sambam1234
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Any day now...
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Congrats to all ! Here's to waiting for the next ?
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I got my Pickering decision email. It's a no. Anyone else?
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On 9/28/2019 at 2:31 PM, Mr. Jameson said:
Hello! I can speak to my background a little bit. I think I am not the traditional applicant to pickering/rangel-- I have absolutely no international experience.
I graduated in June 2018 with a degree in Economics and Mathematics with interests in international development. My senior year of college I was accepted into The Fletcher School through the MYF program that allows future Fletcher students to get two years of work experience before start their masters degree. Since graduating, I joined Teach For America and have been teaching math in a low-income school. I have always been interested in working in the foreign service but do not have the usual background-- no study abroad experience, etc. I know I have strong GPA, Letters of Rec, and I think my essay was fairly strong. I also think that I have already been accepted to Fletcher may help my application as well, but also have no idea. I have been lurking on the pickering/rangel threads for over two years now so I am excited to finally apply.
How about you?
Also was accepted to a grad program and differed, fingers crossed we have that going for us!
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Nice! Sounds like you have solid experience despite the lack of formal international experience. I similarly am a bit limited in my international experience. Aside form informal/personal travel, I did one study abroad that was more like a course with a short supplemental trip. I have one year of work experience outside of school in Congress. 2-4 languages (depending on the month lol), received aid in college, took part in a lot of extracurricular activities, strong service background--particularly with refugees, yada yada. My essay really focused on a narrative of having been to countries that have weak diplomatic relations with the U.S. and how my personal experiences of being a first-generation American motivate me/equip me to tackle such challenges as an FSO. For the sake of a strong narrative/story, I barely, if even, touched on other notable experiences that could help me/relate to the 13 dimensions -- something I've been reconsidering a lot post-deadline ?. After religiously reading fellow profiles from the last few years (bad idea, don't recommend), I don't know how competitive I am without CLS, Gilman, Fulbright, etc, but just waiting for that late Oct notification at this point!
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I have always lurked without an account, but I felt a responsibility to give future applicants the forum discussion that I so often looked to lol. Now that Rangel deadline has come, can anyone speak on their backgrounds and how they felt about the application process?
Rangel or Pickering 2019-2020
in The Bank
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Managed an alternate spot. Anyone else in the same boat?