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Barron's Officer Candidate School Test

Description

In addition to military academies and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), the United States military services draw a significant number of officer trainees from the military enlisted ranks and from civilian college graduates, commissioning them as second lieutenants or ensigns after completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) or Officer Training School (OTS) programs. This brand-new manual prepares candidates to pass the acceptance tests for those schools. It presents in-depth reviews of all test topics, which include math knowledge and reasoning, word knowledge and reading comprehension, and general science. Specialized topic reviews include mechanical and spatial comprehension and flight aptitude. Full-length practice tests are as follows: two Air Force Officer Qualifying Tests (AFOQT); three Army/Marine Corps OCS test; and three practice tests for Navy OCS and Marine Corps/Coast Guard Aviation applicants. All tests come with answer keys.

Reviews

Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-08-22
Summary: "ERROR-FILLED!"

There aren't a whole lot of options if you are looking for officer candidate test study guides, in particular, the Navy's ASTB. The one by Peterson's was a better choice than this one. The author has wrong answer and/or wrong explanations littered throughout this book. It really makes you uneasy studying because if you are truly lost and have to depend on this book, you will end up learning some procedures incorrectly or just dumbfounded at how he got some of his answers. I got this as my second book, after I went through the Peterson's guide, and while it gave a better description of the answers than Peterson's, the number of wrong answers are just unforgivable...don't buy it unless you are just brushing up or have another guide. Bottom line, check out the OCS Test book by Petersons.

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Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-07-25
Summary: "Several typos...Look for other books."

I ordered this book about a year ago. I was excited when it finally came in because I was looking at going back into the military as an officer. Unfortunately, there are SEVERAL typos in the book. Most of them are in the math section...the section I needed the most help in. Some of the answers are wrong, and also some of the questions are wrong.

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Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-07-02
Summary: "you all suck!"

ok i bought a small paper back book from you fools on may 30th AND I DONT HAVE IT YET!!!! they said it would be delievered on july 19th, JULY19TH! Did they need to publish the stupid thing first? so there is your review that you keep emailing me for.
thank you,
Kenneth Rendel

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-04
Summary: "Great study materials"

Like most good study materials, they are harder than the actual test, and this book is no different. The information contained within the book is excellent. And there are plenty of practice tests for additional aids. You have to be a little careful with the practice tests, as I found several incorrect answers in some of the math sections. But on the whole, this was a great study book for the actual test.

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Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-05-19
Summary: "FULL OF ERRORS"

The book has numerous math errors! I emailed Barron's about the issue and received a list of about 40 errors in the book and I've found even more they didn't catch. This was a huge setback to my studying for the ASTB and I find it blasphemous that the book has not been pulled from shelves.