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I guess it depends on whether you paid attention in school or not. I thought it was fairly easy. Score? Don't remember. I was told I scored high enough for any job the army had. Science and math have always been my weak points.
The test is as smart as you are. No sense in trying to cram for what you don't know. Asvab is a good indicator of what you are intellectually capable of...best of luck
This. I didn't study and got a 99 overall with a GT of over 130 (don't remember the exact score), but I'm good at standardized test. If you're not, get an asvab book and take a pretest, normally your recruiter gives you like a 10-20 minute mini Asvab. But you can fail, the day I took my test another guy got an 11.
It's a VOCATIONAL APTITUDE test. It's normal to do better at some parts than others. It depends on what your natural talents are. Still it's a great idea to study.
This. I didn't study and got a 99 overall with a GT of over 130 (don't remember the exact score), but I'm good at standardized test. If you're not, get an asvab book and take a pretest, normally your recruiter gives you like a 10-20 minute mini Asvab. But you can fail, the day I took my test another guy got an 11.
I scored a 99 as well. With a poor night's sleep and zero study. It was a bit sobering, actually. You can't help but wonder if you've undershot your potential in life with results like that.
I don't buy the good/bad test taker meme, by the way. The AFQT is designed as a (thinly veiled) IQ test. Chances are, your scores correlate pretty well to your intellectual ability. "Street smarts," "emotional intelligence" and the like, as lauded as they may be, are not actual intelligence. This makes the military, to its credit, among the most genuinely meritocratic remaining American institutions. Of course, that's saying almost nothing.
Don't recall what my score was, but I do remember being told I aced it by the recruiter and had my pick of whatever MOS I wanted. Initially wanted to fly attack helicopters but didn't have perfect vision ( just slightly off at 20/25 at the time) so that was a no go. Ended up a grunt and ya know what? Glad I did.
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