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i took the asvab on april 5th and requirements for the airforce is a 36 or higher. To make a long story short i took it and got a 23, my recriuter said i would have 2 wait 6months. The last week of april he called back and said i make a 50 on the test somebody make a mistake. i was scheduled to go to the Meps the 24th and 25th of May but at the last minute i was told my score was a 26 and i could not go. first i failed then was told i passed then told i failed again...and i don't know what to believe. i think something fishy is going on. i can't trust my recriuter. is there any phone number or someone i can talk to about this..?
Hi Kenisha,
I don't know of any number you can call, but it's not something I would worry about. The Air Force requires a minimum score of 40 on the overall ASVAB Score.
Your recruiter can't do anything to "fudge" this. Your score is recorded at MEPS. Your recruiter can't do anything to change this.
So, if your recruiter is willing to send you to MEPS to process, that means he/she was informed that you have a qualifying score. It's pretty much that simple, because he/she would not be allowed to send you for processing unless your score met the minimum qualifying criteria (for the Air Force, that's an minimum score of 40).
In short, this isn't something your recruiter could "make up."
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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