The 27 months of Peace Corps service flies by. Some volunteers start thinking about what comes next early in their service and others don't worry about it until they are back in the U.S. All of us hope to utilize new skills we gained in foreign countries.
Why not encourage them to ride out the recession in the hallowed halls of higher education, and emerge in a few years with some bankable skills and an impressive degree? Well, here's my advice.
All across the board schools have been deluged with a flood of interest, happily collecting record numbers of application fees. The GMAT was taken in 2008 by more people than on any other prior year.