Your entrance to becoming a Border Patrol Agent will be passing the Border Patrol exam, unless you are a federal law enforcement officer, meaning an agency such as the DEA or the Federal Bureau of Evaluation. Once you pass the Border Patrol exam, you will only be eligible for tentative job offers before you reach the age of 40. The age waiver available to some members of federal law enforcement agency members isn’t extended to Military police.
Competition is high for Border Patrol agent positions and the exam is intense. One in 30 applicants who take the written exam makes it into the Border Patrol academy. Applicants who successfully pass the written exam constitute only 40 percent of those who take the exam.
Acting assistant chief of Border Patrol training and recruitment, Todd Bryant, underlines the difficulty applicants’ face in the entrance exams. He states that the test is very difficult and stresses the importance of using reliable study guides to prepare for the test. Bryant makes this clear with the warning, “If you come in cold, your chances aren’t good.”
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