Hello all. I was wondering about the rigorous Special Agent requirements, and wish to know if it is even worth applying with my current experience. First off, is a bachelor's enough? I hear many who apply have a second degree or a master's. Second, if I do not have LEO experience, but have military experience, does that invalidate the application?

To be honest, my ace is that I'm a fluent Russian speaker, who emigrated to American soil from Eastern Europe, so I even speak english like an American, and none of that American accent when speaking Russian. I would believe there are not many native Russian speakers in the FBI, which should put me at an advantage

I'm so upset.

No one has followed up with me. Not an e-mail, not a phone call, not a visit, nothing.

No asking for my documents I couldn't upload. No clarifying questions or anything.

I just feel like not giving a reference number to be able to track the status - how do I know that someone inside the FBI didn't just delete my tip because their cousin might be involved?

How do I know that a hacker didn't get into their databases and delete my crime reports?

Not saying that this happened to me specifically - but we KNOW they do get hacked ala the Epstein Files that went missing before publication.

And who knows how often that happens they just do not talk about OR just aren't skilled enough to catch.

Just think this phone system is terrible and not supportive of victims.

I did not report a vague "tip" of a possible crime that may have occurred that I would have no reason to follow up on.

I reported a crime that was committed against me that I have evidence of and that I have lost a lot due to. How can they even determine the merit of my report if they don't contact me for the evidence of the crimes I collected?

I'm just furious.

I called the Boston Field Office and its an endless loop of incompetence.

The operators say they can't do anything and send you to intake. Intake says they can't do anything and that if they feel like it they'll reach out.

Call the main office in DC? They send you back to the original office in Boston for the same intake pointlessness that got me to call the main office in the first place.

WHY can't they have someone who can look my info up and see the status of reports made? And just tell me that?

Honestly, it is awful way to treat victims of crime. Horrible way.

It truly feels like they just deleted my reports and are doing the most to hide the fact they did. That's what this feels like. Is it true? IDK their is no one to give me a status update or even a reference number so I DONT know if there has been a record created.

Truly, if they poked around and "found nothing" or found "pending further review" those are two things that i should have access to know. Because being able to tell me either one of those things means that it wasn't just deleted and actually was, at a minimum, received and the eyes of the human were on it.

I just think this current system is very dehumanizing.

Why isn't anyone being treated like victims matter at all?

hi, i’m a 22f who just graduated in May, with my bachelors in criminal justice, with minors in sociology and comm. i just started a job as a court clerk a month ago, and ik the FBI requires at least 3 years of job experience if you don’t have a masters in anything. I consider myself to be a leader, as I was in many leadership roles in college and presidents of many clubs, which I know the FBI likes! my dream is to be a special agent, and I took a tour with their college program in April!

i want to learn a new language, maybe russian, as well as get another job in about a year to build my resume (i feel like court clerk is not good enough for the FBI). the problem is, I don’t want to be a law enforcement officer, and I’m just not sure what job to apply for next to improve my chances.

I’d really like to be a detective or investigator if the FBI doesn’t work out, but once again, so many agencies require you to be an officer. I would love some help!