Well, they should have mentioned to you at the interview that you SHOULD NOT put your life on hold while waiting for an offer. It is competetive, and you could potentially be passed over for any number of reasons.
If you are confident that you are a good candidate, then perhaps you should be preparing yourself to get that call, both physically and mentally, but I would still continue with your university applications. Just in case.
I just upgraded my PT this morning, and was told that my file was in Borden being medically reviewed, and that it should be back within two weeks. At which time they will assemble all aspects of my file, send it back to Borden where it will be considered, and hopefully determined that I will receive an offer.
The girl who briefed me on the status of my file was very adamant that she could not give me a timeframe on a response (if any) from Borden. I didn‘t even ask for one, but she addressed the issue anyway, saying that she‘s been getting ALOT of questions about it.
Remember too that there are many people lined up for their trade training, doing very little, because the people who usually do that training are deployed right now. The issue is all over the news, and we have foreign diplomats asking for our government to step up with some cash and improve our military budget. So that we can expand our peacekeeping operations.
It‘s pretty obvious to me that Canada is considered to set the standard when it comes to professionalism, and commitment to peacekeeping, and many people around the world would like to see our capabilities grow in this area.
There is light at the end of the tunnel (in my opinion) and I think that something is going to be done soon about beefing up the number of soldiers Canada employs.
Anyway, just try to stay positive and ready to go. Keep in mind that just because someone else gets an offer today, but you don‘t hear anything, doesn‘t mean you‘ve been passed over. There‘s any number of reasons why that can happen.
Prior military backround is not required, obviously its a plus, but its not a minus if you don‘t have one, that‘s what basic training is for.