Kaplan OAT, 2007-2008 Edition: Optometry Admission Test [Paperback]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; Original edition (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419551264
• ISBN-13: 978-1419551260
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #57 in Books > Medical Books > Allied Health Professions > Optometry

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars THE EDITORAL SUMMARY IS MISLEADING, September 15, 2006

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J. McAtee - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaplan OAT, 2007-2008 Edition: Optometry Admission Test (Paperback)

The review above says it contains "review of all the subjects" included in the OAT. THAT IS NOT TRUE. I REPEAT:

THERE ARE NO REVIEW SECTIONS IN THIS BOOK.

The Kaplan OAT, 2007-2008 version is no different than the previous ones. It only contains practice questions / tests. THAT IS ALL.

If you want to actually have a study guide type book don't waste your money here. I guess your best best is to buy the MCAT comprehensive review.

Oh well, I guess I have yet ANOTHER OAT book full of practice questions and no real guided method of review.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Try something else for Organic practice and study advice, January 5, 2007

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CLN (Detroit, Michigan) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kaplan OAT, 2007-2008 Edition: Optometry Admission Test (Paperback)

As far as the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics practice questions go this book is very helpful. The Organic Chemistry review questions are another story.

The actual exam uses Organic Chemistry abbreviations and terms that are not mentioned, explained or reviewed. If you want to improve your Organic score I would not rely on this study guide. It is also 'thin' on study advice.

The only thing that you will learn about studying for and taking the test is that you can go back and forth between the questions in a section, and there is no penalty for getting a wrong answer. The test is not a computer adaptive tests, so the difficulty of later questions does not depend on getting earlier questions correct. Unlike other Kaplan books I have used to help with standardized exams, this one has no advice or help; in fact the book gives bad advice.

The quantitative reasoning section of the test includes 50 questions that need to be answered in 40 minutes. Which is 48 seconds per question. The book mentions a rule that will get a question answered fast, but instead of explaining the rule, tells you to work through the problem 'the long way'. Kaplan has missed the mark on this one.

I get the feeling that Kaplan didn't do any research, or put any thought into this test. It seems as if they just cut and pasted sections from other study guides together so they could sell more books. All this one is good for is the practice tests, and if that is how you study best, get a book with more than two tests.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't have any study material, February 11, 2008

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N. Broschinsky (Utah USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kaplan OAT, 2007-2008 Edition: Optometry Admission Test (Paperback)

This book is great for getting practice problems and a few test taking tips but that is about it. I have a couple of friends that bought the Kaplan book for the DAT and it is this huge, couple hundred page novel. I thought this would be the same, unfortunately I was wrong. This book is only pratice problems and tests. It does give descent explanations for the answers but that is about all you get.