How Much Time Is Needed to Study for the Military ASVAB Exam?

If you are considering a military career with the United States Armed Services, you will be required to take an entrance exam as part of your application process. This exam is the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery or ASVAB for short. In this article I will help you come up with an ideal plan for how much time you should study prior to taking the exam.

The ASVAB is designed to test you on the various topics that you have learned throughout high school. The topics tested range from math and science to reading comprehension and vocabulary. There are also a few additional skill-specific topics that you may not yet be familiar with.

The amount of time required to study for the ASVAB ultimately depends on the individual person. Aspects to take into consideration include how well you did in high school, how long ago you graduated, how good you are at test-taking, and how much of the material you still know or remember.

The best way to assess all of the above is to take a practice ASVAB exam under real test-like conditions. This means you should take the exam in a quiet area, with a timer, and limiting all distractions. Most importantly you cannot use your calculator for the math sections.

Once you have your baseline scores you can determine how much you already know, how ready you are, and how much preparation is required. For some students, especially the studious types who have just graduated and are good test takers, you may only require a week of refreshing on the information. More common however is the average student who has likely forgotten all of the information and will require proper study and review before taking the exam.

Regardless of where you fall in between the two extremes you have to keep your goals realistic. The extremely studios types tend to fear missing a single question and will be afraid to take the exam until they know everything. This res