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1,001 questions about the ASTB (post your scores & ask your questions here!)

shasta2346 said:
What do you guys think about recruiter saying you can’t study for the astb? Recruiter wants me to take it in Jan, I’ve got a 63 oar but never studied astb stuff and also have room for improvement on oar so wanted to study both for a few months at least. I’m considering using an attempt in Jan just to see how things go, get an app in for March board.
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Dont know why your recruiter would say that tbh. Most if not all people from this forum studied for the astb before taking it whether its their first or second try. Is he trying to say that ur test score should come from a no information, no knowledge state or that there are no astb study materials? Either way its kind of weird for him to tell u not to study for it
 
aepy said:
Dont know why your recruiter would say that tbh. Most if not all people from this forum studied for the astb before taking it whether its their first or second try. Is he trying to say that ur test score should come from a no information, no knowledge state or that there are no astb study materials? Either way its kind of weird for him to tell u not to study for it
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Yeah I found it weird, I mentioned the aviation and nautical info section which is just factual knowledge as far as I know so memorization. He said everyone he’s ever known to do good does not study and just does it and is good, studying is not a factor basically.
 
shasta2346 said:
Yeah I found it weird, I mentioned the aviation and nautical info section which is just factual knowledge as far as I know so memorization. He said everyone he’s ever known to do good does not study and just does it and is good, studying is not a factor basically.
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Yeah thats like him saying a student who got a good grade and learned up to algebra can take a test on calculus right now and do well on them. You should take ur time studying for a test u can only take 3 times in ur life
 
Hello y’all,

Just wanted to share the good news and thank everybody in this forum for helping with my results (63 8/7/8)!!! My first attempt was abysmal as I just wanted to get a feel for it, and my second result was 52 6/7/6. Unfortunately I was rejected for Pilot with the 6/7/6, but I’m now waiting for my ISEL approval! It’s been a long journey, but now everything seems to be moving so fast hahah.

It was my third and final attempt, and my nerves got the better of me, so I completely flunked the dichotic listening part (reversed the odd & even buttons), so thank God that I was able to pass for ISEL.

Some vital resources I’d like to relay:
- ASTB Prep App (iPhone AppStore) - Most comprehensive study material I used; it includes explanation for all subsections, including practice for UAV & Terrain. Reading through the math & mechanical & Aviation information helped with my understanding a lot.
- TBAS Study Pro (on Steam) & X52 Joysticks - By far the most helpful practice for the joystick portion. The UAV portion in TBAS is also extremely hard, so if you can manage a 99, you should be good.
- These flashcards are as good as they get. It has pretty much all the information you may need for the ANiT portion. If you understand all the concepts on this list, you should be good: https://www.cram.com/flashcards/astb-aviation-nautical-information-test-anit-comprehensive-4718163
- US Navy Ratings Flashcards: https://quizlet.com/14602973/us-navy-ratings-flash-cards/?i=2ouhtq&x=1jqY
- Terrain Guide: (1)
(2)
The first video helped me out more, but both are very useful in achieving Terrain accuracy and consistency.
- Gomez Drive: a lot of helpful information in these drive. Going through the math worksheets help out a lot: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IxIizps2bu2ljw1bYjFPajWv8RYvLWyv

The single best advice that helped me tremendously is to make reviewing, memorizing, and really **understanding** the material my goal. There were a lot of questions in the Math, Mechanical, and ANiT portions that I’ve never seen before during my reviews, but understanding the basic concepts helped me answer a lot of questions. As for the joysticks and UAV, it’s just repetition. Practice them daily until it’s second nature.

Thank you all again for all the help, and thank God & my fiancée for making this happen. FLY NAVY

P.S. carefully review and write down the instructions for the joystick portion, and don’t make the mistake that I did and confuse what buttons to press for the dichotic or what levels to change for the emergency portion!!!
 
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shasta2346 said:
What do you guys think about recruiter saying you can’t study for the astb? Recruiter wants me to take it in Jan, I’ve got a 63 oar but never studied astb stuff and also have room for improvement on oar so wanted to study both for a few months at least. I’m considering using an attempt in Jan just to see how things go, get an app in for March board.
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To make sure I understand, you have a 63 and are now taking the full ASTB to try for aviation? If anything I would study to familiarize yourself with the questions/format of the test.

The other thing to be aware of is if you obtained your 63 on your fist try this will count as your second test, you would have only 1 test attempt remaining even though the first time you only did the OAR portion.
 
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