What's a good score?

[SailingSkyHawk]

Hey guys,

I'm taking the ASTBs in two months (that should give me enough study time). What score do I want to be a strong candidate for a recommendation to fly?

I was warned that my political science background was a gift and a curse, apparently the Navy likes engineers and physics majors for piloting programs, but political science majors for naval intel which is apparently a highly desired field. He said if I score 'very well' on this ASTB my background won't matter, and besides it may just be that engineers and physics majors do well on the ASTBs because of all the math and science.

But what does 'very well' mean? Anybody know from experience? How does the scoring even work?

Thanks for your continued assistance

 

[badger16]

You can't really say for sure and there are some current threads that are going on right now that talk about it, but if I had to venture a guess for myself. I would say straight 7's and a over 56 OAR would make me feel pretty comfortable. It's just so hard to guess because people have gotten picked with far worse scores then that and some have gotten shot down with better. It has been said a thousand times but I firmly believe it. Just study your ass off and do your best and try not to think about "safe scores". Think about getting a perfect score. I'm sure they'd take you if you did that. Good luck to you.
Cheers.

 

[usmarinemike]

Do a search. You'll find everybody's and their brother's opinions about the scoring system. You'll also find links to the NAMI/NOMI websites that give you a real, no BS breakdown of how scoring works.

 

[blarged]

just shoot for an 80 9/9/9 and you should be ok.

Check out http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1707&highlight=ASTB and you can figure out an average or what-not.

 

[redbeard1682]

Do your best, and don't obsess. You can run a thousand calculations and you will never be able to explain away human variability. Good luck and good studying.

 

[The Chief]

... But what does 'very well' mean? Anybody know from experience? How does the scoring even work? ... /QUOTE]

A good score? These are minimums:

OAR 35
AQR 3
PFAR 4

Your scores are only a part of your application. The boards will look at the total person, read "total application".

The higher YOU score, the more competitive you will be. Do your best.

URL: http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/noru/orojt/astb.htm

 

[red_ryder]

A: Your mom's a good score.

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

Hey guys,

I'm taking the ASTBs in two months (that should give me enough study time). What score do I want to be a strong candidate for a recommendation to fly?

I was warned that my political science background was a gift and a curse, apparently the Navy likes engineers and physics majors for piloting programs, but political science majors for naval intel which is apparently a highly desired field. He said if I score 'very well' on this ASTB my background won't matter, and besides it may just be that engineers and physics majors do well on the ASTBs because of all the math and science.

But what does 'very well' mean? Anybody know from experience? How does the scoring even work?

Thanks for your continued assistance

A lot of people get accepted for pilot and NFO with business degrees. your degree type doesn't matter as long as you have a good GPA, do good on the ASTB, and don't have any real negative things in your package (like a criminal background).