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1,001 questions about the ASTB (post your scores & ask your questions here!)

ethanr8

ethanr8

SNA Applicant
itsderekk said:
Hello all, I am planning to buy the Logitech X52 from Amazon ($159) to practice for the Cockpit Sim. Is it possible (if so, how?) to connect the X52 stick and throttle to the Jantzen io flight practice for my computer? I have an Apple Macbook.
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Pretty sure the ASTB Prep app by Alex Hastings is the only way to use joystick on MacBook. I tried with my X52 and Mac to use Jantzen and couldn’t do it, but the ASTB Prep app’s simulator is fantastic anyways so I don’t feel like I’m missing out lol. The app is $30, but well worth it. No need to get the $159 one btw, the standard X52 is cheaper than that from what I can remember and it’s the one the recruiters have
 
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ChillBeast69

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itsderekk said:
Hello all, I am planning to buy the Logitech X52 from Amazon ($159) to practice for the Cockpit Sim. Is it possible (if so, how?) to connect the X52 stick and throttle to the Jantzen io flight practice for my computer? I have an Apple Macbook.
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Yea man just save urself some money and buy it off ebay
 
CarterL

CarterL

Active Member
Well ladies and gents… I retook the ASTB this morning and pulled off a 7,9,8! My previous test was 1 years ago where I scored 7,7,6.

I decided last month I was going to retake it and try for the immediate selection since there’s been so much uncertainty about the board schedule. I spent about 4-5 hours a day for a month to study up again to retake it.
 
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DBM

Active Member
CarterL said:
Well ladies and gents… I retook the ASTB this morning and pulled off a 7,9,8! My previous test was 1 years ago where I scored 7,7,6.

I decided last month I was going to retake it and try for the immediate selection since there’s been so much uncertainty about the board schedule. I spent about 4-5 hours a day for a month to study up again to retake it.
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Congratulations man
 
ethanr8

ethanr8

SNA Applicant
Just wanted to post here and thank everyone who made this thread extremely helpful. After 3 weeks of hard studying, I took the ASTB for my first time today and scored a 67 9/9/8, and was extremely excited.

There’s plenty of good info on this thread about test-taking strategies, so I’ll try to keep my advice short.

Keys to the test:
1. Understand the ASTB test structure and time management.
2. Be extremely confident on every type of question the test can ask (especially MST, MCT, and ANIT) and how to solve them quickly and accurately. The test will throw you some nasty curveballs which are okay to miss. You can’t know everything, but you need to know what is in the study material! If you can lock those questions down, the curveballs won’t hurt you.
3. Take as many (timed) practice tests from books or Kyle’s/Gomez’s Google drive as possible to become closely familiar with question types. Links to these PDFs can be found in this thread.
4. Study the ANIT Cram cards thoroughly and incorporate ample airspace, carrier flight Jersey, navy history, and navy aircraft and vessel knowledge into your studies.
5. Don’t forget to study the hard stuff. This test is adaptive, so if you do well, the questions will get harder, introducing logs, matrices, and difficult probability questions. You don’t want to miss these questions if you are wanting high score, so make sure you can hit these. I was getting logarithm simplification and matrix multiplication by question 5, which means I was doing well, but I didn’t expect it that early. I’m very glad I studied these.
6. Buy TwoScoops’ ASTB Prep app and the X52. Grind the lessons and the PBM Sims! It’s worth it. If you’re curious, after a few weeks, I was averaging 30-35% on the rear cockpit sim and 29-33% with DLT incorporated. The Terrain Identification on the app is also much more difficult than the real ASTB so it’s very good practice. The UAV sim is great to get reps in and get your time down. Additionally, the practice tests on the app are much harder than the actual test, so it’s very good practice.

Again, thanks to everyone in this thread for all the study material and advice. Putting in my SNA package soon and will be transferring from Coast Guard to Navy!

Feel free to message me with any questions, I’ll try my best to get back to you.
 
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jamesabarrett89

New Member
ethanr8 said:
Just wanted to post here and thank everyone who made this thread extremely helpful. After 3 weeks of hard studying, I took the ASTB for my first time today and scored a 67 9/9/8, and was extremely excited.

There’s plenty of good info on this thread about test-taking strategies, so I’ll try to keep my advice short.

