<p>Last year, when applying for internships, son put more emphasis on location, thinking first of where he'd live, if he knew anyone, etc.</p>
<p>As that resulted in no finds, this year, he's applying anywhere and everywhere, as long as he meets the educational qualifications, and he figures he'll deal with the logistics once (postive thinking here) he gets an offer.</p>
<p>Hoping for some insight here as to how you guys go about finding housing when you take that internship hundreds of miles away where you know not a soul.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, these are not those nice REUs where they put you up in a dorm and give you a stipend. This is an internship where, hopefully, you'll get an hourly wage, and it's up to you to put a roof over your head and food in your belly.</p>
<p>So, how did you engineering majors handle situations like this when you were lucky enough to get internships, or even co-ops?</p>
<p>All of my internship/co-ops offered relocation assistance and housing. I just lived in the provided apartments. Unless the pay is super high (balance out housing expenses) I only look for out of state positions that provide housing.</p>
<p>I only had one internship, and I stayed at an Oakwood (a chain of long stay hotels / short stay apartments, whichever you prefer). Something similar should be in every major city.</p>
<p>Engineering internships do give hourly wages and some give pretty great ones. I am currently doing one in Atlanta and they even gave me an extra stipend on top of the monthly salary for housing (enough to cover rent + utilities). What I did was look on the sublet section of craigslist. Eventually I found a guy for GT down here that was leaving on an internship himself and was looking to sublet his room. This worked great for me. If you have any questions I would be happy to help.</p>
<p>You ask HR. It is part of their job. My first job HR gave me the card of the real estate agent. I had an apartment within the day. If the company isn’t capable of helping you find housing they won’ be calling you(him) for the interview in the first place.</p>
<p>Companies which hire several interns will often have housing for their interns somewhere nearby. Companies with few interns will generally offer some assistance in some form for finding a place.</p>