<p>Ok, so everyone talks about GW and internships and from the sounds of it, interning in Congress, law firms, etc. isn't a hard opportunity to come by. But I guess I'm worried that maybe that's all hype and I'll come to GW (I'm an accepted transfer) and find out there aren't many openings for internships and that its really selective or something. You get my drift...basically, how easy to get internships is it really? </p>
<p>Also, as far as internships go, how much easier is it to hold an internship at GW compared to Georgetown? I mean this in terms of location and convenience of getting to your internship. From the sounds of it, at GW all you do is walk outside your dorm (or take the metro?) and Georgetown involves a bus ride to the metro and then a metro ride. So, I know you can hold an internship at Georgetown, but is it a pain/not worth it?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance! Oh, and I will be visiting very soon...so don't jump on me for that! I already made a mistake with my current school...I'm just asking in the meantime :)</p>
<p>i got an internship my freshmen year before i even had a college gpa in a congressional office, so there are plenty of opportunities if you are willing to sacrifice the time to do it. and its incredibly easy because the metro stop is a few blocks away from pretty much every dorm. except the vern of course. so yeah, after already going through an internship, i would say gw surprisingly lives up to the hype, considering most college viewbooks make everything sound easy.</p>
<p>I'm also an accepted transfer and was wondering, how useful or educational have these internships been? Some very cynical person said that they were totally expendable because D.C runs on these internships and your bosses see you as disposable labor that goes through a revolving door. =/</p>
<p>But it is really good to hear that there are lots of opportunities. So I just wanted to make sure these internships DID make a difference as you got older, esp. as you became a junior, senior, post graduate.
Are there any outside of Congress, like with any non-profits/NGOs?</p>
<p>There are an incredible variety of internships. Yes, there are non-profit internships and non-governmental for-profit internships--every variety. That is the benefit of going to school in a major metropolitan area.</p>
<p>Don't expect that as an intern in any field, you'll necessarily get a position where you'll do anything significant. Internships are for getting your foot in the door, for making connections (networking) and for a chance to see how the company/organization works. You may get an internship at an NGO and decide that you love/hate it. Look at internships as volunteer opportunities but use them to your advantage to pad up the resume.</p>