[align:left][/align]My boy is thinking about joining the navy. What is a 'good' ASVAB Score?

Does he want to be a painter or a nuke?

For the Army anything above 90 percentile or so pretty much gives you your choice of MOS.

http://official-asvab.com/understand_coun.htm

don't remember mine, but i had had recruiters from all branches coming to my school trying to get me to sign up. i scored pretty high on it.

Afqt score which is the hard score. The test has changed over the years. Anyhow anything over 70 is good 99 is the max you can score on it. If you score a 90 or higher the person line scores will be well over 130. I seen some bricks come through my office when it comes time to re-enlist. Line scores in the 70’s that’s bad, when they have those scores they got a waiver for Afqt score.. the lowest line scores I ever seen were all 50’s they guy was a infantrymen and his afqt was a 10 lol..

The Marines came round and asked if I would be interested in toting a machine gun for them.


I must not have studied.....

I know I took some test when I joined up, but I don't recall much about it.. All I know is when the results came in, I could strike for anything and get it....and I did..

I scored a 99. I had a bachelor's degree with honors with multiple military science classes. The Army ROTC battalion commander was going to write me a letter of recommendation for OCS, plus I could max out all of the PT scores. But....I had herniated a disk in my back when I was 18 and had to have it surgically repaired. The recruiter did everything he could but they wouldn't even send me for a physical. It bothers me to this day. I really wanted to serve my country in the military. Dad volunteered for military service in WW II in 1943 when he turned 18. He was deemed physically ineligible also. Like father like son.

They needed a Ma Deuce toter.

I don’t remember the ASVAB too much. I remember my GT score was, I want to say, 136. I honestly can’t remember if the GT was based on the line scores from the ASVAB or it it was some other test I took.

what happened with me was i got a dui when i was 17 also, when i decided to enlist the marines at 19 and they found out they said all the could do was try and get me a waver. a yr later later they called and said the waver went through. in the mean time i got engaged and was fixing to get married and she wasn't going to move around, so i declined.

I took that test when I was 20 years old and scored 99 percentile. The Navy told me I could choose any rate I desired. I chose Aviation Anti-sbumarine Warfare Technician because I always loved airplanes and wanted to learn electronics. Had I been really smart I would have chosen one of the nuke rates, or Intelligence Specialist. Doh!

Yes GT is based off what you score on the asvab test.

By my count they are on their 6th iteration of the asvab test.. I hardscored a 56 on my test in 98 and my GT score is 111. I know over the years with a 56 on today’s test my GT score would be lower.

And for most part after you took the asvab and you had recruiters calling, isn’t because you scored high on it. All that means you passed it and you are at that point qualified until they get you too meps for your physical. The biggest issue with recruiting is not finding people to join, its finding qualified applicants.. the biggest roadblock or disqualifyer s the asvab. Now a recruiter will be able to give a more accurate summary. But the rule of thumb if you fail the asvab the chances of you passing it on the second try are slim to none.. most recruiters will give up on you once you fail it the first time..

My boy made 94 on it about ten years ago

Mine was either a 93 or 96 with a GT of 135. I remember my GT score because it is on my 2-1. Drove the Army recruiter crazy when I said I wanted to be a Ranger.

How is line score computed?

Google shows minimums in the 30s except for CG - 40.

Are they tater peelers?

I don't even remember my score. That was back around 89-90 when VERY few kids planned on going into the service, mostly because it didn't pay squat and generally, farm kids really don't like the thought of lining up so you can be told what to do. They had already spent the bulk of their life doing that.

I do remember, according to Sgt. Ron Brown, I had done very well. He was the army recruiter that called me once a month for like a year. I had other plans at the time.


Sort of wish (nigh on 30 years later) I had explored my options.........

I was offered over 40 jobs in the Army like a dumbass they churched up wheel mechanic. We got to AIT and found out we’veere just glorified parts changers. We weren’t going to be rebuilding motors type chit. Only DEPOTS do that oh and they are all civilian... I almost went 13M ie rocket jockey but passed.. whatever your son scores have him research whatever job they offer him.. they will do whatever to church it up.

