U.S. Senate Page

polkahard
Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:16:39 +0000

prankity–lots of good info there. I was a Senate page this summer and am happy to provide anything I can.

Just thought I’d throw my two cents in here:

As I just said, I was a Senate page this summer and honestly, it was one of the best experiences of my life. I noticed some people suggesting to go for a semester if you want to, but you should be warned that going for that is a ton of work. (The summer in itself is a lot of work, but for the semester, add on getting up at 4 AM for school every morning, possibly working past 10 PM, and then still having to do homework. I could NEVER have done that.) Basically, regardless of when you want to do it, you’ll still have an awesome experience. I was there for about a month and certainly got a feel for everything. But it does come down to a certain feeling of “I just learned where everything is and now I’m leaving!”

As for connections, a lot of kids there do have them. Senator’s relatives/friends and staff relatives were all there. I personally had no connection, got in touch with my senator (Sen. Specter) through his website, and things took off from there. I was in touch with this amazing lady from his office who from what I assumed, pushed my application through for some reason. Honestly, no idea how it happened, but I’m incredibly thankful. There were a good deal of people like me, too–those who just applied and got accepted.

If you need any info on the Senate page program, I’d be glad to give you some firsthand if you need it.