Interning in Washington...housing?

Parents Forum
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<p>Hi! I am currently a highschool junior and I am looking at some internship programs in Washington D.C. in the political science field....I had an internship last summer with my congressman and am looking for something more this summer.</p>

<p>My question is if I do look for an internship in the area, how does housing work out? I am going to be a senior so I don't want to live alone or anything...is there a way I could possibly take a summer college class, live on campus, and work in DC at the same time? </p>

<p>Has anyone done this before.. or have any advice?</p>

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<p>We looked at this for D last year and I believe either GW or Georgetown (or both) offer intern housing. I remember that it was pricey, however.</p>

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<p>Some of the colleges offer summer internship housing for interns from other colleges. I don't know if they'd accept HS students or not - there might be liability issues. Also, the housing is only available between certain dates so you'd need to see if those dates fit.</p>

<p>Beyond that would be apartments which one can rent for the summer but you're liable to run into the same issue with age. </p>

<p>You might also want to check with the office of whoever you'd be interning for - maybe they've already handled this for others in the past. </p>

<p>Some of the posters here might have been through this so hopefully they'll have good info for you.</p>

<ul>
<li>The 'Georges' Universities -
George Washington U - GW</a> Housing Programs - The George Washington University
George Mason U - George</a> Mason University - Office of Housing & Residence Life
Georgetown U - Georgetown</a> University Summer Housing</li>
</ul>

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<p>George Mason is actually in Suburban DC, in Va. It is a very safe area, and close to metro. My guess, least pricey.</p>

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<p>American</a> University Housing and Dining Programs | Summer Intern Housing</p>

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<p>If you're on the Hill, you could do worse than [url=<a href="http://www.internsdc.com/%5DWISH%5B/url"&gt;http://www.internsdc.com/]WISH[/url&lt;/a&gt;]. It's pretty turn-key and highly structured. Short-term housing in D.C, particularly for undergrads, is dicey and frustrating. </p>

<p>D found a studio in Foggy Bottom on Craigslist and shared it for 5-1/2 months with another intern from her college. Finding, negotiating, and processing the paperwork across country was a learning experience for her. Otoh, when she moved to DC after graduation, she'd picked up a fair amount of savvy. None of which prepared her for Open Houses where 15-20 people would come by to be checked out for a roommate opening.</p>

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<p>Sounds like one of your biggest obstacles is your age. </p>

<p>My husband interned in DC, and stayed at Georgetown, but the difference is he was in college. </p>

<p>How about this route? See if you can find a family looking for a live in "nanny" for the evenings? You could work your internship during the day and be available for babysitting in the evenings or on weekends. Don't know how easy that would be to find, but again, how many places would be willing to house a high school student for an extended period of time?</p>

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<p>Btw, I don't think taking a class and interning at the same time is a good idea. Exploit the internship for every last bit of experience you can get.</p>

<p>Also, I wouldn't trade the social freedom by being a nanny. There may be things you can do with other interns in the evening though, as AB points out, your age will be against you and any venue involving alcohol will be out of bounds. Still, stuff will come up, be it an embassy party, an event at the Kennedy Center, a lobbying affair, whatever. You want to be able to take advantage of as much as you can.</p>