Aircrew Instruc said:
Took Version 4 today I got a 6 6 5 52. I am so pissed I studied my a$$ off and scored that low. Looks like my NFO plans are gone.
Aircrew...when I was recruiting I had plenty of guys/gals with low scores the first and often second time out of the gate. Through trial and error, one thing we found that worked very well was to have folks take a couple of months to study, but prepare as if they were going to take the GMAT. The GMAT has the same sort of rudimentary geometry and algebra problems that show up all over the ASTB. Most of the commercial books have tutorial sections to review all of the fundamentals most of us have forgotten. Also good reading comp questions and that chance to practice the problems. The ARCO book is good, and as a matter of course we used to recommend it to applicants, but as I recall there was only one practice test in the back. The more problems you do, the more comfortable you will get, and you will answer questions more quickly.
On the spatial portion, it seemed like the folks that did well played alot of flight sim games. They were used to looking at the different sight pictures and it helped them alot. Something else you can do is draw out the pictures...tell yourself you are in a right turn, nose high and then draw it...you will be surprised how much it helps.
Good luck.
