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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with 6:50.

GPA doesn’t matter much in DC for most unpaid internship. Who you know does.

Of course, if you are dim you will land at an unpaid internship at a thinly disguised partisan think tank, not a more serious one, or the DNC/RNC

[b]The good internships are paid and go to extraordinarily smart kids, sometimes with connections and occasionally not. They are also filled by Feb. [/quote][/b]

There are several which are free study/discussion programs, include dormitory housing, bookos, meals and a stipend but they are extremely competitive.  The student needs to submit at least two letters of recommendation; transcript (usually a min. of 3.7 is asked); writing sample; essay of why they want to be a fellow in that particular program; followed by a Skype interview.  To get those types of internships you have to have served your time doing grunt unpaid internships. They do build upon one another.  And letters of recommendation from others outside the University are very important.  Parent contacts have no relationship to those kind of internships.[/quote]

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