🎙Episode 52 – From MP to a 114 GT Score: Noah’s ASVAB Comeback
In this episode, Mickey Gamonal sits down with Noah Fuller, an Army National Guard Soldier who decided his original ASVAB score wasn’t going to limit his future opportunities.
After joining as an MP and later pursuing CBRN, Noah learned that improving his scores could open more doors in his Army career. After taking the ASVAB multiple times in the past without getting the results he wanted, he changed his approach: study with purpose, get help, attend BSEP, and put in the work outside of class.
That work paid off.
Noah earned a 114 GT score and raised his overall score from the 30s to a 71.
Noah and Mickey break down his experience with the Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP), tutoring, test anxiety, and what finally made the difference after years of knowing he was capable of a better score.
What you’ll learn:
- How BSEP works for currently serving Soldiers
- The difference between the ASVAB and AFCT
- Why Noah decided to improve his score after already joining the Army
- How understanding why you got a question right can be more important than simply getting it right
- Why practice tests helped Noah overcome test anxiety
- How Noah studied before and during his two-week BSEP course
- Why investing in tutoring helped him focus on his specific weaknesses
- What Noah experienced on test day while battling serious nerves
- How he went from questioning his abilities to earning a 114 GT
- Why improving your ASVAB scores can create more options throughout your military career
Key moments:
3:20 – Noah learns about BSEP and the AFCT
4:23 – How Soldiers can get into BSEP
6:30 – Getting a question right vs. understanding why you’re right
11:51 – Why Noah recommends BSEP
15:07 – Refusing to become complacent in his military career
15:54 – Finding the ASVAB Domination Podcast
16:41 – Deciding to invest in tutoring
25:13 – Noah’s test-day story
31:25 – Walking into the test shaking from nerves
31:54 – The first question changes everything
34:14 – Finding out his score
34:39 – 114 GT
41:33 – Noah’s biggest strategy for improving
43:53 – What he would do differently
45:20 – His advice for Soldiers considering tutoring
49:09 – From an overall score in the 30s to a 71
50:42 – Why improving your score opens more doors
Final message from Noah:
You don’t have to let an old ASVAB score decide what you can do with the rest of your military career.
Put in the work. Ask questions. Get help when you need it. Create more options for yourself.
Take the chance. Bet on yourself.
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