Peace Corps
After several months (almost a year) of contemplating and reviewing the peae corps, I finally submitted my application a few weeks ago. After some complications with getting information to the PC, getting my finger prints, getting my references, and what not… i had my interview today (the process took about 3 weeks from my application date).
the interview was about an hour long, mostly going over what I had already talked about in my application: experiences, significant leadership roles exp, living alone vs. community/housemate/roommate, being a guest of another culture, and what not. Some wfelt challenging, but I think i did very well, especially since she said:
“We have one spot left for next summer that I think you’d be perfect for, how would you feel about doing work with at-risk youth in Eastern Europe?” The spot is from next June for 27 months. How about that, I have a guaranteed job for 27 months with the government with pid time, and full medical coverage, and some very nice benefits. There is also a $6000 stipend post completion and they would pay for some of my student loans, if they were Perkins… too bad, eh?
anyway, My next step is to “hurry up and wait” for my background check. They will also mail me a package explaining the program expectations more in depth and giving me some documents to complete prior to my official offer. This is mostly medical documents, screening, etc. they want to mke sure they’re not going to send someone to an “infectuous” country who may be susseptible to whatever.
Wish me luck and I’ll post more info as i have it.
Jess said,
Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 00:54
I’m so happy for you! Hopefully your background check will go through quickly. =)
Kathy said,
Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 18:56
Wow, I had no idea you were considering something like this. I don’t think we covered the subject in our catch-up conversation.
Preliminary congratulations are in order — hope you find out the rest soon.