Got a nephew that graduated OU in nuclear physics.... Navy ROTC.... Was a nuke engineer on a 'boomer' for a few years, then taught classes for a few years on what you needed to know to be a nuke engineer.... now polishing a chair somewhere in Va. Been in about 15 or so years, gonna get his 20 and then he'll decide what to do. He's a Lt. Commander and up for Commander this year.

I do remember the Navy guy trying to get me to go into the nuke program based off my ASVAB even though I hated math.

Don't worry about the score. Tell him to pick a job and stick to it.

If they don't want to give it to him go to college.

Don’t you have to make a minimum score to be accepted for certain jobs.

Good too see you took time from your bible study to visit us here at the campfire.

Don't know how it is now, but it sure used to be that way.

You'd of been a General by now

We had this air force goof that use to worry the piss out of me and a couple of buds. Nuke sub this and that, blah blah blah. Calling leaving 4 minute mesages on my mom's answering machine. lol

This dude smelled like he NEEDED a signee or he was gonna get bussed down to paint-chipper boy. More desperate than a kirby vacuum cleaner salesman.

Dude wore his blue pants up to his fuggin armpits.

I see him from time to time now, he sells used wash machines for his father in law's appliance business.

Commandant of the Corp!

GT was 133 and was Airborne Infantry. I don't think they had a Ranger option back then. There might have been the 1st Battalion, maybe not? I remember when they opened the 2d Battalion for sure. I was young, dumb, full of.... and knew absolutely nothing; went in totally blind.

79S, I never saw very low GT scores in the Infantry units I was in, and I was in a few. But heck, in the early 70's if you could walk upright and eat with a knife and fork you were officer material.

well they told me i could get pretty much whatever i chose , but then again they could of been bullchitting me. they did keep after me for a while.

i did tutor on of my buddy's to help him pass it the second time.

we'd of already won all these wars.

All that is required is CO score of 87 to get infantry.. There are 10 scores in the Army- GT, GM, EL, CL, MM, SC, CO, FA, OF, ST

The only time a GT score comes into play is for any medical MOS and when it comes time for recruiting duty, drill sergeant duty and instructor duty.. EL and ST are used for signal MOS. CO is used for all combat arms jobs except cavalry scout (lol all the Infantry boys will get that joke) but everyone has a min score. Also when you go to Meps they are going to try and sell you the mos that is criticaly short... sometimes people score so bad in the Army they are offered 3 mos they are as follows 92G,92A and 92Y lol..

There end game is to get you to the Meps station.. then they can turn the heat up first the guidance counselor gets you. When you start waffling they call your recruiter. They are usually around the Meps station. So they will magically appear give you a pep
Talk make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, send you right back in to see the guidance counselor to seal the deal. If they have candidates walk from the meps without committing it’s going to be a long day for that recruiter.

I think those recruiters lie to get kids to sign up. Our school had everyone take it. The recruiters kept calling the house. Navy guy told Dad I made the highest score in the state that year and could pick anything. He and I both were skeptical. I was smarter then most but I knew I didn't make the highest in the state there were kids in my school I figure scored higher.

I got a 99 and gmat I think was 140 something . Maxed PT.

Was in airborne then ranger school after finishing basic. After graduating was told (ordered) to take dlab language test by commander and next thing you know they sent me to DLI to learn Chinese and after a few months something happened with the Russians in Germany if I remember correctly and switched our class over to learn Russian. Tough school over 60 percent did not grad.Not a bad gig in Monterey California

Navy nuke program is a great program and tough to get into and pass. Probably one of the toughest military schools.

