So its been over a MONTH and nominations are coming up again, and I how have a new recruiter.  I moved and old recruiter wanted me to re-apply so I was following that advice, contacted new regional office and was told to not apply and they would be in touch with old regional office and [...]

So Nominations came out recently for 2011 – February – April.  I am on a web forum and everyone was soooo excited and thrilled and all that jazz.  And upon reflection of this instance I called my recruiter for a chat.  He wasn’t there so I left him a LOOONNNGGG message about what I’ve been [...]

Well its been a while, and Nothing new is really going on.  The wait is still on. Alas, the peace corps is still a dream, hopefully one that will come true.

So I’ve been busy, and nothing new really happened.   March 13th - status changed to reflect I got all my stuff in!  March 20th - status changed to reflect that i was deactivated to wait until May nominations April 17th - status changed to reflect my reactivation.   This I understand is normal, and actually nothing on my [...]

Well last I heard from my recruiter, I had to have all my stuff in by the 17th of March.  Mission accomplished.  Now we wait… and wait… and nervously await any news.  So the next step is to make it through the review board, and get a nomination.  Each position receives two nominations, that is [...]

I had my interview!  I am very excited about the prospects now.  The questions were fairly easy, they were exactly the questions I was able to find on the internet.  My recruiter typed up a synopsis of my answers so that when I go up for nomination the committee has an Idea of who I [...]

I scheduled my interview, for Wednesday! I called my recruiter and he wanted to hurry up and get it done! I hope that means he is excited to get me well on my way to the Peace Corps.  He emailed me 21 attachments, most of which were skill explanation papers to further detail my education [...]

We went to a job fair being held at the local civic center.  We met the recruiter, and were given some information, then we were informed of a talk being held at the library that night which we had already planned to attend.  After exausting the career fair (NOTHING there for roommate, hiring freeze for [...]

Within 3 days of my application being sent, my recruiter emailed me, and one of my recommendations filled out their paperwork, and thats it.  Nothing else has happened since then, except some drama with my current employer and the assumption that if I wanted a letter of recommendation I didnt need my job anymore (I’m [...]

It’s Finished.  Breathe… Application is Away to the powers that be, the powers that determine if I am able to join the Peace Corps.  My references have been contacted (via the corps) and asked to fill out reference papers.  I filled out the medical questions. I finished my application.  Now to breathe… and wait… Wait [...]

The required 250-500 word Essays are finished.  I woke up this morning at 4 am and just wrote them.  I woke up restless and unable to sleep, not wanting to wake roommate I tried to just be quiet, and if roommate can hear the clicking of my laptop keys through the wall then a study [...]

So I decided, through contact with current and future hopefulls, to contact my Peace Corps Recruiter.  I called the 1-800 number and was then transfered to my regional office, without telling them where I was.  I then transfered myself to my recruiter, based on location.  He asked why I had called him as that my [...]

Ok, so I only accomplished a mundane part of my plan, but I did tell my mom I was thinking about joining.  That was a major accomplishment and though she sounded sad that I was thinking about leaving the country, she didn’t sound surprised.  Thats a mom for you, always one step ahead of you. [...]

Ok, so here we go.  I am 26, I have decided that I would like to join the Peace Corps.  So I have actually wanted to join for a while I just never was ready or able to go.  I am now, with the current economic slump, another over educated underemployed 20 something.  So while [...]

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