. Top 3 things to do BEFORE coming to DC

1. Buy a suit & a pair of nice comfortable shoes

This may seem like an obvious thing but a nice suit will come in handy with the internship Bazaar, interviews, guess speakers, and actually intern days. A comfortable pair of dress shoes will become your best friend here! Ladies I suggest a pair of nice flats maybe with a small heel or wedge. If you are good with heels then I would say a thinker one just for comfort because you will be spending a lot of time in them.

2. Get some ideas about an internships

When you first get to DC and are looking for your internship it is good to come in with an idea about the type of organization you would like to work for. By this I mean that would you prefer to work for an NGO or IGO. Do you want to work in the communications department of an organization, the financial department, or do you want to be doing research for an organization. Do you want to work in a field where you already have knowledge or do you want to work in a field where you don’t really have knowledge and want to learn something completely new and find out if you like the field?

3. Find out about D.C!

Get information about things to do in DC. This is your nation’s capital (or maybe for some of you’re the United States of America’s capitol) get to know it. There is the Lincoln Memorial, all the Smithsonian’s, the George Washington Monument, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, and some of the most controversial and famous war memorials in the United States such as the Vietnam Wall and Korean War Memorial.