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Kaplan OAT, 2007-2008 Edition: Optometry Admission Test

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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.

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.

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.

Used this a bit for studying for OAT, and I did not find it that helpful. The test questions were much harder than what I found on the test and stuff I had never learned in the courses. Really didn't learn anything from it. Better to just review your individual courses, thats what I did.

No review book is going to be perfect, because all of them lack the ability to relay the "Oh, crap!" feeling you get as soon as you sit down for the actual OAT.

This book has a long introduction, but it is filled with good tips on how to best handle the test. I took the OAT twice, and after using this book, my score went up 30 points the second time. Which, if you know anything about optometry admissions, you know that a difference of 30 points can make or break your chances of getting an interview.

The book is not a cure-all substitution for hard core preparation. But if you feel you need extra tips for handling the test, or an extra shot at reviewing past questions, then this is the book for you.

Excellent way to study for your OAT. The best thing about this book is that every single study question has a DETAILED explaination of the correct answer in the answer key section. Extremely helpful when you don't know why an answer is right!

I highly, highly recommend this practice book.

Must buy for Optometry Admission Test(OAT).
Book has excellent sections on chemistry, organic chemistry, and biology. I also would study a good biology textbook like Campbell's biology and a good study guide like The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations by Patrick Leonardi..Volume1, Volume 2 & Volume 3.
These study guides had fantastic questions that were helpful for studying for the biology segment of the OAT.

The item it a used book, but in very good condition. Very little, if any, noticeable damage. Still as good as new.