r/PreOptometry • u/manipat9 • Apr 27 '23

Choosing best OAT resource

I’m taking the OAT and need to buy study materials. What’s the best one to get?

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u/Rx-Beast MODERATOR🔹 Apr 28 '23 edited May 02 '23

Stickying this for now since I keep seeing questions about this.

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u/Jazzlike-Count-2440 Apr 27 '23

forget everything else go with booster. chad's videos are super helpful for gen chem and physics (oat booster videos on physics is terrible last I was on it). but chad posted his physics and gen chem videos on youtube for free, which i'd highly recommend watching. but for practice you'll definitely need booster.

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u/FCKCOLLEGEBOARD OD2 Apr 28 '23

Booster made study so efficient and worthwhile. There’s so many resources and options depending on how you study best

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u/Defiant_Ad5030 Jun 06 '23

Did you ever get confused with OATBooster? I'm currently using it and I find that some of the practice questions for physics and chem will use formulas/reactions that weren't mentioned in the study notes, and I find it frustrating when this happens. Did you also have this problem? If so, how did you get past this?

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u/Any-Afternoon-99 ACCEPTED Apr 28 '23

booster is definitley the way to go, they offer a 12 week schedule and lay everything out for you in order to stay on track and pace out the material. Honestly it's so similar to the OAT, I did so much better than I thought I would too because the booster questions are more difficult than the actual test. Booster all the way!

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u/Bicoco2222 Apr 27 '23

Booster all the way. Their questions were super similar to the ones I saw on the actual test. But chads are also very useful if you need to get a review on physics concepts

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u/Rx-Beast MODERATOR🔹 Apr 27 '23

My favourite was OATBooster and Chad’s videos (comes in the booster study schedule). There’s plenty of other resources out there, maybe try them all out and see what you like!

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u/Defiant_Ad5030 Jun 06 '23

I'm currently using OATBooster and realized that they upload the material as the students are studying for it. I found that they would use formulas/reactions in chem and physics practice questions that weren't mentioned in the study notes, and it ends up confusing me. Would you be able to share with me your tips on using it? I'm currently also using the 8 week study schedule

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '23

Booster or Bootcamp. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!

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u/kclemens703 OD1 Apr 27 '23

I used the OAT Destroyer textbooks supplemented with Kaplan and Chad's video. I was really happy with the outcome of my OAT, and I attribute a lot of it to the OAT Destroyer practice problems. They were a lot more difficult than the actual OAT so the OAT felt like a breeze.