<p>Any ideas for a summer place for son to stay while doing an unpaid, fulltime, summer internship in DC? Already checked out Craigslist. Very expensive! Yikes. Thanks for any suggestions....</p>
<p>I know American U had housing for summer interns. I don’t think it is cheap either, but you wouldn’t be dealing with the unknowns of Craigs List either. AU is in the NW of DC with metro connections. I would also check the other DC schools.</p>
<p>GW rents out dorm space, too. My daughter stayed there during a paid internship.</p>
<p>But it’s not cheap, either.</p>
<p>Nothing in DC is cheap.</p>
<p>To reiterate what everyone says, DC is not cheap. S stayed for 2 summers at GW, but it’s not cheap.</p>
<p>I had a friend who interned for the DNC over the summer. He rented a small apartment one bedroom apartment near Dupont. He also had a car which was in my opinion crazy and probably added to his costs. </p>
<p>Check AU and GW as options. Look for people who are subletting. </p>
<p>Living in DC is expensive. Most of the areas around DC are expensive. Be prepared to pay a lot in rent and Metro fare.</p>
<p>Try looking around the Virginia or Montgomery County, Maryland Metro stops. Clarendon (VA) or Bethesda (MD) have a lot going on in-and-of-themselves, and you can get into DC easily.</p>
<p>Another possibility might be College Park. University of Maryland students with off-campus apartments might be looking for subletters. It’s a fairly long Metro ride, though, and some of the students live in apartment complexes that do not allow anyone not affiliated with the university to live there.</p>
<p>Bethesda and Clarendon are going to be incredibly expensive.
This article is from 2006, and the situation has not improved since.
[Underpaid</a> and Barely Housed](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061501963.html]Underpaid”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061501963.html)</p>
<p>Catholic U also rents dorm space and they are right on the Red Line</p>
<p>I don’t think a college student who is interning in the city will want to live that far away from everything. He would have a longer commute in the morning if he didn’t live in the district.</p>
<p>It is all relative - Besthesda and Clarendon will not be as expensive as Upper NW or Capitol Hil for a comparable property.</p>
<p>It’s definitely not cheap. Son has been interning in DC (Jan-May) and found a studio close to Dupont Circle. </p>
<p>We found his place on Craigs List with the advice of CC members. Because he graduated in Dec. and was no longer a college student, he couldn’t take advantage of available housing through DC colleges. </p>
<p>If possible, try to find a place in DC. IMO-part of the experience of interning in DC is also getting the chance to live in DC.</p>
<p>Try the universities first. A dorm at Catholic would be great as suggested since it is just a very short walk from the Red Line. College Park is doable but many of the dorms don’t have air conditioning, which in my opinion would be unbearable in a DC summer. Bethesda is going to be every bit as expensive as Dupont Circle, Capitol Hill, etc The one thing about Bethesda is that it’s overall very calm/safe as opposed to some DC neighborhoods or those just outside DC. Try to investigate the area where he will be living before he commits if at all possible.</p>
<p>If the place where your son is interning has a lot of other interns he might try to connect with them and see where they are staying or if they can share. And there is some kind of “washington intern student housing” service I have heard of tho I can’t say if it is credible or not. I have lived and worked in DC for 20 years and can tell you that compared to many other parts of the country, it is all ridiculously expensive tho still not as bad as NYC.</p>
<p>WISH might be the organization you are thinking of, middleoftheroad – [Intern</a> Housing Washington DC](<a href=“http://internsdc.com/]Intern”>http://internsdc.com/)
Can’t speak to whether they are actually helpful, but conventional wisdom here is that a summer sublet will run you $1000+/mo.</p>
<p>DH got a studio summer sublet near GW (24th & M) in 1988 for $550/mo. and we considered that a steal at the time.</p>
<p>Another idea: if your student knows anyone who lives in DC, perhaps they could rent a room from that student’s family.</p>
<p>“Catholic U also rents dorm space and they are right on the Red Line .”</p>
<p>Uh . . . no. Don’t do that.</p>
<p>Correct that all choices are expensive (D1 was there last summer interning in a senator’s office). If you look at the colleges renting space, be sure you understand the meal situation (I think American rents dorm rooms in the summer, BUT they have no cooking facilities and no meal plan). D1 ended up subletting an apartment with an AU student right near AU. It worked out pretty well. She took the bus to her internship (AU is not very near the metro). She was able to check out the apartment, though, because she was in DC during spring semester on another internship (that one provided housing).</p>
<p>GW dorm timings weren’t right for D1 (and expensive, too, she was paying her own bills for the summer). You can get a kitchen as part of the setup at GW. D1 and I are chatting now, and she said GW is the easiest deal to arrange from far away if the timings work for you.</p>
<p>Glido, why are you opposed to Catholic U? D1 also rejected them because of timing of the dorm availability. But I was looking at their site recently because D2 was considering summer opportunities in DC.</p>
<p>Also, is your son in a fraternity? He might be able to live in a house on one of the campuses pretty cheaply if he has an affiliation with one of them.</p>
<p>Where is his internship? For example, if it is at Langely, this is a whole different discussion.</p>
<p>I’m not Glido, but I’m guessing that he doesn’t want to be responsible for saying that area around Catholic has its share of crime.</p>
<p>Per the AU website, meal plans are available through the food service vendor for summer interns. Some house is on the Tenleytown campus ( which has its own metro stop) main campus dorms are a short free shuttle from Tenleytown to AU. It is walkable 10-15 min walk)</p>
<p>Network a bit and let everyone know your child is looking for housing in DC. Three years ago D3 had a clinical in DC. Ended up renting a room from a grad school classmate of one of my sister’s college friends from long ago. She ended up a 15 minute drive from the hospital she worked at and the rent with kitchen privileges was half what the universities were charging for a dorm room with a roommate.</p>