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gabriellehale
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I agree. If you can catch the errors on Pro profs, you’re on the right track, but you shouldn’t use it to learn new material given all the mistakes.
Go off of the gouge, you’ll be fine. Use YouTube and AirWarriors for questions.
gabriellehale
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O.B
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Right!
I'm using the PDF files for now. I will use the website you shared a few days ago once I've covered all the PDF files.
gabriellehale
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A would be harder to hold the horse because there are fewer wraps around the pole
gabriellehale
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oooo Ok now i see the blurry extra rope lol
WilliamCarrick
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Hello all, I wanted to share my experience and help a bit if I can. First time taking the ASTB I got 54 5/5/6 which was the result of only a week of studying. I couldn't apply with those scores so I studied for a month, went back, and got a 67 9/9/9. Everyone else who posted on here has contributed tremendously to helping me get that score, so I figured I'd pay it forward and show what I did.
First things first, I am honestly not that smart, nor do I study engineering (I study psychology), so it is possible for most people to do very well on this test as long as they study hard and study effectively. Give yourself at least 2-3 weeks in advance and study 5-6 days out of the week for at least an hour and you'll be fine.
In terms of what to study, here are all my links:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AvPi5oH_h_13TGajDvflDWkftwXO8LS6 - OAR + ANIT (whoever made this is awesome)
https://www.cram.com/flashcards/astb-aviation-nautical-information-test-anit-comprehensive-8330117 -ANIT
https://www.cram.com/flashcards/astb-aviation-history-6921638 -ANIT
https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=_36014 -UAV
This makes up about 80% of my study material, and the additional 20% was comprised of other links found in this forum and flashcards I made from the Barron's Military Flight Aptitude Tests Book. Each person has different strengths and weaknesses, so I won't say to only study this, but for me this was sufficient.
if you have any questions message me on here
First things first, I am honestly not that smart, nor do I study engineering (I study psychology), so it is possible for most people to do very well on this test as long as they study hard and study effectively. Give yourself at least 2-3 weeks in advance and study 5-6 days out of the week for at least an hour and you'll be fine.
In terms of what to study, here are all my links:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AvPi5oH_h_13TGajDvflDWkftwXO8LS6 - OAR + ANIT (whoever made this is awesome)
https://www.cram.com/flashcards/astb-aviation-nautical-information-test-anit-comprehensive-8330117 -ANIT
https://www.cram.com/flashcards/astb-aviation-history-6921638 -ANIT
https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=_36014 -UAV
This makes up about 80% of my study material, and the additional 20% was comprised of other links found in this forum and flashcards I made from the Barron's Military Flight Aptitude Tests Book. Each person has different strengths and weaknesses, so I won't say to only study this, but for me this was sufficient.
if you have any questions message me on here
I took the ASTB earlier today, and wanna thank everyone who posted questions and gouge in this forum, it helped me immensely.
Any links i have at the bottom are not created by me they are various guides i found on here and i apologize for not giving credit to everyone whose guides i used. My best advice i can give is to go to page 250 and use anyone's gouge who did really well.
Scores: 61 8/7/7
Major: Math
GPA: 2.85 (have one more year of college)
I want to be a pilot and my recruiter my scores are good enough, but if anyone thinks I should retake please let me know!
I primarily used all the gouge on this website to study I got the trivium book as a practice test but I don't think it helped at all.
MATH: For the math section i feel like i should have studied more for. I am a math major so i guess i felt i knew everything already and just brushed over the topics, which hurt me speed wise... definatly go over the word problems in "astb study guide" and "ASTB Aditional Study Guide" I had questions that were straight from there. i had a perfect number question, painting a house in a certain amount of time, and a lot of extended algebra questions. I had the probability of flipping 3 heads in a row, but no log questions.
Reading: Some bland some not too bad, just make sure if there's any info not directly stated in the paragraph, the choice is wrong. Read the faa handbook, it's double studying!
Mechanical: Very hard, almost all conceptual questions used the the to study guides i previously stated, the marine aviation guide supplement, and the proproofs cardset that has like 230 cards... i think someone said it here before but the cards aren't always right but its good if you catch them when they're wrong. make sure to iron out the concepts more then the math i had 1 question with math and it was balancing a sesaw that had 40lb 1 ft away and 60lb 6 feet away and you need to find where to place a 100 lb weight on the other side to balance.
Aviation and Nautical: i definatly studied the most for this section and had a lot of questions i hadn't seen but the concepts i knew helped... i used what i already said and https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=astb-aviation-nautical-inforfmation-test this card set and another one which i printed out but cant find when i look through my downloads but cant find.i got the CVBG question.
Trait: I honestly dont know if theres a method to madness here just go with your gut.
UAV: i missed 3 averaged 2 seconds ish, used the compas trick but did the spinning in my head which got the times faster.
Dichotic: Used the video everyone posts in here, and did the head tilt which definitely helps
Tracking: I thought i was doing terribly at, like realllly badly. They give you like 5 seconds to practice then throw you in there but it definitely gets easier as time goes by, I had trouble calibrating but my proctor helped get it set. By themselves hard, together almost imposible, probably tracked for like 10% of the whole time and less than that with the dichotic listening.
