<p>I have been offered an internship in National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in Bethesda.
I would appreciate feedback , advice, tips from any previous interns / parents about their experiences.
Also , can anyone recommend a safe area to live near NIH campus ? I don't have a car. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>For a summer? Year(s)? </p>
<p>You can live most anywhere. It’s a big city with great public transportation. </p>
<p>[Metro</a> - Home page](<a href=“http://www.wmata.com/]Metro”>http://www.wmata.com/)
<a href=“http://www.wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=13[/url]”>http://www.wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=13</a></p>
<p>For the summer- 12 weeks.
Finding short term housing options seems to be difficult.
Thanks for the link</p>
<p>You might try checking with some of the local colleges to see if they do summer sublets of dorms/student housing apts. (I’m pretty sure GW does. It was one of the options D2 looked into when she was offered a summer position at NINDS a couple of years back.)</p>
<p>One of D2’s sorority sisters is an intern at a federal agency in DC. Friend says the housing market is very fluid and vacancies come and go frequently whenever a roommate decides to move on/elsewhere/out. Keep checking Craig’s List frequently.</p>
<p>IIRC, NIH has a housing available board for its interns. you might shoot HR an emial asking about that.</p>
<p>How was your D’s experience ? Did she enjoy the internship ?</p>
<p>I have had couple of other internship offers as well- not sure whether to wait two more weeks to see further offers or just accept this one.</p>
<p>Piggle, what are some of your other choices. Do they pay for everything, include housing and/or food? Programs can vary greatly with perks. I’d wait as long as you can to make your choice. I’m from the DC area, so I always picked programs in areas that interested me. (NYC two years ago, WashU last summer)</p>
<p>Some links to go along with WOWMoms post,</p>
<p>[washington</a>, DC sublets & temporary classifieds - craigslist](<a href=“http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/sub/]washington”>http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/sub/)</p>
<p>[Summer</a> & Conference Housing @ GW - The George Washington University](<a href=“http://summerhousing.gwu.edu/LongTermStayGroups/options/]Summer”>http://summerhousing.gwu.edu/LongTermStayGroups/options/)</p>
<p>[Recreation</a> and Welfare Association of the National Institutes of Health](<a href=“SLOT138: Daftar Judi Slot Gacor Online Pragmatic Play Hari Ini”>SLOT138: Daftar Judi Slot Gacor Online Pragmatic Play Hari Ini)</p>
<p>[Short</a> Term Housing](<a href=“http://www.cscamm.umd.edu/visitors/housing.htm]Short”>Short Term Housing)</p>
<p>Piggle–She ended up not accepting the NINDS position because she got a better offer. </p>
<p>NIH interns do NOT get a housing or food allowance.</p>
<p>Actually two are from NIH itself. Two are from couple of university programs I applied to.
All are paid ( almost the same amount as the NIH ) and housing is provided for one program.
I was hoping to hear back from Texas based programs ( UTSW, Baylor, etc ) as well as Amgen.</p>
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<p>If you think you have a chance for Amgen, I’d wait (it’s what I did last summer). If you have to accept a position before you hear from them all, then do that. I’m certain they plan for this. </p>
<p>BTW, why would you want to spend summer in Texas?? Summer in NYC was glorious, Texas would be an ordeal.</p>
<p>Amgen is also where D2 ended up. (Also in locale with much nicer climate than either DC or Dallas in the summer.)</p>
<p>I am from Texas !!</p>
<p>^ omg, then do whatever you can to get the heck out of Dodge for the summer!! There’s a big beautiful country out there. Enjoy it :)</p>
<p>unless you have to commit or else you lose your spot there is ZERO reason to commit before you have heard from everywhere you applied.</p>