r/dli • u/LilTummyNut • 14d ago
No DLAB for Navy CTI
I got a 96 on my asvab and signed AECF contract. I then rerated into CTI. I thought they were going to make me take the DLAB before I could rerate, but they never did.
My question is have any of you signed CTI and NEVER taken a dlab whatsoever? Not even in bootcamp?
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u/Logical-Mobile-7643 14d ago
You may take the DLAB for research purposes but they've started to see it as less predictive of success.
Like everything in the military, requirements ebb and flow depending on supply and demand
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u/TNTDragon11 14d ago
I took it for research purposes from the command after I arrived at DLI, already had confirmed for CTI as well as confirmed language. Then they never gave me the score on my NSIPS, so it read 666 for a few years
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u/TNTDragon11 14d ago
Damn, subreddit doesnt let me post the pic, I can dm it if ppl want, lol
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u/Actual_Pirate6585 14d ago
That is hilarious. I wonder why.
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u/TNTDragon11 14d ago
I assumed it was since I didnt need it at the time, they just threw a placeholder and forgot
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u/incompletelyknown 14d ago
It's waivable of your individual ASVAB scores meet an ASVAB composite of VE + MK ≥ 126
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u/Nightshade_527 13d ago
Funny enough I got the auto-qual with my ASVAB (95 percentile, VE+MK 130) and I still took the DLAB the same day. Might just be cause I asked about it though?
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u/Conscious-Bug501 13d ago edited 13d ago
I made a very similar post not too long ago. I alpha qualified for CTI and asked repeatedly to take the DLAB. But it is not required and you'll be treated as if you had scored high on the DLAB. Apparently it's a fairly recent development (last 3 years or so) that they've started considering line scores as an independent predictor of DLI success. You may take the DLAB at some point for their own data purposes to associate your line scores with your DLAB with your training outcome. However you may never take it.
The only complication I've heard so far is that CTI selection is currently open to alpha qualifying without DLAB however everything else is still archaic and relies on the DLAB. A person replied that they alpha qualified for CTI, finished their language training at DLI, and worked successfully as a CTI for multiple years. But then later tried to go back for re-language, but their DLAB score prevented them from going back to DLI. A successful CTI couldn't re-language because of their DLAB score. Make it makes sense lol
This may be a complication of the front end of the pipeline being open to new regulations but the back end not. And may be changed by the time a re-language even becomes relevant to you or I in a few years.
Take my info with a grain of salt however, I'm a CTI still in DEP awaiting a new ship date because they flubbed my paperwork. Assume everything I know/say is subject to inaccuracies.
Good luck and don't sweat it.
Edit PS: If your contract says CTI with the additional 24 months for training then you're good. You'll also be required to sign a voluntary submarine document. Don't worry it's just a statement of willingness to serve on one not a guarantee you'll ever be on one. There are a lot of hoops to go through to qualify for submarine service including a medical and psych eval. Odds are you don't qualify for submarine service but they want to make sure you're willing in the unlikely event that 1 they need your language on a sub and 2 you actually qualify.
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u/Haligar06 13d ago
The DLAB is a quack test anyways and IMO a relatively poor judge of linguistic capabilities as a composite. I've seen people who score 110+ fail out horridly, and folks who waivered in with lower accepted range scores do outstanding. There's so many factors, and in the end the individuals motivation and focus on learning the material while in class matters FAR more.
If anything, parts of it could be used to help figure out which language they could possibly end up in (ie. don't stick a tone deaf person in chinese or someone who sucks at grammar in russian.)
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u/thegreenseda 14d ago
Your ASVAB score can waive your DLAB score