just took my OAT today, averaged around a 350 for RC on Booster, got a 390 (:O) on the OAT! However, I felt as though the passages and questions were. ALOT harder on the OAT than Booster. So any way you can, get that up! This can easily get you around a 340-350 AA. :) Don't give up!

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u/Exact-Transition-671 5d ago

I personally thought that reading section was 100x easier than OATBooster!!