Weight and Fitness Standards
Before you can contract or activate a scholarship offer, you will be required to meet Air
Force ROTC weight and fitness standards when you arrive on campus and enroll in Air Force
ROTC. The weight standard will vary based on your height. Please feel free
to contact us if you have
concerns about your weight. The fitness standard is the Physical Fitness Test (PFT). The PFT
consists of 4 events: push-ups, sit-ups, a 1.5 mile run and an abdominal
circumference measurement. The PFT is taken every fall and spring term
while a cadet is enrolled in Air Force ROTC. Cadets in the GMC not on
scholarship must attempt the test but do not have to pass. Scholarship cadets
and cadets in the POC, however, must pass the test each fall and spring term
The PFT is composed of four events in the following order:
Abdominal Circumference Measurement
Push-ups
Crunches
1.5-mile run
All events must be completed. There is a short rest period between each event. There is a minimum score of 75 points. Below is a table of maximum scores in each area
| MAXIMUM SCORES | ||||||
| EVENT | AGE | MALE | FEMALE | |||
| Push-ups | Up to 24 | 62 | 42 | |||
| (1-Min) | 25-29 | 57 | 41 | |||
| 30-34 | 52 | 40 | ||||
| Crunches | Up to 24 | 55 | 51 | |||
| (1-Min) | 25-29 | 53 | 47 | |||
| 30-34 | 51 | 42 | ||||
| 1.5-Mile run | Up to 24 | 9:36 | 11:06 | |||
| 25-29 | 9:36 | 11:24 | ||||
| 30-34 | 9:48 | 11:54 | ||||
How To Pass The PFT
- Take the entire test early in order to get a baseline for improvement.
- Develop a plan to improve your physical fitness.
- The plan should include exercises to improve each event score.
- Emphasize the events you struggle with to improve overall score.
- Make the plan a part of your lifestyle.
- If possible, find a friend (or friends) to work out with on a regular basis.
- Stay positive and stay with it.
- Set short-term and long-term goals for yourself.
- Set six-week goals, semester goals and Field-Training Board goals for improving individual event scores and the overall score.
- Ask your instructor for the average scores for those programs for which you want to be selected.
- Work the PFT exercises and running into your overall lifestyle. Use small amounts of time to improve overall fitness.
- Break periods of study by performing individual exercises. (Read a chapter or finish an assignment and do some push-ups.)
- Clear the mind after a long study session by going for a run.
- You don't need to be at a gym or fitness center to improve on your PFT. Be creative.
- Work on sit-ups and push-ups in your room.
- Just remember that you don't need to be an athlete to pass the PFT. You just need to get in and stay in "PFT" shape.
Due to the large volume of qualified applicants from throughout the US, Air Force ROTC is not able to schedule candidates for medical examinations until they are tentatively selected for a scholarship. All scholarship winners and parents must understand that no scholarship can be activated until the individual is medically qualified for a commission. The process can be lengthy, and in some cases takes throughout the summer and into the school year when there is a questionable medical condition to resolve.
The Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board (DODMERB) is the medical certification authority for AFROTC Scholarship applicants. This means DODMERB determines your medical qualification or disqualification for the program. Should you be found medically disqualified, but you feel there are extenuating circumstances that justify consideration of a waiver of the medical standards, follow the DODMERB instructions concerning rebuttals and waiver processing. DODMERB will discuss your case with HQ AETC/SGPS, the medical waiver authority, to determine if a waiver of the standards is feasible. The decision is based on the nature of your condition or defect and specific medical parameters and protocols that have been predetermined. Visit the following website for further details concerning medical requirements http://www.afrotc.com/
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