I know of a “person” within my district that has failed the CFA 4 times for USMA. Like she submitted them and got failed 4 times. She just got another notification that she failed and would have to try again in the following weeks. The only reason she is even getting retries PAST the deadline, is due to her stellar grades/SAT.
Good on her for remaining resilient! Maybe it's the fact she's failed 4 times that she's been given another try. It shows commitment and that she "wants" it. How badly? Well, let's see if she'll have to take the CFA a 6th time...
My DS failed the first one. He emailed his AO (you can find out who your point of contact is on your portal) and asked him why he was disqualified and what he can do to qualify. His AO emailed him back with his submitted score that said he needed more than one pull up to qualify. It turned out, my son's coach had not only incorrectly administered the CFA but had also entered the wrong scores. He was told if he took another CFA, they'd consider the new scores. A few weeks later, he took another CFA and qualified.
Perfectly fine with people retaking the CFA as many times as they need to. I agree, it shows resiliency. But retaking it past the DEADLINE? Resiliency is great, but if you can’t make the minimum standards to pass the CFA within 10 months, then that is that. You have 10 months of preparation from the start of the application to the end. The CFA is in your control just like your SAT, your junior/senior year transcripts, interviews, etc. All these things are ENTIRELY within your control.
Not bad enough to train harder haha
If you want it badly, you'll get it lol. Went from failing the CFA to what I believe is "first-class" in under 6 months because of how badly I wanted to attend the Naval Acad
Well then you wanted it badly enough to train harder
heck ya
I find this response amusing. You started with "person" and then went on to identify the "person" as a female repeatedly.
Haha, I didn't catch that. Regardless, I know of her as our CFA administrator (AFJROTC ASI) always complained to me about her never being prepared for the CFA. Keep in mind, shes not even in rotc and my instructor is now quite annoyed he has to continue assessing her CFAs past a military deadline. CFAs aren't particularly short either haha.
A candidate like that is super. This other candidate only has her academics. She had no sports, and maybe a dab of leadership in a few clubs. She had to beg the rotc instructor for a PE recommendation for USMA, even though she wasn’t in rotc. She also took PE online.
I was thinking the same thing. There's going to be heartbreak in this process. I know, we watched DS go through it last year. For me, this forum is a place to learn more about the process. Personally, I'm inspired by the positivity of these kids. The last thing anyone wants to see is disparaging comments about a potential cadidate's application. DS could get a turndown this year, it's what you do after that makes the difference. Humility, grace and respect to all. Some will be told yes, some no and for others, not right now.
On behalf of my DS, and likely others here, THANK YOU for this attitude. My kid trained all year, did CFA in June, one and done. No appointment yet x3. I know looking right and left isn't the thing to do, but seriously, it's disheartening to hear of those with LOA's (not my kid either) getting the call about conditional appointments who are still taking CFA and SAT tests in December. It seems like many chances are given to some, who post on here about their kids shaky SAT scores and subpar CFA's (their words, not mine) I am shocked by this. Isn't part of being a military officer being motivated and organized? Sorry for the semi-rant. I need to take a few days off from this forum
For the record, at my son's MOC interview, they wanted details about his CFA, date taken, and each individual event score, which he provided. So there is at least one other panel that sees the value in this portion of the WCS. NavyHoops, thank you for your service!! 