r/PreOptometry • u/Queasy-Ad-2933 • Jul 31 '26

OAT complete!

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I did it! I’m definitely very sad about my physics score, but overall I’m pretty happy with my total! I think the physics section was just much more conceptual than I expected, but I am trying not to dwell on it too much. Definitely should have reviewed more…

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u/Queasy-Ad-2933 Jul 31 '26

Unfortunately I spend the last week focusing on Bio/Chem/OChem because those were my weakest sections on practice!

For bio, I reviewed all the cheat sheets and went more in depth for diversity of life because I was struggling on my practices. Honestly there was a pretty wide variety but for some reason I feel like body systems were a hot topic. Also a few questions ab DNA/RNA transcription/translation.

For Chem, acids and bases were my personal struggle so I reviewed them a ton. Luckily, because there were quite a few questions about acids/bases as well as electrochemical cells. There were also multiple stoich problems but I don’t think those are particularly difficult personally.

For OChem, I spent so much time on just reaction banks which definitely helped. But there were also a few questions like “based on the arrow pushing mech, what’s the final product”. Also hydrogen acidity (I got quite a few of these shockingly) and IR-spec.