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As a potential military recruit you will be required to take the military version of an academic entrance exam called the ASVAB. This stands for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and is designed to test your knowledge and skills that you have learned and retained since high school. In this article I will give you study techniques while showing you why you should avoid last minute ASVAB cramming before your exam.
Your ASVAB score plays a key role in your acceptance into the Armed Services, and your eligibility for your desired job, rate, or MOS within your branch of choice. If this one single exam is so important, can you afford NOT to put your best efforts forward?
Can you afford NOT to do your best?
The answer of course is NO. If this exam will dictate your future, you should try to have as big a hand in this as possible. Ideal preparation for the exam will be well structured, and well paced over a normal period of time.
This type of study schedule will give you the time and ability to measure your starting aptitude, take a practice test, identify your weak points, and then focus on improving in those areas. Only by following this type of study schedule will you truly have control over your ultimate exam outcome.
If you do not take the preparation process seriously, and instead postpone your studying to the last minute, there is no way that you can be properly prepared. When you cram last minute studying, both your efforts, and study techniques, are likely to be ineffective.
When you cram for an exam as important as this one, your studying is likely driven by panic. When you panic your mind will not allow you proper focus and concentration, and you may find yourself studying the same material over and over without truly absorbing what you are studying.
And even if you do find yourself studying well enough to ‘get’ the information, you will be less likely to remember it long-term, and less likely to be able to apply it over time. this is because last minute studying tends to store the information into your short term memory. And while this may be beneficial for a single topic or concept, putting a ton of information into your short term memory will simply cause chaos and confusion when you attempt to retrieve the information on test day.
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