May 30, 2008 -- Submit personal &
health application
May 30, 2008 -- First recommendation completed
June 2, 2008 -- Added 4th recommendation; Second recommendation completed; Application received by Denver recruiting office
June 3, 2008 -- Confirmed that my massive amount of student loans can be deferred during PC service! YAY!
June 5, 2008 -- Received legal forms in mail
June 6, 2008 -- Submitted requests for K-State, JCCC, and KU transcripts; fingerprinted; NAC forms completed
June 9, 2008 -- Spoke with recruiter and was notified that interview will most likely be in late July; got toolkit username and password
June 10, 2008 -- KU transcript in: 1 down, 2 to go
June 11, 2008 -- K-State transcript in: 2 down, 1 to go
June 13, 2008 -- JCCC transcript in: 3 in, 0 to go; waiting on third recommendation before I mail back legal packet.
June 14, 2008 -- Received toolkit name and password in the mail.
June 20, 2008 -- Third recommendation completed; mailed legal packet to recruiter
June 27, 2008 -- Got a voice mail from my recruiter that my packet arrived and am setting up an (in person!) interview for the end of July.
June 30, 2008 -- Interview scheduled!!! July 28!!
July 28, 2008 -- Interview with recruiter :)
July 28, 2008 -- *tentatively* Nominated! Eastern Europe - Caucus Region, TEFL, late-September '09
August 4, 2008 -- Got a call from my recruiter. All "gerneralist programs" (TEFL, Community Development, etc) are suspended indefinitely while the budget is re-worked. Will give me a call when my program re-opens. See "
Nomination - bad news, darn government" for more info.
September 8, 2008 -- Received my
official nomination today!
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Health, Aug 2009.
September 13, 2008 -- Received
medical forms in mail (there're
a lot of them)!
December 15, 2008 -- Finally
mailed my medical forms to the PC medical office. I was really busy with school and a couple of doctors took their time filling out the forms. But it's in the mail now! woo hoo!
December 28, 2008 -- Dental clearance :)
December 30, 2008 -- PC "officially"
received my medical forms.
February 6, 2009 -- Awoke to find that my toolkit
updated to show: "
Complete. A decision has been reached regarding your medical review. Please look for a letter in the mail." next to my medical section. Ominous and cryptic, but I shall find out in the next couple of days.
February 9, 2009 -- Got a
letter in the mail today from the OMS:
The Office of Medical Services is pleased to inform you that you have been medically qualified for service [...]. You will now move to the next step in the process, the Office of Placement. woo hoo!
February 12, 2009 -- Received an
email from my PO today. She told me that she'll hopefully start looking at my file in the next 4-ish weeks!
March 12, 2009 -- PO says they'll hopefully start my review in
4 more weeks.
March 26, 2009 -- Emailed recommendation from my current ESL supervisor to my PO. I'm hoping to actually get into a TEFL program rather than a health extension program, so I hope that this will help!
April 21, 2009 -- received an email from the
placement office requesting an "updated professionally formated resume" and a copy of my transcript showing that I've graduated.
April 22, 2009 -- Sent placement office my updated resume and my file is now being passed to my PO for a final placement review and invitation!
May 15, 2009 -- Received an email from my PO letting me know that he'd begin my final application review on the 18th.
May 18, 2009 -- Received an email from my PO early this morning letting me know that my
invitation is in the mail!
May 20, 2009 -- INVITATION! Uganda :) *I still can't believe it only took 2 days to get here!*
May 21, 2009 -- Called to accept invitation.
May 26, 2009 -- Aspiration statement and resume submitted.
May 30, 2009 -- Passport and visa applications submitted. It's been exactly
one year since I submitted my application :)
July 30, 2009 -- Fly to Philly to stay with my sister for a few days before Staging.
August 4, 2009 -- STAGING!!
August 5, 2009 -- *sings* I'm leaving on a jet plane.....! (Leave for Entebbe, Uganda, via Brussels)
When deciding whether to join the Peace Corps or not, I ran across a really helpful book that I wanted to share: So You Want To Join The Peace Corps
