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I have a story to tell about my application to the CF and I would like you all to bare with me and give me some advice.
Mid-April 2005, I made the choice that I wanted to join the Canadian Army reserve as an Infanteer. I was 15 years old and I visited the local Armoury on one of their training nights, I spoke for the first time with the recruiting Sergeant, whose name I will leave anonymous. He told me that I could fill out the application forms now and hand them in to him when I was 16, my 16th birthday is on the first on June and he said that I may be able to attend summer training as the cut-off date was June 3rd. A week later I handed in my application with no problems; this is where the trouble starts up.
2 weeks went by and I had heard nothing concerning my application. I proceeded to call the Sergeant at the Armoury and he told me to contact the CFRC and provided me with a phone number. I then called the CFRC and spoke with a Master Bombardier who was handling my application. He told me that I could not make it to summer BMQ because the cut-off was in May. He also told me that my High school transcript was not valid and I needed to provide an up to date one, he also mentioned that he had assumed this information had already been given to me via the Unit that I started my application with.
My transcript did not validate that I had 16 credits, I knew this when I applied, I had hoped that I could provide an up-to-date copy before I started BMQ, this is because I only graduated grade 10 a week before the course was intended to start. If I had waited until I graduated there would have been no hope what so ever of me being accepted within this time frame. It would also appear that the Sergeant I first worked with had made some mistakes; I have no problems with this at all as when I first met him he told me it was his first week on the job.
So I would not be able to attend the summer BMQ, this was for the better as it turns out, as I was now able to attend summer school to improve my math mark.
Fortunately, the summer school was attending is located only a few blocks from the CFRC, I was able to visit the centre and speak with the Master Bombardier. When I brought him an up-to-date transcript I was again told that it was incorrect, I would need to provide and "official" transcript signed by my principal and embossed with the school seal.
It is at this point where my real dilemma arises. I have no problem telling you that all thru this process I was terrified that I would not be able to succeed in the army even if I was accepted. Being only 16, my parents proceeded to tell me that they would no longer allow me to join the CF because they didn't want me to be on a weekend course and have it affect my school work.
I then made a decision that I woefully regret and that has haunted me everyday since that time, I broke off all contact with the CFRC, I was afraid to tell my recruiter of the situation in the fear that it would jeopardize any chance I had of joining the CF, now I fear that I have jeopardized my chances even more so than if I had told him this at the time.
I am prepared to once again attempt to join the Army Reserve, what I want to know from you is: what would have happened to my application after all this? Will I need to redo everything that I have already done, like obtain new references for example? Is my recruiter going to think that I am not dedicated to joining the Forces and turn down my application? Have I lost any and all chance of joining the Canadian Forces?
I appreciate any input that you can provide...
Mid-April 2005, I made the choice that I wanted to join the Canadian Army reserve as an Infanteer. I was 15 years old and I visited the local Armoury on one of their training nights, I spoke for the first time with the recruiting Sergeant, whose name I will leave anonymous. He told me that I could fill out the application forms now and hand them in to him when I was 16, my 16th birthday is on the first on June and he said that I may be able to attend summer training as the cut-off date was June 3rd. A week later I handed in my application with no problems; this is where the trouble starts up.
2 weeks went by and I had heard nothing concerning my application. I proceeded to call the Sergeant at the Armoury and he told me to contact the CFRC and provided me with a phone number. I then called the CFRC and spoke with a Master Bombardier who was handling my application. He told me that I could not make it to summer BMQ because the cut-off was in May. He also told me that my High school transcript was not valid and I needed to provide an up to date one, he also mentioned that he had assumed this information had already been given to me via the Unit that I started my application with.
My transcript did not validate that I had 16 credits, I knew this when I applied, I had hoped that I could provide an up-to-date copy before I started BMQ, this is because I only graduated grade 10 a week before the course was intended to start. If I had waited until I graduated there would have been no hope what so ever of me being accepted within this time frame. It would also appear that the Sergeant I first worked with had made some mistakes; I have no problems with this at all as when I first met him he told me it was his first week on the job.
So I would not be able to attend the summer BMQ, this was for the better as it turns out, as I was now able to attend summer school to improve my math mark.
Fortunately, the summer school was attending is located only a few blocks from the CFRC, I was able to visit the centre and speak with the Master Bombardier. When I brought him an up-to-date transcript I was again told that it was incorrect, I would need to provide and "official" transcript signed by my principal and embossed with the school seal.
It is at this point where my real dilemma arises. I have no problem telling you that all thru this process I was terrified that I would not be able to succeed in the army even if I was accepted. Being only 16, my parents proceeded to tell me that they would no longer allow me to join the CF because they didn't want me to be on a weekend course and have it affect my school work.
I then made a decision that I woefully regret and that has haunted me everyday since that time, I broke off all contact with the CFRC, I was afraid to tell my recruiter of the situation in the fear that it would jeopardize any chance I had of joining the CF, now I fear that I have jeopardized my chances even more so than if I had told him this at the time.
I am prepared to once again attempt to join the Army Reserve, what I want to know from you is: what would have happened to my application after all this? Will I need to redo everything that I have already done, like obtain new references for example? Is my recruiter going to think that I am not dedicated to joining the Forces and turn down my application? Have I lost any and all chance of joining the Canadian Forces?
I appreciate any input that you can provide...
