<p>I have this major dilemma. Is there a minimum one must reach in the pullups section of the CFA in order to pass?</p>
<p>My scores:</p>
<p>Basketball throw: 69 ft
pullups: 1 :(
Shuttle: 7.5 (max)
situps: 95 (max)
push-ups: 75 (max)
mile: 5:01 (max)</p>
<p>thanks! any help is appreciated</p>
<p>o yea, i'm a dude...</p>
<p>Don't think you failed, but you might want to work on that upper arm strength a bit....
the running is great....</p>
<p>you can always retest....</p>
<p>It's a lot easier for someone to work out and build up some arm/upper body strength, where you may go from 1 to say 5 pull ups than for someone running a 8 minute mile to come anywhere close to your 5 minute time. I would be encouraged, not at all discouraged. Work on the pull ups and you'll get there. </p>
<p>A fast time in the mile will certainly get their attention, from what I've heard from my son I would not be at all surprised if your 5:01 mile time puts you in the top 10% of the mile times for applicants. You will run a lot during Plebe summer, showing them you are up to it now certainly helps. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>The 5:01 mile is well above 10%. The Naval Academy loves its runners, and with that time, you certainly qualify. That time is inside the top 2% of all times I'd say. On the PRT, the run (8:15 1.5 mile) is the hardest thing to max as only .3% of males do here. The strengh portions are a lot easier for people to do well on. I was just like you, and I can do about 9 pullups now. I didn't max pushups or situps, but I ran a 4:32 on my CFA and got a 96 on the basketball throw. I think you definitely passed.</p>
<p>My son had a similar experience. While his running was good he could only do 1 pull up (barely). I put a chin up bar in his room and he worked on it and got up to 9 pull ups about 5 weeks later. He started doing reverse pull ups - using a step he started in the up phase and did controlled 'downs'. After a while he got so he could do some repetitions and then built up from there. Good Luck!</p>
<p>We did the same with our DS...everytime he entered his room and exited he had to do pull ups, we started with 1 more ea day, within a short time he was up to 14. The bar remained there and it became 2nd nature to him!</p>
<p>d29061 - Don't at all be discouraged! Years ago, I trained to get into the police academy. At first, I was able to do only 2 pull-ups. I got one of those chinning bars mounted in my closet doorway and did pull-ups nearly every day. It wasn't too long before I was able to do 15+. You'll be fine, just stick with it. Good luck to you and Go Navy!!</p>
<p>Your scores look pretty good overall - except as you noted on the pullups.</p>
<p>Definitely train and do it over. My second son (2011) took the CFA during Summer Seminar, and according to him, maxed out everything except pushups.</p>
<p>As we got closer to February last year, with no word from USNA, I called to see where he stood in his candidacy. I was told that he had not passed the CFA on pushups. They had recorded different scores than what he thought he had done.</p>
<p>He retook it, smoked it, and finally got his appointment in April.</p>
<p>The point is that the academy won't necessarily tell you that your CFA is weak or a failure unless they are very interested in you in becoming a Midshipman. I got that word straight from a Regional Director of Admissions.</p>
<p>If you have any question about whether or not you passed the CFA, please contact your Blue and Gold Officer or call the Admissions Office at 410-293-4361 8am-4pm EST M-F.</p>
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<p>Don't bother calling the BGO. Unless something has changed this year, the only information we will be able to give you without asking the Admissions Office ourselves, is whether or not your score is in the system, nothing else. This is a situation where the candidate, knowing more about his individual results, can ask the CGO directly and obtain better information.</p>
<p>And USNAGrad&Dad is correct. The onus is on the candidate to find out how well he did.</p>
<p>^^^^ All we see is the date when the test was taken - no scores or pass/fail indications.</p>
<p>BGOs can check status of CFA (pass/fail). If any BGOs are unclear about how to do this, please contact your AC or the USNA Admissions Office.</p>
<p>di2001navy is right. When I asked my BGO if I should retake he told me I had passed, and that there was no need.</p>