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I have about 3 months to study for the OAT and was researching study materials. What are your guys' opinions on:
  • Chad's Videos
  • Crack the OAT computer software program
  • Kaplan's big purple book
  • OAT Destroyer
  • OAT Achiever computer program

Thanks!!
 
I'm in the same position as you right now. I've started with the big kaplan book, it has some examples but not many questions at all so I feel like I don't get the practice that I need while I'm studying for it... So I'm going to buy the chad's videos for 30 days since he goes through the topics at a good pace and he has quizzes for every topic so that gives you the practice.

after i'm done all this , (I have made my schedule), I should have about 2 weeks left between finishing my studying and the day of the exam. During these 2 weeks i'm going to work on the OAT Achiever exams so I can get a feel for the exams and time myself.

let me know what you decide on .
 
I'm in the same position as you right now. I've started with the big kaplan book, it has some examples but not many questions at all so I feel like I don't get the practice that I need while I'm studying for it... So I'm going to buy the chad's videos for 30 days since he goes through the topics at a good pace and he has quizzes for every topic so that gives you the practice.

after i'm done all this , (I have made my schedule), I should have about 2 weeks left between finishing my studying and the day of the exam. During these 2 weeks i'm going to work on the OAT Achiever exams so I can get a feel for the exams and time myself.

let me know what you decide on .

@catsomgcats I'm still in the process of making my schedule! But I know I'm definitely using Chad's videos and the big Kaplan book. I'm still not sure which order to go in however. I'm anticipating that this will take me 1 1/2 - 2 months. After that, I want to take practice tests that are representative of the OAT so I'm not sure what to use next.
 
I have about 3 months to study for the OAT and was researching study materials. What are your guys' opinions on:
  • Chad's Videos
  • Crack the OAT computer software program
  • Kaplan's big purple book
  • OAT Destroyer
  • OAT Achiever computer program

Thanks!!
I used a lot of different sources but did not finish each one by itself. For example I bought the kaplan big book but only read two sections from the book. I would do a chapter of Cliffs Ap biology and then check to see what the kaplan big book had on that certain bio subject ( so I combined the two books' info in a way ), I did the same thing for the physics section and since I knew I was weak in physics I went and purchased another resource Princetons OAT book which is a book just on physics ( highly recommend it, was awesome). After reading all these physics sections I then watched chads videos just to make sure I covered everything that he spoke about. It did help. I also watched Chads videos for gen chem and organic chemistry and AFTER i finished all his quizzes post video I went and did every question in the OAT destroyer book. SO, I dedicated 1.5 months to reviewing material, and 1.5 months to doing OAT destroyer and working on the sections I didn't think I would be good at like biology ( just because there is SO MUCH information) and physics.
This is the method I found that worked best for me and was accepted to my top choice.

I should also add that I did purchase OAT achiever and attempted to do 2 practice exams. My scores were terrible but it's good to have an idea of how the computer software runs and I think these programs did stimulate the actual exam. The CONTENT however, was not a good representation of the actual exam. The actual OAT was wayyyyy easier than these practice exams.
 
I used a lot of different sources but did not finish each one by itself. For example I bought the kaplan big book but only read two sections from the book. I would do a chapter of Cliffs Ap biology and then check to see what the kaplan big book had on that certain bio subject ( so I combined the two books' info in a way ), I did the same thing for the physics section and since I knew I was weak in physics I went and purchased another resource Princetons OAT book which is a book just on physics ( highly recommend it, was awesome). After reading all these physics sections I then watched chads videos just to make sure I covered everything that he spoke about. It did help. I also watched Chads videos for gen chem and organic chemistry and AFTER i finished all his quizzes post video I went and did every question in the OAT destroyer book. SO, I dedicated 1.5 months to reviewing material, and 1.5 months to doing OAT destroyer and working on the sections I didn't think I would be good at like biology ( just because there is SO MUCH information) and physics.
This is the method I found that worked best for me and was accepted to my top choice.

I should also add that I did purchase OAT achiever and attempted to do 2 practice exams. My scores were terrible but it's good to have an idea of how the computer software runs and I think these programs did stimulate the actual exam. The CONTENT however, was not a good representation of the actual exam. The actual OAT was wayyyyy easier than these practice exams.

Thanks everyone for sharing their strategies! A lot of people are saying the Kaplan book is too detailed and the material can get dry extremely fast. I'm witnessing it now actually.. As you studied, did you constantly take notes? Or just read the material and do practice questions?
 
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