<p>I just took the CFA this monring and I was wondering if I did fine.</p>
<p>B-Ball Throw: 67ft
Pull-ups- 1
40 yard Agility Run- 9 sec 93
Crunches- 54
Push-ups- 47
1 mile- 7minutes 16 seconds</p>
<p>Cant really tell by your name are you a girl or boy?</p>
<p>I am a boy</p>
<p>sorry to say this, but you really need to improve...</p>
<p>your score for the PFA, assuming you could run a mile and a half in 10:45, doubtful, is a 160</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you would get on PEP for that.</p>
<p>Get your run down to at least 6:45 or so, at least over 70 pushups and situps and more than one pull-up.
You need a minimum of six if I remember correctly.</p>
<p>I agree with k314sig09 except I do not think you need 70 push ups at LEAST. After all the max is 75 if you get in the 60's that is very good. I have been training for mine just try and do random sets of sprints when you do your pushups eventually twenty will seem like nothing then thirty and so on.</p>
<p>I stumbled upon some paperwork from my son's PFA. The MMA was the only
Academy that published the minimum requirements in any of these events. The other Academies simply encouraged everyone to do their best. The minimum pushups they show here is 25 although I would encourage you to be able to do many many more. My greatest concern would be pullups. They show a minimum of 5 and a 500% increase would be ambitious to say the least. To train try doing as many as you can and then do "negatives" ....jump up and hold yourself as in a flex arm hang and lower yourself down slowly. You can also try doing pull ups with a dumbell between your feet. Their paperwork also showed a requirement for a standing long jump with a minimum of 6 ft. 5 in. and a 300 yd shuttle run with a maximum time of 65 seconds.</p>
<p>I visited Kings Point for an interview only. When I Interviewed with Commander DeRosa, he gave me the min requirements for the CFA.
The Min. requirements are:
pushups- 21
situps-31
pullups-1
B-ball throw- 44 inches
mile run- 8:45
suttle run- 12 sec 45</p>
<p>Yes the minimum</p>
<p>I can pass the minimum requirements for a BUD/S PFA, but that doesn't make me competitive.</p>
<p>And you might want to check your numbers, because you beat the minimum for the B-ball throw by almost 63 feet...</p>
<p>I mean, I hate to be rude, but your scores are frankly terrible.</p>
<p>but my question is... am i going to pass the CFA??? I am going to work my butt off for PFAs. But first i want to know if i can pass the CFA to gain an appointment to kings point. ( I mean, I pass the CFA's min. requirement.)</p>
<p>One good thing about the USMMA candidate log-in page: it displays your CFA status (Pass / Fail).</p>
<p><a href="https://info.usmma.edu/webcandlog.htm%5B/url%5D">https://info.usmma.edu/webcandlog.htm</a></p>
<p>If you think your scores are good enough, submit them and check your status. </p>
<p>If not, try it again today, tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. (hint)</p>
<p>You will know soon enough. </p>
<p>Your file must be complete (including CFA) before this Saturday, March 1st.</p>
<p>tlswogh89 I think there is a concept here that you have not fully embraced and it is this... If you are prepared to exert only enough effort to meet the minimum standards this school will eat you alive. King's Point is very competitive and the only way to get through it is to adopt a mindset that does not settle for "good enough" Those who go there thinking that they can get by on minimums usually end up bitterly disappointed.</p>
<p>I agree with KPMarineopsdad... "If you are prepared to exert only enough effort to meet the minimum standards this school will eat you alive." </p>
<p>We told our son you need to be physically ready by 3/fold on what they require so that when you do indoc & plebe year, physically you will make it... and that you need to realize indoc & plebe year is a mind game & you can't throw in the towel, it's "not" to hard, it's a game & you can win! We told our son, "Keep your goals in sight, always be better prepared than what is required." And as far as academic's go... "it's REALLY challenging... but you are up to the academies standards or you would not be there."</p>
<p>Our son's dad went to a millitary college... & said it wasn't fun & games, it was demanding." And he would do it all over again.</p>
<p>Never settle for the minimum, make yourself better.</p>
<p>KPMarineOpsDad is exactly right, in ALL aspects..
Physically<a href="as%20you%20asked%20about">/b</a>, but also
**Mentally and Academically as well.. .which I do not want you to miss, TLS.</p>
<p>Little time left for this year's submissions. Submit 'em quick. But, once done, practice as if you had gotten your acceptance.<br>
In ALL the service academy forums, you will find hints and tips on improving athletic performance.
