NRR: My niece scored 85 on ASVAB. How good is this?

It is okay, a bunch of kids in my high school took it, the dumb ones all got like 60s, and the smart kids got 93+

How exactly does one get "on track to graduate a year early" in high school anyway?

My biggest suggestion for this girl is to figure it out for herself. If she does something she isn't excited about she will be miserable, it is the rest of her life.

How do you have a lowest score of 84, a highest of 99, and average 85?

How many categories are there and did she score 85 on every other one? Or maybe the scores are weighted?

I'm not making fun, well maybe a little. I've never heard of this test but those numbers don't make any sense to me.

The scores of the individual categories my sister passed on to me are percentiles. The 85 is an overall score, not a percentile.

She has been taking a pretty heavy academic load. She'll be taking physics and calculus as a junior. Like I said it's a small school and they don't offer much for AP courses.

The only person who understands the ASVAB is a DOD scientist locked away under Yuma somewhere.

Google: ASVAB

Alan

eojtlc wrote:

How do you have a lowest score of 84, a highest of 99, and average 85?

Either it's completely made up, it's the OP who got an 85 and wanted to brag about himself, or just simply wanted to brag about his family. Any way the OP is a douche. Why would you immediately run to letsrun to ask if this is a good score? Ever heard of google? wikipedia? Of course you have, and you probably did a quick check before you posted it here. Also, notice how these types of threads are always well above average (e.g., my 7th grade daughter just ran a sub 11 2 mile, is this good?).

I scored a 93 on the asvab my senior year. could run 16 min for 3 miles. could do 25 pull ups and 70 push ups.

i was medically disqualified b/c of one incidence of asthma.

what is the deal with graduating high school early? If you're going to college get in an extra year of free AP classes and graduate college a year early.

I can't imagine the military is the best evironment for a 17 year old girl. Or boy for that matter.

It's not that good. I scored in the 80s, and I'm not that smart.

I scored in the mid 90's and I know I am not that smart. I would say I am above average but definitely not very smart.

unicyclemichael wrote:

I can't imagine the military is the best evironment for a 17 year old girl. Or boy for that matter.

Very good point. Also, while the military is an awesome place to be if you are into being in the miltary. To haphazardly join in order to give yourself time to figure out what you really want to do is not wise.

She's definitely overqualified for the military. However, an 84 should be good for many customer service jobs. Can she make fries and talk on a headset at the same time?

typical red tape bullshit wrote:

I scored a 93 on the asvab my senior year. could run 16 min for 3 miles. could do 25 pull ups and 70 push ups.

i was medically disqualified b/c of one incidence of asthma.

I scored 97. Around the same time and push up amount(about 15 pull ups) and was PDQ for a one time occurrence with eczema almost a decade before I tried to join(probably misdiagnosed by my GP). Lost a ROTC scholarship.

Although a number of fatass druggies from my HS got enlisted no issues. Disheartening but at this point, whatever.

Try to get her into an AFROTC program at a college. If she is shy, I would make sure she would be comfortable in an officer's position. Also google AR 40-501 and scan that to see if she has any of the PDQ issues.

In the end, it's her choice.

typical red tape bullshit wrote:

I scored a 93 on the asvab my senior year. could run 16 min for 3 miles. could do 25 pull ups and 70 push ups.

i was medically disqualified b/c of one incidence of asthma.

That's because you are an idiot.

Lie about that shit. Literally everyone lies about their medical history.

EVERYONE.

typical red tape bullshit wrote:

I scored a 93 on the asvab my senior year. could run 16 min for 3 miles. could do 25 pull ups and 70 push ups.

i was medically disqualified b/c of one incidence of asthma.

This is so similar to me its scary. I scored a 93 as well, run a 16:20 5k, could do 15 pull ups and could also do 70 push ups. I was medically PDQd up at MEPS because my hearing was less than 50% at some weird frequency. I saw a lot of people who had scored in the 30s-40s and have probably never ran more than a mile in their life make it through that day. Im still bitter at the ignorance of the qualification standards. I was really looking forward to serving my country.

I got a 90 on the ASVAB, but now I live in a van down by the river.