<p>Here is a good place to learn more about foreign service careers:
<a href="http://www.careers.state.gov/%5B/url%5D">http://www.careers.state.gov/</a></p>
<p>Be sure to check on the "students" section, too.</p>
<p>My son is planning on majoring in International Studies in college, and when we spoke with an advisor, she said many graduates in this major were hired by the state dept. and the CIA.</p>
<p>One of the things you can do to prepare yourself now is to really get busy on a foreign language. Most high school students don't achieve much competence in whatever language they study, but you could really work at it...not just to get a decent grade...but to really <em>learn</em> the language.</p>