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Comment by garden gal on March 20, 2015 at 9:53am

fab5mom. There are 2 parts to interpreting the ASVAB.  The first is the AFQT score.  It goes up to 99 and a percentile ranking (as in an 83 means he did better than 83% of the people who took the test). When people talk about their ASVAB score they usually mean this one. The test is actually a set of about 10 subtests in specfic areas.  Those subtest scores (AR - arthhhmetic, PC - paragraph comprehension,etc). are added together in various combinations to determine if he qualifies for a particular job.  My son was given his overall score the day he took the test but it took a couple of weeks to get the chief to give him his subscores.  Once he gets his subscores you can figure out the jobs.  And by the way - the subtest scores are not 0 - 100.  They are graded on a very intricate set of standard deviations so scores in the 60s & 70s are actually pretty good.  Feel free to PM me if you hhave more questions.

Comment by fab5mom on March 19, 2015 at 10:26pm

My son took the ASVAB today, however I'm confused about the grade. His recruiter mentioned that the highest score he could receive was in the mid 90's yet I see test scores need to be over 200 for some jobs. Am I confusing 2 different tests? Thanks for your help this all so new to me!!

Comment by Dawn on March 17, 2015 at 7:35am

Thanks Paige..this group is truly a blessing. Lemonelepphant your encouragement and knowledge in this brings so much peace to me and hope, thank you both!

 

Comment by Paige on March 16, 2015 at 3:26pm

Dawn I was in the same situation it was hard I left my SR. feb 12th,he arrived in Chicago and I got the 30 sec call I think I was still talking and he had already hung up it was so hard.Iv become a lot stronger. every day is a new day and just reamember to write a lot it really help and lemonelephant was a lot of help to me she was light at the beginning of the journey.And still is.

Comment by Dawn on March 16, 2015 at 12:46pm

Thanks that helped a lot!

Comment by lemonelephant on March 16, 2015 at 12:23pm

Dawn, he is fine. If he wasn't you would have heard. It is very common for some recruits to have second thoughts, but most do go on to become US Navy Sailors. Often the recruit may sound discouraged in the first letter and/or call and will often be sick as well, but by the time the next call or letter comes things are much better because the division is pulling together and the recruits have learned to do things the Navy way so they are getting yelled at less and they are actually training, whereas in the first weeks it was P-days and knowledge stuff. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC.

Check your My Page.

Comment by Dawn on March 16, 2015 at 8:23am

I dropped my son off a Recruiters office March 10 and he flew out to Chicago March 11.  Hardest thing I have ever done.  It is a great feeling to watch your son chase his dream, but it hit him that night in hotel and while in airport the day he left and he was panicking and so afraid.  When you see your child doing this it makes it even harder.  Then that 30 second call was like ok I have no more control I am handing it over.  This is a faith walk like no other.  I pray for him non stop.  He is walking in greater courage then I've ever seen. This is my child who is a homebody now venturing out on his own in the world. I hope he is doign okay, this is so hard.  Anyone else have a child that was super excited about this journey for over a year and then when reality hit that day after he left you he reached out in a panic?  How did they do in basic?

Comment by lemonelephant on March 15, 2015 at 9:12pm

Rileysmom, I left info for you on your My Page.

Comment by HoneyLemonTea on March 15, 2015 at 11:44am

Super proud of my son who DEPed in on Wednesday, but its also sad thinking about how quite my house will be with only my daughter left. It was a long journey to get here our recruiter had knack for canceling appointments at the last minute and not being the most helpful. His ship date July 16th and i really don't know what to expect over the next few moths.  

Comment by JC19 on March 11, 2015 at 8:58pm

Just a heads up for everyone waiting for a family member to go to boot camp. Make sure that your soon to be sailor is physically ready. My son did not PIR on time due to to running. He said to me when we got to talk that they ran approximately 3 times for the full 1.5 miles. They need to be ready to do that when they go to GL, as they will not do it a lot there except for the actual 3 PFA tests. He ran a lot in the FIT program after his PIR date. I am happy to say he just passed!!!! WOO HOO but it is very upsetting to have them call to say do not go to graduation.

All divisions may be different but I heard the same from others about the running. Also the air is extremely dry and not a lot of circulation from what I hear and that makes it harder. 

Just wanted to let loved ones know. Best of luck to all of you on the roller coaster ride you are embarking on with your SR's.

 Also write them a lot! You will be surprised how much they appreciate it. I also know that some do not get mail and I set up with my son to get 2 letters a day, one to him and one marked with a star on the envelope in the corner to give to someone not getting mail.That way until he had names he could send to me at least he could hand out mail to others.

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