Computerized OAT

[jefguth]

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Information about the computerized version of the OAT is now available online in this word document: https://www.ada.org/oat/OAT_Guide.doc

 

[PLPrincess]

Information about the computerized version of the OAT is now available online in this word document: https://www.ada.org/oat/OAT_Guide.doc

Wow....I don't know how you guys feel about this but this is very good news to me, a God sent. One of the best Christmas presents I have gotten in awhile.

The way I read this and understood it, it sounds like the test will be offered monthly, starting with January 15 and February 5th, the results will still be based on a curve, and will be received shortly after the test. Did I misunderstand something?

The reason this is good news, is because I did poorly in October, and now I'm getting a second chance. If the test was written, that means results wouldn't be released until mid March, this way hopefully I'll be interviewed between now and February, and still have a decent chance of getting into optometry school next year.

I'm really happy about this. Am I missing something? Any negatives?

 

[ODra]

Wow....I don't know how you guys feel about this but this is very good news to me, a God sent. One of the best Christmas presents I have gotten in awhile.

The way I read this and understood it, it sounds like the test will be offered monthly, starting with January 15 and February 5th, the results will still be based on a curve, and will be received shortly after the test. Did I misunderstand something?

The reason this is good news, is because I did poorly in October, and now I'm getting a second chance. If the test was written, that means results wouldn't be released until mid March, this way hopefully I'll be interviewed between now and February, and still have a decent chance of getting into optometry school next year.

I'm really happy about this. Am I missing something? Any negatives?

Hey PLPrincess,

I understood pretty much the same thing except that you get your results right away but the optometry schools recieve them 3 weeks later so they can verify them. I think thats great news too! The wait after you take the test is the biggest frustration so that takes that away. I did notice the computerized OAT is a little more expensive so that is a little disadvantage but the advantages definitely outweigh it. 😀

 

[DubZteR]

Information about the computerized version of the OAT is now available online in this word document: https://www.ada.org/oat/OAT_Guide.doc

hiya 🙂

 

[raypirozzolo]

Wow....I don't know how you guys feel about this but this is very good news to me, a God sent. One of the best Christmas presents I have gotten in awhile.

The way I read this and understood it, it sounds like the test will be offered monthly, starting with January 15 and February 5th, the results will still be based on a curve, and will be received shortly after the test. Did I misunderstand something?

The reason this is good news, is because I did poorly in October, and now I'm getting a second chance. If the test was written, that means results wouldn't be released until mid March, this way hopefully I'll be interviewed between now and February, and still have a decent chance of getting into optometry school next year.

I'm really happy about this. Am I missing something? Any negatives?

There are negative being that it is on computer. It is very hard to navigate those things especially on reading comp. I am also under the impression that you have to answer every question before moving on to the next. Those are the negatives.

 

[jefguth]

You either have to answer the question or flag it for review when going through the test. Still, I think that this would make the test considerably more diffucult since it would not so easy to review your answers or even look back at the reading passages. Plus, I think it would be be percetpually very weird to do a test like this on a monitor instead of paper lying flat on a table.

So happy that I won't be one of the guinea pigs for this...

 

[DubZteR]

You either have to answer the question or flag it for review when going through the test. Still, I think that this would make the test considerably more diffucult since it would not so easy to review your answers or even look back at the reading passages. Plus, I think it would be be percetpually very weird to do a test like this on a monitor instead of paper lying flat on a table.

So happy that I won't be one of the guinea pigs for this...

hiya .. lol 🙂

 

[drbizzaro]

hiya .. lol 🙂

MAN, why do you KEEP laughing and saying "hiya"?

are you a YADE with a LINDSAY switched from the UW campus?