OKay, so I'm an NROTC student, senior, and I just got my ASTB scores back and am pretty disappointed. I got a 5 5 4 and an OAR of 56%. People are telling me that's fine because I have an outstanding high on the PRT and a 3.8 GPA, and am ranked well in my class; but I'm just not so sure. My package for flight school will be delayed anyway because I'm getting PRK on my eyes in October and have to wait to do the physical. Anyone have any thoughts on whether I should try again or ??? Thanks I really appreciate it.
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ASTB Scores
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If you aren't happy with your scores and you believe that you can do better, why wouldn't you try again? You have up to 3 attempts on the ASTB. Work hard on the areas that you believe are your weakest, and when you are comfortable, go take it again. You should find that it will be easier the second time around, especially if you study hard. Take a look at the ASTB links here at AW for more help. Good Luck!
Thanks for the advice...the only problem with that is that they only accept the most recent scores and i'm not sure i want to chance doing worse in any area. I studied a lot for this one (if you can believe it) and thought I did alright. Which i guess I did, but I hate just doing "alright." I appreciate the input!
Well, supposedly for ROTC students, as long as you just pass the test, then you are okay for service selection and the ASTB results aren't calculated in there. This was from our class advisor, who administered the test for us. Heck, I don't even know my score... If someone else has heard otherwise correct me on that one. I know there has been debate about that in months past. But I don't think my advisor would give bad gouge.
RiceOwl06 said:
My XO said that they are still using the old format where the ASTB counts and they have the new format where the ASTB is pass/fail right beside it. She (XO) was saying that they need to see if the new format will change who gets what (pilot or not). She was thinking that it would be around 3-5 more years before they can collect enough data to see if the new format would make a difference or not after people go through the pipeline.
I would still check if I were you. Our advisor told us last year that they were using the new formula. I, being paranoid, still ask him for my score, and he won't give it to me. So there must be different gouge being floated out there, and it would be nice if someone had something official in writing. I'm not saying your XO is wrong, I'm just not saying my guy is wrong either.
If you scored a 554 on ASTBs on your first try, don't sweat it esp. if you are going Navy, those score qualify you for both pilot and NFO. As the other response said, you have 2 more attempts. However, if you are USMC...that's different. MC requires a 4/6 ..6 being one of your FAR scores. You only get 1 more attempt for MC. However, if you DO score the required 6 then you are set. Just a check in the box for qualifying, not an issue if you don't get an 8 or 9. Good luck!Lisa10 said:
flyboy25 said:
Be careful in thinking about the scores as 'qualifying'. There is a big difference between qualifying and being competitive. Those scores are right around the 50 percentile; so they are average. If you want to be competitive, try to shoot for 6's and 7's.
Your grades are good so that helps out alot. If they are using the old formula, your pt is looked as a pass/fail so how you do doesnt matter. If they are using the new formula, then you are good-to-go cause the astb is looked as pass/fail and the pt has a weighted value.
Im a fan of the old formula because i did good on the astb but im not the best pt'er.
I'm a 1/C and I was in my senior advisor's office the other day when he called down to Pensacola to specifically ask if the ASTB was still going to be weighted this year with the old system or if was just pass fail. He was told that we're still on the old system, at least for this year's service selection, of having the ASTB count for the 40% of the package. That's what I'm going by.