mmandziak
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Math was on par with the test, everything I encountered was covered in the app
Reading is harder on the test
Mechanical is easier on the test, more in line with Barron’s
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Reading is harder on the test
Mechanical is easier on the test, more in line with Barron’s
mmandziak
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You can use the janzten stick and throttle simulator to practice. I personally didn’t as I used the app but there’s plenty of posts about it on the forum.
mmandziak
Well-Known Member
I’m not great at math historically and I prepared for it using the app. I averaged 96-100% on the practice tests and got kicked off around 13 questions into the real exam and I don’t think I got more than 2 wrong.
Chimchi
LiveLifeFull
Solid mate! I think performing strongly on the math and mechanics portion and obviously PBM will make you strong candidate. 💪🏽 lessa go!
Chimchi
LiveLifeFull
Yes the answer is C
mmandziak
Well-Known Member
Good luck! Prepare like your life depends on it and you’ll be just fine. It’s not a hard test if you put the time into studying.
Is this accurate how it will look on the test?
mmandziak
Well-Known Member
No. Looks different on the test. UAV heading on the left, parking lots on the right.
nameshannah
Member
Hi friends! I am taking the OAR portion tomorrow! I've been reading mixed reviews on exactly how long/how many questions the math/mech/reading portions are. Can someone give me updated information? Thank you in advance!
Hey everyone! I just got done taking the OAR today and scored a 52! I've had a long journey of multiple recruiters and months of waiting, but with enough push and tenacity I finally was able to get it done. It's funny, when I originally heard of the test and aimed for a score, my target was 52. Funny how I managed to land that exact score.
I'll go ahead and give a rundown of each section here:
Math: Quite literally everything in the main study guides I saw, but no binary, matrix multiplication, logs, or DRT problems. A lot of working with variables and extremely complicated 'simplify this equation' type of questions, and I surprisingly saw a few that I had previously done on a few of the practice tests/ study guides. I had one question on converting radians to degrees, one hard area question involving simple geometry principles, and a lot of higher-level probability. I did also have a question on simplifying a radical (simplify the sqrt of 216) and simplifying variables (negative exponents and distribution) I didn't get kicked out, went to time. I'm decent at math, so I just went through everything given as well as a lot of practice problems. I forgot who posted this guide, but we had similar problems.
Reading: Boring. Didn't study at all for this, but the big thing for this section is just focusing up and reading through the big words to find the most correct answer. There's usually 2 that could apply, out of the two pick the one that lines up *exactly* with the material given. Went to time on this.
Mechanical: I'm terrible at physics, but if you study any of the guides on here, you're 100% fine. I had no MA problems at all. I had some work problems, speed/acceleration problems, really nothing that wasn't either common sense or on the study guides. I did have some balancing forces problems in relation to a beam, but those were the only calculations I had to do.
I'll go ahead and give a rundown of each section here:
Math: Quite literally everything in the main study guides I saw, but no binary, matrix multiplication, logs, or DRT problems. A lot of working with variables and extremely complicated 'simplify this equation' type of questions, and I surprisingly saw a few that I had previously done on a few of the practice tests/ study guides. I had one question on converting radians to degrees, one hard area question involving simple geometry principles, and a lot of higher-level probability. I did also have a question on simplifying a radical (simplify the sqrt of 216) and simplifying variables (negative exponents and distribution) I didn't get kicked out, went to time. I'm decent at math, so I just went through everything given as well as a lot of practice problems. I forgot who posted this guide, but we had similar problems.
Reading: Boring. Didn't study at all for this, but the big thing for this section is just focusing up and reading through the big words to find the most correct answer. There's usually 2 that could apply, out of the two pick the one that lines up *exactly* with the material given. Went to time on this.
Mechanical: I'm terrible at physics, but if you study any of the guides on here, you're 100% fine. I had no MA problems at all. I had some work problems, speed/acceleration problems, really nothing that wasn't either common sense or on the study guides. I did have some balancing forces problems in relation to a beam, but those were the only calculations I had to do.
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CoMa
Member
Good afternoon everyone! I finished my second attempt at the ASTB a few minutes ago and scored a 53 6/8/7. Thank you to everyone on this forum page who has provided so much valuable information to help me study and improve! I'd like to give a personal shoutout to @TwoScoops. Your ASTB Prep App helped me so much this time around, especially after releasing the MacOS version, it truly made it feel like I was taking the real test!
If anybody has any questions regarding the test please feel free to private message me I can try to answer it the best I can!
If anybody has any questions regarding the test please feel free to private message me I can try to answer it the best I can!
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mmandziak
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Marvelous 😈