<p>She is at a top 50 LAC in the east. But this could probably be accomplished at many other schools. I would start by checking with the study abroad/off campus study department at schools you are applying to. Sometimes they handle both abroad and US based off-campus experiences. D’s semester internship was through a program her college (and several others) participate in call The Washington Semester. Although many of the internships are with government agencies, there might be communcations opportunities with government contractors through that same program or a similar one. So you need to find out what the different schools you are interested in offer regarding programs in the US that might have an internship or co-op experience.</p>
<p>The summer internship and the part time one during the year she found through her own elbow grease (an early start and aggressive, organized search did not hurt!).</p>
<p>I do think it is harder (not impossible) to wrangle an internship abroad. I can’t tell from your comments for sure, but I think there are definitely internships in the US for communications majors (in case you aren’t sure). Seems harder to find abroad unless you are SUPER fluent (native like) in the language.</p>
<p>You could try the new calculators that each school has recently put up on their website to see what kind of aid package you might get (although the accuracy certainly won’t be perfect and they won’t commit to those exact numbers, it still might give you an idea what to expect).</p>