I just got my ASVAB scores back

[DainBramaged]

I scored a 98. Now what should I do?

 

[Rubycon]

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery?

Go put an air conditioner in a tank.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I scored a 98. Now what should I do?

You should enlist, right after the guy that doesn't have his HS diploma.

That was the easiest test I took.

 

[Eeezee]

According to the ASVAB when I took it, I could do anything I wanted... but only if I enlisted in the military.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I scored a 98. Now what should I do?

You should enlist, right after the guy that doesn't have his HS diploma.

That was the easiest test I took.

And what did you do?

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I scored a 98. Now what should I do?

You should enlist, right after the guy that doesn't have his HS diploma.

That was the easiest test I took.

And what did you do?

I wiped my ass with the results and went to university instead.

Our country has no shortage of poor disillusioned youth for cannon fodder.

 

[Auryg]

There were about 4 people in my grade of 160 that got in the 90s.

What the hell the rest were thinking, I don't know. The people that got 40s? Wow.

 

[adairusmc]

You have to have had a lobotomy to get anything less than a 90 on that test.

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I scored a 98. Now what should I do?

You should enlist, right after the guy that doesn't have his HS diploma.

That was the easiest test I took.

And what did you do?

I wiped my ass with the results and went to university instead.

Our country has no shortage of poor disillusioned youth for cannon fodder.

Sounds like it is time for a vacation.

 

[aberdeen5]

Originally posted by: adairusmc
You have to have had a lobotomy to get anything less than a 90 on that test.

I got an 86... I've always wondered what that strange scare on my head was.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: adairusmc
You have to have had a lobotomy to get anything less than a 90 on that test.

In my group of seventeen people, the next score down was 78. Guess I come from a dumb part of the US. :laugh:

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Our country has no shortage of poor disillusioned youth for cannon fodder.

While you were at the University, did they tell you that there are a lot of non-combat positions?

I scored an 89, only because I marked down "A" for all of the repair and maintenance questions. I got a 99 on the AFQT. While at MEPS, I only met one guy who was going in for a combat position.

With a 98, you could do anything you want. Go in for Intel.

 

[compudog]

I had 98 in 84.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: jpeyton
I wiped my ass with the results and went to university instead.

Our country has no shortage of poor disillusioned youth for cannon fodder.

Sounds like it is time for a vacation.

Increasing pay while lowering admissions standards...sounds like they're targeting the poor to me.

The other breakthrough is less well known, and has been a long time coming. The army has found ways to lowering its admission standards in order to get all the volunteers it needs. For example, the army allowed up to four percent of the recruits to be of the second lowest aptitude level (Category IV). The percentage of recruits who are high school graduates is now 82 percent, versus 92 percent three years ago. More recruits are being let in on waivers. The most common items waived are medical conditions, criminal records or drug use.

Source

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Our country has no shortage of poor disillusioned youth for cannon fodder.

While you were at the University, did they tell you that there are a lot of non-combat positions?

I scored an 89, only because I marked down "A" for all of the repair and maintenance questions. I got a 99 on the AFQT. While at MEPS, I only met one guy who was going in for a combat position.

With a 98, you could do anything you want. Go in for Intel.

I'm thinking about that or Public Relations to go to Journalism school.

 

[markgm]

I missed a question on it when I took it, I knew it at the time too, I forgot to go back and fix it. When the recruiter asked me how I thought I did I told him I missed one, and he laughed like "you missed more than one" and then looked at my score and said "oh, you did miss one. How did you know that?"

 

[DeadByDawn]

Originally posted by: compudog
I had 98 in 84.

I got a 125 in 88.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I scored a 98. Now what should I do?

Welcome to the infantry son! Let me tell you about the exciting careers available to someone of your potential. How would you like to be a hyper-velocity projectile impediment? I thought so! Just take this here rifle and no matter what happens... keep moving forward.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn

Originally posted by: compudog
I had 98 in 84.

I got a 125 in 88.

...right.

 

[DeadByDawn]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn

Originally posted by: compudog
I had 98 in 84.

I got a 125 in 88.

...right.

lol. it was a different test back then, they scored it different.

 

[Anubis]

i dont remember even taking it LOL

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn

Originally posted by: compudog
I had 98 in 84.

I got a 125 in 88.

...right.

i think the scoring system changed, because I have heard of people getting over 100.. but when I got my 88 it seemed as though 100 was the top score, since every individual test score was listed as a percentile, and I was often in the 98 or 99 percentile in a majority of the tests. That, or because my test that I took didn't have one or two of the individual tests, makes me think my total score could have been higher, maybe over 100 if it was the complete test.
hmm, gots me thinkin now

and wow, jpeyton.. so because you got a high score, means the military is wrong for you?
great head on your shoulders.
there are actually a lot of smart people in the military, even the Army and Marines.. just depends on what you end up doing. my buddy is doing communications, VOIP stuff actually.

 

[speed01]

Originally posted by: jpeyton


I wiped my ass with the results and went to university instead.

Our country has no shortage of poor disillusioned youth for cannon fodder.

So tell us mister "I'm too good to volunteer to protect the country I live in", what is it exactly you do that is so superior to defending your home? Just because you lacked the balls to serve, you are somehow better? Why did you even bother taking the test in the first place? You sir are an ass. Your snyde comment is an affront to those of us who have served and those who are currently serving in the military. You may disagree with the current state of affairs, but for you to sit there behind your mighty keyboard and belittle the people who have afforded you that right is just wrong.

Speed

 

[MedicBob]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
I wiped my ass with the results and went to university instead.

Our country has no shortage of poor disillusioned youth for cannon fodder.

So I am one of the poor disillusioned youth for cannon fodder after 19 years in the military? Kudos to you for going to school while me and mine bled for you. It is your right. However, it is not your right to call us what you did. I have spent most of my youth serving and protecting and still do and still will be for years to come. It is a choice I made and I do not regret it, but I will not let someone who wasn't there, didn't do that, and never will disrespect those who were without speaking up.

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I scored a 98. Now what should I do?

You should enlist, right after the guy that doesn't have his HS diploma.

That was the easiest test I took.

And what did you do?

I wiped my ass with the results and went to university instead.

Our country has no shortage of poor disillusioned youth for cannon fodder.

AT least have the respect for those of us who served and helped get you the right to say this crap.


It really depends what you want to do. I actually signed up for nuclear power but I did not get through the back round check