Has anyone retaken the ASVAB since coming to Active duty? anything I should know or prepare for other than the normal test?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 07 May 2019 10:46:44 -0400

Aside from not being in school since 2009, is there any difference between taking the ASVAB in high school and retaking it while Active Duty?

Response by CW4 Craig Urban made May 7 at 2019 10:58 AM

CW4 Craig Urban — Tue, 07 May 2019 10:58:44 -0400

I scored 111 on my gt without graduating from high school. 25 on my language appitude. Recruiters says wait six months and we will sent you to OCS. I refused. Retook it again and raised it to 136. Had my GED by then. Send me your email and I will send you a copy of my book. Soon to be publised.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 7 at 2019 3:58 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 07 May 2019 15:58:56 -0400

When I first took it, I was 23 and was a year into my Masters program. The math is what got me and being so far removed from high school really messed me up. A lot of that stuff I had just simply forgotten and I didn’t need or use it in undergrad. So, I went to the FAST class (it’s called something different now) to learn the material better and to retake it. My overall score well though up by 25 points. So, it helped a lot. I’d call the education center to see what the name of it is and go and take that course. Different installations has it set up in different ways so you’d have to figure that part out. There was no big difference in the test. The only difference was that I understood more.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 8 at 2019 10:47 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 08 May 2019 10:47:08 -0400

At ft Bragg, they have something called bsep and bsep is a month long and it prepares you for the ASVAB. They might have that at your unit sgt.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 8 at 2019 2:09 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 08 May 2019 14:09:32 -0400

Fort Bragg has one of the best programs for raising GT scores: BSEP. It’s a month long course filled with basic arithmetic computation, reading comprehension strategies, and pre-algebra.

Response by CW3 Michael Bodnar made May 8 at 2019 3:17 PM

CW3 Michael Bodnar — Wed, 08 May 2019 15:17:06 -0400

There are numerous tutorials and practice tests that can help prepare you for re-taking it. I retook mine many years after coming into the military and did much better and I used those practice exams and tutorials as study guides.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 20 at 2019 10:49 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 22:49:33 -0400

On every post I've been to, there has been a class you could take to raise your GT score (to be in USASOC, you have to have a 110 GT score, but sometimes people call through the cracks who are just short). It's called the FAST class. Check with your education center and see what they have available to you.