I was appointed to OCdt on the 1st of July, and will be doing OJT at RMC until the 15th of Aug. After Aug 15th it's off to Ottawa to clear in to ULO, leave, and finally to start my engineering program at Carleton on the 3rd of Sept. It's been a very long road to reach this point, but for those that didn't make it, or for future first time applicants, the process is doable. I found the one thing that helped me to achieve success was to research everthing possible about the UTPNCM process, as well as my trades of interest. As for the CFAT, there is not much that can be done. You are really only allowed a couple of attempts, and if you can't score high enough after taking the required amount of university courses for the UT program, you probally won't make it any way. Sorry to put down anybody, but after talking to plenty of PSO's over the years, most people that apply to the UT program normally score about average on the CFAT, and likely achieve the minimum amount required for their trades of interest. The only exceptions are normally the extra aptitude tests required for trades such as ACSO or Pilot. For those trades you really can't study enough to survive the physical and mental challenges that flying requires; you either have it or you don't. Personally I think you are more likely to achieve success in this program by both taking several University level courses, covering a wide breath of topics, and as many leadership based courses as you can possible be loaded on. As for OPME's, I haven't taken a single one, and from what I've seen they are a complete waste of time, unless your planning on going to RMC to study. As for those that have applied several times over the years, I would suggest changing your trades of choice, as the majority of applicants apply for Log O, PSO, and the least likely routes to success MPO and Int O. As for Pilot, the majority of applicants that make it into this trade fail out of pilot training after they complete their degrees. This means that if you don't have a degree such as engineering to fall back on, you better get comfortable with trades such as Infantry. I'm not making this up, I'm in the Air Force, I've seen plenty of Pilot candidates fail out of the program. Finally for candidates interested in IntO or MPO, unless you originated in either Int OP or MP before applying, the PSO interview phase is probably going to go miserably. Really there are plenty of UT applicants applying for these two trades that come from the NCM equivalent trades. This means that they have job related experience, which easily carries over into the equivalent officer trades. You would be surprised by how much that single fact sways the selection board. At last my rant comes to an end, hopefully this will help someone in the future.