OAT studying v. scores!!!

[broncos24]

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I think I need around a 350 or so on my OAT in order to get in with my status. I have an interview scheduled for November (primarily due to high cum and prereq gpas), but I'm planning to take the OAT in January.

For those of you who got around a 350 on the OAT... can you help me out and tell me how much you studied for it!? I'm planning to spend December 20th-January 15th for it... How many hours per day? I am totally frightened and it's only october!!!!!!

 

[Jenboo23]

Hey Broncos24

Don't be frightened!
I think those 3-4 weeks you are giving yourself to study will definitely be MORE than enough time to fully prepare yourself, provided you have already taken biology (physiology will also help), general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics.

I got 360 AA and 370 TS and I studied about 0-6 hours per week for 3 months on the biology section alone (i had a summer job) and then when I was done working I had 7 full days x 8 hours a day to study the rest of the sections. The practice test on the opted site is a good example to give you an idea how you will do on the OAT. I found I did about on average 10 points higher on the practice OAT (from the opted website) compared to the real OAT. I preformed just as I had predicted - poorly on OC and RC and good on the rest! Don't stress out - be confident in your abilities! If you study, you'll be fine!

 

[pienfoo]

Hi. im still waiting for replies myself but i don't think you need over a 350+ to get in. The fact that you got interviews before submitting your OATs indicates that you have a strong GPA and the school thinks u'll do just fine. so yea relax.

anyway, i studied a month prior to taking my OATs for the second time (360aa370ts). What helped me alot was not having to spend a big chunk of time on bio since I've been reviewing my bio material over the year. My weakest subject was physics, so I spent the first week going over important equations and problems, and then just reviewed for the next couple of weeks along with all the other sections. For QR, I think it is helpful to go over a section of problems every day or two instead of doing them in one big chunk. For ochem, you only need to know the first half (maybe a little more) so just go over those. Chem is pretty random but the questions arn't hard, so if you know your concepts well u'll do fine. For reading, don't get scared or freeze up if you get a hard passage, keep a good pace and skip the questions that you have trouble with (but don't give up too easily!).

a month is plenty of time to prep for the test. you'll do just fine. relax and eat well!!! 👍