Age Jihad and the military
Hi Sandy,
About the ‘Age Jihad’ at H . Does this apply to internationals as well ? I know of several 27-29 year old Israeli guys who got in last year and for obvious reasons( army service),
this year the median age for Israeli candidates won’t be much lower. Any idea on how will H treat that sort of ‘old’ candidates ?
Thanks,
Jackla ( 27 y/o Israeli guy applying for ’09 )
Military exp. has always been a sidebar to the Age Jihad trend, cert. in cases of the 50 or so US military admits, often from Service Acads (West Pt., Naval Acad) where there is a five year service commitment, those dudes are freq. on the old side, and I think for cert. specialties, like pilots, service commitment is longer, so all those TOP GUN guys are often near 30 or over when they apply. How this plays out w. other military req. service, e.g. Israel, Norway (I think?), Switzerland, Taiwan, and few others (anyone????), not sure, but it would make sense that you’d get a break for req. military service, as facts you cite seem to indicate, that should continue forward next year. The fact that mil. service is a cut out to Age Jihad, just makes the real numbers WORSE, e.g. if you are older non-miliatry guy, your chances are even slimmer than numbers suggest b.c. a lot of the geezers are military, docs, Ph.D’s etc.
