november 7th, 2007 - started my application online
november 28th, 2007 - submitted my application (including all recommendations)
december 21st, 2007 - went to boston office for interview. being a teacher made the interview a breeze.
december 27th, 2007 - was nominated for secondary math -western africa. my four years of high school spanish qualified me for a french speaking country. once upon a time i thought four years of a language would look good for college. never thought it would matter now!
early january - march 2008 - worked hard to get through all of the medical and dental paperwork. it took many visits to the dentist (3) and doctor (4.) and i'm a healthy person! but finally on march 17th, i was medically cleared. dental clearance came much earlier. now i could be officially invited. i thought it would be right after that the invite would come. not so much! it took well over a month before that happened, but the more i hear, that is normal.
april 23rd, 2008 - while i was in the dominican republic with students, peace corps called to ask a few final questions. one was about how i would feel about living in a muslim country (because they said my application seemed very catholic. ha!) i told them i'd be fine. it was then that they let me know the invite would be following soon.
april 29th, 2008 - the invitation packet arrived! the invite was for guinea....guinea?? i had to get out the map. and i had 5 days to accept.
may 5th, 2008 - i call and say YES. i leave july 7th. even today, june 4th, that reality has not quite sunk in, although as we prepare for next year at school, it makes me sad to know i'm not a part of it - especially with my advisory, volleyball, the dominican trip, and next year's pre-calc kids.
overall application process:
a lot of waiting. a lot of paperwork. good luck if this is the route you choose!
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