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SFS is the biggest feeder into positions at the State Department and in the US Foreign Service, so I find that hard to believe.</p>
<p>A lot of my sister's friends who were in SFS, she was in the College, are now Vice Consuls in the Foreign Service. And we're talking about 26 year olds.</p>
<p>SFS is also most likely the biggest feeder into a lot of other things including the CIA.
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<p>One of my best friends from Georgetown, an SFS grad, is now a consular officer at our embassy in Baghdad. He told me that while the political appointees (Sec of State, et al) may be the titular heads, the SFS grads at the State Dept. make it clear to all that THEY are the alpha-dogs in the system. Not sure if others respect that, mind you, but the attitude is nonetheless there.</p>
<p>And for the record, a vice consul is an entry-level foreign service position. So being one at 26 is expected.</p>