You will be fine then. Keep in mind this is 60-70s on both stick and throttle. Also no you do not need green crosshairs the whole time. I've found that you need to track the targets correctly the whole time and respond quickly to direction changes, but no you do not need green crosshairs.
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Here is a link to what I've found to be a pretty good study guide. Some may have seen it before, but I have recently just found it. Nice and short and straight to the point. Great summary of the most important stuff you should know!
csanfilippo9
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Anybody have any last tips, I take the astb for the third and final time tomorrow morning at 9.
elariosa95
SNA (Primary - VT-6)
Meditate in between sections, bring water and snacks, and don’t forget to pray to Tom Cruise before you walk in
Eat beforehand, bring healthy snacks, stretch between tests. Don't run out of juice before the Anit, UAV, and stick/throttle portions. Track the targets and focus in on the audio playing. Good luck!
piper56M
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like everyone else said, bring snacks and water. Make sure to read the instructions for each of the PBM portions very carefully, and write down the emergency procedures neatly so you can reference them quickly. Don't let perceived performance on past sections influence your mindset going into other sections. Overall, just don't psych yourself out. You got this!
csanfilippo9
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Okay well, I had kinda a tumultuous day that ended with somewhat decent news. My scores are technically not final due to an error with the apex server which did not allow to do dichotic listening. So my recruiter got off the phone with Pensacola and they are going to allow me to redo my pbm portion of the exam. Either tomorrow or in 31 days they haven’t decided because this is a rare case.
Well my scores with a malfunctioning PBM were 51 5,6,6
MST ( I answered about 20 questions)
Cube roots, negative exponents , diving binomials , simple geometry, I saw one DRT and some basic probability. Discounts were present. Didn’t think I did well enough to see some of the more difficult math concepts.
RCT didn’t really study for this , learn how to speed read and look for key words that may help you answer it. 2 of them are very incorrect of the rip, you are left with two similar answers. Thought I did very well on this .
MCT, thought I got most my points on OAR from this , it’s basically all conceptual with exception of some basic distance time problem. You’ll see pulleys, mechanical advantage , conceptual questions about fulcrums. Basically if you can do very basic high school physics it will lead you in the right direction. Kyle’s study guide that’s been linked here will get you most of the way there. Saw some outliers such as a question about superconductivity that I guessed on.
ANIT, this is where things started to go south for me. My test froze in the middle of the section and the timer was still going. But I saw components of an aircraft , parts of a ship. Some airport operations questions and very some questions about flight instruments. One question asked how vortices form and atmospheric pressure CRAM flash cards help a lot as well as the FAA handbook.
PBM , what a disaster. Started off strong use the compass trick with UAV averaged like low 2 seconds but I missed two or three. Tracking was fine, but my audio never worked and the sections froze between intermissions and I had to reset APEX like 4-5 times before I could get it to move on. Audio still never worked and emergency procedures had an issue where my clutch button wouldn’t register.
Initially a great day turned sour pretty quickly , but there’s a glimpse of hope as my recruiter called Pensacola as they are allowing me to retake my ANIT/PBM portion while keeping my OAR.
My advice would be if you have apex malfunctions do not continue to take the test. As that was my recruiters advice. I’ll have a more updated score when I retake PBM whether it be tomorrow or in 31 days they are figuring it out.
Well my scores with a malfunctioning PBM were 51 5,6,6
MST ( I answered about 20 questions)
Cube roots, negative exponents , diving binomials , simple geometry, I saw one DRT and some basic probability. Discounts were present. Didn’t think I did well enough to see some of the more difficult math concepts.
RCT didn’t really study for this , learn how to speed read and look for key words that may help you answer it. 2 of them are very incorrect of the rip, you are left with two similar answers. Thought I did very well on this .
MCT, thought I got most my points on OAR from this , it’s basically all conceptual with exception of some basic distance time problem. You’ll see pulleys, mechanical advantage , conceptual questions about fulcrums. Basically if you can do very basic high school physics it will lead you in the right direction. Kyle’s study guide that’s been linked here will get you most of the way there. Saw some outliers such as a question about superconductivity that I guessed on.
ANIT, this is where things started to go south for me. My test froze in the middle of the section and the timer was still going. But I saw components of an aircraft , parts of a ship. Some airport operations questions and very some questions about flight instruments. One question asked how vortices form and atmospheric pressure CRAM flash cards help a lot as well as the FAA handbook.
PBM , what a disaster. Started off strong use the compass trick with UAV averaged like low 2 seconds but I missed two or three. Tracking was fine, but my audio never worked and the sections froze between intermissions and I had to reset APEX like 4-5 times before I could get it to move on. Audio still never worked and emergency procedures had an issue where my clutch button wouldn’t register.
Initially a great day turned sour pretty quickly , but there’s a glimpse of hope as my recruiter called Pensacola as they are allowing me to retake my ANIT/PBM portion while keeping my OAR.
My advice would be if you have apex malfunctions do not continue to take the test. As that was my recruiters advice. I’ll have a more updated score when I retake PBM whether it be tomorrow or in 31 days they are figuring it out.
Hey, what's Kyle's Drive? Congrats by the way
csanfilippo9
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Ahh, Kyle swaters is a kid who did very well on the exam and was kind enough to share his study material with the forum. It’s linked below and it will help gauge what you should expect to see on the exam, can say wholehearted it really is pretty accurate.
Kyle's ASTB Study Kit 2019 - Google Drive
drive.google.com
Hey everyone, I just have a quick question here about how my scores would stack up in the present day to try to go through OCS and get an SNA spot.
55 OAR
6 AQR
8 PFAR
7 FOFAR
I have quite a story to tell for an application, previously being in NROTC with a scholarship before but leaving because of pericarditis. Everything has since cleared and I go to a California UC as a Psychology major with a 3.75 GPA. I took the ASTB close to 2 years ago, and I know the scores are good for life. Thank you!
55 OAR
6 AQR
8 PFAR
7 FOFAR
I have quite a story to tell for an application, previously being in NROTC with a scholarship before but leaving because of pericarditis. Everything has since cleared and I go to a California UC as a Psychology major with a 3.75 GPA. I took the ASTB close to 2 years ago, and I know the scores are good for life. Thank you!
Thank you. I’ve been trying to navigate through this app. I think I’ve been using kyles study guide.. I’m not too sure since it’s so many resources on here.Kyle's ASTB Study Kit 2019 - Google Drive
Kyle's study guide has pretty much everything you might need for improving your OAR
Also, would you say kyles study guide will have some of the similar question formats?
exNavyOffRec
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They are fine, get your physical done and apply. If you want SNA only apply SNA.
elariosa95
SNA (Primary - VT-6)
Kyle's study guide will have pretty much everything you need to get a solid score, there's a lot of material in there so take your time with it.
As far as I can remember, Kyle's has plenty of questions similar to those on the test. There's some stuff you may want to brush up on like exponents, probability, simple machines, etc.