Physics on the OAT

[Tara M]

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Hello, to anyone who has taken the OAT, I was wondering if you can help me out with the physics part! I'm a bit stressed about concerning the formulas and how to prep for it. First, do we need to know all of the formulas or that will be given to us (during my undergraduate years the formulas where always provided to us, thus I never had to memorize any of them).
Also, how would you rate the difficulties of the questions, for example right now I am reading the Kaplan's 5th edition comprehensive review for the OAT and the questions are fairly simple and not complicated.
Thank you so much!

 

[Roffles]

You'll need to know the equations. They are definitely not given to you on the OAT, and there's no way of telling which you'll need to know. I honestly just say down for a couple hours and memorized them. As you study, they'll become carved into memory anyway, but don't count in that.

The questions really aren't that bad. They're pretty straight forward. Some are tricky, so skip them and come back. Know your stuff.

Kaplan has a laminated sheet with equations and stuff on it. I used that while studying and it had everything I needed for the test.

Good luck.

 

[Tara M]

Thanks a lot!

 

[shah90]

I agree with Roffles. You will need to memorize the equations - Khan academy and Chad's videos sort of helped me figure out how to derive them in case I forgot.

For my exam, most of the questions weren't very calculation-based but more concept based