My DUI when i was 17 was when my uncle was head of the Houston /New Orleans sector for the FBI, he handle it for me and it was suppose to come up on my record only as negligent collision and property damage, I side swipe three cars and hit a fence in a dry county. They found out, thous the waver. Ha the sheriff ask me if my Dad"s name was Roger Hunter also, he told me he had my Dad in there for bootlegging, when my Dad was young. That was the first time i ever got arrested. To this day it don't show up on my record as a DUI.

The marines have it down pat well when I went to
Meps they did. A Marine recruiter would show up give them poor turds some false motivation. Usually consisting of you ready to be a Marine type chit.

This was 1977. Only the 1/75th back then. They activated it in 1974. I didn't go that route.

I joined in 1973 @ 17. I didn't think there was a Ranger Battalion back then.

79S Well I must have had a whale of a CO score because I was 11B4P primary and 11C4X secondary. When I made E-6 they gave me 11C as a secondary and all of my friends, fellow 11B's were getting all of these diverse techincal secondaries. Notice the X. I was drafted as a drill sergeant too.

ETA: Of course it may be because I am only 96% human; acording to 23&me I am 4% Neanderthal. My friends all think that should be reversed LOL!

In the mid-60s it was pretty hard to fail any test , physical or mental. They'd send you to basic where they had 54 days to decide what to do with you. If they kept you more than 54 days they had to give you benefits like the GI Bill, even if they decided later to kick you out.

This sh_t never not cracks me up. Funny how everyone is the brightest bulb in the pack. Second recruiters don't give a sh_t what you score. Matter of fact they rather you score low. The hardest jobs to fill aren't the ones requiring a brain! As for not passing the ASVAB the first time that is BullSh_t, recruiters will give you study sessions. They're career depends on making quota's they are there to get you ready whether it is PT, ASVAB, or getting you waivers. Good recruiters don't lie. They simply tell you the most abbreviated answer possible. Like do I have to live in the barracks? No. That isn't a lie, it's just not a complete answer.

To the OP My suggestion is have your son figure out what he is interested in doing. Once that is figured out you can start to ask pointed questions from fella's on here that may have held that MOS. Have your son think outside the box. When I joined all I knew was I wanted to be a Marine since I was five years old and saw them Marching in the Memorial Day Parade in my town. I got lucky and had a recruiter that actually cared about his recruits. Unlike everyone else on here, I scored slightly above average. Good enough to pick some MOS's outside of infantry and cooks! When my recruiter asked me what I wanted to do in the Marines I said just be a Marine. He said no you want to get into an MOS that has value outside of the Corps. He told me I should think about aviation. So I said cool I'll do that. Maybe he needed to fill a quota? either way it was a great thing for me. But there are some really cool jobs these days like dog handler, cyber whatever, and things that kids these days are into. By the way there is money to be made now a days for grunts outside the military. So keep all options open.

Thanks all.

Kid has a BS degree. Took the test recently and scored well.

Ive talked to folks that know this and think we have a handle. Appreciate the PMs and help. We’ll see what happens.

get your pal Lisa to write him a ticket to Annapolis!

He could be a ring-knocker in no time!

He gots a cillodge dugree you gooof boll.

PS. I won’t talk to bugeyes.

74 QT/ asvab score
121 GT/ averaging of your line/job scores


Stoned outta my mind at the fed building for the test in Bangor Maine
June 1983.

Was a recruiter/ detailed slave for 3yrs. 98 -01

In Bangor Maine of all places....

Recruiting duty fugging sucks
Like being a released prisoner from shawshank redemption

Was very succesful at it
Sold the fugg outta combat arms jobs
Didnt play wishy washy games with little nuggs either.

Never put a split tail in my army
Stayed the fugg away from that drama dealing with them.



Kid can answer these 2 questions without hesitation
They are a fugging genius

Whats the square root of 49 or 81
And
What's the meaning of the word chaos in your own definition.

Answer those 2 you gonna get offered alot of jobs.



If they can answer chaos other than saying "my life"
They can pass probably and get offered jobs in their appitude.

Chaos was that indoor roller coaster at Opryland, it was next to the Screamin Delta Demon.

