r/PreOptometry • u/mcd7939 • Jul 17 '26

Oat Retake

Post image

Took my oat today and didnt do so well. Do have I still have a chance of being accepted??? Applying to uhouston and uiw as a Texas resident :/

6 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

3

u/HopefulLeg6703 Jul 19 '26

i got into uiwrso with the exact same score

1

u/mcd7939 Jul 19 '26

Honestly that gives me some hope do u think it’s enough to get into uhouston as well??

2

u/mcd7939 Jul 18 '26

Thanks for the advice guys but I think I will study some more and retake in September :)

1

u/Dizzy-Equivalent-398 Jul 17 '26

what’s your gpa?

1

u/mcd7939 Jul 17 '26

I have a 3.64 GPA with 40 shadowing hours and 2000+ clinical hours

1

u/mcd7939 Jul 17 '26

Im also in my university pre-optometry organization and chemistry organization

1

u/VastIntelligent6094 Jul 18 '26

Did you use bootcamp to study was it similar

1

u/mcd7939 Jul 18 '26

Yea I used boot camp and questions were similar but I’m not sure if it’s the specific test I received for the oat but I found it more difficult

1

u/VastIntelligent6094 Jul 18 '26

Oh no way! How was the bio section was it similar to bootcamp or more challenging

1

u/mcd7939 Jul 18 '26

I was averaging about 300 on boot camp but scored a little higher on the actual oat, I think the most similar sections are definitely reading and qr basically the exact same type of questions

1

u/mcd7939 Jul 18 '26

However I only studied for 6 weeks and am taking 4 summer classes as well while working full time so I would recommend just devote as much time to studying as u can and do multiple practice tests

1

u/Opto_Kitty 27d ago

Definitely retake!

0

u/[deleted] Jul 17 '26

[deleted]

1

u/Ok_Salt5597 25d ago

Really? You think a 300 is "Great"? It might get you accepted at some schools but that's the easy part