Composite Score Computation Change

1. THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES A TWO-FOLD CHANGE TO
CALCULATING COMPOSITE SCORES EFFECTIVE 21 OCTOBER 2003 WITH SOFTWARE
RELEASE 2-03. AFTER CONSIDERABLE INPUT VIA THE SENIOR ENLISTED
LEADERSHIP, MARINE MAIL, AND MARINES AROUND THE CORPS,
SELF-EDUCATION BONUS POINTS WILL BE INCREASED TO A MAXIMUM OF 100
POINTS AND MARINE CORPS INSTITUTE (MCI) COURSES COMPLETED AS A PVT
OR PFC WILL BE APPLIED TO A LCPL'S COMPOSITE SCORE.
2. 100 POINT MAXIMUM. CURRENTLY, SELF-EDUCATION BONUS POINTS ARE
MAXIMIZED AT 75 POINTS. AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SOFTWARE
RELEASE 2-03 (21 OCT 03) SELF-EDUCATION BONUS POINTS WILL
AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE IN THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS)
TO ALLOW A 100 POINT MAXIMUM. IF A MARINE HAS ALREADY COMPLETED
MORE THAN 75 POINTS WORTH OF SELF-EDUCATION, THE MARINE'S BONUS
POINTS WILL BE UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY.
3. PVT-PFC BONUS POINTS ACCRUAL. CURRENTLY, MCI COURSES COMPLETED
AS A PVT OR PFC ARE NOT CREDITED TO THE COMPOSITE SCORE SINCE ONLY
LCPLS AND CPLS HAVE COMPOSITE SCORES. AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
SOFTWARE RELEASE 2-03, PVTS AND PFCS WITH COMPLETED MCI COURSES,
WILL RECEIVE POINTS TOWARDS THEIR COMPOSITE SCORES AS LANCE
CORPORALS. LANCE CORPORAL COMPOSITE SCORES AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THE SOFTWARE RELEASE WILL BE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT ANY COMPLETED
MCI COURSES AS A PVT OR PFC. UPON PROMOTION TO CPL SELF-EDUCATION
POINTS ARE RESET TO ZERO.
4. SOFTWARE RELEASE 2-03 WILL EFFECT COMPOSITE SCORE CHANGES FOR
THE JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 2004 PROMOTION QUARTER. THE MCTFS CUTOFF
DATE FOR THESE SCORES IS 20 NOV 03.
5. A SEPARATE CHANGE TO THE REFS WILL BE PUBLISHED.
6. MARINES SHOULD ENSURE ALL SELF-EDUCATION IS ENTERED CORRECTLY IN
MCTFS. 
7. POC IS CAPT S. E. VASQUEZ, MPP-20, DSN: 278-9362, COMM: (703)
784-9362 EMAIL: VASQUEZSE@MANPOWER.USMC.MIL