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Retake it for sure
peppergunner
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I've seen some accepted to aviation with those scores, but retake it if you can.
Moriarty617
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Just a tip for people planning to take the ASTB...use these links. They helped me prepare for the Directional Orientation Test (DOT). For those unaware, the DOT is a portion of the ASTB in which you will be given a heading and asked to identify a parking lot. It will seem confusing at first but once you practice you will be a master in no time.
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- https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=_36014
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- https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=_36014
daltonstewart1213
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Hey guys took the ASTB for the first time today and felt okay. Ended up with an OAR of 57 and subtest scores of 7/5/7. Taking it again in mid July and this time around I felt like I really struggled with the Performance Based Measurement Battery and the listening and tracking in particular. Anyone got any advice as to ways to improve the pilot score, through the PBMB in particular?
peppergunner
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Other users have recorded their own examples of the two-tone audio to test themselves. Give that a whirl.
toss10110110
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Hey everyone, this is a thank you post to this community for all the great resources. I got a 60 / 7 / 8 / 8 this morning.
First, I am a recent graduate: I have a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, with an overall GPA of 3.99.
This post will be about how to actually take the test since I found some differences between what I expected and what happened.
1: The math portion was awful. Why? It consisted entirely of word problems. Items such as "construction company A has a base rate of 17000 and a per mile fee of 4.50. Company B has a base rate of 34000 and a per mile fee of 4.25. What is the breakeven cost?"
Believe me I know math. However, sitting down and analyzing this problem in a noisy room (seriously, could people stop talking right outside the door?) when you are aware you are crunched for time is very different than knowing how to do it. So: practice word problems until you are sick of them. Exponents were not important. Logs were not important. DRT and rate A vs rate B were the foundation of probably half the problems. Which brings this to
2: The mechanical comprehension section was almost entirely word problems. This was VERY different than expected. There was one diagram involving pulleys, one involving gears, and an occasional other. Otherwise they were word problems. You need to have a firm understanding of why Bernoulli's effect exists, why Newton's laws are what they are, why weight is not mass. A couple of problems involved Newtons and one in particular asked for comparing a 100N object on the earth vs a 100N object on the moon. Essentially, you need to understand the principles behind the diagrams.
3: The flight knowledge section involved acronyms I have never seen but I imagine were in the FAA handbook.
For the above three, the point I am making is that to do well you have to understand what the meaning is behind the diagrams. It is not enough to memorize pictures. I expected to do better on the math section with my heavy background in statistics and also expected the math section to be more akin to the GRE. There is a trick to nearly every problem since you do not have a calculator, do not overthink any problem. A great example: one question asked what the probability of getting either heads or tails on three successive coin flips is. Sitting here, that's easy: 1/2. "either or". When you are in stressed out test mode, are you going to catch that this is asking something very different than 1/2^3?
An important note: the OAR comes first before any question about aviation. If you haven't taken the full test yet, are you aware of how demoralizing this can be? Do your best to keep in mind that every section is distinct and don't carry feelings of frustration between sections.
The compass trick did not help the UAV section. It is not fast enough. Look at the direction and think of the following "I am facing right of east. East is left of me. North is two left of me". For the same heading, if you needed to find West you would go "I am left of south. South is right of me. West is two right of me". You only need to extrapolate one or two to the left or right to find any of the parking lots with this method. I averaged about 1.4 seconds per target, missed 2, max 3.
Some notes about the throttle/joystick/dichotic listening: this is simpler than it is made out to be. Lean into the ear that is giving instructions. They will be said simultaneously and slowly. It is not a case of white noise in one ear, instructions in the other like some dichotic listening videos suggest. Make it a motor memory that either even/odd is left/right buttons. Write down the emergency instructions. Do NOT focus on the throttle target when the dual joystick/throttle section comes up. The throttle target will move slower than the joystick target, so watch the color with your peripheral vision.
Feel free to PM any questions, I'll be happy to answer. Good luck everyone.
