Clarkson is correct. The important thing is to get the scholarship AND to do the form properly. So many cadets believe because the coach or the PE instructor administered the test they did the correct form to only get to ROTC and find out...WRONG!
The dets will be sticklers when giving the PFT.
You should never stop working out between now and the 1st day at the det. Our DS didn't and what it meant for him at his det. was he passed the PFT with a very high score, thus, he didn't have mandatory PT his 1st semester. (he is AFROTC, so it could be different). He did have to hand in a PT log, but it was at his leisure when he did PT, not O-dark thirty.
It also meant he also got some other perks.
1. He became a PT instructor for ROTC as a job as a freshman (spring)
2. The entire det were the opening runners for the Susan G Kohlman foundation and he was selected to carry their flag.
Not biggies in any means, but you will understand later on your ROTC involvement may be your make or break when it comes to career decisions as a C300.
PT, ESPECIALLY in the Army is not where you should set sights on the mins. This is somewhere you have complete PHYSICAL control over. Not saying everyone will max, just saying, you should not settle for a bar to be at a level of just jumping over.
I say the Army regarding PT, because everyone knows ADAF thinks PT is a round of golf and lifting a beer afterwards or going to the base pool with the kids and doing a belly flop!