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thanks! i appreciate the advice. hope everything works for you as well!

I was in Ukraine starting in 2011 and applied for Kazakhstan for the Boren to study russian (because i already studied Ukrainian ). I'm just finishing up my master's degree and so deciding to take the boren would mean delaying my graduation and kind of uprooting myself and plans- i really didn't think i was going to get it. I just got back from Turkey after 6 months and am trying to weigh if taking the boren would mean tremendous things for my career or i could get where i want to go without it. But really being able to speak russian has been a long time goal, so i don't know what to do.

thanks, this is helpful. I am RPCV too and have friends who have government jobs now with the PC eligibility. I guess it depends on lots of factors and is hard to generalize.

What are everyone's thoughts on fulfilling the ease of service requirement? I've read mixed things and a big part of my decision is the ability to get a federal government job and not have to worry about repaying the award.

just found out I got it. I was legit in shock. I was like maybe they emailed the wrong person.. Oh man. this is so crazy