First, I am a recent graduate: I have a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, with an overall GPA of 3.99.
This post will be about how to actually take the test since I found some differences between what I expected and what happened.
1: The math portion was awful. Why? It consisted entirely of word problems. Items such as "construction company A has a base rate of 17000 and a per mile fee of 4.50. Company B has a base rate of 34000 and a per mile fee of 4.25. What is the breakeven cost?"
Believe me I know math. However, sitting down and analyzing this problem in a noisy room (seriously, could people stop talking right outside the door?) when you are aware you are crunched for time is very different than knowing how to do it. So: practice word problems until you are sick of them. Exponents were not important. Logs were not important. DRT and rate A vs rate B were the foundation of probably half the problems. Which brings this to
2: The mechanical comprehension section was almost entirely word problems. This was VERY different than expected. There was one diagram involving pulleys, one involving gears, and an occasional other. Otherwise they were word problems. You need to have a firm understanding of why Bernoulli's effect exists, why Newton's laws are what they are, why weight is not mass. A couple of problems involved Newtons and one in particular asked for comparing a 100N object on the earth vs a 100N object on the moon. Essentially, you need to understand the principles behind the diagrams.
3: The flight knowledge section involved acronyms I have never seen but I imagine were in the FAA handbook.
For the above three, the point I am making is that to do well you have to understand what the meaning is behind the diagrams. It is not enough to memorize pictures. I expected to do better on the math section with my heavy background in statistics and also expected the math section to be more akin to the GRE. There is a trick to nearly every problem since you do not have a calculator, do not overthink any problem. A great example: one question asked what the probability of getting either heads or tails on three successive coin flips is. Sitting here, that's easy: 1/2. "either or". When you are in stressed out test mode, are you going to catch that this is asking something very different than 1/2^3?
An important note: the OAR comes first before any question about aviation. If you haven't taken the full test yet, are you aware of how demoralizing this can be? Do your best to keep in mind that every section is distinct and don't carry feelings of frustration between sections.
The compass trick did not help the UAV section. It is not fast enough. Look at the direction and think of the following "I am facing right of east. East is left of me. North is two left of me". For the same heading, if you needed to find West you would go "I am left of south. South is right of me. West is two right of me". You only need to extrapolate one or two to the left or right to find any of the parking lots with this method. I averaged about 1.4 seconds per target, missed 2, max 3.
Some notes about the throttle/joystick/dichotic listening: this is simpler than it is made out to be. Lean into the ear that is giving instructions. They will be said simultaneously and slowly. It is not a case of white noise in one ear, instructions in the other like some dichotic listening videos suggest. Make it a motor memory that either even/odd is left/right buttons. Write down the emergency instructions. Do NOT focus on the throttle target when the dual joystick/throttle section comes up. The throttle target will move slower than the joystick target, so watch the color with your peripheral vision.
Feel free to PM any questions, I'll be happy to answer. Good luck everyone.
My USMC PFT score is usually between 265 and 280
For the UAV portion I missed one question because of a simple mistake but my average response time was 2-3 seconds. I actually used the compass trick, but I kept one hand on the mouse so I could quickly click the correct response. I slightly tilted the compass to the right so I could fully rotate it on every question I needed to. Hold the compass with your left hand and rotate it accordingly, use the mouse in your right hand.
Regardless of how anyone does it, best advice for the UAV portion is to aim for a response time 3 seconds or below.
Regardless of how anyone does it, best advice for the UAV portion is to aim for a response time 3 seconds or below.
peppergunner
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Never used them, but I'm a huge fan of the Barron's book.
Hi everyone, rising 1/C MIDN and aspiring SNA here. Just got my scores back for my 2nd ASTB attempt, got a 55 OAR and a 7/9/8 AQR/PFAR/FOFAR.
