Actual Score vs. Above Qualified/Qualified

Ok I get mixed answers on this question.................

When you get looked at for an offering at a facility do they look at the actual score you got on the AT-AST, or just what catagory you fall under between Qualified and Above Qualified?

Has anyone heard of anyone scoring 80% and below getting a position?

difference between Qualified and Well Qualified is 85% not 80. But, the only people i've seen getting a position that scored qualified are from the 2007 pubnat.

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02/15/2008: Applied
02/16/2008: Authorized AT-SAT:
03/21/2008: AT-SAT Score 100
05/02/2008: Listed Email
06/20/2008: TOL: Congratulations. You have been chosen for... position at the Atlanta ARTCC in Hampton, GA.
06/20/2008: Slated: Memphis PEPC 7/21/2008
06/25/2008: Conformation: Memphis PEPC 7/21/2008
07/21/2008: PEPC in Memphis, 1100 to 1645.
08/19/2008: Oct 2nd OKC

There are also some CTI grads that are getting offers with only qualified scores.

You are getting mixed "Answers" because nobody really knows.

Just keep in mind that any of the above could change without anyone knowing. The FAA is making the "rules" up as it goes.

The AT-SAT was initially intended to select the people that had the best chance of succeeding as a controller and too many people failed it. Now the scores are weighted so everybody passes and 100 might not have actually gotten everything right.

Most certainly the highest scores were being selected first. That has been seen in the field. In the past the old test selection cutoff varied on what region you wanted to work in and their demand. It would make sense that they do that now even though the ATSAT score has no proven correlation on a person being successful in training.

I recently visited a tower facility. In talking to the Director of Training he indicated that it was your actual score on the AT-SAT that mattered, not just "Qualified" or "Well Qualified"

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7/29 AT-SAT Notification
8/13 AT-SAT Lisle, IL
8/18 AT-SAT Score 100!
11/20 Geo Prefs submitted

Today....waiting

congrats on getting 100%. did you do anything special. any books, or websites you visit? any suggestions, cause i still gotta take my test

get the green book.

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02/15/2008: Applied
02/16/2008: Authorized AT-SAT:
03/21/2008: AT-SAT Score 100
05/02/2008: Listed Email
06/20/2008: TOL: Congratulations. You have been chosen for... position at the Atlanta ARTCC in Hampton, GA.
06/20/2008: Slated: Memphis PEPC 7/21/2008
06/25/2008: Conformation: Memphis PEPC 7/21/2008
07/21/2008: PEPC in Memphis, 1100 to 1645.
08/19/2008: Oct 2nd OKC

So has anyone been rejected because of just getting a qualified score? My score was in the mid 70's, so does that mean, I should just plan on not making any referal lists or even getting a geographic preference email?

Generally, so long as your application is okay otherwise (in other words, you meet the minimum requirements described in the announcement) and you didn't fail the AT-SAT outright, you should receive the geographic preferences email.

Your AT-SAT score comes into play when the hub managers meet and start looking at who wants to go where. Then, as I understand it (Lawn Gnome can explain this better), they will start to make their selections, with the higher scores going first. That means that if twenty people have applied for Location A, but there are only ten spots open, the ten highest score will be selected (generally speaking... there's some room for personal preferences on the behalf of the hub manager, I'd think). But if Location B has ten spots open and only five people apply, then all five will receive interview invitations.

Again, that's a generalization, but it's more or less what you'll have to look forward to, from what I've understood. Since mid-70's is a lower score, it would probably benefit you to select places that are less competitive (or you could always put Throughout the Nation, of course).

For PUBNAT2, I noticed that someone with a score in the 70s was able to submit their geo. prefs, but did not make the referral list.

I am not sure if this is the general consensus of those with that score, so please take my words with a grain of salt.