Recruited out of high school? Wtf?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Zero Dark Thirty
mdpfbgd — 12 years ago(September 10, 2013 09:02 PM)
I don't have a great deal of respect for the CIA or FBI and what I do have is diminishing daily.
But since when does the CIA recruit intelligence analysts out of high school? -
murad23 — 9 years ago(May 19, 2016 08:53 AM)
The OP does not get that this does not mean she did not attend college or for that matter get a grad degree.
Certain people with extreme high language acquisition amplitude (testing is done with a three day test by using an entirely artificial language) as well as other innate skills can in a some case of recruitment be recruited while they apply to school, and for example offered scholarships not different than ROTC.
The OP is simply a moron who doesn't know this is common (in fact the rule) for ROTC, West Point, the Naval Academy and would be for CIA in some small number of cases certain talents the CIA might specifically need.
What if she had high language acquisition skills, And/or say had a dad or mom who had had a government posting in Pakistan or the Middle East and spent six or seven years there as a child and knew those languages natively? -
joeriderxtreme — 12 years ago(September 21, 2013 06:26 AM)
Yes they do, and that can lead to a position if you qualify or show high work and intelligence aptitude I would imagine. They might make you wait a little, but still plausible. The film probably did this to show "Maya" as a unique individual with extraordinary talent as part of her character development.
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TRinzler — 11 years ago(May 21, 2014 07:11 AM)
Like someone already said, the younger they are, the easier they are to mold.
They'd recruit from pre-school if it was allowed
Also, anyone sane with half a brain will eventually become either disillusioned or burnt out and quit (unless they rise rapidly enough to avoid the frontlines and the agency considers them important enough to make it 'worth their while' to stick around).
With such a high attrition rate it makes sense to recruit as early as possible as you never know when your assets are going to walk -
murad23 — 9 years ago(May 19, 2016 08:55 AM)
Wrong. Certain people with extreme high language acquisition aptitude (testing is done with a three day test by using an entirely artificial language) as well as other innate skills can in a some case of recruitment be recruited while they apply to school, and for example offered scholarships not different than ROTC.
The OP is simply a moron who doesn't know this is common (in fact the rule) for ROTC, West Point, the Naval Academy and would be for CIA in some small number of cases certain talents the CIA might specifically need.
What if she had high language acquisition skills, And/or say had a dad or mom who had had a government posting in Pakistan or the Middle East and spent six or seven years there as a child and knew those languages natively? -
csteve67 — 12 years ago(September 21, 2013 10:17 AM)
just because YOU or people of YOUR "ilk" in HS were not/did not show the where with all for a CIA teen opportunity does not mean other did not.
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Franny25 — 12 years ago(November 02, 2013 07:41 PM)
Students work summers at the CIA while they are in college. It's a very good job besides a hell of a future if you're interested in that life. Some students are foreign service brats used to a more adventurous life than the typical American.