A few insights from this attempt I would like to share:
- As a few people above me have mentioned, the math sub-test consists mostly of word problems; calculations in this section aren't too intense but the most difficult part is reading the question and figuring out what it's trying to ask you. I studied for the math section using old copies of the official SAT and ACT guides I had laying around and it helped A LOT. I definitely recommend finding some SAT/ACT resources and using those to study for the math sub-test in addition to the ASTB books.
- I personally thought that the reading section was the most difficult out of the first three sub-tests this time around. You can expect to get lots of wordy naval documents/passages that you will have to read and obtain information from. I studied for this section and the MCT using the ASTB study guide from Accepted, Inc. (it's the one with a navy blue cover and a picture of pilot wings on the front). For this section, one thing I did that helped a lot is read the passages aloud. I can't exactly explain why or how that worked but I find it easier to comprehend passages if I listen to them in addition to reading them. I don't know if this will work for everyone but I definitely recommend giving it a shot.
- For the MCT, the biggest challenge I faced was the time limit; you only have 15 minutes to answer 30 questions pertaining to various mechanical topics. On this attempt, most of the questions I got in this section were conceptual (I think I only got 2 or 3 questions involving relatively simple physics calculations). I definitely recommend going over some basic concepts in physics such as kinetic/potential energy, Newton's 3 laws of motion, and some basic electrical stuff such as circuit diagrams and Ohm's law. There's also a PDF file called "ASTB Personal Study Guide" or something like that that's circulating the internet (I'm 99.9% sure it's on this website) and that was a huge help for this section, so I definitely recommend going over that. That file is also pretty helpful in general for the entire test, but don't rely on just that when you're studying.
- I didn't find the ANIT portion too difficult but there is a lot of information that you could be tested on here. On this section you can expect questions asking you to identify various parts of an aircraft and what they do, general naval terminology, and some questions on aviation history. I got a question on this sub-test asking me which aircraft was the first to use fly-by wire (it's the F-8 Crusader). Fortunately being an aviation/military history nerd, I knew that on the test but I definitely wasn't expecting that type of question. I also got a question asking me what the first supersonic jet was (the Bell XS-1) so I recommend brushing up on your aviation history. Another thing I would recommend studying are your squadron designators and the type of aircraft that different squadrons fly (i.e., VFAs fly Super Hornets, VAWs fly Hawkeyes, etc.) I also used the Accepted, Inc. ASTB study guide to study for this section and that helped quite a bit.
- For the directional orientation section (the one with the UAV asking you to ID various parking lots), a really helpful trick I used is to draw a compass rose on one of the pieces of scrap paper you're given. I believe another user, @Moriarty617 posted a YouTube video above explaining the trick, but here it is again for convenience:
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- The PBM section on the exam was by far the most challenging. I thought I fought through it pretty well but I really don't think there's a way to truly study for it. I kind of just played Ace Combat using a stick and throttle set I borrowed from my roommate and practiced tracking targets in an effort to prepare for this section (which actually helped quite a bit, in all honesty) but other than that, I improvised a lot. When you're given the emergency procedures part of the PBM, write down the emergency procedures on a piece of scrap paper and reference that during the test so you don't have to commit them to memory.
Feel free to PM me or reply to this post if you have any questions, and I'll do my best to answer them. Good luck everyone!
A few insights from this attempt I would like to share:
- As a few people above me have mentioned, the math sub-test consists mostly of word problems; calculations in this section aren't too intense but the most difficult part is reading the question and figuring out what it's trying to ask you. I studied for the math section using old copies of the official SAT and ACT guides I had laying around and it helped A LOT. I definitely recommend finding some SAT/ACT resources and using those to study for the math sub-test in addition to the ASTB books.
- I personally thought that the reading section was the most difficult out of the first three sub-tests this time around. You can expect to get lots of wordy naval documents/passages that you will have to read and obtain information from. I studied for this section and the MCT using the ASTB study guide from Accepted, Inc. (it's the one with a navy blue cover and a picture of pilot wings on the front). For this section, one thing I did that helped a lot is read the passages aloud. I can't exactly explain why or how that worked but I find it easier to comprehend passages if I listen to them in addition to reading them. I don't know if this will work for everyone but I definitely recommend giving it a shot.
