RCMP

[Storm]

Things move pretty quik when they get going. I received my call for final medical today! I go in on the 5 and 6 of Sept to poked and propped and picked at! I can't believe the process is finally moving along.

[onedaysoon]

On the other end of the whole process.......

I'm writing the RPAT on Monday!!! Ive been doing the tests in the police prep guides, read a few ged books and have been taking it easy on the brain for the past while.... (Thanks for the great advice, everyone!)

The nervousness is not present yet.. I think I'll save that for the time that i'm waiting to get my marks...

Any advice you can give me for my final few days till the write would be appreciated....

ONEDAYSOON ;D

Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life!!!

[ace13]

My advice to you is to relax the night before the test and get plenty of sleep. Try to keep yourself relaxed as much as you can so that you don't get too nervous during the test. When I wrote my RPAT, I struck up a conversation with a couple others who were waiting to write and I found that it eased my nervousness and passed those nervous 15 minutes before the test. As well, once you start, you won't be nervous.

My only suggestion while you are writing, is keep an eye on the time. It's a big time management test, if you feel that you don't know the question, skip it and go back later, or guess it and then go back later and try to solve it. But don't waste any time.

As well, Judgement is a big section and a section where you can get some good marks, so think about those ones, narrow it down to the two best if one answer doesn't stand out and go with your gut feeling.

I can almost guarentee that you will walk away from that test not knowing how you did. And don't worry, give it your best shot . . .I'm sure you'll do fine. Waiting for the mark is the hardest part. But at least you will be writing in time for October selection.

Good luck and keep us posted.
Ace13

[Hopeful]

Congratulations Ace!

I didn't find that I had much trouble judging how I had done. I knew I'd done well as I found the English stuff to be pretty easy. The judgment questions were the only grey area for me and of course that was only 1 section.

Basically as long as your English is solid the test is pretty easy. Must be tricky for the "year 2000" folks out there but fortunatly I went to school when they still taught us to spell correctly.

[ace13]

Judgement was my best section on the RPAT, I scored 3.83. Although, i guess I put a bit more effort and thinking into the judgement sections.

And it's true what you say, the grammer and stuff are pretty basic. Although, some of the vocab are out of this world!

[marcusinmb]

marcusinmb said:

My biggest gripe is the same as some other recent posts. The many stages involved are filled inbetween with months and months of apparent stagnant actions and a lack of communication. It shouldn't take the national police force 6-8 months to do a Background check on someone who is squeaky clean to begin with. It shouldn't take a Div HQ Health Services Physician 6 months to medically OK an applicant when the civy doctor spends an hour doing the relevant tests and two weeks to wait for bloodwork results to come back and fwd them to the RCMP Div HQ should it?

OK everyone, up til now, I've been ranting along with others about the frustratingly slow selection process filled with months and months of apparent inaction. Well, I'm not done yet. Here's what I've learned this week about my file after talking to recruiting staff.

Everything's done, just waiting for the medical portion to come back approved. But, wait, I did my med/dent/psych back in Feb? How can this be? After recruiting clerk looked into it on my request, she e-mailed the doctor's office and found out that they are waiting on the written report from the psychologist they sent me to see on MAR 11/02!!!!! Apparently, he phoned them after the appointment in March with a verbal 'He's not crazy' but didn't fwd his written report which is required! 5 MONTHS!!!!! So, as a result, they have sent him a 'reminder.'

Long story short, none of this would have come out had I not pursued it. It has been overlooked by all until now, and would likely have continued to be overlooked for some time. Meanwhile I just want to go to Depot and this has been holding me up. My advice to all, keep on top of your file and try to keep everyone on their toes because oversights can and will occur. Rant ends. Good luck to all.

[dave]

Hey all you RCMP guys

I hope the waiting ends soon for all of you guys & best of luck. A friend of a friend (in MB) just got the call last week & she'd been waiting over a year, so hopefully that's a sign that they are doing a big intake now. Hope this helps and good news is coming for you guys.

[Hopeful]

Hehe, just over a year you say? Sounds like greased lightning to me

[stillwaiting]

I was thinking the same thing Hopeful. A year would be the RCMP fastrack program from my perspective!!

[ace13]

Thanks Dave, it's nice to hear some good news for some of the RCMP applicants as well. I wish it was a maximum of a year's wait for everyone!!!

The countdown to my interview is on . . .3 days!

Ace13

[ace13]

1 day to go . . . at this time tomorrow, I'll have it all over with! I'm not too nervous yet, but perhaps tonight or tomorrow morning, I might get nervous!

Anyway, I'll be posting tomorrow for sure!

Ace13

[Jamaf]

Good luck ace You'll do fine..

[Robb]

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[too long]

What I know is this: I finished university with nine close friends. Each one of them wanted to be mounties, but more important they wanted to become police officers. Just before finishing they all applied to several agencies in the lower mainland including the RCMP. Speaking objectively, five had exactly what it takes. All five were in training within five months. The remaining four were unsuccesful and were hired by corrections in various areas. Two years later, two have been hired by the RCMP after failing to make the cut with the Muni departments almost two years earlier. The other two will stay in corrections. The moral of the story is this: from what I have seen, the best applicants (from that group of 9) were literally snatched up by other departments before they even made the interview stage with the RCMP. The RCMP appears to have such a sluggish, unforgiving process with little concern for those who put their lives on hold. When I received my application package the forms I was given were thirty years old. It asked if I had been to any class "a" countries. (communist countries from the cold war days), my recruiter said to ignore that part, it was obsolete. When was the last time you heard someone say that the federal government was efficient at anything. Is this the organization you want to devote your life to? This is my point of view, I cannot understand why you guys wait so long.

[too long]

What I know is this: I finished university with nine close friends. Each one of them wanted to be mounties, but more important they wanted to become police officers. Just before finishing they all applied to several agencies in the lower mainland including the RCMP. Speaking objectively, five had exactly what it takes. All five were in training within five months. The remaining four were unsuccesful and were hired by corrections in various areas. Two years later, two have been hired by the RCMP after failing to make the cut with the Muni departments almost two years earlier. The other two will stay in corrections. The moral of the story is this: from what I have seen, the best applicants (from that group of 9) were literally snatched up by other departments before they even made the interview stage with the RCMP. The RCMP appears to have such a sluggish, unforgiving process with little concern for those who put their lives on hold. When I received my application package the forms I was given were thirty years old. It asked if I had been to any class "a" countries. (communist countries from the cold war days), my recruiter said to ignore that part, it was obsolete. When was the last time you heard someone say that the federal government was efficient at anything. Is this the organization you want to devote your life to? This is my point of view, I cannot understand why you guys wait so long.