The average AA for acceptance across all optometry schools is approximately a 320. This is just an average though – you can certainly get accepted with lower OAT scores depending on the strength of the rest of your application and where you apply.

Many schools also have cutoff minimum OAT scores. Each school has a different cutoff, and some have no cutoff.

It is generally favorable to show consistency across all OAT subjects (demonstrating that you are well-rounded) rather than a very high OAT score in one OAT subject offset by a very low OAT score in another.

The OAT (Optometry Admissions Test) grades you on 6 different subjects:
Biology (BIO)
General Chemistry (GC)
Organic Chemistry (OC)
Physics (P)
Reading Comprehension (RC)
Quantitative Reasoning (QR)

Each subject is scored on a standardized scale out of 400 points. A score of 300 equates to the 50th percentile in that section. There are no deductions for incorrect answers. Thus, you should always fill out every answer option – it doesn’t hurt you to guess!

In addition to the 6 individual scores you’ll receive above, you’ll get an Academic Average (AA) score, which is the most important number. The AA is the mean of your scores (i.e. AA = (BIO + GC + OC + RC + P + QR) / 6), rounded to the nearest integer.