- For the MCT, the biggest challenge I faced was the time limit; you only have 15 minutes to answer 30 questions pertaining to various mechanical topics. On this attempt, most of the questions I got in this section were conceptual (I think I only got 2 or 3 questions involving relatively simple physics calculations). I definitely recommend going over some basic concepts in physics such as kinetic/potential energy, Newton's 3 laws of motion, and some basic electrical stuff such as circuit diagrams and Ohm's law. There's also a PDF file called "ASTB Personal Study Guide" or something like that that's circulating the internet (I'm 99.9% sure it's on this website) and that was a huge help for this section, so I definitely recommend going over that. That file is also pretty helpful in general for the entire test, but don't rely on just that when you're studying.
- I didn't find the ANIT portion too difficult but there is a lot of information that you could be tested on here. On this section you can expect questions asking you to identify various parts of an aircraft and what they do, general naval terminology, and some questions on aviation history. I got a question on this sub-test asking me which aircraft was the first to use fly-by wire (it's the F-8 Crusader). Fortunately being an aviation/military history nerd, I knew that on the test but I definitely wasn't expecting that type of question. I also got a question asking me what the first supersonic jet was (the Bell XS-1) so I recommend brushing up on your aviation history. Another thing I would recommend studying are your squadron designators and the type of aircraft that different squadrons fly (i.e., VFAs fly Super Hornets, VAWs fly Hawkeyes, etc.) I also used the Accepted, Inc. ASTB study guide to study for this section and that helped quite a bit.
- For the directional orientation section (the one with the UAV asking you to ID various parking lots), a really helpful trick I used is to draw a compass rose on one of the pieces of scrap paper you're given. I believe another user, @Moriarty617 posted a YouTube video above explaining the trick, but here it is again for convenience:
- The PBM section on the exam was by far the most challenging. I thought I fought through it pretty well but I really don't think there's a way to truly study for it. I kind of just played Ace Combat using a stick and throttle set I borrowed from my roommate and practiced tracking targets in an effort to prepare for this section (which actually helped quite a bit, in all honesty) but other than that, I improvised a lot. When you're given the emergency procedures part of the PBM, write down the emergency procedures on a piece of scrap paper and reference that during the test so you don't have to commit them to memory.
Feel free to PM me or reply to this post if you have any questions, and I'll do my best to answer them. Good luck everyone!
redskins4789
Member
Just took the ASTB yesterday and got 58 7/9/8. Cant thank the Air Warriors community enough for the tremendous help and info I received on here. This is my second time taking it in the last couple months. I scored a 53 6/5/6 the first time with a week of studying trying to squeeze into a board. Figured I would retake it with proper studying. Here is my gouge;
Books used
Arco-Excellent book for tough practice problems, not too much in depth study material however
Trivium-Decent for basics of all the subtest, practice test are very easy however.
Barrons-Solid material for all the subtest.
Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge-Great in depth material, really helps you visualize the concepts you learn from the other books. Its a huge book all you need to focus on for the ASTB are chapters 3 (full chapter),4 (full chapter) ,5 (only pages 1-17) 6 (Full Chapter) ,7 (only types of turbine engines and landing gear systems), 8 (pages 1-9), 11 (pages 1-12), 12 (1-20), 14 (Know lights and markings), 15 (Airspaces), 16 (pages5-8), 17 (hypoxia and vertigo)
-Kaplans ACT prep-good for basics and some challenging practice problems.
Online Gouges and Flashcards
-Artpickay (Spelling?) his personal study guide is excellent learn it inside and out. Its floating around these forums and not to hard to find.
- http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astb-aviation-nautical-information-test-anit-comprehensive-4718163 Learn these inside and out
- https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=astb-mechanical-comprehension-test good mechanical review
- https://quizlet.com/12233624/physics-basic-formulas-flash-cards/ basic physics formulas know how to use them
- http://navybmr.com/study material/NAVEDTRA 14014.pdf Chapter 1's history is invaluable, Chapter 2's aircraft designators, Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 7 important as well
-Other than that read this thread and the APEX thread they are filled with a lot of valuable info.
