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    Chances for ANG UPT

    in What Are My Chances?

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    On 6/6/2017 at 7:47 PM, Edw26 said:

    I was also trying to find THE book that would best prepare me, but from my own experience preparing for the test, and from seeing reviews of several materials others used, it seems like most people use a wide variety of materials to prepare. A lot of people seem to use GRE prep books as well. I did and thought it helped quite a bit with math and verbal. Now my math score was pretty bad, but it was more because I ran out of time rather than not knowing how to work the problems. The best advice I got is to do timed tests. Do them over and over and over until you can finish everything within the time allotted. 

    I heard the same thing and thought it was a lot of help. I downloaded GRE apps and took GRE tests to help me. Recently, I've been trying hard to get back into the general science stuff, more so on the chemistry side, as a lot of the simple question I forgot about, since it's been so long since I've seen it.

    Chances for ANG UPT

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    20 hours ago, guzowskienator said:

     


    Pcarros, I used a very outdated Barron's which was still pretty good - just ignored the areas that weren't applicable. I think what helped the most is I was wrapping up my private and had just taken the knowledge test a month earlier. If you're a ppl the aviation areas should all be very easy. Otherwise I'd make a ton of flash cards. If there are concepts you don't get then checkout YouTube.

    I work full time so I'd come home and study 6-10pm and about 8hrs over the weekend. I think that routine for 6-8 weeks would make anyone prepared.

    I I tried that nelnet test awhile back and absolutely bombed it. I can't remember at all if it was similar to the real test


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    Thanks for the info. I have my ppl and obtained it about 1.5 years ago, but my work keeps me sharp on all the aviation knowledge. I'm in the same boat, as I work full time and have to come home and study. I did the same exact thing, regarding the Barron's book, as far as studying and testing in the areas only applicable to the new version T test.

    Do you recall if there was specific study material that really prepped you?

    Chances for ANG UPT

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    On 5/23/2017 at 5:57 PM, guzowskienator said:

     

    Ladies & Gents,

     

    Been working on this awhile and finally saw the years ticking away on the calendar (about to be 27) so I got my act together.

     

    Took the AFOQT two weeks ago:

    Pilot 98

    Nav 99

    AA 82

    Verb 83

    Quant 72

     

    That quantitative score hurt a bit, had several questions not in my study guides. Oh well!

     

    Then last Friday I finished my PPL - luckily passed the first time because apparently a checkride is $650 these days.

     

    TBAS is scheduled for tomorrow. I think I can get to ~80 flying hours before packets are due and hope that is good enough for a decent PCSM.

     

    Finished school in '12 with a BBA in Accounting and Finance. 3.36gpa.

     

    Have been working since graduation, have a ton of family in the military (brother and sister are AD AF pilots), and LoRs from Managers and my CFI (no, I don't know any Generals who can write me one). I feel pretty good but I know the competition is stiff these days.

     

    Anything else I should be working on to boost my chances?

     

    Thanks!

     

     

     

     

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    What material did you use to study? Do you have recommendations?

    Chances for ANG UPT

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    45 minutes ago, gear3green said:

    Oh man you're not the only one. Dude they are harder. Let's just say my feelings got a bit hurt after I finished too. Haha 

    It's refreshing to know I am not the only one who thought it was harder.  I wonder what others, who've taken the test, think?

    Chances for ANG UPT

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    On 6/3/2017 at 1:46 PM, PilotCandidate said:

    If I were to retake it I would focus on Barron's primarily; math in particular. I bought 4 books and Barron's was the only one worth the time, IMO.

    You can also find 2 free tests here: http://afoqtguide.com/practice-exams/

    From what I remember they were fairly accurate. I printed them both out and took them as realistically as possible. 

     

    My scores were P: 95 N: 93 AA: 81 V: 87 Q: 66. Not the best but not too shabby.

    Thanks, yea, I already printed these and took them. I still felt like these were easier than the one on nelnetsolutions.com

    Chances for ANG UPT

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    40 minutes ago, Edw26 said:

    Which areas did you do poorly on the first time?

    Verbal and Quantitative. Although, on the Peterson's test prep, I didn't have enough time to finish the Arithmetic section. I did well with Arithmetic sections using other test prep books (Barron's, AFOQT Test Prep Book, online AFOQT test downloads).

    Chances for ANG UPT

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    40 minutes ago, tk1313 said:

    A quick search on Amazon shows an AFOQT prep book with hornets on the cover (WTF)... but this list, in addition to Barron's and the online sources, should get you started (I like the first one a lot):

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1941743420/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1496596918&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=afoqt&dpPl=1&dpID=51ox-J2Tg3L&ref=plSrch

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0768937809/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1496596918&sr=8-11&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=afoqt

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0768936055/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1496597339&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=master+the+military+flight+aptitude+tests&dpPl=1&dpID=516eRl4AsYL&ref=plSrch

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0768910293/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1496597413&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=master+the+military+flight+aptitude+tests&dpPl=1&dpID=516KAL0kYiL&ref=plSrch


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    Thanks TK1313. Those are both good books, and you can actually take the tests online for free at http://www.nelnetsolutions.com. Great testing site, although I can't get the Test Prep app to work. But, the site itself offers great testing and has been harder than the books, when it came to timed testing.

    Chances for ANG UPT

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    20 hours ago, PilotCandidate said:

    If I were to retake it I would focus on Barron's primarily; math in particular. I bought 4 books and Barron's was the only one worth the time, IMO.

    You can also find 2 free tests here: http://afoqtguide.com/practice-exams/

    From what I remember they were fairly accurate. I printed them both out and took them as realistically as possible. 

     

    My scores were P: 95 N: 93 AA: 81 V: 87 Q: 66. Not the best but not too shabby.

    Thanks. I've already printed them out. I've taken Barron's Tests, Peterson's Test, AFOQT Study Book Version T Test, and two downloaded online tests as though I was taking the real test. Thanks for the help. 

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    Chances for ANG UPT

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    17 hours ago, Gtseth818 said:

    Do some googling and figure out what test version is applicable. I'll give you a hint: a book from 2010 ain't gonna have the correct layout.

    I know it's the form T and I've been on AF's website, downloaded their study materials, but I wanted to see from other who have taken the AFOQT recently, which study guide really helped them. Thanks for the reply.

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    Chances for ANG UPT

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    I'm scheduled to take the AFOQT again here in the next few weeks. I've been studying a lot, using book such as "AFOQT Secrets, Peterson's, and Barron's. The last time I took this was 2010. For those who scored well on AFOQT, any recommendations on more study material I should look into? I've also downloaded other (older) AFOQT tests to practice.

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