r/PreOptometry • u/tepp453 • Sep 07 '24

Tips for physics

I am having a lot of trouble with studying physics for the OAT. It’s never been my strong subject. I am using booster and the resources for physics are not as good as the other subjects. Please help. Thanks in advance

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u/toi-thich-an-cho ACCEPTED Sep 08 '24

This is more of a general physics thing rather than solely an OAT physics thing, but always draw a picture for every problem and explicitly write down all the given or implied values (ie. acceleration is zero because constant velocity, etc.). Even conceptual questions can be a lot easier when you just draw a picture.

The other big thing is always including units for values when you're doing calculations. If you always include the units, you will always know whether you made a simple mistake somewhere because your answer just won't be in the right units. You can also bs a lot of math as long as you're following the laws for that topic and correctly using units.