Keys to the test:
1. Understand the ASTB test structure and time management.
2. Be extremely confident on every type of question the test can ask (especially MST, MCT, and ANIT) and how to solve them quickly and accurately. The test will throw you some nasty curveballs which are okay to miss. You can’t know everything, but you need to know what is in the study material! If you can lock those questions down, the curveballs won’t hurt you.
3. Take as many (timed) practice tests from books or Kyle’s/Gomez’s Google drive as possible to become closely familiar with question types. Links to these PDFs can be found in this thread.
4. Study the ANIT Cram cards thoroughly and incorporate ample airspace, carrier flight Jersey, navy history, and navy aircraft and vessel knowledge into your studies.
5. Don’t forget to study the hard stuff. This test is adaptive, so if you do well, the questions will get harder, introducing logs, matrices, and difficult probability questions. You don’t want to miss these questions if you are wanting high score, so make sure you can hit these. I was getting logarithm simplification and matrix multiplication by question 5, which means I was doing well, but I didn’t expect it that early. I’m very glad I studied these.
6. Buy TwoScoops’ ASTB Prep app and the X52. Grind the lessons and the PBM Sims! It’s worth it. If you’re curious, after a few weeks, I was averaging 30-35% on the rear cockpit sim and 29-33% with DLT incorporated. The Terrain Identification on the app is also much more difficult than the real ASTB so it’s very good practice. The UAV sim is great to get reps in and get your time down. Additionally, the practice tests on the app are much harder than the actual test, so it’s very good practice.

Again, thanks to everyone in this thread for all the study material and advice. Putting in my SNA package soon and will be transferring from Coast Guard to Navy!

Feel free to message me with any questions, I’ll try my best to get back to you.
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I you could post example questions for MC anything you remember please. Thank you.
 
ethanr8

ethanr8

SNA Applicant
jamesabarrett89 said:
I you could post example questions for MC anything you remember please. Thank you.
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Here’s what I messaged to someone asking me for gouge:

So for math, I did not have a single DRT problem. I was very surprised. I’ll tell you what I remember though.

Probability of drawing an ace in a deck. Probability of throwing a dart on 3 different days in a 31 day month calendar randomly. Probability of horses x,y,z winning a 5-horse race in that order. What score will x have to get on the test for their average to be y? Logx(root2)=1/6. Simple 2*3 matrix multiplication. Solving a system of trinomials AND factoring it to find the possible answers (there were three correct answers in (X,y) format). RADIANS!! Understand how to solve for the arc length of a pizza slice with area 6pi if the angle is 60°. I had quite a few circle problems. Had chord line problems too. That’s all I can remember for math! I definitely used the app for math yes, but I used mostly practice test PDFs.

I also didn’t study for reading.

I saw pulley, lever, and gear mechanical advantage. I saw one asking what force acted on a post mounted horizontally to a wall if there is a load hanging on the other end? And idk if I was unlucky or what but I had a lot of electricity and circuit problems, like at least 5. They were simple circuits and solving for resistance or current, or finding which light bulb will be lit with x switch closed though. Also had one that made me identify a capacitor. One identifying simple forces in a free body diagram. One conservation of momentum. One was like, if car X accelerates to 32mph and car Y accelerates to 64, how much more kinetic energy does Y have than X?

I don’t remember the ANIT much besides that it was extremely easy. Finished in like less than 5 minutes. Do the cram cards!

Crushed the PBM solely because of the ASTB Prep app. Did bad on the DLT though because I turned the volume up way too high and it had distortion.

I hope this helps! Best of luck on this thing. Just keep in mind the test is a lot different for everyone. You’re gonna crush it.
 
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DBM

Active Member
tjduffy4 said:
got a 1/1/1/12 last friday. is this score good? im trying to see if i should take it again, but i dont want to take it again if i dont have to
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Yeah if you want anything, you'll have to take it again. Please use the drives in here to study.
 
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cbrookins58

New Member
This is my first post here, and I’m looking for advice and opinions about my current situation. I’m in the early stages of applying to OCS and want to see if my current path will set me up for a pilot slot. I recently took the ASTB for the first time and only prepared for two days beforehand. My recruiter said my scores are competitive, but I believe I could do better with more preparation. I know pilot slots are highly competitive, and I want to ensure I have the best chance of securing one. I still have more than a year before I graduate, so I’m not in a rush. I’d appreciate any opinions on whether my current stats are competitive and if there’s anything else I should be doing before graduation.
Thanks!

Current stats:
- ASTB: 63/8/6/7
- Mechanical engineering Student at Georgia Institute of Technology graduating May 2026 (GPA: 3.86)
- Currently work in propulsion research lab on campus
- Current leadership role in student college ministry
- Previous leadership role in Club Aerial Robotics Competition Team
- Previous engine development role within Rocketry Team
- Previous mechanical engineering co-op
 
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