My recruiter scheduled my ASVAB on December 7th. I am curious about the scoring though. I checked the official CG site and don't see it listed anywhere. What jobs require what ASVAB scores? Like what AFQT score would make you eligible for every job in the CG?

Here is some information I found -

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/cgjo...cgjobs.htm

They seemed to be correct, from what I can tell.  Hope this helps.

Usually a 65 or better qualifies a person for everything, there are some other factors though. Shoot for at least a 75 to make yourself more competitive.

Gears is wrong, shoot for a 99! ;-)

My son scored a 76, he qualified for everything except MST (ironic since his dad was an MST as an enlisted man and has served his entire career so far in the M field). He only missed MST by one point. That's fine because that isn't what he wanted anyway. But I agree with RFail, shoot for a 99, settle for nothing less. Good luck!

You know just as I wss about to hit submit I thought of this... Don't let that 76 throw you into thinking that should be good enough for whatever I want. Each of the parts are a sum to the whole. He could have gotten a 76 but scored differently on parts and he might have qualified for MST but not MK or something like that scenario. So shoot for the highest possible and then no worries at all, you'll be able to secure whatever suits your fancy.

Study as though failure is not an option...

+1 Rfail

Well I had my test today but I got another question. I think I did pretty well on the sections that matter for the AFQT score. But I am pretty sure I complete trashed the other sections, I don't know anything at all about auto shops or mechanics (I think I did decent in the Sci. section). But anyway my question is if you do bad in some section and want to retake it at a later date, how does it work? For the SAT you could retake it as much as you wanted and they used your highest score for each section (like if you retook the SAT and got a higher score in Math the newest Math score is what goes on your record, but if you do worse on the English, then the old English goes on your record, so the highest score from each section goes on your score). Is the ASVAB like this where if you retake it, and do better on some section and worse on sections you originally did really good on, they use the best score from each section?

Find out what your AFQT is first, that's the score that matters. If you retake the test and score lower, that is your score.

Posted By Gears on 08 Dec 2011 01:08 AM
Find out what your AFQT is first, that's the score that matters. If you retake the test and score lower, that is your score.

So the mechanical section and electric section don't matter at all?

They matter, so cover the material. But, they don't weigh as heavily as the math and English sections.

Posted By Gandler on 08 Dec 2011 11:17 AM

Posted By Gears on 08 Dec 2011 01:08 AM
Find out what your AFQT is first, that's the score that matters. If you retake the test and score lower, that is your score.

So the mechanical section and electric section don't matter at all?

I wouldn't say they don't matter, but they aren't going to make or break your job selection.  I got a 98 on the ASVAB (AFQT), and felt like I COMPLETELY bombed the sections that were important for the job I wanted.  Just got the e-mail today from my recruiter that I got my Gunners Mate line scores, and will be assigned to the PSU as a GM!!!!!  

Well I got an update today I got a 78 AFQT score (which is lower than I hoped, but I guess its not that bad), but I must have done well in the other section because he said I qualified for every job except Damage Control (DC)!!! Which is fine for me because DC was probably the bottom of my list for jobs that interest me (no offense to DC members, but that is just not for me , mechanical stuff never interested me, as is probably evident by my bad mechanical section score).
But anyway the bad news is that I have to wait til Jan-Feb to take a physical becasue they are bogged down with recruits right now and probably because of the holidays But for now it is a relief that I did well enough on the test to proceed with the process!!!!!

I honestly got a 46 on the ASVAB but I ended up qualifying for GM because my math , mechanical/electronics and science was pretty good. I scored above 50 for everything except for vocabulary. im pretty happy about GM, Its the only job that I am interested in other than ME

AST - AFQT = 65 OR VE + MC + AS = 162 w/ a minimum AR of 52
AET - AFQT = 65 OR MK + EI + GS = 172 w/ a minimum AR of 52
AMT - AFQT = 65 OR AR + MC + AS+ EI = 220 w/ a minimum AR of 52
BM - AR + VE = 100
DC - VE + MC + AS = 155
EM - MK + EI + GS = 153 w/ a minimum AR of 52
ET - AFQT = 65 or MK + EI + GS = 172 w/ a minimum AR of 52
FS - VE + AR = 105
GM - AR + MK + EI + GS = 209
HS - VE + MK + GS + AR = 207 w/ a minimum AR of 50
IS - AR + VE = 109
IT - AFQT = 65 or MK + EI + GS = 172 w/ a minimum AR of 52
ME - AR + VE = 100
MK - AR + MC + AS = 154 OR VE + AR = 105
MST - VE + AR = 114 w/ a minimum MK of 56
OS - VE + AR = 105
PA - VE + AR = 109 w/ a minimum VE of 54
SK - VE + AR = 105 w/ a minimum VE of 51
YN - VE + AR = 105

Great job Gandler I knew you can do it! What job are you gonna go for? Don't forget to input your score in the book and raffle it off to the next recruit.

