I have a friend who said she passed with a 9:30. She has stellar grades though (35 ACT, Valedictorian, Girls State, 6 Varsity Letters, etc) Last year I passed with an 8:49 and averaged everything else, ultimately didn't get appointed. I went back and asked and it was mostly because of my CFA/sports.
I just took my practice CFA today, maxed Sit Ups, 42 Push Ups, 11.0 Shuttle, 35 Basketball, and got an 8:06 Run. Right now I am regularly running 7:40. I'm still improving and working to get it down to 7:00. Beleive me, I never thought I would see sub 8 minute numbers either, however, being denied admission and having time to think about it has made my attitude more about doing my absolute best than passing. I dropped about 30-40 seconds this summer alone. Just think what you can do in 7 months
You have about 7 months to get your run time down. Here is some encouragement and tips from a fellow girl and someone who struggled with the CFA:
What really helped me was running distances. I started doing about 5-6k once or twice a week this summer, one 6-10k every other week, 2 timed miles every week, and LOTS of biking (30 minutes to an hour at least twice a week if not more) It really helped me stay away from injuries. I had gotten injured during track the previous season, so I wanted to recover and hit the ground running. I know others probably think I'm not running enough distance, however, everyone is different, and you need to find what pushes you to the limit.
I also started doing pushups, pullups, situps daily. My usual workout consisted of doing diamond pushups until I couldn't any more, 1 minute rest, regular pushups until I couldn't anymore, rest, and then wide pushups until I couldn't any more. Then I would do as many sit ups as I could, then as many pushups, alternating about 3x (usually the last set would be on my knees) At the beginning of the summer I could do about 15 on a good day, now i can do 50 regularly.
Don't underestimate the importance of a rest day either. I usually took one about every 4-5 days. RICE. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.
Good Luck