---- Do your best and don't get frustrated or worried reading that... from what ive read everyone feels this way----
GOSH, thanks everyone let me know if you have any questions!! and sorry for my shitty grammar. Im gunna slap all my downloaded files down below...
also used https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s0TFbrfix-01JR_nBtxMF2pfE7mo3Apm
https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=_36014
https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=astb-mechanical-comprehension-test
https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=astb-mechanical-comprehension_1
-Joe
Any links i have at the bottom are not created by me they are various guides i found on here and i apologize for not giving credit to everyone whose guides i used. My best advice i can give is to go to page 250 and use anyone's gouge who did really well.
Scores: 61 8/7/7
Major: Math
GPA: 2.85 (have one more year of college)
I want to be a pilot and my recruiter my scores are good enough, but if anyone thinks I should retake please let me know!
I primarily used all the gouge on this website to study I got the trivium book as a practice test but I don't think it helped at all.
MATH: For the math section i feel like i should have studied more for. I am a math major so i guess i felt i knew everything already and just brushed over the topics, which hurt me speed wise... definatly go over the word problems in "astb study guide" and "ASTB Aditional Study Guide" I had questions that were straight from there. i had a perfect number question, painting a house in a certain amount of time, and a lot of extended algebra questions. I had the probability of flipping 3 heads in a row, but no log questions.
Reading: Some bland some not too bad, just make sure if there's any info not directly stated in the paragraph, the choice is wrong. Read the faa handbook, it's double studying!
Mechanical: Very hard, almost all conceptual questions used the the to study guides i previously stated, the marine aviation guide supplement, and the proproofs cardset that has like 230 cards... i think someone said it here before but the cards aren't always right but its good if you catch them when they're wrong. make sure to iron out the concepts more then the math i had 1 question with math and it was balancing a sesaw that had 40lb 1 ft away and 60lb 6 feet away and you need to find where to place a 100 lb weight on the other side to balance.
Aviation and Nautical: i definatly studied the most for this section and had a lot of questions i hadn't seen but the concepts i knew helped... i used what i already said and https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=astb-aviation-nautical-inforfmation-test this card set and another one which i printed out but cant find when i look through my downloads but cant find.i got the CVBG question.
Trait: I honestly dont know if theres a method to madness here just go with your gut.
UAV: i missed 3 averaged 2 seconds ish, used the compas trick but did the spinning in my head which got the times faster.
Dichotic: Used the video everyone posts in here, and did the head tilt which definitely helps
Tracking: I thought i was doing terribly at, like realllly badly. They give you like 5 seconds to practice then throw you in there but it definitely gets easier as time goes by, I had trouble calibrating but my proctor helped get it set. By themselves hard, together almost imposible, probably tracked for like 10% of the whole time and less than that with the dichotic listening.
---- Do your best and don't get frustrated or worried reading that... from what ive read everyone feels this way----
GOSH, thanks everyone let me know if you have any questions!! and sorry for my shitty grammar. Im gunna slap all my downloaded files down below...
also used https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s0TFbrfix-01JR_nBtxMF2pfE7mo3Apm
https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=_36014
https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=astb-mechanical-comprehension-test
https://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/story.php?title=astb-mechanical-comprehension_1
-Joe
Hello again everyone!
I have another question to ask about one of the study guides. Does anyone know and can explain the drum crank question in the Master the Military Flight Aptitude Tests? I don't know how the answer key got 1.5 ft, I thought the answer would be 3 ft. Thank you once again!
Also, I plan on taking the OAR this next Monday if everything goes well and I have been studying a lot for the past 2 and half weeks or so. But I fear that due to all the information the OAR covers, I am not retaining as much of the practice material as I would like to. Anyone else feel similar? So far I am just pushing/forcing myself to do practice tests over and over again. But I fear that I am also killing my brain. Anyone have any test insecurity tips? I greatly appreciate it everyone!
I have another question to ask about one of the study guides. Does anyone know and can explain the drum crank question in the Master the Military Flight Aptitude Tests? I don't know how the answer key got 1.5 ft, I thought the answer would be 3 ft. Thank you once again!
Also, I plan on taking the OAR this next Monday if everything goes well and I have been studying a lot for the past 2 and half weeks or so. But I fear that due to all the information the OAR covers, I am not retaining as much of the practice material as I would like to. Anyone else feel similar? So far I am just pushing/forcing myself to do practice tests over and over again. But I fear that I am also killing my brain. Anyone have any test insecurity tips? I greatly appreciate it everyone!
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gabriellehale
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Do you remember any of the mechanical questions at all? What do you mean conceptual? Gears? Levers?
eagles63ol
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How's it going everyone? New member here, just took my ASTB yesterday. Got a 6/8/7 51. I thought it was pretty middle of the road, but my recruiter said he's positive it's competitive enough with my GPA (3.34) and strongly advised against a retake. So here's to hoping. Any questions just ask. Most of the advice on this thread was pretty on point, I did a lot of creeping on here before taking the test.
gabriellehale
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I take mine monday and I am very nervous. Mainly for the math and mechanical, what was yours like?