Peace Corps Placement

So I haven't yet figured out where I am going, I'm sending my medical stuff in this week, but I think I have narrowed it down to a few possibilities. Here is the "equation" so to speak, for anyone out there who might want to try and get a jump on figuring out where they are going (which is pretty much everyone from what I understand.)


Using peacecorpswiki.org I was able to find a list of stagging dates that have already been sent out to people that are getting invitations because they started the application earlier/ are done with their medical. Here is the list of known stagging dates currently reported on peacecorpswiki:

August 1 = Zambia
August 3 = Uganda
August 8 = Guatemala
August 16 = Panama
August 17 = Dominican Republic
August 17 = Kazakhstan
August 29 = Senegal
August 29 = Mexico
August 30 = Nicaragua

September 6 = Morocco
September 9 = Macedonia
September 12 = Rwanda
September 15 = Cameroon
September 15 = Botswana
September 15 = Peru
September 15 = Togo
September 21 = Ukraine
September 22 = Azerbaijan
September 25 = Turkmenistan

SO, if you take out the ones that are not in Africa you are left with:


August 1 = Zambia
August 3 = Uganda
August 29 = Senegal
September 12 = Rwanda
September 15 = Cameroon
September 15 = Botswana
September 15 = Togo

I also know that I will not be sent to West Africa because I don't speak a lick of French which leaves us with:

August 1 = Zambia
August 3 = Uganda
September 12 = Rwanda
September 15 = Botswana

NOW, you cross reference this with the placement calculator that is also on the Peace Corps wiki site, which lets you know how many volunteers and in what positions they are in each country. By doing this I am able to figure out the likelihood of me being sent to any of the four option above. 

World Region: Africa         Job Sector: Health Extension

	Country	Number of vols	Percentage
	Zambia	38	46
	Uganda	18	22
	Botswana	14	17
	Rwanda	12	15
	TOTAL	82	100

So essentially this lists the greatest chance I have in getting into each country, since there are more volunteers in certain places than in others. The other piece of information that feeds into this is that the campus recruiter I spoke with said that since Rwanda was just re-opened and since there is still some "issues" there, they aren't sending people without experience, and most volunteers who are serving there are on their second tour of duty. 

Top three countries: Zambia, Uganda, and Botswana!!!

Also on a side note, the internship I am currently working at is based in Uganda and most of the people in the office are from Uganda, which would make me feel a lot better about going there for two years since I would know people in country if anything went really wrong. I'm becoming more and more excited about this whole thing, and can't wait to get my paperwork into the office and try and figure out where I am actually going!  

Back to work,

Claire