Mark Prince
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I noticed a lot of people posted their own experience about the at sat and what it was like and what was on it, so here is mine. I took it on Jan 9th.
It started at 8:30.
When you walk in they take your id's and ask you to pick a number, thats the computer they assign you.
Theres a 15 minutes speech just going over the rules and the test.
The test is broken up into blocks with certain sections in each block before you take a break/lunch.
The first Block of the test consisted of dials, math, angles and scan, in that order. Then a 15 minute break.
The dials sectionis identical to the green book section, no changes.
The math is a lot easier than the green book, although i think the green book helped. There are slight differences though. There are 5 practice questions. The "Arrival" and "Destination" time is in zulu and the speed is in Knots, but there is no need to do any convertions. I found it pretty easy to sometimes look at the answers to chose from and put those numbers into the formula to see if it fits.
The dials and scan are also extremely similar to the green book software.
After the first break its time to do letter factory.
SO MUCH EASIER THAN GREEN BOOK.
The differences are; you get letters you need and shouldnt drop any letters (i didnt, and know most people in the test didnt), You only have to click on the belt and the storage box to move a letter, when ordering boxes you order by individual color and can never completely run out of a certain box, so order when theres ony 1 left. The most intense difference is after a set of 4 question, the entire factory section restarts fresh. The questions are pretty much all based on the look of the screen, what you would need to fill what and more complex stuff than how many time have you order boxes, or called quality control. The entire section lasts about an hour. Then you get a lunch.
After lunch you get the ATST section. If you buy the green book you should DEFINATLY GET THE UPDATE. It runs almost exactly like the test. But the test is slightly different. Random planes do appear but you have to cick and wait for the next refresh to move them. You can also control only 1 plane at a time and need to complete a command on the initial plane before you can highlight another. Also the test makes you enter and airport in a certain direction, that changes throughout the session. (i crashed 2 planes) Then another 15 minute break.
You come back to the last part of the test, analogies and personalities.
The analogies consist of 30 word problems and 16 figure problems. The word problems are based on definition, spelling patters and anunciation.
The personality test is long. ha ha
The main thing I found is that it is important to follow every direction the test gives you. Also know when the practice time is over and its the real deal.
The enviorment is pretty relaxed but quite.
Hope this helps people about to take the test, sorry it was such a long post.
It started at 8:30.
When you walk in they take your id's and ask you to pick a number, thats the computer they assign you.
Theres a 15 minutes speech just going over the rules and the test.
The test is broken up into blocks with certain sections in each block before you take a break/lunch.
The first Block of the test consisted of dials, math, angles and scan, in that order. Then a 15 minute break.
The dials sectionis identical to the green book section, no changes.
The math is a lot easier than the green book, although i think the green book helped. There are slight differences though. There are 5 practice questions. The "Arrival" and "Destination" time is in zulu and the speed is in Knots, but there is no need to do any convertions. I found it pretty easy to sometimes look at the answers to chose from and put those numbers into the formula to see if it fits.
The dials and scan are also extremely similar to the green book software.
After the first break its time to do letter factory.
SO MUCH EASIER THAN GREEN BOOK.
The differences are; you get letters you need and shouldnt drop any letters (i didnt, and know most people in the test didnt), You only have to click on the belt and the storage box to move a letter, when ordering boxes you order by individual color and can never completely run out of a certain box, so order when theres ony 1 left. The most intense difference is after a set of 4 question, the entire factory section restarts fresh. The questions are pretty much all based on the look of the screen, what you would need to fill what and more complex stuff than how many time have you order boxes, or called quality control. The entire section lasts about an hour. Then you get a lunch.
After lunch you get the ATST section. If you buy the green book you should DEFINATLY GET THE UPDATE. It runs almost exactly like the test. But the test is slightly different. Random planes do appear but you have to cick and wait for the next refresh to move them. You can also control only 1 plane at a time and need to complete a command on the initial plane before you can highlight another. Also the test makes you enter and airport in a certain direction, that changes throughout the session. (i crashed 2 planes) Then another 15 minute break.
You come back to the last part of the test, analogies and personalities.
The analogies consist of 30 word problems and 16 figure problems. The word problems are based on definition, spelling patters and anunciation.
The personality test is long. ha ha
The main thing I found is that it is important to follow every direction the test gives you. Also know when the practice time is over and its the real deal.
The enviorment is pretty relaxed but quite.
Hope this helps people about to take the test, sorry it was such a long post.
