<p>The title says it.</p>
<p>Anyone know of or have information to offer about the Congressional Page Program?</p>
<p>I paged at the DNC-ND convention and let me tell you, eastern north dakotans tip well. I don't know much about the Congressional Page Program, but try asking a local politician?</p>
<p>I've heard only great things about it. I mean, you actually get to be there, where the action is. Oh, how much I wish I did it...</p>
<p>THe page progrsam is fantastic. OK, so i didn't get to do it. you apply to be a page (senate or house) through your congressman or senator. Then your congressman choses one or two candidates to send on to the committee, wh decides who will be a page. They're school year and summer pages. if you're a sophomore now you can spend your junior year (or maybe just a semester) in DC. You can spend the summer if you're a junior or sophomore. but i'd hurry if i were you. i think that the deadline for local applications is the 15th. and the application's prety intense. oh, there are a bunch of sites out there made by ex pages. I found these helpful when i was applying. just google congressional page or something.</p>
<p>page as in the one who stacks books at the library? ok ok ok, i'm going to google it.</p>
<p>oh no mallory. You run around the capitol with basically free reign, running errands and such for congressmen. you don't get tipped like corey did at the convention, but they do pay you a little.</p>
<p>What an incredible time...I lived up there for three weeks during the summer (the schoolyear pages dont consider us summer pages real pages; but we have friends at home we dont want to miss for an entire school year)...everyday i worked in the house chamber...i actually delivered the final 9/11 reports and have a copy of the government edition (not sure if its any different from the ones they sell in bookstores under the name of the authorized edition)!... no, but i recommend this program with amazing enthusiasm...plus you get paid....i love talking about it obviously, i wrote about 25 pages worth of journal entries from my daily experiences...if you have any questions, im purplehaze687</p>
<p>I was a congressional page over the summer also...for 3 weeks, it was THE BEST....Im now going to go back next semester as a senate page...i think im the only one to go from house page, and then back again as senate page....and something else is i went the first time for a republican rep, and now im going back for the democratic minority leader...</p>
<p>ok, so if you want the info..</p>
<p>House pages: There are 40 odd something republican pages and 30 something republican pages...you go to school (if school year) at 6:45, and go to work at 10 or so. </p>
<p>If it is a summer page, you go to work at 9, no school in the morning.</p>
<p>You get free credit in the cafetieria...and free dinner after work. You also get paid about 600 a month, starting out, depending on the job you get.</p>
<p>The jobs available for house pages are
1)Clock Room: where you have to memorize all of the republican or democratic reps, be able to go on the floor and give them needed files, messages...ect...
2)House desk: where you answer the phone for pages all day, i would say it is quite boring, but little work, and you get to know all the pages.
3)documentarian: Where you basically get to sit on the floor all day and write down, get needed materials, record certain things, not quite sure because i wasnt a documentarian, but if you want extra money documentarians get overtime pay which is 12 an hour, and they get way more hours then anyone else, we get off at 5 while they sometimes get out at 11 at night.
3)runner: You basically take message from house floor, or office to office. You really get to know the capital this way, and usually get a good work out also.</p>
<p>There are also other jobs the runners get to do, depending on the day.</p>
<p>Dorms: 4 to a room usually, one bathroom, have to sign in and out of dorm room. Located two blocks away from capital, boys on 1st floor, girls on second. </p>
<p>Curfew:10 on week days, Midnight on weekends (for summer page, not sure for school year)</p>
<p>well if you have anything else just reply or something.</p>
<p>I recently found out about this program and I'm really interested in it! It looks so cool. What process did you all go through to apply? I emailed my senator a couple weeks ago and his office just gave me the standard info on what pages are, etc. but didn't tell me much of what's necessary to apply. </p>
<p>Is it extremely competitive to get in? Do they look closely at grades/ECs/etc? Are there essays/teacher recs needed? Sorry for all the questions! This looks awesome.</p>
<p>Yea, it is EXTREMELY competative. My reps office in dc told me that over 1000 apply, and only 70 or so get to be it. </p>
<p>You need a 3.0 in or higher in your core classes, but depending on who else is applying, you might need better~compared,</p>
<p>Yes, you need an essay...i dont remember how long it needs to be, but should be good. And you need recomendations up the wazoo</p>
<p>eesh. i better get on this:)</p>
<p>another question- can you apply to both the senate page and the congressional page program?</p>
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<p>I'm sure this doens't apply for everyone, but I've heard lots of it is a who-you-know type of thing.</p>
<p>darn. you might be right on that</p>
<p>Yea, you can apply to both the senate page and house page. But if you want it for the school year you have to hurry because there are usually never any openings. </p>
<p>And im not sure if its about "who you know" I sure didnt. i just meet with my congressmen and then a few years later, i was appointed by him.</p>
<p>I'm a Congressional Page and believe me, you can get in without "knowing" anyone. I got in and had never met my member of Congress and had no ties anywhere. I'm sure there are people with connections but isn't that how the real job world works too???
You need a minimum of a 3.0 in core classes, good PSAT/SAT scores, strong extracurriculars, and three letters of recommendation. There is an essay but it could only be a max 200 (I think) words on why you want to be a page.<br>
There are school year and summer pages. School year pages go for a semester. A very few are invited back for a second semester. Biggest difference is school year pages have to go to school (full course load of five core classes), summer pages don't.
The spring pages (who start in two weeks) have already been chosen but you can apply for this summer. For summer pages, it can be either the summer before or after your junior year BUT you have to be 16 by the first day you arrive. There's no getting around that because your job is a federal govt job and fed requirements are no one under 16. (I know b/c I tried!)
Call your representative's office (both local and the one in DC) and ask if he/she sponsors a page. Not every member of congress does.
There are also senate pages so contact your senators also. You can apply for both and if accepted to both, you would have to choose (oh darn!) or do both if offered different sessions.
It's so definitely worth it but it does take a lot of phone calls. Many people in the representatives' offices are interns and don't know about the program. Keep asking until you find someone who does. There's a little info on the internet and unfortunately, most of it is old. Your best place to start is with your rep or senator. Deadlines are fast approaching!</p>
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<p>My son is very interested in applying, but I am wondering about the school. what are the 5 core classes? how does this work with regular school -- any choices of classes?</p>
<p>thx</p>
<p>wait can it be your summer between junio and senior years? and im 17 now, is it at least 16?</p>
<p>Im from florida and allmy congressman are junior congressman so can't nominate a page what should i do .</p>