Posts Tagged ‘ FSO Register ’

I’m on vacation, and we’ve been staying at my parents place. The guest bedroom is comfortable, but the morning sun ALWAYS wakes me up. This morning I didn’t mind so much, because when I checked my email from my phone I had an offer for the August 2nd A-100. Chad says he was awake...
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Since I can’t run down the halls of my office shouting “I passed! I passed,” I’m just going to have to do it on the Internet. To do: Gmail chat to my husband Done Tweet Done Facebook Check Website Double Check! Now I have to write a short email to Naomi my Hebrew teacher....
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I was working late on Wednesday evening, so Chad came out to have dinner with me and a coworker (Mike!). He handed me a fantastic letter, dated November 20: On behalf of the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service, I am please to inform you that your name has been added to the...
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I speak a few languages, though only one really well (yes, that would be English).  However, I’ve been figuring out the best way to brush up on my current default second language because of the bonus points it would give my (low, but passing!) FSOA score.  While State says it best, I’ll summarize the...
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Whenever I tell people that I’m going through the candidate process for the Foreign Service, I have a one in three chance of getting this question: when do you go abroad? Having passed the Oral Assessment and reviewed my conditional offer paperwork, I can safely say that I still don’t know. I haven’t cleared...
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