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ASTB help for a former Marine SGT.

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Drewrx6

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I am a former United States Marine SGT, with two ground combat tours in Iraq. I'm new on this site, and it attracted my attention when I was searching the internet for help pertaining to the ASTB. I'm sure you guys get alot of cases such as myself with applicants inquiring information about the ASTB. I am on my last two semesters of college, and have already started my application process towards becoming a marine officer. I passed the required score for the ASVAB, handed in my package to my OSO, and remained fit. My lifelong goal has always been to fly as a fighter pilot of some sort. I have been studying the ARCO version of the ASTB, that I purchased from Barnes and Noble about a week ago. Are there any other tools out there that may be of significant use? I am open to any suggestions that will help me pass this thing and aid me into obtaining a flight contract for the Marine Corps. Anybody that could be of any help please feel free to get in touch.

Thanks,
Andrew F. Gosselin Jr.
 
mmx1

mmx1

Woof!
pilot
Contributor
I hear Barron's has a new book that's supposed to be pretty good; Peterson's was OK and Cliffs was terrible.

There's also a pretty good ASTB guide on marinegouge.com
 
FormerRecruitingGuru

FormerRecruitingGuru

Making Recruiting Great Again
This pertains to all as well:

I have a PDF copy of the Arco book saved to my laptop. If anyone wants a copy just PM me their email and i'll be more than happy to fwd it.
 
usmarinemike

usmarinemike

Solidly part of the 42%.
pilot
Contributor
There's a lot of info on this site, bro. Just use the search function and it'll get you where you want to go. The Arco book was adequate, the Cliff's Notes book blew donkey dick, and the gouge on this site was as good as Arco. Notice questions in each test that reference some event in history...You won't be tested on just that event, you'll be tested on all of aviation history so just use it as a guide to illuminate what kind of stuff to look up in Wikipedia, Google, etc. You'll want to go over some of the stuff in the AIMS section of the FAR/AIMS as well...light gun signals, runway markings, stuff like that. And know the parts of ships. As jack-asstic as that sounds to a Marine who wants to fly airplanes, it's easy money. Just don't overthink it. You've been through college so brains aren't where you'll have the problems; speed is where most people have problems. Almost all of my studying was based on getting faster at each section without sacrificing quality. If it really IS deficiency in knowledge that is holding you back, then you're not ready for the test and you may never be ready for it....cold, hard truth. Good luck. Semper fi.
 
armada1651

armada1651

Hey intern, get me a Campari!
pilot
The Barron's book is really good - the material in there seemed harder than the actual ASTB to me, so the test seemed really easy when I took it. I've also heard the ARCO book is good.
 
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Griffin

New Member
Watch out for the ARCO book, make sure it is current. I bought the ARCO book only to realize it was for the old test. Luckily I had time and picked up the Barron's book and it was extremely helpful. I read it cover to cover took and took the practice tests and passed the ASTB.
 
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Imports4Me

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The Barron's book is what I mainly studied out of recently. It was a great source of aviation and nautical info, both background and present. Furthermore, it has a pretty good mechanical and math prep section. Highly recommended!!!:D
 
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