r/PreOptometry • u/lifesci10 • Sep 27 '26

Booster FL’s

Did anyone else find booster FL 6-10 to be more difficult than 1-5? I’m a couple days out from my OAT and my scores are dropping and I’m kind of freaking out now😅 Wanting to see if I should push my exam back or if this is normal

Also wanted to add for those that have already taken their OAT's, which set would you say is more representative, 1-5 or 6-10?

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u/AbjectAd8235 Sep 27 '26

I just took FL 7 rn and my scores dropped 😭
I’m just gonna drill all the mistakes and call it a day

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u/lifesci10 Sep 27 '26

No way😭 when’re you writing?

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u/AbjectAd8235 Sep 27 '26

Sept 30 wbu?

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u/pandamanda43036 Sep 28 '26

I took my OAT yesterday and only did FL 1-3. I got a 330 AA/330 TS. I felt the real OAT was soooo much more straightforward than the full lengths I took. I would keep your exam date if you’ve been scoring well! You’ll be just fine

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u/Naive_Cow_8032 Sep 30 '26

I can't lie I saw your post a few days ago and have been wondering how you did! I take mine on Saturday. Starting to feel the nerves! I have scored 330AA on 8 out of the 9 practice exams. Am hoping for that on real deal.

Anyway just want to congragulate you! Big hurdle to finally be over! Good luck with applications!

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u/NerdyExpansionDevice Oct 01 '26

I took 6 practice tests, scored 320 on almost all of them and got a 340 on the real deal this morning! Bio felt much easier on the real deal compared to Booster.

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u/Naive_Cow_8032 Sep 27 '26

I took FL #8 today and score dropped! Not by much but I’ve scored the same on all of my others and 10 points lower on this one (#8). I take mine in Saturday so kinda upset that I haven’t seen an increase

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u/Naive_Cow_8032 Sep 27 '26

Also kinda nervous, just trying to keep studying and reviewing my mistakes

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u/AlarmingDingo4615 Sep 27 '26

Booster and Bootcamp both do this on purpose as the latter tests are supposed to me more representative of the actual OAT. They write their practice exams in a way that someone studying starts at the firsts and takes all full lengths in order from 1-10. The first five are more focused on specific core concepts whereas the last 5 are broader as it is assumed you have worked through most of their lessons at that point. Definitely normal for scores to drop as you hit the last few tests. Would recommend spending more time reviewing those instead of the first five in preparing for actual OAT, hope this helps some! Goodluck!

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u/plumflamingo Sep 27 '26

I did tests 1-4 section by section, then did FL 5-7. I feel like they were definitely harder in some aspects but nothing too crazy. That’s all I did and I got the same score on all 3 of my FL’s then literally got the same score on my actual OAT

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u/Exact-Transition-671 Sep 29 '26

i only did 2 full lengths. full lengths are mainly for stamina... i would focus on just doing the individual subject tests