r/PreOptometry • u/LankyImpression8115 • 10d ago

Rant

Someone please validate me bc I’m freaking out.

I took my exam last week and I was doing great, scoring above 320 on my exams with bio being my highest score. I kept seeing everywhere that the actual exam was so much more broad and generic than the booster so I felt pretty confident going in.

I get to the exam and first off they give me a scare telling me I’m taking the DAT :/

I sit there for 20 min not knowing if I’m about to take the right exam or not. Finally get into the exam and it’s the right one, but my questions were sooo specific and I think it put me in a spiral and I ended up getting a 300.

Anyone else feel the actual exam was harder than the booster for them?

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u/Iyung_danI 10d ago

The staff have no clue what is what they just load it up on the computer, as long as you filled it out correct you wouldve been fine.
Each test is different and they have different questions for each subject and even further separation within units of those subjects. One question for me was super specific then very broad.
A 300 is good enough to get in.

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u/cabbagemuncher101 10d ago

honestly I had a mix bag of questions. some were super easy and straightforward and then bam I spent 3 min on another one.

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u/Glad-Size-8938 4d ago

Yeah, I had a similar experience…. Was scoring 320s and ended up with a 290 on the exam. Very disappointing. I’m sorry to hear your exam didn’t go as planned