OAT: Complete Preparation for the Optometry Admission Test [Paperback]

Aftab S. Hassan (Author), Ruth E. Lowe Gordon (Contributor), Jeffrey D. Zubkowski (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0781728401 | ISBN-13: 978-0781728409

ased on published guidelines from the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, this review guide covers concepts and skills required to master the latest OAT model. Readers will also find a complete OAT practice exam with solutions. Most students take the OAT during their sophomore or junior year in college. There are nearly 2,500 applicants vying for just over 1,200 positions, and the OAT is an increasingly important tool for admissions committees choosing among highly qualified candidates

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (March 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781728401
• ISBN-13: 978-0781728409
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #375,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > Medical Books > Allied Health Professions > Optometry

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An "average" prep book, but better than nothing, June 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: OAT: Complete Preparation for the Optometry Admission Test (Paperback)

This book is an "average" test preparer. What I like about it is that it does a good job describing the field of optometry, and what to expect, however the reviews of the subjects are not as helpful as one would want. The book often suggests that you review another book on a certain area/subject. It does have a complete OAT exam, and offers many techniques and tips for the reading comprehension section, and tips on time managment that will improve speed, which is one of the most important factors that can achieve a good score. This makes the book helpful. I recommend that people study MCAT reviews, because they go into detail when reviewing individual subjects, and can better prepare someone for the OAT exam. At least this book is worth getting because it is of the few books available for pre-optometry students who wish to know more about the exam and the general practice. By reviewing the book and taking to heart what they say about time management, and taking the practice exam, you will know what areas you need to improve on while preparing for the OAT, and what you can do to improve your time on the day of the real exam.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy Kaplan's MCAT Review instead., October 21, 2002

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Jamie VanderLoon (Rodney, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: OAT: Complete Preparation for the Optometry Admission Test (Paperback)

I hate to say this because I'm currently trying to sell my copy of this book on Amazon, but this book was not very helpful. Like the last review says, it's really just an outline with a few sample questions. Even the sample questions were nothing like what I just took, and the explanations of the answers were too brief to be helpful. There was a lot of BS about preparation and test taking strategies which was all common sense. It really seems like this book was just thrown together to make some money, not to help students. The MCAT Review book, on the other hand, was very helpful. I didn't even look at the sample questions, but I read over the organic chemistry sections the night before the OAT, and the organic part of the OAT was a breeze. I also used it last semester to study for my Chemistry final, which I aced! Obviously since it's not made for the OAT, some parts were irrelevant, but it was worth the buy.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You don't need to buy this book, September 12, 2002

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Socrates Maroudis (Lexington, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: OAT: Complete Preparation for the Optometry Admission Test (Paperback)

I am still trying to figure out how the authors of this book managed to include hundreds pages of text with so little review material. If you are buying this book because you want a condensed review of the topics on OAT exam then don't. For all the sections except physics, and quantitative reasoning, it just gives outline and a few sample questions. You can get similar outlines for the sections when you get your OAT application. Some optometry schools also list the topics covered in the exam on their web site. You are much better off just getting out your school books or buying discipline specific review material for all the sections. If this book was the only resource you had to study for the test then you would utterly fail. The physics portion of the book has the most review material, but manages to leave out extremely important equations for linear motion, motion in two directions, torques, etc. Instead it gives cryptic descriptions of these topics which aren't very useful in an exam setting. There are a couple of theory questions on the samples exams I have seen, but most of the questions require you to substitute variables and solve equations. Also, i did the physics section of their sample OAT exam. In no way would that section ever be on the test. I have a BS in engineering and physics is one of my better subjects. I struggled with the section and was not able to finish it in the alloted time. It was very difficult and even required solving a quadratic equation to answer one of the questions. I took the physics portion of the test under timed conditions from sample exams included in the application packet and the Top-score pro software. They were more realistic to questions on a real OAT exam. It is a shame that this book is the only OAT specific book that I know of. For people who have to study for the exam at the last minute don't expect this book to be very helpful.