Congressional Page

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Has anyone here done the all-year or semester Congressional Page program in DC? I recently met with my representative and I got me thinking about the opportunity.
It seems interesting, but I'm concerned about how it will affect my junior year academics. Any feedback is appreciated!</p>

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<p>bumpadidump</p>

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<p>go to <a href="http://www.congressionalpage.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.congressionalpage.org&lt;/a> for some answers from school-year pages (i was only a summer page)</p>

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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Foley_scandal%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Foley_scandal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>A kid at my school did this, only for the fall semester, but I believe he managed to remain on track in terms of IB and stuff with our school, so it's probably doable, if you're smart and work things out well. I don't know the kid very well though, as he's a junior and I'm a senior...and he was gone half if this year. Lol. So I can't help any more.</p>

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<p>Friend is doing this during the summer. I told him to watch out for those congressmen...</p>

<p>-The Paging Coot66</p>

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<p>A girl from my school did it 2 years ago and got into U of Mich honors. I don't know anything else about it though.</p>

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<p>they have a semester program.. for next year, i'm pretty sure the deadline is over</p>

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<p>I was a page, and it does not hurt you one bit in terms of academics</p>

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<p>One guy I know did that, although I think it was for like 2 or 3 weeks, not a full semester. Because he was still enrolled in classes at the high school for that term it was hard for him to make up all that work he missed. </p>

<p>Although I heard it's an awesome experience especially if you're interested in politics. If you get the opportunity you should def. do it!</p>

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<p>Best of luck if you do apply. I applied, but didn't make it. Good luck!</p>