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1,001 questions about the ASTB (post your scores & ask your questions here!)
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eisenhower
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First attempt, 57 7/6/6. Applying SNA only. I will be retaking. I want to say thank you to every single person who has posted before me. The information write ups in this thread are invaluable and helped me a ton when preparing.
I do have some questions:
My earphones were playing more than one sound in each ear simultaneously during the test. For example say the left ear said 3 and the right ear said T, there was also a fainter voice in each ear saying a different group of letters/numbers at the exact same time. It was not one letter/number in each ear. I was not ready for that and it really threw me off, just wanted to make sure this is normal. Any advice is appreciated.
Did you guys have an external monitor plugged in or did you take the test directly off the laptop? When the tracking/throttle started to pick up the frames dropped to what seemed like 10fps. Skipping and lagging. Anyone else? Maybe my system was slow in general, when I was taking the NAFTI it took over a minute for the next question to load. My recruiter came in and thought I had fallen asleep because I had been in there so long haha.
The UAV and dicotic listening sections were where I screwed up. For the UAV the heading and which parking lot to find will be immediately displayed for each question, you do not need to wait for the voice. Treat this like the flashcards. I waited for the voice for the first 1/2 and was getting 4-5 seconds, when I realized I was botching it I was able to get down to 2-2.5 sec. Also missed one. DRAW THE COMPASS
I studied for about 5 weeks, probably averaging 4 hours a day.
Know Kyles/Gomez guide inside and out. If you are stressing over the math, use the guides. I started day one not remembering how to do long division and not taking any sort of math class since 2018. The guides and YouTube will get you where you need to be for the math/mechanical, but not anywhere near a perfect score. Do as many practice tests as you can get your hands on.
For the ANIT, the cram cards helped, but I feel like my advice is not as valuable here because I have my PPL which helped me a ton. Know how an airplane works, airspaces, what control surfaces do what. Know the parts of a ship. I had no history questions, or Navy questions in general.
As others have said, you might feel like you are doing awful during the test. Do not let this stress you out. I thought midway through the OAR and then during the harder parts of the tracking, that I was failing badly. You will have questions that you have to guess on, and topics you did not study, and topics that you drilled that don't show up at all. I read every single post from page 200 onward, and there were still things that caught me off guard. Some of the stuff that I overlooked when studying:
I do have some questions:
My earphones were playing more than one sound in each ear simultaneously during the test. For example say the left ear said 3 and the right ear said T, there was also a fainter voice in each ear saying a different group of letters/numbers at the exact same time. It was not one letter/number in each ear. I was not ready for that and it really threw me off, just wanted to make sure this is normal. Any advice is appreciated.
Did you guys have an external monitor plugged in or did you take the test directly off the laptop? When the tracking/throttle started to pick up the frames dropped to what seemed like 10fps. Skipping and lagging. Anyone else? Maybe my system was slow in general, when I was taking the NAFTI it took over a minute for the next question to load. My recruiter came in and thought I had fallen asleep because I had been in there so long haha.
The UAV and dicotic listening sections were where I screwed up. For the UAV the heading and which parking lot to find will be immediately displayed for each question, you do not need to wait for the voice. Treat this like the flashcards. I waited for the voice for the first 1/2 and was getting 4-5 seconds, when I realized I was botching it I was able to get down to 2-2.5 sec. Also missed one. DRAW THE COMPASS
I studied for about 5 weeks, probably averaging 4 hours a day.
Know Kyles/Gomez guide inside and out. If you are stressing over the math, use the guides. I started day one not remembering how to do long division and not taking any sort of math class since 2018. The guides and YouTube will get you where you need to be for the math/mechanical, but not anywhere near a perfect score. Do as many practice tests as you can get your hands on.
For the ANIT, the cram cards helped, but I feel like my advice is not as valuable here because I have my PPL which helped me a ton. Know how an airplane works, airspaces, what control surfaces do what. Know the parts of a ship. I had no history questions, or Navy questions in general.
As others have said, you might feel like you are doing awful during the test. Do not let this stress you out. I thought midway through the OAR and then during the harder parts of the tracking, that I was failing badly. You will have questions that you have to guess on, and topics you did not study, and topics that you drilled that don't show up at all. I read every single post from page 200 onward, and there were still things that caught me off guard. Some of the stuff that I overlooked when studying:
- Superconductivity and temp.
- AC/DC current
- Converting Newtons/Joules to other measurements
- relationships between power/voltage/current
"My earphones were playing more than one sound in each ear simultaneously during the test." - Yes, this is normal. It threw me off at first too but the way I dealt with it is I *leaned to the side that I was supposed to listen to*.
"the frames dropped to what seemed like 10fps" - I took the test on a PC so I did;t have this problem, but you should definitely bring that up and request a better testing device as that isn;t fair to you.
Thanks! Once I do the PBM I plan on submitting my packet to the board. I’ve been talking to some Air Force pilots who have stressed the importance of having 50-60 flight hours in order to be selected your first go around, for AF boards. How true is this for naval aviation?
The2ndworst
Active Member
Not true, the really only thing that really matters is your ASTB scores.
So, I just took the PBM (had computer issues and wasn’t able to take it the first day). When I left, my recruiter called me and said I had scored an 80 on the OAR, but after finishing the PBM today it spit out my scores as a 57 8/9/8. Not sure what the discrepancy on the OAR was and he must’ve just given me bad information but since I’m looking for a SNA slot it doesn’t matter anyway.
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The2ndworst
Active Member
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Congrats that’s an insane PBM score.
Thanks. I badly need to improve my 3 mile run score (had too many years of just lifting) and then plan on shooting for OCC 243 next year once I graduate.
csanfilippo9
Well-Known Member
Wouldn’t be too worried , that’s a perfect PFAR score, congratulations!
Tumbleweed33
Well-Known Member
Sounds like you're doing Marine Aviation. I have heard from a former marine pilot that the PFT plays a very large role in selection. Regardless your ASTB score is golden. Good job!
I’m leaning towards it. I’ve talked to both Navy Hornet pilots and Marine F35 pilots and they all think that every new pilot should fly for their branch so it’s hard to get unbiased information, but the “rougher” Marine culture is somewhat attractive as are the higher chances of being on land more of the time (although Marine F35’s are only currently deploying to carriers, or a select few allied bases, because of fears of information security, so there’s that). I figure I might as well take the AFOQT as well while all the information is fresh, although the AF culture really seems more “corporate” from what I have seen, and spots are also incredibly competitive compared to naval aviation. The PFT does play an incredibly large role in Marine selection but unlike the ASTBE it’s an entirely known quantity with obvious benchmarks and it’s easy to measure yourself and log progress.
Tumbleweed33
Well-Known Member
You can always put your name in multiple hats! Best of luck with wherever you choose!
I plan on applying wherever I can, and seeing what opportunities I get. Thank you!
CC2224Clone
Active Member
Does anyone happen to know if you can take the ASTB at NTAG San Antonio, TX where SA MEPS is?