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[quote=Anonymous]There are express preferences for math, science, engineering, or quant-soc (like econ with statistics) majors in many, many agencies. Languages also count a great deal, -IF- at a high level of proficiency; three years of French does not cut it a bit. Federal hiring is dispersed and non-uniform among agencies so you might get different answers all over the place. But the bottom line remains that (A) the veterans' preference is the dominant factor, and (B) no matter the college or the program, grades count -- agencies can skip multiple steps in the hiring process if a candidate presents with especially high grades. The impact is that somebody with a 3.5 from a zero-name school has a huge leg up on someone with a 3.4 from Yale. May not be fair, but it's 100% true. [/quote]
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