All Branch Topic (ABT) Should I send ASVAB/Army GT score to med school I interviewed at?

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The other day I went to MEPS as part of the application process for the medical student Army National Guard Program. I got a 99 on the ASVAB with a GT score of 142. Apparently this is good. I recently interviewed at a medical school and am waiting to hear the decision. Would it be a good idea to send these scores with an explanation as to how the ASVAB is done to the school I'm waiting to hear from? On one hand, I think it can help me stand out, but on the other hand it could look like I'm pompous/distracted by non-medical school things.

Thoughts?
 
I've been a line officer, and I have no idea what the ASVAB means, other than that some MOSs have cutoffs for certain scores. Medical schools will almost certainly have no idea what it means, and I doubt it adds to your application at all.
 
You don't take the asvab for a medical student officer slot. Make sure you are getting the right designation
 
sb247 said:
You don't take the asvab for a medical student officer slot. Make sure you are getting the right designation
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The recruiter I'm working with now is only handling my package up until the physical part, once I get an unconditional acceptance to a med school I will then work w/ the state AMEDD recruiter. Thanks for the info though, I was wondering if he told me to take the ASVAB because of some confusion, and it appears that may be the case, but oh well, it was only 1.5 hours out of my life and in a weird way was actually kind of fun.

And thanks for the replies everyone, I don't think I'll be sending them after all.
 
This just highlights the ineptitude of recruiters. ASVAB is strictly for enlisting, not for officers.
 
Back in the day, while Viet Nam was going on and there was a draft, we all had to take the ASVAB in high school. It consisted questions like showing you a picture of a wrench and a hammer and asked which is which. Some thought that if they answered wrong they wouldn't get the call. Of course they got drafted and were considered by vitue of a 78 ASVAB score, that they were only fit for infantry...
 
EugeneF said:
The other day I went to MEPS as part of the application process for the medical student Army National Guard Program. I got a 99 on the ASVAB with a GT score of 142. Apparently this is good. I recently interviewed at a medical school and am waiting to hear the decision. Would it be a good idea to send these scores with an explanation as to how the ASVAB is done to the school I'm waiting to hear from? On one hand, I think it can help me stand out, but on the other hand it could look like I'm pompous/distracted by non-medical school things.

Thoughts?
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ASVAB score is not relevant and test score is being compared to other high school students (not really college bound). Try to get 99 percentile in MCAT instead...
 
EugeneF said:
The recruiter I'm working with now is only handling my package up until the physical part, once I get an unconditional acceptance to a med school I will then work w/ the state AMEDD recruiter. Thanks for the info though, I was wondering if he told me to take the ASVAB because of some confusion, and it appears that may be the case, but oh well, it was only 1.5 hours out of my life and in a weird way was actually kind of fun.

And thanks for the replies everyone, I don't think I'll be sending them after all.
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EugeneF a man in your position taking the ASVAB is a huge red flag!!

Danger! Danger! Your recruiter may have been trying to pull a fast one on you. "Yes, sign here and after boot camp we will send your package up for the board." Yuckity yuck......If he wants you to take the ASVAB, he was likely trying to get you to enlist. I never took the ASVAB as part of my HPSP package.

You must be mindful of the force young padawan.......
 
Do not bother sending you ASVAB to any medical school you interview at. As the poster above indicated be very careful the documents you sign. Your recruiter may have been trying to pull a fast one.
 
Thanks for all the replies. He told me that I was the first individual he's ever processed an application for that is going to the National Guard Med Student program. He's been pretty unsure about a lot of things in the application, but has tried to be as helpful as possible. From the start he told me that his only role in my application was getting me scheduled for a physical and then after that I would deal with the AMEDD officer recruiter.

Haha at MEPS my service liason seemed pretty confused about the whole thing too, but oh well. I know not to sign anything that isn't solely an acceptance of a Direct Commisison. I'm thinking that the application process for this program might be different from what is normally done for HPSP because it's through my specific state's National Guard, not the active Army, Navy, etc. Thanks for the help!
 
And here, Eugene, you get a wonderful lesson about life in the military. Sometimes we can't tell the difference between intentional harm and incompetence. Most of the time its the latter (conspiracies are usually beyond our capabilities).
 
Gastrapathy said:
And here, Eugene, you get a wonderful lesson about life in the military. Sometimes we can't tell the difference between intentional harm and incompetence. Most of the time its the latter (conspiracies are usually beyond our capabilities).
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Doesn't this apply to all elements of governmental service?
 
From what I had been prior advised by both a pediatric developmental specialist and psychiatrist, a GT score is a very rough estimate for an individual's IQ, hence, why there are cutoffs for certain MOS and stereotypes for certain MOS.

So, while it may look great that your IQ is well above average, it is unlikely that anybody at the medical school will understand what this means unless they had a prior military career.
 
bustbones26 said:
From what I had been prior advised by both a pediatric developmental specialist and psychiatrist, a GT score is a very rough estimate for an individual's IQ, hence, why there are cutoffs for certain MOS and stereotypes for certain MOS.

So, while it may look great that your IQ is well above average, it is unlikely that anybody at the medical school will understand what this means unless they had a prior military career.
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Of course, you wouldn't send in your IQ score either...
 
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