My DD spent one summer in Seattle living in UW dorms. The other summer she rented through an org called Landing which has fully furnished short term rentals in cities. Not cheap though.

I would ask the employer if they have suggestions too. They make know what other interns have done.

Not every offer makes sense and you can only take what you can afford.

Look on facebook or through an alumni network for a summer sublet.

My DC's college is in a big city and has a Facebook page dedicated to people looking for roommates and sublets. People who go to college in other cities post there all the time looking for summer sublets.

Also second the recommendation about looking into college dorms. Some of them are full of camps in the summer, but some are available to interns.

Does her college have an active alum network? Years ago when I was in my first group house (me, 2 college friends and a 4th roommate), a jr at our college posted that they needed summer housing. I’d just found a new apartment with the lease starting in late May, and our group house lease ran to Sept, so it worked out beautifully to sublet my room to the person from my college.

Some internships provide housing (like SERC—part of the Smithsonian). Some schools have grants to help students underwrite internships that do not pay (enough or anything).

Poor kids generally do not take unpaid internships (even though it might help their trajectory).

Looking for summer housing at universities is a good suggestion.

One idea is to see if she knows anyone from her college who is from that city, then see if that family might like to rent out a room to her for the summer. This is what I did for my college internship at the Smithsonian.

Every city has colleges with dorms for summer interns. It’s not cheap. Facebook sublets for summer interns, too. Once she knows what city, she should check the nearest college reddit page. Students post all types of housing options, some sublet for summer if they’re doing summer abroad.

Last year, mine secured a late internship (late April). Student housing was already full. June 1- mid August. 3 days in office, 2 remote. He commuted in (2 hours) on Tuesday mornings and commuted back Thursday evening. I contacted The Pod Hotel Director of Reservations. She was amazing. She reserved for the duration with a significant discount. June was a slightly higher rate, then dropped significantly. It averaged ~$117 per night. It was a paid internship, and he offered to pay half. I couldn’t do that to him. Just told him to take care of his meals/needs. We chose 1 of 3 locations literally 1/2 block from his stop (arrived at 7:30 am) and 4 blocks from office.

The Pod Hotels are awesome for young adults. Like a luxury dorm with private bath, full size bed, and immaculate. Plenty of USB ports and simple storage. Oddly, the bathroom was huge. Rooftop food/bar, breakfast cafe. Once he was known by the staff, he’d drop his small carrier off, grab coffee to go, and only had a small laptop backpack. Was so worth it. His friend and roommate was in another state and rented an Airbnb studio within walking distance to his office. His other friend found a sublet, but crashed with my son a quite a few times. They switched to a bunk room those nights lol.

^^what is someone born in the year 2000 called?

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oops. Gen-xers.

My niece and her boyfriend moved to NYC the summer after high school graduation. They found all their places/shares as sublets on Craigslist. It was pretty much a 3-bedroom/ 1 bath situation with a bunch of other singles and couples. Williamsburg, of course with the other millennials.

At age 21 my own 6-month internship on Cap Hill was unpaid. I came from across the country and both sold my car and got a waitressing gig in the evenings and on weekends to support myself. I sublet my apartment back at school.

Was worth it as I got many job offers at the conclusion of the internship. I kept the waitressing gig for 2 more years to start to build some savings. But I also got my own basement apartment

I had looked in the paper (Post) the minute I got to DC and after several dead ends I found a spot in an Arlington group house. It was a bit tricky as I also brought my (small) dog with me. I shared the master bedroom with 2 other females (we had 3 single mattresses on the floor) and there was also another female and one male who had their own rooms. All done in 3 days. I stayed with a friend of a friend for those first 3 days.

So basically do whatevr the equivalent is of that these days.

All the previous recommendations are good. Also Facebook sublets there are several set up for the big cities. Some are gender specific. Also check out the colleges in the city. Many will open up their housing for interns

Contact a local church, synagogue, mosque, temple, etc. and have DD explain her situation. There may be a member of the congregation who is willing to house DD on a short-term basis.

Through, AirBnb, contact the Airbnb Host re: a monthly rate ... or whatever time period is needed. Op, Med School is going to cost a fortune. This a drop in the bucket. Reminds me, DD said classmates had -not- applied for the internship (she was granted), at any ivy, due to the cost of daily parking! Big picture needed here.

See if any other students from her college are going to the same city and try and find a sublet to share with one of them. Craigslist is where I always started in college for break/internship housing.