OAT dates

[Mandanesss]

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When are the testing dates for the OAT?

 

[kiwi5frog]

When are the testing dates for the OAT?

They are pretty much all the time, as in 2 or 3 times ALMOST every day

 

[Mandanesss]

Oh good! Thanks for your help!

 

[kiwi5frog]

Oh good! Thanks for your help!

my pleasure! Thinking of switching from pre-med to opt? I noticed you are listed as pre-med. 🙂

 

[Mandanesss]

Yes actually. I never even thought to consider optometry as a possible career route up until a couple weeks ago. Now the more I read about it, the more I feel like it's a better fit for me. But now everything is new to me, I'm kind of confused on the scoring of the OAT. Could you explain it to me?

 

[kiwi5frog]

Yes actually. I never even thought to consider optometry as a possible career route up until a couple weeks ago. Now the more I read about it, the more I feel like it's a better fit for me. But now everything is new to me, I'm kind of confused on the scoring of the OAT. Could you explain it to me?

This forums a good place. I'm not sure if there is another thread on this, i'm sure there is, but the basics is that 300 is the median, 330 makes you average, above 350 makes you 90th percentile, 400 is top score.

That same scoring system is applied to the subjects (say...400 on your physics portion, or 280 on your science, etc etc)

There's a thread somewhere on the forums where people posted all their stats (including OATS) and got in. There's a pretty good range, but you definitely need to be above the 300 mark (though there are rare cases of below 300s getting in)

anyone got links for this new comer?