Reply #9: Sure, It's not a secret. Here how it happened: [View All]

[DFW]

She is in her first year of Law School, and her Law School has sent students there
previously. Maybe it's the way things are taught there, I don't know, but apparently,
students from her school are more appreciated than the Harvard/Yale types, at least
in this program. She goes to Pace University Law in White Plains, New York. Ring of
Fire listeners will have heard of it, at least.

Anyway, her school selects one or two students per year to be nominated to the U.N.
The U.N. then decides from all applicants which to select, and she was one of them.
For some reason, Americans were more difficult to process, visa-wise, so she went to
the Sierra Leone consulate with her German passport, and got a visa immediately, once
she was able to produce documentation of her vaccinations.

Being a German national (she is both) is not an aspect that gives preference, it is just
a factor that reduces some of the cumbersome paperwork needed, once you have been selected.
The U.N. had no idea that she was German when they selected her.

If your 20 year old ends up in Law School--ANY Law School--I think she can check out
what programs are out there, and the U.N. will at least consider someone if their
school selects/recommends them. I think that is the hurdle that is the one that is the
most difficult to overcome.

if you want further details, I have another 24 hours in which I can ask her. Otherwise,
I HOPE!!, after she gets back.