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Finished ASTB, thoughts/question

whitesoxnation

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Ive got to go to class I'll just jot down a couple notes/opinoins/advice:

-Go through the first 1/2 or 2/3 of the math section as fast as possible without being careless, those questions are for the most part very easy. You will want time on the last few because they require some thinking.

-Reading part is in no way shape or form straight forward.

-I could really see how if you have not had some aviation in your background you could have trouble, I won't get into specifics of the questions but if you don't have a PPL or atleast some background the aviation part will be hard.

-Spatial apperception, I thought, was the easiest test. If you have trouble on this part just remember to identify 3 things- where the terrain is in relation to the cockpit, pitch, and roll. If you can identify those 3 things then you can't get any of the questions wrong. However, that being said, you only have 30 seconds on each one, so you have to go through it fairly quick.

-Study how to set up algebraic (sp?) equations (the study guide posted here is good)

-Mechanical portion was relatively straight forward

Thats it for now, I have a question, too.

I heard that for the Marines (what I'm doing) they don't look too much into your score, just whether or not you pass. I'm not saying that they disregard your score, but its more of a pass/fail thing. Can anyone validate or shed some light on this?
 

nugget81

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I talked to a Marine recruiter about the ASTB scores and he indicated that they do not care about the OAR and are looking for applicants to meet a minimum threshold for the PFAR & FOFAR. That being said, they place much more importance on PT than the Navy does.
 

whitesoxnation

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I talked to a Marine recruiter about the ASTB scores and he indicated that they do not care about the OAR and are looking for applicants to meet a minimum threshold for the PFAR & FOFAR. That being said, they place much more importance on PT than the Navy does.

Aiiiiiiight I got my scores back I have no idea what they mean tho.

I was told that I got a 6 on the thing I needed a 5 on and a 7 on the thing I needed a 4 on. Can anyone explain this?

He didn't tell me what the percent is or anything else.
 

mmx1

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Aiiiiiiight I got my scores back I have no idea what they mean tho.

I was told that I got a 6 on the thing I needed a 5 on and a 7 on the thing I needed a 4 on. Can anyone explain this?

He didn't tell me what the percent is or anything else.
It means you passed, now go out and run.
It's really no more complex than that.
 
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