It boils down to ::: "Get out there and DO IT regularly". </p>
<p>The Optomist approach: You will be well prepared when the challenge comes.
The Pessimist approach: Make yourself a little miserable all along , instead of waiting and letting them do it to you all at once ;)
(pick whichever one is most effective to motivate you to work on it)</p>
<p>Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Thank You So Much For Your Comments! I know I going to work my butt off before I attend USMMA. I am just worried about me not passing the CFA. I know at the Academy, it is physically and emotionally demanding but over and above that it is mentally demanding also. Like Zonker said, I will be well prepared when the challenge comes. Once again, thank you so much.</p>
<p>bad grammar... sorry, </p>
<p>"I am going to" NOT "I going to" </p>
<p>hehehe my bad</p>
<p>one thing i've noticed is that not many mids have posted on this thread, it's mostly been parents. which is awesome, many of you i've gotten to know quite well, but i have to say that i hope more mids speak up and share their thoughts. </p>
<p>here's the truth of the matter: as a guy, if you're only pulling those numbers, you've already marked yourself. don't turn in those scores if you feel that you can do better in the next little bit. </p>
<p>i don't like being the bearer of bad news, but it seems as though you've tried to segregate the mental, emotional, and physical aspects into separate realms... here's the truth:
they're all lumped into one. </p>
<p>i thought the same thing at first. it's easy to think that until you've seen how it really is at KP.</p>
<p>you're constantly exhausted from one thing or another, your girlfriend will break up with you and cause all sorts of emotional junk, and you're slammed with twice as many classes as any of your civilian school buddies, all while being constantly slammed by the regiment. they all build on each other, if you're weak in any of those areas, you will suffer in all of them. </p>
<p>true, only getting one pull-up won't be the end of the world, but it shows a lack of understanding in the interconnected nature of these aspects. if you want to test your mental fortitude, go for a 10 mile run. not a jog, but a run. if you want to test your emotional fortitude, join a team sport and sink all your effort into a game, regatta, meet, etc...and see how emotionally wrecked you are if you lose or fall short. if you want to test your physical endurance, join EMS and run calls with an ambulance from 1800 to 0600. </p>
<p>so you see, these aspects are not separate, they all work together. the people at KP that review your folder know this. i think the biggest concern i see in your explainations is this... "i'm going to work my butt off..." attitude. why haven't you been up to this point? don't have that attitude, if you want KP, then you should be saying "i've been working my butt off, i'm not there yet, but i'm giving it my best every day."</p>
<p>sure, every mid at KP struggles with maintaining this attitude, let's face it--it's not easy to stay that motivated. however, as we progressed through school: indoc into plebedom, from plebes to DIs, from DIs to 3/C, into Sea Year, etc... we have more behind us to motivate us. with my first Sea Year behind me it's given me the hard-headedness to not let it drop now... i have too much invested in this place to let it get the best of me. </p>
<p>bottom line is, if you want it, go get it. </p>
<p>now.</p>
<p>"pushups- 21
situps-31
pullups-1
B-ball throw- 44 inches
mile run- 8:45
suttle run- 12 sec 45"</p>
<p>Are you sure those are the right minimums. I only ask because at the other service academies that sounds like the minumum for girls. I may be wrong and the other service academies might just be different, but i would double check that.</p>
<p>tlswogh89--My son was in great physical shape, but in the off season, I got him a physical trainer. There is usually one available at the local physical therapy place. This guy had group sessions, which weren't as expensive as the individual sessions, which around here can run from $60-$100 an hour. He focused on adolescent athletes. It is well worth it, because they have the right equipment to test you and help you improve quick. I'd definately give it a try! Good Luck</p>
<p>The other thing is the academics!</p>
<p>You are probably a star where you are now--that's about to change REAL QUICK! You will work twice, maybe three times as hard and be happy to pass! That's what's going on now with our plebes. You have to ask for help and learn how to study! It's an absolute must.</p>
<p>This next part is about your state of mind. I have read all of your posts and am concerned about your ability to "take this all in" and remain calm. You sound pretty high strung--(just an observation--I don't know you). Listen to the parents here on this thread. They know what they are talking about. You need to chill a bit and understand what is expected of you and then DO IT! Stop agonizing about it--like NIKE--JUST DO IT!</p>
<p>If our kids can, I'm sure you can, but nip the anxiety and channel that energy into action!</p>