Thank you so much for your input!Those look like very solid scores.
You did very well on upper body strength (BB throw, pull-ups, pushups), and pretty sure that shuttle run was faster than my 17 year old DS.
Would've been awesome overall score (IMHO), if you could have shaved a minute off that run. Even 30 seconds would have been great - but I'm not as familiar with the female averages, etc.
I would say you are probably fine, my theory (FWIW) is that because they don't publish "minimums" for each event, that they look at the totality of your scores/events. As stated, you did very well to excellent in MOST of the events. I daresay there are a lot of male candidates who struggle to throw the BB much further, and I know there are many who struggle to do 7 good pull-ups. Only caveat is that I have read somewhere that the run "counts more" than the other individual events - no idea if this is true, or if so, to what extent.
Thank you for the response. USNA hasn't asked me to retake it and I have not consulted my BGO. I'm sure that I could shave off a minute from my mile while maintaining my pull-ups and basketball throw. Push-ups I could possibly increase. Not sure about my shuttle run and sit-ups.Impressive pull-ups. The run, not so much. Has USNA asked you to retake? Have you consulted with your BGO? Are you confident that you’d improve the weaker parts without getting worse on the stronger parts?
Thank you for the response. USNA hasn't asked me to retake it and I have not consulted my BGO. I'm sure that I could shave off a minute from my mile while maintaining my pull-ups and basketball throw. Push-ups I could possibly increase. Not sure about my shuttle run and sit-ups.
Will do sir! What happens if the panel looks at my application prior to me retaking my CFA? If hypothetically they declined me, but then I submitted a new CFA would I enter back into the application pool or would I have to wait a year to reapply?I posted this in another thread where a candidate was asking about improving their scores, their run was weak, IIRC. Based on your scores I would guess that you are an athlete of some sort, but probably not a long distance cross-country or track athlete, lol, so maybe you will find it useful:
IMO, sit-ups and the run are the easiest events to improve in a short time.
The ab muscles recover more quickly than the chest/shoulders, and you can train them every day. Alternate hard days and tough days. Take 2 days off before any retest.
On the run, the best advice I can give you is to PLAN TO MAKE IT HURT. Learn to lengthen your stride so that you cover more ground with each step, and time your breathing with your stride. (a buddy showed me this my first year in, and it really improved my distance running)
I'm serious. I was enlisted in the Army for 6 years. Company PT NCO my last 2 years in. I always scored decently on my PT test, but it took me 3 years before I could consistently MAX it (at the time, less than 10% of the men in the Army maxed their PT test). I was never a natural runner, never had a smooth gait, and I had to learn to really ramp up my pace on the 2-mile PT test, and just suffer the pain for 12 minutes (max required under 11:54). I gave the same advice to my son and it helped him bring his time down.
When you cross that finish line, sprinting it out, you should feel like you don't have ANYTHING left in the tank.
Will do sir! What happens if the panel looks at my application prior to me retaking my CFA? If hypothetically they declined me, but then I submitted a new CFA would I enter back into the application pool or would I have to wait a year to reapply?
Definitely, I completely understand! Medically qualified and received three nominations.Honestly don't know.
Fairly new to this process - my DS applied only to USAFA, completed his application, med exam and CFA in before the end of October, and got an LOA in the mail over Thanksgiving break. Just found out this week he got his nomination from one of our Senators, so he is "in", just waiting on offer of appointment, and he needs to stay healthy, etc.
I honestly think your scores are pretty dang good (other than the run, lol), and hopefully the events that you scored very well in will offset your less than stellar run time.
My biggest concern re; your question above, is that we are very late in the cycle for admissions for this years class.
TONS of nice folks on this forum with YEARS of knowledge, so hopefully someone else will be along to chime in.
BTW - what is the status of the rest of your application? medically qualified? did you get a nomination?
Jump up to the top of the bar and then take 5-10 seconds to go down to a dead hang. I’m a male, but I got from 5 to 17 in a few months. The hardest part is getting the first, but if you do 3 sets of 3-5 reps (depending on the time you take to rip down) then you should see improvement.How do you prepare for pull-ups as a girl?? How to strengthen my arms and can i get to one by the end of October?
I'm certainly not a personal trainer, but think the answer is the same for male and female -- DO THEM !How do you prepare for pull-ups as a girl?? How to strengthen my arms and can i get to one by the end of October?
What if I cannot do a flexed arm hang? I have tried so hard - I actually cannot do for over 3 seconds. Quite bad - I know. And for a pull-up, and I can’t even bend my arms in a dead hang. I am definitely in trouble right?
Grip strength can also undermine your efforts, especially for women. Not that you need to develop a bone-crushing handshake, but don’t overlook this part of either the hang or the pull-up.
Grip strength can also undermine your efforts, especially for women. Not that you need to develop a bone-crushing handshake, but don’t overlook this part of either the hang or the pull-up.