I put my daughter nicole on the prediction test one day when she was in 3rd grade

She got a 23

Need a 31 with high school diploma to enlist in army as a "B"
50 as a "A"


I have seen college grads score single digits and high teens.

That tried.........

Yep little johnny it was....

They gonna move ya up to fry guy in a couple years at whataburger ain't they?


Hey you got any friends you know that might wanta join the army and get the fugg outta frozen wastelands maine????

Didnt Pac-Man Jones get a 6?

If he has a BS I dam surely hope he isn't going enlisted. I would hope he scored well, having a BS. The test was designed around 10th grade education.

I got it ride one day like 27 times in a row after all them oklahoma lardasses left because of a thunderstorm.

Greatest day ever

rofl, yeah she does take after her old man that way

Going in E or O depends on what ya got and what they, yes?

I’m told his score will ring his phone.

At least frank the bank signed the carry bill.

Poor stoopit Liiisa thinks ya gotta have a hunting license.

Probably on the Wunderlich test. That would equate to an IQ of 72.

GT score above 110 allowed me to take the OCT (Officer Candidate Test) once I got out of AIT. I scored 125 on the OCT and went to OCS. Coming up on the 40th anniversary of graduating from OCS and getting my commission.

Now they don't even give the OCT. They just use the GT.

Did away with CWST requirement also in rotc.
So more black rockfish could commission.
Then the guard did away with 110 Gt for their rotc contractees.
Then did away with fort lewis,s program of summer camp entirely
Moved it to Knox and did away the 6 tactical evals in the feild for 2 weeks.

Soft serve ice cream for alot of em
But not all.

I spent a summer in 07 at Lewis before it disappeared
Grading sqd stx lanes.
You wouldnt beleive some of the schitt I seen
Hahaha!!!
If you gave a cadet a unsatisfactory eval.
You was the one going in front of the camp commander to explain
It to them 3 ltc,s and a full bird trying to get you to change the rating to satisfactory
I went up 6 times that summer
Would not budge on my evals,
Cadets were piggy backed into another regiment after graduating to do their "eval" again
I was sent to the TOC as NCOIC night shift my last 2 weeks.
" cause they needed someone at night to make sure it was run correct"
They wanted meanie off the lanes.
It happened to about 5 of us during the summer
Sent to other summer camp duties.

TFF.
I wasnt walking from 530am to sundown doing 6 2hr evals each day 6 days a week.

What a punishment
TOC
Chubby treats
Music
Internet access.

Lmfao!!!

There were ROTC basic camp cadets going through the same time we were going through BCT. While they were seperate, the barracks were close to ours. They were undisciplined and our Drill Sergeants derisively referred to them as our "future leaders". I developed a low opinion of non-prior service ROTC graduates that I kept for a long time after, even as a Rifle Company Commander with three ROTC commissioned officers under me.

I was pretty fortunate at APSU in clarksville just outside of campbell.
Probably about 50% of my cadets where e5 e6 2cyr green to gold active duty cadets. 25 % prior service 4yr college types and the rest traditional progression cadets.

But i know exactly what you are saying
Seen it and lived it also.

It was always a good thing usually to get prior service 2lt,s
Made life better

Brand new 2lt,s alot of em with out prior service and some academy grads
Like raising up a kid
Trail and error.
Standing on the rugg with em with a company commander
Hoping they see a senior nco taking heat with em and just hearing a company commander say to em
Listen to your nco,s and learn from em till ya get a base under ya .


And then I don't have to stand on a rug with ya.


Dont know how many times I did movement to daylights
And a billion halts for map checks.


They either grow and learn and become good officers
Or wither on the vine and get sent to a S shop away from the line

Not all for that reason but alot.

The ASVAB has changed since I took it in the 80's; back then I scored in the 120s and had my choice of any MOS in the Army - then I got bamboozled by the recruiter!

Now a percentile score rh 80's is a good score - 90's is pretty much all MOS.

