• Just finished my first AFOQT book and have another to read, planning on taking the test in a month or two. This will be my second attempt so it has to be PERFECT! If anyone has any wisdom about taking the exam, or strategies that helped you improve, I am all ears. Thank you! 😀

      kylemartinich, hunter-shaw and Dadams09
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      • I highly recommend scheduling some tutoring sessions with Gunboss. It helped me a ton when I was taking the AFOQT for the 2nd time.

      • You may already have this mindset, especially after having the experience of the first time you took the test, but don’t take any section for granted. I studied less of the math sections because I have a heavy math background with my engineering degree and focused more on the new topics that were more unfamiliar, and paid the price with my quantitative score.

        • I’d also like to recommend Gunboss—he’s an outstanding instructor who comes well-prepared and explains concepts clearly. While I didn’t work with him one-on-one, I watched all of his videos in the library and attended several of his seminars—he’s top-notch.

          Additional advice: have a system for identifying and targeting your weak areas. Start with a full-length practice test, then break down the types of questions you’re consistently missing. Focus your study time accordingly. I’ve had success finding similar problems online, and even using ChatGPT to generate customized practice questions for extra reps.

          Lastly, always practice under time constraints. Figure out how much time you’ll have per question for each section, then create short timed sets (like 10-question banks) to simulate real conditions. This sharpens your pacing and builds your internal clock so you’re ready on test day.

          Best of luck!

          • Remember it is superscored so you get the best subset score from either attempt.

            So if you got a 99 on one section. Don’t study that and don’t waste energy on it during the test.

            Also. Realize the most important sections are the (5 I think) the AFOQT pilot. We’re not looking for warrior poets, just warriors. Don’t stress the verbal.

            • I did a lot of timed practice tests, especially for the pilot score sections–I did timed table reading practice every day for a few months and tracked my scores so I could see where I was improving or not. For the math sections I did a lot of practice questions from ACT and SAT prep apps and websites so I wasn’t limited to only the ones in the AFOQT books, they’re testing on the same concepts at the same level so that gave me a lot more resources. The Varsity Tutors test prep app was my favorite, and free.