Rant 36 out of 38

[Fireproof]

Ok I got my test for the military back and I am very mad because I got a 36 on it and I need a 38 to join the airforce.

 

[RisingFury]

Oh that sucks... can you take the test again?

 

[Fireproof]

I hope so I have to go to Nellis AFB to see if I can.

 

[Urwumpe]

Yikes. That is painful.

A friend of me failed his Abitur (Exam for getting permitted to attend university) by a single point. Was extremely painful for him, because he already had a good job offer as musician, which had just passing this exam as condition.

Did not stop him though - the last time I heard of him, he was leading the local Gospel scene.

 

[Epsilon]

For those who are unfamiliar with the ASVAB, I'd like to point out that it's graded on a percentile score.

 

[Hielor]

Hmmm, according to wikipedia, you only need a 36 to join the air force...

 

[PhantomCruiser]

You know... The Navy has aviators as well, and quite a few famous names in the space program have come from those ranks.

 

[eveningsky339]

Don't give up, bro.

My fiance said that when she took it (late 90s?), you had two chances to pass and then you have to wait a period of time.

 

[Linguofreak]

A friend of me failed his Abitur (Exam for getting permitted to attend university) by a single point. Was extremely painful for him, because he already had a good job offer as musician, which had just passing this exam as condition.

Ouch. And you can only take the Abi once, right?

 

[Urwumpe]

Ouch. And you can only take the Abi once, right?

No, you can also try again, but it does not get simpler, especially since the teachers use the topics, which they taught their students in 2 years. You would have an actually worse situation, if you switch between teachers who make more use of their freedom in the education plans for the subject.

 

[Lunar_Lander]

Actually, the Abi is now prepared by the Ministry of Education of each of Germany's 16 states, the teachers themselves do not know the tasks until the morning of the particular exam. Since 2006 this is done in Lower Saxony (Saxony did this since 1992 btw).
Now you also have five exam subjects instead of four, with three Advanced Courses, a Basic Course in which you have a written exam and a Basic one with an oral exam.

The points you can get (they range from 0 to 15, which would be like F to A+, each point is one-third of the particular grade, so: 10 is B-, 11 is B and 12 is B+). This year is the first which has the exam result multiplied by four (until 2008 the results were tripled), and then the five results are added up. You require 100 points to pass, so it is obvious that you need at least 5 points in the five subjects (corresponding to a D), as 5*4=20 and 5*20=100. Nevertheless it is sad, somebody here in town failed too last year because he had 99 points .

By the way, it can be difficult if somebody would have to repeat this year: In Mathematics, they used to test Vector mathematics since 2006 to this year. 2010 will be the first year, in which Linear Algebra is to be tested (Matrices and so on). So there is quite a lot to learn for somebody who has to repeat.

 

[Eagle]

Well, that sucks.

At least you have real experience about what's on the test so you can study for it better next time.

 

[Urwumpe]

Actually, the Abi is now prepared by the Ministry of Education of each of Germany's 16 states, the teachers themselves do not know the tasks until the morning of the particular exam. Since 2006 this is done in Lower Saxony (Saxony did this since 1992 btw).
Now you also have five exam subjects instead of four, with three Advanced Courses, a Basic Course in which you have a written exam and a Basic one with an oral exam.

Yes, but that did not happen like that ten years ago.

Ten years ago, your teacher had to prepare multiple exams and send them to the ministry of truth.