Early Admission or Good CFT Score

RTBdad
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:40:50 +0000

I would suggest looking on their websites. I can’t keep the scores in my head, but I get literature from all the academies every year (part of my job). My son (class of 2010) was really scared of the CFA and was greatly relieved when told by an admissions counselor that USAFA had no minimums. The literature from the other academies did give pretty specific minimums and implied that failure in any one event would deem an applicant non-competitive. I seem to recall that some of the older USAFA catalogs did give minimums, but about 3 years ago the CFA was changed. My son was really sweating the basketball throw and I think West Point and Annapolis required 64’ in that event. If USAFA had ironclad minimums to pass the CFA, I’m sure they would say so openly. But as has been stated earlier, their primary concern is that cadets be able to survive BCT. My son was marginal on the CFA, but did fine in BCT; went on athletic probation his first year, but a semester of recondo brought his PFT score right up where it belongs. He hasn’t had any trouble with the PFT since.