I should update that having now met my ACA in preparation for my MB next month he has actually informed me that there is no places until Jan 2013 so should I pass I'll be waiting a year to get on the CC

Welcome to the club Arrseways!

I have my MB in February and have also been informed that if successful, the next availalbe place is Jan 2013. Not ideal but I as mentioned before, the guys who have found themselves out of a job and who have a MB pass seem to be cashing in on them. Hence why all intakes are full. Quite right, why wouldn't you?!?!

However, if you pass and you state that you would take a lastminute.com place on a CC then there will often be a few places available for guys who drop out/defer prior to starting.

My point is crack on, pass and then worry about which intake you will be on. At the moment, it is out of our hands.

Originally Posted by Sweeters2004

Some say it is booked up until September 2013...

Fuck, that's another boat missed then. I could only have fitted in during March/April 2013.

Originally Posted by Robbeaus

Don't worry its officer speak, they will be beating themselves off tonight as they digest every word i have written

Providing they can find someone to translate it...yes.

Originally Posted by Arrseways

I should update that having now met my ACA in preparation for my MB next month he has actually informed me that there is no places until Jan 2013 so should I pass I'll be waiting a year to get on the CC

The September intake is typically booked up early since that is usually when Graduates and A-Level candidates arrive post-exams, including those who received bursaries.

There is always a great deal of chat about courses being full and most sources are not very trustworthy. This may be the case with September but the last May intake was so under subscribed that people were passing MB in March, skipping PCCBC and getting straight on the Commissioning Course.

Unless someone at Academy HQ tells you a course is full, don't take any information as gospel.

Originally Posted by SmokeyP

There is always a great deal of chat about courses being full and most sources are not very trustworthy. This may be the case with September but the last May intake was so under subscribed that people were passing MB in March, skipping PCCBC and getting straight on the Commissioning Course.

Unless someone at Academy HQ tells you a course is full, don't take any information as gospel.

Aye, one of the companies only has two platoons as a result.

Originally Posted by RifleButts

Aye, one of the companies only has two platoons as a result.

Just like the rest of the Army, then. Guess they'll have to enlist a platoon of Fijians to make the numbers up...

Originally Posted by SmokeyP

There is always a great deal of chat about courses being full and most sources are not very trustworthy. This may be the case with September but the last May intake was so under subscribed that people were passing MB in March, skipping PCCBC and getting straight on the Commissioning Course.

I'm led to believe that was traditionally the case. Indeed as I mentioned in a previous post I was expecting much the same thing i.e. be successful at the Board next month and hop on the CC in May. But with the army getting smaller and the age being lowered to 26 a lot of people who've been sitting on MB passes are rushing to use them. In addition whether due to the economic climate or whatnot, my ACA at least, has experienced a sharp rise in applicants. He told me that in a standard recruiting year (April-March apparently) he'd send 30 to the Board of which about 18 or would pass. This year he's already sent 40 of which 21 have passed and between now and March he's expecting to send another 10-15! So it could well top 50.

I'm not surprised that September is full for the reasons mentioned. Even the September 2013 intake (over two years away) is already 2/3 full!

Originally Posted by Arrseways

I'm led to believe that was traditionally the case. Indeed as I mentioned in a previous post I was expecting much the same thing i.e. be successful at the Board next month and hop on the CC in May. But with the army getting smaller and the age being lowered to 26 a lot of people who've been sitting on MB passes are rushing to use them. In addition whether due to the economic climate or whatnot, my ACA at least, has experienced a sharp rise in applicants. He told me that in a standard recruiting year (April-March apparently) he'd send 30 to the Board of which about 18 or would pass. This year he's already sent 40 of which 21 have passed and between now and March he's expecting to send another 10-15! So it could well top 50.

I'm not surprised that September is full for the reasons mentioned. Even the September 2013 intake (over two years away) is already 2/3 full!

I'd just like to mention that September 2013 being 2/3 full is quite possible but in no way represents the January/May intakes... At least 90% of those enrolled for September 2013 will be Wellbeck or University students who don't graduate until July 2013 and as such that's the earliest they could apply for. So for those looking to be in earlier, I wouldn't panic based on the above statement.