Optometry OAT's

[jkvan87]

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i'm still a freshman in college and seriously thinking about joining optometry school. Spent quite a while researching this career and decided this is what I want.



For the test, should I start studying portions by portions now? or would the tests and topic continually change year by year? what does the test consist of?


sorry if this is a repost... there is only 2 pages on this forum.

 

[Canadian26]

From my knowledge the test topics are pretty much the same every year. When are you considering writing the OAT? If its after your first year, then sure it would be a good idea to study portions by portions, that way its easier to review later on. My advice is keep all your notes, I gave my general bio notes a friend and had to study from the text book agian, which isnt fun.

 

[jkvan87]

From my knowledge the test topics are pretty much the same every year. When are you considering writing the OAT? If its after your first year, then sure it would be a good idea to study portions by portions, that way its easier to review later on. My advice is keep all your notes, I gave my general bio notes a friend and had to study from the text book agian, which isnt fun.

isn't there a oat guideline out there? or even just an outline of what it consists of? i've always been a procrastinator and cheated my way through highschool... i'm trying to reverse the process.. i'm doing amazing in college by doing so.

 

[Canadian26]

isn't there a oat guideline out there? or even just an outline of what it consists of? i've always been a procrastinator and cheated my way through highschool... i'm trying to reverse the process.. i'm doing amazing in college by doing so.

There is an oat guideline, I have but unfourtanlly I dont know how to attach it 😕 i'll see if i can attach it in a pm or something.

For courses in school, the biggest mistake I made was trying to take everything together. I had 4 labs first year (both sem), and my "easy" course was english. I still managed to do okay, but NOT the standards I was use to.

EDIT: I think I figured it out... See if this works.

 

[jkvan87]

There is an oat guideline, I have but unfourtanlly I dont know how to attach it 😕 i'll see if i can attach it in a pm or something.

For courses in school, the biggest mistake I made was trying to take everything together. I had 4 labs first year (both sem), and my "easy" course was english. I still managed to do okay, but NOT the standards I was use to.

EDIT: I think I figured it out... See if this works.

thanks but i
need a converter to open it and i don't have my office cd handy. once i get it, i'll open it.

does most of the questions come from biology/chem stuff you learn in class?

 

[al-majhul]

thanks but i
need a converter to open it and i don't have my office cd handy. once i get it, i'll open it.

does most of the questions come from biology/chem stuff you learn in class?

Hey there jkvan87. Well, I'm glad you're thinking about the OAT now, but I don't know if you need to start serious, hard-core studying for it yet. Most people I knew took the exam in October during the year prior to when they wanted to go to school. I believe this is the case mostly because of the O-Chem on the exam that people usually aren't exposed to until second or third year of college. Anyway, here are two websites that should help you...

http://www.opted.org/info_oat.cfm

That one is from the Association of School's and College's of Optometry. Opted.org is going to become pretty important in your life soon.

http://www.kaptest.com/repository/t...metry/Learn_About_the_OAT/Learn_About_the_OAT

That page gives you a better idea of the test's content and format I think. I also post it to point out that Kaplan has an AMAZING program to help you study for your OAT. I highly recommend it to anyone serious about improving their score. But you don't want to start the program until just before you take the exam.

Good luck!