The test is now digital! I personally took it my first time digital. I had a few friends that took both, paper and digital. They said you have so much extra time since you don’t have to fill in the scantron. Just a heads up
I wonder if they would let me be a linguist if im fluent in Japanese. Although im confident I can easily pass a dlpt test, I dont think any branch of the military takes linguists for that language So hopefully im able to pass the dlab to learn a new language lol
@@timwoolard1465got ya, glad you went through what was best for you. I’m in rotc right now and had to take this test twice after failing horribly the first time. Hopefully I can commission and join big blue. Hope everything with law school works out for you 🫡
I was planning on doing a program that allows you to earn your bachelor's while you're still enlisted and then commission. You just have to be able to obtain your bachelor's within two years.
Yo saw your video we went to basic together! I'm taking the test in the next two weeks second attempt passed verbal just need a better score in the math part made the mistake in the first attempt to literally try to solve all the math questions and ran out of time I have studied continually for a year though, just need to memorize my formulas
I don’t know if you’ll see this but I take the AFOQT this Friday with the goal of being a pilot. I am extremely nervous about the math part because it isn’t my strong suit. The book I bought makes the math part seem very hard while all online practice stuff makes it seem not terrible. Which do you think is more accurate? I feel very confident on all aviation related stuff. Thank you
Maybe the book is 100% focused on the 10% of questions that are actually difficult. From what I remember, the math section isn't super challenging. But at this point, it's been some time since I've taken the test.
Man I'm about to take this test a third time, and my goodness it's quite the rollercoaster! I last took this test in 2018 where I scored very well in everything except for vocab section. Thanks to superscoring I don't need to put as much energy into all the areas, however I do still want to score higher in pilot so I am practicing the hell out of vocab, math knowledge and table reading
@Rheale M. I had to aquire sufficient flight hours which in my case was around 50 or so, and write up an MFR with flight hours as justification. And then have that signed by my Group commander who is an O-6
I worked directly with linguists from the other branches. We all did the same job. Soldiers had more Army BS to do before and after work, but they received bigger signing bonuses. The Navy and AF are basically the same, except sailors have better PCS/TDY/deployment options. I met, like, two marines and it sounds like being in the army but worse.
What would you recommend to be more prepared for linguist work before tech school and before BMT? Currently I'm at an intermediate level in Spanish, but I doubt they'd let me choose that.
If you already have qualifying ASVAB and DLAB scores, there's not much to do. The Air Force tends to ignore your language background. If you really want to excel at DLI though, from what I've seen, the people who perform the best there are those with the best English skills (grammar/reading).
I never worked a weekend and I averaged probably 35 hours a week. Your results may be different. It depends on the pace of your mission, but the job tends to be cushier than most.
I was active duty so I didn't need to go through a recruiter to schedule it. I'm assuming they will allow you to take the time you need to do well, but I don't know much about the process.
ASVAB is so fckn stupid, I’m so fckn bad at test but I’m so motivated to become special forces and I know I’ll do good. The ASVAB is what’s stopping from joining
I’m in dep at the moment and going in as an linguist. In terms of life after service, what job opportunities should I be expecting ? I’ve been wondering if this is a good job to transfer back into the civilian world.
This might depend on the language you get, but many linguists can basically stay on at their workplace as their military contract ends. You will have the skills to continue doing intelligence work at most of the three letter agencies. DLI is now awarding bachelor's degrees to members who go back for immediate level training. With a bachelor's in a foreign language, you can probably find work as an interpreter anywhere (if you're skilled enough in the language). Some unrelated careers still appreciate foreign language skills, so it could help your resume for other jobs, too. I'd say the job outlook for former military linguists is generally very positive.
I just got my results back and scored fairly high thanks in some part to this vid! Tip#4 Test Fast is the biggest one imo. There were times I felt like I didn’t even have time to erase wrong answers
Hi I’m 18 about to go to Meps and considering joining the af. Are you airborne or ground linguistic? Also would you say you have a lot of free time or does your job give you a lot of work? I’d appreciate a response and thank you
The minimum scores are percentile scores. For example, the minimum required score for Verbal is 15, which means you need to score higher than 15% of the other test-takers to whom your score is compared. A score of 50 is considered average.
I’m currently studying for the test, but I’ve been having a hard time trying to stay focused or study for 30 minutes to an hour. Would you mind dropping any tips on how you studied for the test or retaining information throughout your study session? Thank you!!
not sure if this is still helpful but something I do is try to bring my focus back if my mind keeps wandering after the 3rd time, then I take a break. Check in with yourself, do you need: water, food, been sitting too long, too much energy (just do a quick workout or try walking and studying if you can), or you just can't seem to study even if you take a break change activities for 10-20 minutes just something you really want to do, be happy/satisfied with it and try to study again (for me personally I would try to set my goal on time spent on the activity and not finishing activity or setting goals like if you wanna build your house in a video game, this honestly was one of the hardest things for me to figure out when i was younger). Your tolerance to studying should build up from there and eventually you'll be doing 2 hour sessions (I don't recommend studying past 2 hours straight make sure to take a break during that time but its also situational and up to you if you got momentum and want to keep going do it, but be willing to take a break if your going past 2 hours [something i struggled with a lot lol]) Hopefully this helps! GL on your exams!
What job or sector are you going to transition into, since you said you're leaving the AF? Thanks for the good vid, its probably the best one I've seen on the topic.
Funny. You're leaving air force liguist job with likely a degree in Mechanical Engineering. And I'm going into the air force, hopefully as a liguist (still got to take DLAB) ,with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I started at Texas Tech and then finished my degree in M.E else where. Where doing the opposite thing. Wonder why you're leaving.
Thank you for the video, I found it very helpful. Could you explain why you chose to fill in ‘C’ for any time that you either didn’t know the answer or were about to run out of time? Why not A, B, or D, or a combination?
It probably doesn't matter. Each option should have the same likelihood of being correct. Some people believe that on any standardize test, C has a slightly higher chance of being the correct answer. These days, they just randomize the answer choices anyway, so really I just do it out of habit.
Your recruiter will probably try to pressure you into taking a linguist job if you pass the DLAB. You can always say no, but they might stop working with you.
Bruh you should have joined under Trump we had no wars and we got pay raises every 2 weeks. Under this president this is the worst time in history to join the military 😄
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