Hey y'all I just finished taking my ASTB for my first time. I got a score of 50 5/8/7. I talked to my OR and he feels confident with my package I will be selected on the August board. Just a little background of my package. I played Division 1 Football for 5 years graduating with a BS in Exercise Science and Minor in Chemistry (3.40 GPA). After my playing career, I coached Football at the Division 1 level for 2 years while earning a Master's in Educational Leadership (3.80 GPA). I also did a lot of volunteer work in leadership positions while I was playing that was a national effort in raising a lot of money for the Rare Disease community. I feel with my full package and scores, I look pretty competitive in front of the Board but I could be oblivious. I am worried about the 5 in AQR too. What are your thoughts on 1) my test score in general but 2) my test score with a little sense of my package.
Just to briefly talk about my test experience for those soon to take it, it was a lot different than I had pictured it. I was pretty confident going in as well. In the Math portion I was asked around 18 questions or so. A lot of it I had not seen in any of the study guides or practice tests or info posted on here. I did have about 8 probability questions which was a shock. It also felt like I had a bunch of simplify questions. For example "Simplify (x^2 - 5)/(x + 5)" The Reading portion, basically any SAT test like the other posts say. Mine was back and forth between the solar system and Navy/Military reading. Nothing special. The Mechanical Comp part is where things started to be more what I wasnt expecting. For the mechanical comp it was all based on understanding theories around physics, identifying what certain symbols meant in a circuit and some other systems that I have never seen in my 2 years of physics. I did not have to write down a single thing for calculations or anything. My mechanical comp had 1 question with numbers involved and it was a simple 1st Class Lever question. I was expecting more math to be involved and less asking if I understood things in word based form. The ANIT was a little strange. I was kicked out after 10 questions or so. I was asked what an elevator does in 2 different forms. A couple questions about instruments and labelling things from a boat (Draft, Beam, Keel) Other than this, very simple. Nothing on types of planes, history of navy or aviation, shirt colors. Nothing like the study guides and flashcards. I was expecting it to be more on point with that. The UAV portion. I used the Compass trick on a paper. Got every question under 3 sec 100%. Just get used to being fast and as soon as you click the parking lot, the test is saying what to identify next so its rapid fire. Once I got into the part of actually using the Joy Stick and Throttle, it came pretty easy to me. Playing COD and inverting the Y Axis helped a little when it came to being able to target with Joystick. The key to that though is that I just went to the shooting range and zoomed in and practiced hitting the targets as fast as possible. Doing it while running and being inverted is way harder than the actual test. Other than that, I dumped a lot of the information out as soon as I moved to the next section that I cannot remember right now so If yall have any questions about things that may ring my memory, Id be happy to answer from my test experience. I believe this site definitely helped though so if your'e just starting out. Go through all the material on here, it will be worth it for sure.
