This is my peace corps application timeline. During my application process I remember spending hours looking for other peoples timeline, hoping they'd give me some kind of hint as to when I could expect to leave. Hopefully this will calm some of you down as you wait for your invitation. I am doing this months after receiving invitation, so my dates may be a little off, but if you have any questions, please let me know!
Jan. 2011 - Finally create an application account. Look over the application, do everything except the essays in a day. Ask three people for recommendations.
April 1, 2011 - Finally upload my essays. Get my final recommendation from my employer. Completed the survey on my health. Put September 2011 as my earliest start date.
April 12, 2011 - Make an appointment for my interview
April 18, 2011 - Meet with the recruiter for interviewer. Some talk about the budget cuts, and that they were going to start doing Fall 2011 placement really soon so to do my fingerprints and transcripts as quickly as possible
May 4, 2011 - Recieved nomination for French speaking african country as a forestry specialist with no estimated departure date. Freak out a bit as to why I have no departure date
May 2011 - Get a call from the regional placement officer asking if I can ride a bike.
August 2011 - Finally finish my dental and medical papers. Dental took the longest because I needed my wisdoms out, and summer is the busiest time for oral surgery.
September 2011 - Medically cleared
October 2011- Final interview. Send another resume and official transcripts.
November 2011 - Get my invitation in the mail! Accept! It if for Madagascar with staging on Feb 27 2012
January 2012 - Finally turn in my updated resume and aspiration statement which were due in November. Apparently it was ok that it was late.
More soon!!!! But for now, here is what I'm expecting Madagascar to look like (they have penguins and giraffes right?).