MST- I've never been strong in math. I had a lot of exponent questions. Know how to deal with fractional and negative exponents. Had some probability as well. Both times I took it I never got to super difficult questions. Im convinced my math was the sole reason I didn't get my OAR into the 60s. Test shut me down 15 minutes in. Not studying harder for this section is my only regret. Use Khan Academy.
RCT-Not really anyway to game this. The amount of reading you do while studying should suffice for enough practice. Lots of dry reading. None of the questions were more than a paragraph long.
MCT- This is really a mixed bag. The first time I took it it was alot of basic physics this time around it was more mechanics. I encountered friction problems both times and lever problems. The study guides and knowing how to apply basic physics formulas should be enough.
ANIT- Some easy questions about basic principles and some difficult history problems. Most history problems I encountered were WW2 era. I literally had 4 history questions that were covered in the APEX thread. This section is definitely geared more towards the aviation side rather than the nautical.
NAFTI- Ego Killer
PBM
This section can absolutely be gamed as evidenced by my PFAR going up 4 points within a couple months. I've had a strong background in sports and video games growing up and I know it helped. Treat this like gameday on your way to the test listen to some music that gets you hyped and just relax and have fun with the PBM. If your tense you will not perform well.
UAV- https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=_36014 practice these till they become second nature. I missed one out of the 40 and averaged about a second per answer. These flachcards are the only reason I improved so much. The compass trick didn't work for me. I just looked at the map and in my head I orient the heading by saying little right, little left, far right, far left, right, left, straight, behind. After the orientation I look at the parking lots and pick one.
Listening- Lean into the target ear and close your eyes
Tracking- Pay more attention to the 2D target and use peripherals to track vertical target. With the vertical target it helped me to slow the throttle up when I was approaching it to not over shoot it. Understand that the vertical axes are inverted and during calibration they wont be. The night and morning before I closed my eyes and chair flew the whole thing just imagining how the target would move and how I would correspond with the controls. I tracked well for the most part but you are going to have lapses where you lose both targets remain calm and catch up with them. There was a 5-8 second interval for me when everything was just in pure harmony and I was locked on to both. Just understand you wont be locking on them too much. It helped me just to kind of let my mind go blank and just perform.
Tracking and Listening
Just do your best, don't lean into your ear on this one. Its gonna be a complete mess.
Emergency Scenarios
You will find the exact procedures for the scenarios on this site. Anytime one came up I stopped flying and corrected the scenarios as fast as possible and resumed flying. Understand how the knobs correlate to the gauges in the corner. Just stop flying look at the gauges and adjust the knobs, clutch, then fly.
Overall this test is challenging, Ive taken a SIFT for the Army and this one was far more challenging IMO. The biggest thing for me was reading a lot of air warriors gouges. I have been told that its hard to study for the military flight aptitude test and that's a complete fallacy. You can absolutely game these test. I'm a non stem major and not the smartest person but if you study hard and immerse yourself in this you will do well.
Books used
Arco-Excellent book for tough practice problems, not too much in depth study material however
Trivium-Decent for basics of all the subtest, practice test are very easy however.
Barrons-Solid material for all the subtest.
Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge-Great in depth material, really helps you visualize the concepts you learn from the other books. Its a huge book all you need to focus on for the ASTB are chapters 3 (full chapter),4 (full chapter) ,5 (only pages 1-17) 6 (Full Chapter) ,7 (only types of turbine engines and landing gear systems), 8 (pages 1-9), 11 (pages 1-12), 12 (1-20), 14 (Know lights and markings), 15 (Airspaces), 16 (pages5-8), 17 (hypoxia and vertigo)
-Kaplans ACT prep-good for basics and some challenging practice problems.
