Hello wonderful blog family (and some blood family too, gathered by what I am seeing in my little survey thingy.) I know its been a while and I do have some recent updates so I figured I would let you all know.
About a week after submitting my updated information to Health Placement I received an email letting me know that Fran (who was super nice by the way) was sending my file onto a Placement Specialist. Around this same time I sent an email to the Placement people and asked if I could get a rough timeline for when I should be hearing from them next. The reply was that once the Placement Specialist had my file that I should be hearing from them within the next 4-6weeks. I was also told that I should be receiving a letter talking about the conditions of my medical clearance.
And then the sucky part...
I called the office after a week and dealt with a woman that just didn't seem to have the time of day to deal with me and told me to just sit and wait and that the letter would come...that was two weeks ago. I called the office again today and was told that they were going to send out another copy, which is great, but I feel shitty for having to bug the crap out of them in order to get it. I'm just really frustrated. This is probably in part because this is the first time in my PC process that I have had to wait while not having something else to complete. Its one thing to be waiting to hear about medical or an interview, when you have other PC stuff to be working on or more stuff to look forward to doing. This is the first time where I can not speed along the process myself.
Added onto this stress was also the phrasing for the emails that I received which both emphasized that the next part of the application-ring-of-death was competitive and that I should not assume that I will get placed for Peace Corps. First off, I have yet to hear of anyone that gets this far along and then is told that they just simply didn't make the cut. Secondly, what if I am that person? What if after all this insanity I just don't have the right chops? Life will go on, but I don't think the word "disappointment" would even come close.
On a side note, since I began writing this and then went out and ran errands, my degree was just conferred! This is super awesome because PC has been waiting for it and though I was told it wouldn't hold up the process, it makes me feel like I have gotten a bit closer to the end goal now. I just ordered an electronic copy of my transcript, and will be sending it on to the office within the next 30mins or so.
That's about it for the day. Sorry it had been so long, hope this finds everyone well. :)
~Claire
About a week after submitting my updated information to Health Placement I received an email letting me know that Fran (who was super nice by the way) was sending my file onto a Placement Specialist. Around this same time I sent an email to the Placement people and asked if I could get a rough timeline for when I should be hearing from them next. The reply was that once the Placement Specialist had my file that I should be hearing from them within the next 4-6weeks. I was also told that I should be receiving a letter talking about the conditions of my medical clearance.
And then the sucky part...
I called the office after a week and dealt with a woman that just didn't seem to have the time of day to deal with me and told me to just sit and wait and that the letter would come...that was two weeks ago. I called the office again today and was told that they were going to send out another copy, which is great, but I feel shitty for having to bug the crap out of them in order to get it. I'm just really frustrated. This is probably in part because this is the first time in my PC process that I have had to wait while not having something else to complete. Its one thing to be waiting to hear about medical or an interview, when you have other PC stuff to be working on or more stuff to look forward to doing. This is the first time where I can not speed along the process myself.
Added onto this stress was also the phrasing for the emails that I received which both emphasized that the next part of the application-ring-of-death was competitive and that I should not assume that I will get placed for Peace Corps. First off, I have yet to hear of anyone that gets this far along and then is told that they just simply didn't make the cut. Secondly, what if I am that person? What if after all this insanity I just don't have the right chops? Life will go on, but I don't think the word "disappointment" would even come close.
On a side note, since I began writing this and then went out and ran errands, my degree was just conferred! This is super awesome because PC has been waiting for it and though I was told it wouldn't hold up the process, it makes me feel like I have gotten a bit closer to the end goal now. I just ordered an electronic copy of my transcript, and will be sending it on to the office within the next 30mins or so.
That's about it for the day. Sorry it had been so long, hope this finds everyone well. :)
~Claire
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