ASVAB Retake Calculator: When Can You Retest?
Enter your last test date. You get the exact day you become eligible, and a warning if your target score would trigger a Confirmation Test.
Your Retest Info
Enter previous + target AFQT to check if your retest would trigger the Confirmation Test.
Your Earliest Retest Date
First retest: 1 calendar month after your initial test.
Based on the official 1/1/6 ASVAB retest policy. Your recruiter schedules the actual retest through MEPS, bring this date to your next meeting.
How the 1/1/6 rule works
| Retest number | Wait period | Measured from |
|---|---|---|
| 1st retest | 1 calendar month | Initial test date |
| 2nd retest | 1 calendar month | 1st retest date |
| 3rd retest and beyond | 6 calendar months | Previous retest date |
“Calendar month” means the same date next month, not 30 days. The official policy's own example: a first retest on March 20 means a second retest can be administered on or after April 20. Test before the wait is up and the policy says the retest gets invalidated.
What triggers the Confirmation Test
The official policy calls it a Critical AFQT Gain: a gain of 20 or more points on AFQT in a 6-month period. When that happens you are required to take a Confirmation Test (C-Test), a full ASVAB given at MEPS.
- No waiting period before it. The policy states you may retest immediately and are not required to wait one month before the C-Test.
- Do not no-show. If you miss it, you may return for a standard retest six months from the date of the Critical Gain Retest.
- After the C-Test, your next standard retest is six months from the C-Test date.
- The pass/fail threshold is not published. The DoD retest policy does not state the score cutoff or which result becomes official. Ask your recruiter or the MEPS test control officer rather than trusting a formula you read on a prep site.
The calculator above flags this automatically once you fill in your previous and target AFQT.
Three things that change your date
- Your high school ASVAB counts. The policy is explicit that the retest policy is the same regardless of whether the initial test is a student test or an enlistment test. If your most recent test was the student ASVAB, that is the date to enter above.
- An administrative cancellation does not. If your initial test was invalidated for administrative reasons such as a fire drill, the policy says that invalid test does not count as your first test, so your clock has not started.
- A cheating invalidation costs six months before you can retest at all, whichever attempt it was.
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Next steps
- • Run your scores through the calculator to see which jobs a higher AFQT would unlock. Your current score may already qualify you for something you have not looked at.
- • Read the full retake guide for how many attempts you get, the most-recent-score rule, DEP, and what to do if the score is still short.
- • Build a study plan for the subtests that need the biggest jump.
Waiting periods, the Critical AFQT Gain threshold, and the invalidation rules on this page come from the official ASVAB retest policy. Last verified: August 17, 2026. This tool gives you the earliest eligible date under DoD policy. Your recruiter schedules the actual retest through MEPS and can confirm your record.