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Hi all,
I went to UC Berkeley for my undergrad and didn't do so well GPA-wise. Overall I got a ~3.0 GPA, but I am currently taking extra classes to raise it. I failed organic chemistry twice as an undergrad. I always felt less capable than others in the sciences since my science GPA was catastrophic at UCB.
For the aforementioned reasons, my morale was low when I started studying for the OAT ~6 months ago. I figured that I could never truly do well on the test if I didn't perform well in the classes initially (even though I retook them and got As).
However, I'm here to tell you that you are 100% capable of getting a good OAT score even if you have a low GPA. All you have to do is put in time. I took a self-paced Kaplan course online. For ~3 months I fkd off and only studied only weekends. I seriously studied for ~1 month (6 hrs per day, 4 days/week on average). I bought the OAT Destroyer but I didn't even open it, planning on selling it off now.
Imo, Kaplan adequately prepared me for test day with the video tutorials and resource bank. Biology was harder than I expected and Ochem was much easier.
Kaplan Diagnostic: 300 AA
Kaplan Full-Length #1: 320 AA
Kaplan Full Length #2: 350 AA
Actual OAT: 360 AA / 370 TS
Never give up on your dreams. Even if they take time. Good luck to all who are applying this cycle.
I went to UC Berkeley for my undergrad and didn't do so well GPA-wise. Overall I got a ~3.0 GPA, but I am currently taking extra classes to raise it. I failed organic chemistry twice as an undergrad. I always felt less capable than others in the sciences since my science GPA was catastrophic at UCB.
For the aforementioned reasons, my morale was low when I started studying for the OAT ~6 months ago. I figured that I could never truly do well on the test if I didn't perform well in the classes initially (even though I retook them and got As).
However, I'm here to tell you that you are 100% capable of getting a good OAT score even if you have a low GPA. All you have to do is put in time. I took a self-paced Kaplan course online. For ~3 months I fkd off and only studied only weekends. I seriously studied for ~1 month (6 hrs per day, 4 days/week on average). I bought the OAT Destroyer but I didn't even open it, planning on selling it off now.
Imo, Kaplan adequately prepared me for test day with the video tutorials and resource bank. Biology was harder than I expected and Ochem was much easier.
Kaplan Diagnostic: 300 AA
Kaplan Full-Length #1: 320 AA
Kaplan Full Length #2: 350 AA
Actual OAT: 360 AA / 370 TS
Never give up on your dreams. Even if they take time. Good luck to all who are applying this cycle.