Online Gouges and Flashcards
-Artpickay (Spelling?) his personal study guide is excellent learn it inside and out. Its floating around these forums and not to hard to find.
- http://www.cram.com/flashcards/astb-aviation-nautical-information-test-anit-comprehensive-4718163 Learn these inside and out
- https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=astb-mechanical-comprehension-test good mechanical review
- https://quizlet.com/12233624/physics-basic-formulas-flash-cards/ basic physics formulas know how to use them
- http://navybmr.com/study material/NAVEDTRA 14014.pdf Chapter 1's history is invaluable, Chapter 2's aircraft designators, Chapters 3, 4, 6, and 7 important as well
-Other than that read this thread and the APEX thread they are filled with a lot of valuable info.
MST- I've never been strong in math. I had a lot of exponent questions. Know how to deal with fractional and negative exponents. Had some probability as well. Both times I took it I never got to super difficult questions. Im convinced my math was the sole reason I didn't get my OAR into the 60s. Test shut me down 15 minutes in. Not studying harder for this section is my only regret. Use Khan Academy.
RCT-Not really anyway to game this. The amount of reading you do while studying should suffice for enough practice. Lots of dry reading. None of the questions were more than a paragraph long.
MCT- This is really a mixed bag. The first time I took it it was alot of basic physics this time around it was more mechanics. I encountered friction problems both times and lever problems. The study guides and knowing how to apply basic physics formulas should be enough.
ANIT- Some easy questions about basic principles and some difficult history problems. Most history problems I encountered were WW2 era. I literally had 4 history questions that were covered in the APEX thread. This section is definitely geared more towards the aviation side rather than the nautical.
NAFTI- Ego Killer
PBM
This section can absolutely be gamed as evidenced by my PFAR going up 4 points within a couple months. I've had a strong background in sports and video games growing up and I know it helped. Treat this like gameday on your way to the test listen to some music that gets you hyped and just relax and have fun with the PBM. If your tense you will not perform well.
UAV- https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=_36014 practice these till they become second nature. I missed one out of the 40 and averaged about a second per answer. These flachcards are the only reason I improved so much. The compass trick didn't work for me. I just looked at the map and in my head I orient the heading by saying little right, little left, far right, far left, right, left, straight, behind. After the orientation I look at the parking lots and pick one.
Listening- Lean into the target ear and close your eyes
Tracking- Pay more attention to the 2D target and use peripherals to track vertical target. With the vertical target it helped me to slow the throttle up when I was approaching it to not over shoot it. Understand that the vertical axes are inverted and during calibration they wont be. The night and morning before I closed my eyes and chair flew the whole thing just imagining how the target would move and how I would correspond with the controls. I tracked well for the most part but you are going to have lapses where you lose both targets remain calm and catch up with them. There was a 5-8 second interval for me when everything was just in pure harmony and I was locked on to both. Just understand you wont be locking on them too much. It helped me just to kind of let my mind go blank and just perform.
Tracking and Listening
Just do your best, don't lean into your ear on this one. Its gonna be a complete mess.
Emergency Scenarios
You will find the exact procedures for the scenarios on this site. Anytime one came up I stopped flying and corrected the scenarios as fast as possible and resumed flying. Understand how the knobs correlate to the gauges in the corner. Just stop flying look at the gauges and adjust the knobs, clutch, then fly.
Overall this test is challenging, Ive taken a SIFT for the Army and this one was far more challenging IMO. The biggest thing for me was reading a lot of air warriors gouges. I have been told that its hard to study for the military flight aptitude test and that's a complete fallacy. You can absolutely game these test. I'm a non stem major and not the smartest person but if you study hard and immerse yourself in this you will do well.
mewoods3
Member
Took the ASTB for the first time today and scored a 55 7/6/8. My background is an undergraduate degree in economics with a 3.75 GPA. I’m really happy with these scores and would like to thank everyone before me who has posted on Air Warriors. I spent about two months studying for the test and mostly used the gouge on this website to study as well as any practice questions and tests I could find online. I did not purchase any of the study books many others have recommended. I found plenty of free information online and also spent a few hours in Barnes and Noble one day looking through the books but honestly didn’t find the material to be of any higher quality than online material I found. Here’s a few tips from what I experienced:
-For the MST I felt I was doing terrible during the test. I had one combined work problem, a few DRT, and quite a few fraction questions. I was kicked out of the test with about 8 minutes left. My biggest tip is to not get discouraged after the MST if you feel you did poorly. You most likely did better than you think.
