Timeline [Updated September 2011]

Order of events - so far!

01/16/09: Register for FSOT Written Exam
02/13/09: FSOT Written Exam
03/03/09: FSOT Written Exam notification

(passed with 167.02 on the multiple choice section, and a score of 8 on the essay portion)

03/24/09: PN / QEP due (submitted 3/23/09)
05/26/09: PN / QEP notification (passed!)
06/22/09: Oral Assessment (OA) registration (set for 9/28/09)
09/28/09: OA (passed with a 5.3 in Public Diplomacy)
10/20/09: Physical Exam
10/26/09: Security Interview
11/02/09: Medical Clearance Process begun
11/13/09: Security Clearance granted
12/24/09: Medical Clearance granted - Merry Christmas!!!!
01/05/10: Added to the Register - #83 out of 83 as of 1/5/10
01/22/10: Now #95 out of 99 on Register. One step forward, two steps back...
02/03/10: Now #85 out of 91 on Register. The mystery continues...
02/20/10: Now #88 out of 95. Really??

02/21/10: Registered for FSOT Written Exam Candidacy #2. Sigh.
03/03/10: FSOT Written Exam #2
03/24/10: FSOT Written Exam Results (passed)
04/13/10: PNs due
06/01/10: PN Results (passed)
07/28/10: Oral Assessment #2, Annex 44 (passed with a 5.5 in PD)
07/30/10: Candidacy #1 - 136/172, Candidacy #2 - 54/173
12/20/10: Candidacy #1 - 154/209, Candidacy #2 - 57/209
02/28/11: Candidacy #1 - 151/216, Candidacy #2 - 56/216
04/18/11: Candidacy #1 - 156/226, Candidacy #2 - 73/226
06/10/11: Candidacy #1 - 131/204, Candidacy #2 - 52/204

06/15 - 07/13: Spent a month in Latvia studying Russian
07/15/11: Language phone test for Russian
07/15/11: Candidacy #1 - expired, Candidacy #2 - 42/191

07/20/11: Results of Russian language phone test - PASS
07/20/11: Add 0.4 to 5.5, get #4 on the PD list!
08/01/11: Official offer to join the Foreign Service, 163rd A-100 class
09/12/11: A-100 Orientation begins

10/2011:  French language training begins
11/2012:  Pass French language exam with 3/3 after four attempts (!)

01/2013:  Begin tour#1 in Haiti
01/2015:  End tour #1 in Haiti

01/2015:  Begin Russian language training
07/2015:  Pass Russian language exam with 2/2 after one attempt

08/2015:  Begin tour #2 in Moldova
08/2017:  End tour #2 in Moldova

09/2017:  Begin tour #3 in Washington, DC in Office of Global Educational Programs in Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
01/2018:  Bid on NOW position as A/CAO in Baghdad, receive handshake offer for PCS to service in Iraq as of 05/2018 with no-fault curtailment