<p>cynicalowl,</p>
<p>SIS (MI:6) is actually pretty strict about their requirements as well.</p>
<p>"You must be a British citizen and at least one of your parents must be a British citizen or have substantial ties with the United Kingdom or, if deceased, have had such citizenship or ties before death. British dual nationals may apply but will normally be required to relinquish any other nationality before appointment."</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>Both my parents are British citizens. ;)
On the flip side, I can't donate blood. :(</p>
<p>That aside, I'm open to any opportunities that come by. My interviewer studied History/IR and she ended up working for Goldman Sachs for a while before helping the family's skiwear business.</p>
<p>I can't donate blood either since I lived in GB in 1993-1995.</p>
<p>Born there...sucks because I seem to be the opposite of anaemic, whatever that is, and wouldn't mind giving a pint every now and then. Plus there's been a call in my city for organ donors, which again is something I wouldn't mind doing, but can't.</p>
<p>Wait...this might be a stupid question, but...</p>
<p>Where do Britons get blood from? Can a Briton give blood to Britons?</p>
<p>And an even stupider question; why can't you donate blood if you lived in GB? :confused:</p>
<p>k_twin,</p>
<p>BSE (Mad Cow Disease).</p>
<p>Thanks, that's interesting... and wouldn't you know wiki has an article on it: :) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease#Blood_donor_restrictions%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease#Blood_donor_restrictions</a></p>
<p>i'm afraid of needles, so it's actually quite a blessing
if that is how they take your blood in any case i have no clue as how they do it</p>
<p>Yeah, they use needles...I'm kinda scared of those too but it's okay if I don't look.</p>
<p>don't u have to learn a foreign language to be a diplomat, or at least helpful?
this is just a minor trivia: the venetians were the first to send resident diplomats at a large scale during their commercial golden age.</p>
<p>i completely agree with you because i am currently a sophomore in college and am studying Russian…i took Arabic last semester and i plan to continue studying both languages in addition to others. pretty much any language can be considered “in demand” or “hot” because there will always be a high need for translators, etc. in all countries.</p>
<p>I have a question similar to cynicalowl’s. I’m Ukrainian citizen, live in US and will soon become a citizen. Does it make sense for me to go into IR since I’m not american-born and my parents are russian? I could maybe work in Ukraine, but there you have to bribe people to get any job hahha))) Also I’m fluent in 3 languages and now taking my 5th year of spanish</p>
<p>I’m a high school graduate and I want to be diplomat one day.
I’m thinkin about taking International relations as major and one foreign language
as minor. Because of my family roots and upbringing, I can read and write two languages
other than English;Nepalese and Hindi. But I do want to learn either chinese or french as minor in school.
I don’t know how to start a career as a diplomat. I’m very keen on politics and I’m up
to date with all political, economic ups and downs from the fourth grade.
I’d be more than happy if someone could show me a point to begin with.
Ty.</p>
<p>Hey me too, i want to become a diplomat but i really dont know what to study for
and also dont know how hard it is!
please somebody who really wants to disscuss with me please feel free XD</p>
<p>you should apply to Georgetown University and study in their foreign service program. Then when you graduate, you take the US Foreign Service Exam. If you pass (I think it has a 30% pass rate), you go on to further interviewing. Ultimately about 10% of applicants can make it.</p>
<p>You could also join the Marine Corps and get assigned to Marine Corps Security Guard duty… you get to go to US embassies and protect them. Not an easy task to accomplish either, though.</p>
<p>You don’t HAVE to go to Georgetown though. Ultimately just study up on what’s on the foreign service exam.</p>
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<p>Hi DCHurricane, quick question for you. I’m pretty set on the international relations major. I applied to Georgetown in the fall, and I’m just waiting on the decision next week! It is my dream school, has been for the past three years - since I realized that Political Science/IR is what I really want to study. However to be honest, I’m quite sure that I won’t be accepted (SAT scores just weren’t up to par). I’ve come to terms with it, I guess you could say. That said, I also applied to George Washington University. Is this a school that would look just as good (or at least similar) on a resume? Sorry if this seems like a stupid question! (:</p>
<p>GW is pretty respectable. From what I’ve read, the foreign service cares more about how much you know and what relevant experience you have.</p>
<p>Foreign Service is all about the exam and interview… doesn’t matter what school you went to. Obviously it’s a competitive process, so logically more people from the “better” schools make the cut.</p>
<p>Okay, so Im glad that i found this website. Im from indonesia and been living in norway in about a little bit more than 4 years. Im interested with cultures, languages(right now i’m learning french, but actually wanted to learn SPANISH, unfortunately i don’t have that option at my high school) i like math too, but im average at it. sooo now, i decided to move to a better town/bigger near the capital city of norway to get more options and opportunities, am I doing the right thing? </p>
<p>im just a bit worried that i wouldn’t survive… 
(sorry for the junior level english, im 17 years old)</p>