Hello
I just came out of the ASTB test today. My scores were 55 7/8/7.
Background: Mechanical engineering major, 3rd year
30 hours ish of private pilot lessons.
My first two attempts I scored around 55 5/5/6 ish both times. I was only using the barren's book I purchased on amazon.
This third try I spent hours sifting through this discussion looking for all the resources I could find. After spending hours and hours of skimming, I studied and skimmed all of the material I had collected.
I have inserted links below to the majority of the material I have found. They are links to google drives which have been created by other users.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qHP7UgdlcG_8MWka5XnTuNGl4Q-hqL3b
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zCfQ7iTsFBRKJzH8shh2gs7SK15cv2sM
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yF6a44EmkonbPCXAlR-W2w-GGjcSu_uV
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s0TFbrfix-01JR_nBtxMF2pfE7mo3Apm
A few suggestions for those prepping to take it, I highly encourage you all to get a good night sleep before the test. This made the biggest difference in my ability to focus hard on the test during the time I was doing it. The first two attempts were while my semester was still going and had a ton of other things going on at the same time (especially since I am majoring in mechanical engineering) so I really didn't have much time to sit down and purely focus on the test when studying for it.
In addition to that, I highly suggest using the compass trick for the uav portion, trust me. And when you are allowed to practice the uav during the test, take advantage of that. I spent around 20 minutes going over the practice before entering the actual test in the apex software.
Finally, for me, it took me two tests to figure out by reading this discussion which number corresponds with the trigger and clutch button during the listening portion. When I did the test all 3 times, it skipped right past the instruction that showed which is which and straight into the test. If it wasn't for this discussion, I still wouldn't know which is which. For those who may encounter this issue, even numbers are trigger, odd are clutch. That is all I will say.
Cheers
Semper Fi