-I felt far more comfortable during the RCT. Many others have expressed how boring the passages are and they are right, but it was easier than I was anticipating. I recommend reading the passage out loud to help you stay focused. I didn’t really study for this section, but have taken the GRE before and feel as though studying for that may have helped.
-MCT was interesting. The questions were not anything too challenging. I’d just recommend making sure you are solid on basic physics concepts. I have never taken physics a day in my life and studied pretty heavily for this section. Khan Academy and the study guides on this website are great study materials. I had one easy calculation using Ohm’s law, was asked the formula for work, and a few MA questions. Understand the concepts of Charles’s law, Boyle’s law, and Bernoulli’s Effect.
-ANIT went by really fast and I didn’t feel very confident about a few of my answers. I had 3-4 questions about components of a plane. I didn’t have any history questions or nautical questions. Study the flight instruments.
-For UAV, the compass trick worked great. I answered most of the questions under 3 seconds and missed two.
-The listening test was rough for me at first. The volume was so incredibly loud in the headset and I had a hard time training my brain to listen to one ear. One thing I did that seemed to help during the test was to speak out loud what you hear in the target ear. It helped me concentrate better. The tracking and listening is a mess. Just do your best. I don’t really have any tips because I felt like a hot mess the entire time. Just relax and try to have fun I guess.
-The entire time I was doing the emergency scenarios I thought it was a practice session. I wasn’t really focused on tracking the targets and was just trying to figure out how to turn the knobs on the throttle. I guess it didn’t hurt my score too bad. I wrote the procedures down on paper like others have recommended.
Good luck to everyone!
-For the MST I felt I was doing terrible during the test. I had one combined work problem, a few DRT, and quite a few fraction questions. I was kicked out of the test with about 8 minutes left. My biggest tip is to not get discouraged after the MST if you feel you did poorly. You most likely did better than you think.
-I felt far more comfortable during the RCT. Many others have expressed how boring the passages are and they are right, but it was easier than I was anticipating. I recommend reading the passage out loud to help you stay focused. I didn’t really study for this section, but have taken the GRE before and feel as though studying for that may have helped.
-MCT was interesting. The questions were not anything too challenging. I’d just recommend making sure you are solid on basic physics concepts. I have never taken physics a day in my life and studied pretty heavily for this section. Khan Academy and the study guides on this website are great study materials. I had one easy calculation using Ohm’s law, was asked the formula for work, and a few MA questions. Understand the concepts of Charles’s law, Boyle’s law, and Bernoulli’s Effect.
-ANIT went by really fast and I didn’t feel very confident about a few of my answers. I had 3-4 questions about components of a plane. I didn’t have any history questions or nautical questions. Study the flight instruments.
-For UAV, the compass trick worked great. I answered most of the questions under 3 seconds and missed two.
-The listening test was rough for me at first. The volume was so incredibly loud in the headset and I had a hard time training my brain to listen to one ear. One thing I did that seemed to help during the test was to speak out loud what you hear in the target ear. It helped me concentrate better. The tracking and listening is a mess. Just do your best. I don’t really have any tips because I felt like a hot mess the entire time. Just relax and try to have fun I guess.
-The entire time I was doing the emergency scenarios I thought it was a practice session. I wasn’t really focused on tracking the targets and was just trying to figure out how to turn the knobs on the throttle. I guess it didn’t hurt my score too bad. I wrote the procedures down on paper like others have recommended.
Good luck to everyone!