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Has anybody ever joined the peace corps or a similar organization? I'm in my mid 20s realizing that I probably need to stretch myself in ways that would both improve my character and make me a more viable candidate for a good grad school. Not to mention that I'm interested in the US foreign service, and that peace corps is a fairly common pipeline to that. My main concern, beyond getting some weird disease or dying in a war zone, is that the experience will be a waste, and that I'll have to follow dumb rules about where I can and can't travel. Also, I wouldn't be making a lot of money and there are few ways to get around that without being discovered.
I couldn't get medical clearance for the Peace corps, but I still keep in touch with people who did. From my personal experience, two kinds of people really thrive in the program:
It doesn't sound like you're in the first group, since you mentioned the foreign service.
Are you in the second group? Would you drive four hundred miles to be in a united way photoshoot for a chance to serve as John Thune's personal assistant? Would you claim that a coworker you barely know has a cocaine habit if it meant you were 15% more likely to get a promotion? If so, the peace corps might be great for you.
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