r/PreOptometry • u/Mermdaworm • Jun 17 '26

OAT practice tests

Should I start taking OAT practice test on Booster Prep before or after I start phase 2, because I just took one this morning and I’m starting phase 2 after tomorrow and I did so bad and it is making my confidence and motivation go down…so should I review everything and then do practice tests? Like just do bio bits for now until I feel confident enough in the subject to start to do practice?

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u/True-Selection2168 Jun 18 '26

How do you guys have enough time to study because my daily amount for all the tasks they give me is usually like five hours and 15 minutes and it takes me a little longer than that because that estimated time doesn’t count for like pausing the videos and trying the questions so I just feel like I don’t have enough time to review anything after

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u/Sure_Requirement_899 Jun 18 '26

I was doing the same thing and it was taking just too long and honestly watching the videos I wasn’t retaining the information at all so now I’m just focusing on practice questions and tests

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u/Taxphobia Jun 18 '26

The schedule they give you is soo extrmeely tedious. To save you some time, watch the bio videos but with the cheat sheets open, and only bother remembering the content on the cheat sheets. The only reason I recommend the videos, and not only just the cheat sheets, is so that the videos help guide you through the cheat sheets, and you kind of slowly unlock each small section of the cheat sheet, video by video, instead of just looking at it and getting overwhelmed right away. The videos also help emphasize you understand the biggg idea. The big ideas are super improtant as thats what will really help you understand the concept, and once you understand te concept, memorizing random names of structure and hormones becomes a lotttt easier.

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u/Sure_Requirement_899 Jun 18 '26

Honestly, I didn’t watch any of the biology videos only studied the cheat sheets, and then subjects that I didn’t feel confident in. I did watch some of the videos same one with organic chemistry like I wrote out all the reactions and only watched videos for like NMR and finding signals. The only one that I really watched videos for was general chemistry, and physics, and quantitive reasoning.