UMD Reputation In DC?

bulletandpima
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:59:20 +0000

FWIW, our DS interned for a semester on the Hill for a Senator. He was the only student. The rest are what we call ex-terns…already graduated and trying to use it as a stepping stone.

He did 20 hrs a week and had no problem commuting via the Metro. He still goes in weekly to DC, either to hang out on the weekend or visit his Dad at the Pentagon. Once you get the true handle on the Metro, and understand that here a 30 minute ride is nothing (like a 10 min ride for people in suburbia) you will not care.

The one thing that UMDCP has for their Scholars program is a requirement of an internship completed by the end of their sophomore yr. The govt and politics field is quite large in this program. Everyone of his friends interned in DC. The ones that interned for a Congressman or Senator also worked that into a summer job back at home. Every MOC has offices back in their state.

Many also were allowed to come back in the fall to intern again

I also agree in this area American is ranked low compared to UMDCP.