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armymike7

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Took my first official CFA today. The nerves got to me a bit.
A week ago I took a mock CFA and got a 50ft basketball throw, a 9 second shuttle run, 14 pullups, 95 situps, 70 pushups and a 6 minute run.

Today for the official CFA it was much warmer and much later in the day (after school as opposed to on a day off) and here is what I got:

72ft basketball throw
11 pullups -- two weren't counted
9.1 second shuttle run
95 situps
50 pushups - 15 weren't counted, yikes
6:15 mile

The cumulative fatigue really got me on the pushups. I am used to doing them on a hard floor but the soft mat I was doing them on really hurt my numbers and my form.

Is this satisfactory (passing) or should I not submit this and continue training? I am going to keep training and take it again hopefully, but is this worth putting into the portal?
 
Based on my previous SLE scores (which showed me what events were at risk for me), I scored slightly lower than you in all events except pushups and none of mine were shown as at risk.
 
You should be fine. This is higher than most people did at SLE this year when I was there.
 
Go online and check the averages. USMA publishes theirs and it’s easily found. Now, in light of that data, ask yourself if you’re satisfied with your results. Sure, it may be pass/fail. And sure, posters here will say they got in with numbers less than yours. And sure, CFA accounts for only 10%. But is that the standard you want to set for your application — good enough? Or do you recognize that this is a competition and every point counts and one point could be the differences between being at WP on R-Day and being elsewhere? Now, decide accordingly.
 
MidCakePa said:
Go online and check the averages. USMA publishes theirs and it’s easily found. Now, in light of that data, ask yourself if you’re satisfied with your results. Sure, it may be pass/fail. And sure, posters here will say they got in with numbers less than yours. And sure, CFA accounts for only 10%. But is that the standard you want to set for your application — good enough? Or do you recognize that this is a competition and every point counts and one point could be the differences between being at WP on R-Day and being elsewhere? Now, decide accordingly.
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Totally agree. I was just concerned about submitting it to West Point as one of two total allowed CFA attempts. I was thinking about not submitting it and taking it over. I am going to submit it and try again regardless
 
armymike7 said:
Took my first official CFA today. The nerves got to me a bit.
A week ago I took a mock CFA and got a 50ft basketball throw, a 9 second shuttle run, 14 pullups, 95 situps, 70 pushups and a 6 minute run.

Today for the official CFA it was much warmer and much later in the day (after school as opposed to on a day off) and here is what I got:

72ft basketball throw
11 pullups -- two weren't counted
9.1 second shuttle run
95 situps
50 pushups - 15 weren't counted, yikes
6:15 mile

The cumulative fatigue really got me on the pushups. I am used to doing them on a hard floor but the soft mat I was doing them on really hurt my numbers and my form.

Is this satisfactory (passing) or should I not submit this and continue training? I am going to keep training and take it again hopefully, but is this worth putting into the portal?
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Why would you report a score that you know you can beat right now? If you can beat it right now, do so, then report that score. Continue training, and retake the test when you can materially improve your score. If you can only submit two scores as you say, then why blow one of them on a score you know isn't representative of your abilities?
 
One reason to take one on the sooner end is if you play a fall sport, you can be injured and then be in trouble if it's a serious enough injury that you can't train for / take CFA by Feb. I think it's a good strategy to get one done if it will be a decent passing score, but hey, I'm new here! I do think injury risk is real, though.
 
My understanding is that you get only two attempts if one of them is failing, not if you pass and want to submit a better one later. If you pass and then do better at a later date, you can update your file just like you are uploading new achievements as they come ("update, update, update"). I'd upload the scores, because a completed file that is undergoing improvement is better than a file with a lot of red (uncompleted) checks on it.
 
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