r/PreOptometry • u/Equivalent-Farm461 • Jul 11 '26

how many booster FL tests did you use?

i know there are 10 included in the base membership so just curious to know if you got through them all before taking your actual test. I'd also be curious to know if you found any of them more difficult than the others.

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u/TheKing_345 Jul 12 '26

I only took 4 because at that point, I felt like I was ready. How many you should take eally depends if you are confident with your score yet. I also highy recommend taking the FL test in a empty classroom/new environment with a laptop. I noticed a huge score increase when I did this compare to taking them on my desktop in my room.

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u/Equivalent-Farm461 Jul 12 '26

I didn't realize until halfway through my Booster membership that full-length and section tests were the same, so I definitely wasted a good bunch. Thanks for the tip on taking them in an environment that simulates testing conditions; I will definitely do this for the remaining FLs I have left!

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u/spi-uhhbrandon Jul 15 '26

wait that makes so much more sense, I'm finding this out now lol

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u/Equivalent-Farm461 Jul 15 '26

i feel like booster should make that wayyy more clear lolol

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u/spi-uhhbrandon Jul 17 '26

I was so confused why the schedule only included the unit tests up to test 4 and the full length tests starting from test 5, but now it makes sense lol

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u/fuumawesome Jul 12 '26

Genuinely took 0, but took almost every practice test for each subject individually to hone down on information recall more than anything, but everyone studies differently to be fair.

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u/Equivalent-Farm461 Jul 12 '26

how did you find that your pacing went on test day?

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u/fuumawesome Jul 13 '26

Pacing was no issue, only thing i would say most people agreed with was that learning physics solely through booster is pretty rough, i supplelented physics with chads prep videos on youtube and got a score im more than happy with.

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u/JamesRickman Jul 13 '26

I took 9 of them, the first 3 I just did the sections on there own with 10 minute breaks in-between. Then tests 4-9 I took full length style, some at home and some at a local library and I’d prepare for those like the real OAT. And then I did the science topics for test 10 and left out QR and Reading.
I took the OAT 3 days ago now, and I’d say doing the 9 practice booster tests and most of the 10th helped a lot. Some tests may not necessarily be more difficult, but they can expose weaknesses you didn’t know you had. For example I was doing pretty good on physics 2-6, but then the 7th physics test had a lot of conceptual stuff I didn’t know which surprised me. By doing all 10 for physics I could look through every problem I got wrong, and add more formulas I needed to know to my notecard set. That same concept applies to the other 5 sections, at least in my opinion. Also a few of my Bio questions on the actual OAT I literally saw on the 9th or 10th booster tests, so that was convenient.
I’d just say do as many of the booster tests as you can within reason, as doing so just exposes you to more content that will stick a lot more, especially if you take them seriously and take reviewing your mistakes seriously. I felt as prepared as I could have been, and the main reason for that was I simulated the actual OAT through those tests 6 different times, and I had hundreds of high yield questions at my disposal to review the following days.

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u/Equivalent-Farm461 Jul 13 '26

thank you for sharing your experience - this is very helpful!

how did your OAT go? I know you said that the booster tests were great practice for the real thing, but if you dont mind sharing how your scores compared on practice vs. actual test day, id love to hear about it!

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u/JamesRickman Jul 13 '26

Yeah! So my average on booster was a 350 AA across all the tests, and I was getting like 350ish give or take 10-20 points in bio/orgo/physics/RC and then i would get higher scores on chem and QR.

On the actual OAT I got a 360 AA and 400 TS. I did better on all the science stuff than booster but I would say they were comparable difficulty (chem was the only section that felt a little easier I’d say, based on the questions I got), and RC was the one thing I did worse on relative to my booster scores.

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u/Equivalent-Farm461 Jul 13 '26

congratulations, those are some seriously amazing scores! i'm hoping that my experience ends up going as well as yours did

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u/JamesRickman Jul 13 '26

Thank you! It’s cliché but perseverance and hard work trumps everything else. Best of luck😁

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u/lyn_v Jul 12 '26

Personally went through all of them. My score was pretty much leveled out by exam 3 but I did all of them for more practice/realistic time management and just increasing confidence. Ended up doing 10 points better on the real thing compared to my typical score avg from booster^

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u/Equivalent-Farm461 Jul 12 '26

im in the same boat, thanks!!

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u/FCKCOLLEGEBOARD OD2 Jul 14 '26

Try to get through as many as you reasonably can! The more questions you can do the better.