<p>I found a place for the maximums however I was wondering what the minimums were, especially the pull up.</p>
<p>I am surprised that they do not list them on the official site: <a href="http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/paeinstructions%5B/url%5D">http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/paeinstructions</a></p>
<p>If I have the wrong link or if the minimums are posted elsewhere, then by all means, someone correct me.</p>
<p>Assuming I am correct, all I can guess is that they do not want you to concentrate on hitting a minimum only, but rather on trying to hit the maximum. It makes a lot of sense, actually...</p>
<p>If I were you, I'd go into it thinking that way. Frankly, I think it would have been very helpful for me to have had the "minimums" presented to me in this manner when I went through it.</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>I should have mentioned that, in my day (1986), the minimums I remember were as follows:</p>
<p>Pull-Ups: 3
1-Mile Run: 6:30
Situps: 45 (approx)</p>
<p>We didn't have pushups on the tests back then, and I don't remember the time on the shuttle run or the distance on the basketball throw. The 1-mile run time was the USN standard back then, and was NOT in the CFA.</p>
<p>I have no earthly idea if these are even remotely still the case, but at least it gives you SOME frame of reference to begin with until better info arrives.</p>
<p>Also, you can see minimums for 1.5 mile run, push-ups, and sit-ups here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/steps8.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/steps8.htm</a></p>
<p>But, it is agreed that you should look to max out the tests, rather than scrape by at the minimums. WPI is what you're after, in all respects.</p>
<p>The minimums are:</p>
<p>60 pushups
80 situps
12 pullups
8.0 shuttle run
6:00 mile run
100 ft basketball throw</p>
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The minimums are:</p>
<p>60 pushups
80 situps
12 pullups
8.0 shuttle run
6:00 mile run
100 ft basketball throw
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</p>
<p>Are you sure? Those certainly seem like MAXIMUMS, not minimums.</p>
<p>From Zaphod:</p>
<p>I should have mentioned that, in my day (1986), the minimums I remember were as follows:</p>
<p>Pull-Ups: 3
1-Mile Run: 6:30
Situps: 45 (approx)</p>
<p>Those were pretty wimpy...ha ha :D</p>
<p>That's why they were minimums. ;)</p>
<p>Men</p>
<p>B-Ball Throw: 102
Pull-Ups: 18
Shuttle Run: 7.8
Crunches: 95
Push-Ups: 75
1-Mile: 5:20</p>
<p>Women
B-Ball Throw: 66
Pull-Ups: 7
Shuttle Run: 8.6
Crunches: 95
Push-Ups: 50
1-Mile: 6:00</p>
<p>The admission office does not publish minimum scores because they want the Candidates to do their best on the CFA.</p>
<p>Wow. A 5:20 mile. :eek:</p>
<p>Fastest I ever ran that thing was 5:45. Felt as if the Devil himself was behind me with his flaming pitchfork. Damn near killed me. I cannot imagine being able to do it in 5:20.</p>
<p>I've seen it done, mind you, but wow.....</p>
<p>Luigi59, I was kidding.</p>
<p>It would seem ol' Lucifer mighta caught you, at least with a little jab or 3. "Well done" said he to Z.</p>
<p>why would you kid about something like that?</p>
<p>what krypter posted are the averages, you should shoot to get at least those</p>
<p>What everyone else said: DON'T WORRY ABOUT MINIMUMS! This is something I'm still working to get my over, but thinking about minimums definitely hurts you. Nothing is good enough; you can always do better.</p>
<p>As for the 5:20 run, that is ridiculously crazy, indeed! I cap out at about 5:45 or 5:50 myself, but we actually had some guys at NASS run under 5. One in our squad ran a 4:34, I believe. There were 2 or 3 in our company who ran in the 4:30 range.</p>
<p>But certainly don't worry about minimums.</p>
<p>You don't need to worry about any minimums for the cfa. Do your very best. The minimums only come into play once you are at USNA and are taking the PRT. Then the minimums are huge as you cannot fail one section and still pass.</p>
<p>My brother did his CFA last year and he did the mile in 5:40. He said a number of the guys in his company beat that score, and his roommate was a sub 5:20.</p>
<p>The basketball throw looks the hardest. Not sure if I have seen a high school kid throw a basketball 102 feet.</p>
<p>I have been talking with my brother and he told me that the Academy focuses a lot more on academics now than they do on the phyiscal aspects. Their ideology is that they can make a smart weak person strong, but they can't make a "dumb" stong person smart. This is not to discredit the importance of the CFA. It really is important. You should, however, make sure that you commit yourself to your academics and concentrate on getting your 1450-1600 (reading and writing) on the SATs and your 4.0 or greater. This will help you a lot. The Academy is tired of losing almost a fourth of the accepted class because people can't pass Plebe English and Chemistry.</p>