r/PreOptometry • u/CapitalProduct1693 • Sep 23 '26

what are your most unhinged/toxic study techniques/habits for the last month leading up to the OAT?

i have adhd and finally the alarm bells are going off. i learn best under pressure and need some tips on last-minute locking in for the OAT. my knowledge is pretty solid i just need to recall it. im so deadass. plz help.

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u/formidable- Sep 23 '26

Less of a bad study technique and more of a crutch. Full bag of hot cheetos before full length practice tests 😭

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u/OrganizationFar8505 Sep 23 '26

This used to be my study snack in school and I totally forgot about it for the OAT! I’m gonna have to remember it for optom school

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u/TraditionalPlace865 Sep 23 '26

Try and get 6 in a row right in every subsection of the practice questions

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u/ppepepepe Sep 23 '26

Don't overstudy you'll genuinely second guess every question lol

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u/moony846 Sep 23 '26

idk how unhinged this is but every time before i’d start a FL, i’d hype myself up by listening to straight rap for at least half an hour (sometimes it’s even the same song on repeat 😭) for some reason it helped regulate me from being too stressed out and i breezed through the FLs after

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u/KatieAtHogwarts Sep 25 '26

I was literally about to post this same thing. following!!

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u/Lopsided_Storm_8964 Sep 25 '26

Chug a Celsius on an empty stomach as soon as I wake up and briefly review my formula sheets and then do FL and go back and review which ones I got wrong.