I work in the school system now - we had a young man score a 96 - got Nukes in the Navy - most of our guys are below 50 and can't get in.

I was a senior, in homeroom they asked who wanted to take the ASVAB.
Explained what it was, and what it was for.
I took half a day, and you "had to miss classes".

My ears perked up.


So, I got out of class for a half day.

Scores were really good, got all kind of offers from everyone. But the Marines?

Anyway, our worthless guidance counselor had to talk once to every senior to "help them decide on the future".
Telling me my scores were the highest in the school, including college prep and academy hopefuls, and that maybe
they had underestimated me and should have had me doing different classes.

I just laughed, and said, "When I took Vo-Tech you all stuck me in the loser box. I never said I was stupid, I wanted vo-tech".

From 30 years later,
Vo-tech was stupid,
General classes were stupid,
Not pursuing the military opportunities was stupid.......

Must have been lucky guesses on those tests!

I don't recall my ASVAB score at all, but do remember my GT was 143. I had gone in during the "Unit of Choice" program and I wanted to enlist in the Rangers.....can ya believe it? LOL It took a Full Bird Colonel at the Detroit MEPS two days to arrange it, but he managed to get a slot opened up in the 1st Bn, 75th for me, as an 05B.

As luck would have it, blew my knee out bad in AIT near the end, and was told I would have to recycle if I wanted to continue on to Jump and there were no guarantees my knee would even heal well enough to get through jump school anyway. I sure as hell had learned enough by then that I didn't want to be a "Leg" in an airborne unit, so made the painful decision to drop my UoC selection (A decision that I have regretted ever since) and the Army shipped me right to W Germany and the Pershing Special Forces......LOL

Probably the only reason I recall my GT score is because I was a driver/bodyguard for a Field Grade officer for a time and he would tell folks from time to time that our GT scores were only 3 points apart! LOL

ASVAB Scores and Navy Jobs

I believe it was Deflave that summarized it best - pick a job in the military that you want (preferably one with value outside the military) and go after that, and that only.

Thanks for the link.

This always cracks me up. A 110 GT is needed to go to OCS, be a medic, go to flight school, get a slot at sniper school, or go MI. A ROTC Cadet has no GT requirement only a good GPA in basket weaving. I've seen Cadets fail the ASVABs to be a bullet catcher, but can still commision as an officer.

ASVAB has some SAT type questions but also has a bunch of common sense type question, so it measures over all intelligence, not just book smart. A 130 or higher equals a very high IQ score. That absolutely does not mean the recruit has the ability to succeed or lead. It's like the kid that says, "yeah I was going to be a Navy SEAL but I punched the drill sergeant."

It's a long ways between talking about acheivement and reaching it.

Usually all are tater peelers for a short time early in their military career. lol

I took it in September of my senior year of high school 1980.
I don't know the score, but the recruiter said I had the best score he had seen.
I met my first National Guard drill in October and went to basic training the next June, 5 days after graduation.
I was in a dental unit. Stayed in 7 years while getting my pharmacy degree.

If I had it to do over again, I would probably have done ROTC while in college and went full time after graduating.

But, it's been a good life. Wouldn't we all like the advantage that cats have. With 9 lives, we might get it right at least once.

Back when I was a kid if you could read, "this side towards enemy" you were good to go as far as the military was concerned.

Without reading through all of the comments.

Lots of folks confuse the AFQT with the GT score. The AFQT is the overall score from the ASVAB with a range of 0-99. Anything 50 or above is good for the Army. Qualifies for different things like bonuses and extra $ for college. Generally someone has to score at least a 31 to qualify for the Army.

Then there are different line scores with the GT (general technical) score probably the most looked at. The GT score is derived from the math, word knowledge and I think the paragraph comprehension subtests. A GT score above a 110 is good. I think the max is 135, but I am not sure. Its been a while since I dealt with ASFAB scores.

A higher AFQT score usually translate to a higher GT score.

ASVAB tops out at 99, yes?