Guardian03,

This is pure, unfiltered curiosity.. what do you find so fascinating about GM? Why don't the other rates appeal to you?

Well Gears, to be honest with you, I was homeschooled and just a week before I finished 12th grade I found out the school is not properly accredited. So I was advise by a big guy in Department of Education to drop out and get a GED. I studied and passed the found out the military stopped enlisting recruits with a ged unless they had 15 college credits. So I enrolled in University of Phoenix,AZ using the Chapter 35 VA benefits I had because of my father. I finished 18 credits to be safe with straight A's. My first choice was to join the Navy but at the time they werent accepting people with low QT's. Then I met up with a CG recuiter and he told me they dont care about the QT, as long as I qualify for one school I can enlist. The only school I qualify for is GM and it got me in. So I am thankful that I qualify for something instead of nothing. My life was delayed for 2 years because of that school. I know I can strike for another job, and I would like to be ME because I like anything involving law enforcement. but the waiting list for A school is 2 years almost, and for GM its 1 year, so I'm stuck in the middle. I like physical jobs, break your back but feel good about it at the end of the day because you know you are a big help especially if it involves saving a life because you know you want to and not only because you are ordered to. I do not like sitting at an office desk in the A/C, even though they make decent money in the civilian world. It's just not my thing.

So how do you compute the QT score?
I read that it is 2ve+ar+mk

But the chart that I looked at did not seem right. It put me at an 8?! I am dumb, but not that dumb.

Make sure you take the full practice test not the short one.

From what I can see you got (2x30 +16+16)= 60 +32=92

Posted By Kchan on 15 Dec 2011 04:40 PM
Great job Gandler I knew you can do it! What job are you gonna go for? Don't forget to input your score in the book and raffle it off to the next recruit.

Thanks! MST and ME are my top 2 choices, but they both have waitlists of over 2 years so I am not sure if I will end up going with either. 
But I will be sure to pass the book on, I will probably wait until after Christmas to raffle it though, because there is just so much going on now.

Guardian,

Congrats on overcoming your GED, you'd be surprised how many people just give up once they find out they have to take a few college courses. Are you aware that once you're in you can take individual parts of the test to raise your score if there's another job you're interested in. And, if you're within 5 points of any job you can request a 5 point waiver from your first command.

Thanks Gears and no I was not aware. I forgot exactly what my line scores were but I just know i scored exactly 209 no more no less. But I think that is what I'll do, take parts of the test again. The word knowledge is what screwed me over. Which was surprising because I did very well on that when I took the practice test in the Navy recruiting office.

Posted By big_dumb_monkey on 15 Dec 2011 06:50 PM
So how do you compute the QT score?
I read that it is 2ve+ar+mk

But the chart that I looked at did not seem right. It put me at an 8?! I am dumb, but not that dumb.

I took a cold test off Military.com I think.

GS 14

AR 16

WK 30

PC 12

MK 16

EI 12

ASI 18

Mech 18

AO 13

No study, just took the first 216 question test.  

It seems you took the full test then.  If those were your correct scores, then yes, your AFQT is floating around that.  The  silver lining is that on the computerized ASVAB, scores are weighted, so you get more credit as you answer more difficult questions.  Take a week, and read up on some of the guides that are out there.  Take your time and practice, you'll get the job done.

Gandler those "A" school waits are always changing. ME probably won't any time soon since it just opened but I know MST has fluctuated a lot after Deepwater Horizon.

Guardian once you are in the Coast Guard you can retest for the ASVAB if there is another rate that you decide you want to try for. Your recruit scores are not set in stone. There is a period of time you have to wait before you can retest.

Thanks bud. Now the people who just graduate bootcamp, would you consider them as a designated or nondesignated seaman? My father is prior Navy and I'm trying to explain the CG does things differently. It has become a huge argument in my house. Also when you sign the contract, are you also signing for a guaranteed school sometime after bootcamp?

The only guaranteed school on the active side is FS (cook). IF you do not want the FS rate, you will come into the Coast Guard, and then request your school.

You are a not designated, or rated, until you attend your school. That can take anywhere from 6 months to 2 or 3 years depending on the rate you choose.

Just to add to Chukles post... Please be sure to tell your father this is a positive to the CG. You get to go into the fleet as a non-rate and experience the jobs and you get to pick for yourself! That is a positive to be sure. You might be thinking about BM right now. But you have never heard of MST, no clue what they do. You get into the fleet, you get to meet an MST, see the job they do, understand the responsibilites and realize this is something you TRULY want to do. Instead of someone else telling you what to do or you deciding before you have been able to see many different aspects, you get to choose for yourself.

Tell your dad to log on and talk to us. We welcome even the saltiest of Navy sailors! We can answer questions to help him understand how the CG operates the same but different from the Navy. Thank him for me for his service.