Like CDN Aviator said, the competition opened in October 07, therefore I applied in November, got my BPSO interview in Jan 08 and got a conditional offer on March 4th 08. I did not wait, I knew that offer messages would not come out 'til March 08, but I was crossing my fingers and dearly hoping that I would get an offer (that was my wait, guess I did not use the right term...sorry CDN Aviator...).
From talking to a friend of mine that's in St-Jean as an instructor, he informed me that the format for BOTP is being updated/reworked and that although, in the past, BOTP ran in Sept/Jan/April(or May), that this is no longer the case. As well, he informed me that DEO/CEOTP/CFR & Component Transfers were together for BOTP (as they did not want to put experienced former NCM with ROTP candidates...).
So my question at this stage is: Anybody around here knows when BOTPs are being run in the near future? I will be appointed to OCDT effective 14 Jul 08 (APS) and was wondering when I could expect to find myself in St-Jean. I asked my current chain of command, and nothing so far. The reason for my question is that I am currently planning on taking courses this summer to further complete my degree and don't want to have to drop courses because I would end up on BOTP in Aug. 08.