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30 Days to ASVAB, 1st ed (Arco 30 Days to the ASVAB)

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I bought this book along witht he book "ASVAB Basics" and found this book to be a great supplement to the ASVAB Basics book. I recommend studying fromt the ASVAB Basics Book first then study from this book. I found the questions in this book to be harder then what is on the actula exam which made the actual ASVAB easier. I also found that a few of the questions in this book was on the actual exam itself (manily from the Word Knowledge and Arithmetic sections). I needed a GT score of 110 to get into Officer candidate School and ended up getting a 120! This book ROCKS!!

I took the ASVAB in early January before I started my final college term (I'll have an AA in May). I bought this book, and another book. However, this was the only one I had before I took the test. All I did was read and scan hours before test on my ride to the entrance area.
I had actually forgotten most of the information I learned about electronics, but with the help of this book: My total score was an 82. I got an 88 in Admin, a 90 in electronics, a 76 in General, and a 58 in mechanics (Which I don't don't know anything about). I did surprisingly well. I didn't get the kind of position that was a perfect fit for my score (Because my recruiter kept pushing AIRCREW in my face instead of something like biomedical technology *Laughs*), but I qualified for 146 out of 150 jobs. That review of the electronic section may have been the reason my score was so great.

This book definitely helped me. I haven't stopped college at anytime after high school, but I still needed to review some topics that I haven't gone over in awhile. It definitely helped me.

I bought this book for my son who is trying to enlist in the Air Force. He said the book is extremely helpful and doing the the day-to-day activities is easy to do rather than reading a 500 page book with no activities in between. I would recommend this book. He hasn't taken the ASVAB yet, but the book so far is giving him insight as to how the test will be.

I'm 30, I don't remember much about math (and I've always been TERRIBLE at it), I didn't know anything about Electronics or Mechanics, and took the ASVAB for the first time without studying. I scored a 67 which was decent and qualified me for a lot of jobs, but not the ones i wanted: SEAL, SWCC, SARC, CTI-Linguist, Journalist. Of the 5 I only qualified for journalist because I've always been strong on my reading and word knowledge skills. That obviously wasn' enough.

I decided to retake it 30 days later after studying with this book. I'm a big procrastinator so I didn't do it day by day like the book was designed for you to do. I ended up cramming in all the days within a week before my test, so I'm pretty sure I didn't retain everything I studied.

Even from just cramming that book, I retook the test and ended up scoring an 82! I met the ASVAB requirements (above and beyond) for every special warefare & Ops positions in the Navy: SEAL, SWCC, EOD, Diver, AIRR. I also qualified for Linguist, so I can take the DLAB if I wanted to. An 82 to go along with my composite scores pretty much qualified me for almost ANY job in the Navy!

It is a good book. The questions on the test are different from the ones in the book, but you get a good foundation of the knowledge from the explanations for the answers in the book which you are able to apply to the real test. Yes, i would probably say the book questions are harder as well.

I also borrowed ASVAB basics from the library to supplement with this book, but like the procrastinator I am, I never got to it. lol Flipping through it though, I KNOW I would have done even better on the math because it is way more detailed than 30 Days to ASVAB.

I know for sure if I used both books for 30 days, I would have scored in the 90's.

But 82 is good enough for me. Got me what I wanted. 30 Days to ASVAB is a great book!

I DEFINITELY recommend supplementing it with ASVAB Basics, and i DO NOT recommend cramming it in within a week like I did if you want to get the most results out of it.

This is good for a small review before a test. Also good for enhancing your general culture on the miscellaneous subjects.