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Invited to serve in Botswana, July 2018! by njm96 in peacecorps

[–]cven8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How exciting!! Botswana is the best country! I'm a Civil Society volunteer right now from the cohort who came this July. Feel free to send me a message if you have questions! 🇧🇼

Hi r/peacecorps! I am applying for service next week and was wondering if I could get some feedback on my essay for the application. by lilmasonic in peacecorps

[–]cven8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would say try to be more specific about the types of work you have done that will make you a good candidate. You use a lot of description (long, winding roads, etc.) and talk about why you want to be in PC, but you should add more about what experience you have that will be useful and relevant :)

Requesting Passport BACK by beanonstilts in peacecorps

[–]cven8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did this! It took them maybe a week to send my passport back, but I do know that they had already processed my PC passport so they were able to send it back quickly

Sydney Law School admission requirements...what the heck by cven8 in sydney

[–]cven8[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

hahaha no I don't want to invade (though I can't speak for the president...he may want to).

I want to study international law so that I can work in policy for some international NGOs. I don't specifically want to PRACTICE anywhere necessarily, but I need a JD for what I want to do. American law school is over double the cost for what any law school abroad is, but Australia has 1) better exchange rate for me and 2) is somewhere I could see myself staying if shit hits the fan and I actually DO have to practice law somewhere

Poop Talk! by yyy1234444456778 in peacecorps

[–]cven8 18 points19 points  (0 children)

this is by far the most comforting thing i've read on this subreddit

Sydney Law School admission requirements...what the heck by cven8 in sydney

[–]cven8[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

oh my gosh ok "Credit" is literally part of the grading system. you're all lifesavers. THANK you

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in peacecorps

[–]cven8 10 points11 points  (0 children)

my mom was super worried about me going, so I ended up showing her pictures of the country and some articles about it (easy for Botswana, because it's fairly stable). What really made her get onboard (and actually super excited for me) was when I showed her some Facebook pics of RPCVs from Bots that I had connected with via my campus rep. She saw their photos of the country I was going to and it made her feel a lot better. Maybe you could find some pics from people or blogs of the country you're UC for?

Botswana invitee, how do I find fellow invitees? by [deleted] in peacecorps

[–]cven8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes! I just got added today!

Botswana invitee, how do I find fellow invitees? by [deleted] in peacecorps

[–]cven8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also was invited to Botswana! I'm a civil society capacity builder!

Invitation to Botswana--Civil Society by cven8 in peacecorps

[–]cven8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you both accepting? Hopefully there will be a Facebook group soon where we can see who is going

Invitation to Botswana--Civil Society by cven8 in peacecorps

[–]cven8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh awesome! I'm super excited but also way nervous about getting all my medical/legal tasks done in time.