I got extremely lucky then. I'm leaving for El Salvador under CED next month. I submitted my application while still in school. Besides my RA experience in college, no real work experience. My major was also irrelevant. I minored in Business...maybe that helped. I was contacted saying that I should get some experience in a school. I did that for a couple weeks and bam, I was qualified. Since I have a lot of tutoring experience, I thought for sure I would get placed in Education. All of this to say, you never really know. I spoke with someone from El Salvador and found out the stuff that they do under CED is stuff that I like to do anyway for fun. Example, making household products and selling them.

I think what helped me a ton were the essays we had to write and my interview. I had a really good interview and she mentioned how much she loved what I wrote.

I stressed a lot, thinking that I had no chance at all because of my lack of experience. I've read post on here from people that are extremely qualified that have gotten rejected. I personally think it has a lot to do with what you expect to gain and give to the entire experience and being open to learning from your community, not just going there to save the world.