Congrats to all those that were selected. I am back on my horse and going to find a way to improve my ASTB score. I don't want to use the same strategy I used for my first attempt, didn't work very well. If you guys and gals could give me a tip, it may make the difference in my future selection!!!
What information did you use when studying for the ASTB?
Does anyone have an example of what you submitted for your reconsideration package in the past?
If you could email anything that you have, I would really appreciate it.
I am signed up to take the ASTB on 13JAN2016.
Best of luck in OCS for all those selected. Anyone who was not, find out where you were weak and improve!
timothy.e.smith3@navy.mil
Good advice has been provided above.
I used the Peterson's "Master the Military Flight Aptitude Tests" for practice questions. It's not an exact preparation for what's on the test, but the Mechanical sections were good practice. I am a firm believer that the key on these types of tests is less about learning something and more about mastering the format.
To that end, I used this tool to study for the spatial awareness. I think drilling this thing incessantly helped my score quite a bit, since I bombed the first few practice ones I did, but I didn't miss a single one on the practical exam (and had some quick reaction times).
Lastly, and this is going to sound kind of silly, but here goes: I bought a cheap Logitech 3D Extreme joystick and played games like TIE Fighter, Rogue Squadron, Flight Sim X and X-Plane to get used to the feel of a stick (I don't have a PPL and the only times I've flown/simmed were yoke or sidestick configurations). I also played Halo and Battlefield with my Y-Axis set to "inverted" to get used to tracking an object the way a flight stick would. It made the last portion less stressful, since I could focus on the audible portion of the test and let my reflexes track the objects on the screen.
