If you are interested in applying for the Peace Corps, my best piece advice is to start NOW and be patient.
From Final Application to Staging: 435 days
12/31/12- Begin My Application
4/13/13- Application Submitted (It doesn't take 4 months to finish it. I was just slow.)
5/13- Final Recommendations and Transcripts Submitted
5/14- Cleared for Interview
6/12 - Formal Interview with Regional Recruiter
7/10- Received Nomination for Education Sector
7/30- Finished Fingerprinting and National Agency Check
8/20- Legal Clearance
12/4- Placement Questionnaire Received for English Teaching; Asked to rewrite Motivation Statement and Cross Cultural Essay from original application in April (I am still confused how it took the PC 8 months to take a good look at those awful essays [If it is any defense, I was reading Faulkner at the time])
12/14- Essays and Questionnaire Submitted
1/29/14- Invited to Benin for TEFL!
2/10- Aspiration Statement and Final Transcripts Submitted
2/11- Visa and Passport Forms Submitted
3/1-4/1 Physicals, Eye Exams, Immunizations, Dental Exams
4/4- Final Medical Clearance
4/8- Hit by car while biking to work
4/12- Application put on Medical Hold
4/21- Medical Hold Lifted
6/22- Staging
6/24- In Benin!
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