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COST OF PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS FROM NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES: $3,400 (for up to eighteen months)

The price of the One-World Washington Internship Program is less than the cost of one semester at many private colleges and universities (and college credit for the internship seminar and English language course is available). Some internship programs in the Washington area cost more than twice the price of the One-World Washington Internship Program -- even though many do not guarantee placement. The total cost of the One-World Washington Internship Program is $3,400 (for individuals participating for up to eighteen months), is not due all at once but in three separate payments. The first, the application fee, is entirely refundable for all students not accepted into the program. The second, the placement fee, is not due until the student has been offered a job and knows exactly where and when he will be working. The final payment, the internship fee, is due ONE MONTH before leaving for the United States. Students can defray these expenses through the job bank or scholarships they receive. All materials about the curriculum, syllabus, and internship assignments will be made available, upon request, to scholarship sources. Interested candidates can apply and pay online using PAYPAL, an easy and secure payment plan for purchasing goods and services on the web. Using PAYPAL is quick and easy, and you need not be a member to pay through this method.

Program Costs - Participation in program for up to eighteen months - $3,400 includes:
 
Application fee
$1,000.00 (add $30 for PayPal payments)
 Refundable ONLY if you are not accepted into the program
Placement fee
$1,400.00 (add $30 for PayPal payments)
 Due upon receiving your first internship offer facilitated by our company
Intern fee
$1,000.00 (add $30 for PayPal payments)
 Due ONE MONTH prior to start of internship and seminar

For further information, contact:
E-Mail: washinternships@aol.com
Washington Internship Program
7606 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20012

Phone: (202) 829-5364

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All inquiries will be returned promptly.

Note: any students who wish to save the annoyance and expense of multiple payments and express-mail packets can pay the total amount in two installments or even one.

Visa costs are additional (as are plane reservations or other transportation). The Washington Internship Program has a preparatory fee of $300 for assistance in visa preparation and finalizing paperwork that can often be extensive and take up much of our staff’s time. If students are willing and able to do the work themselves, there will be no charge.

Visas and health insurance, which are required, can range from $800 to $1,000.

Check with Global Recruitment, or other companies that may represent the Washington Internship Program, to see if there are charges for their assistance in your country of origin before you come to the United States. We can arrange for assistance at the above-mentioned cost of $300.

Costs, Payment Schedules, Rejection, and Postponing Internships

If for any reason (like illness, family problems, or alternate plans) a student needs to drop out of the One-World Washington Internship Program, his or her candidacy is automatically put on "deferral." A deferred student is welcome to return to the program at any time in the future for the same placement or a new one. An intern is not required to return but is welcome to do so. The fees charged by the Washington Internship Program are not collected all at once but in three separate payments. Therefore, students pay for the program gradually as they use specific services, but the entire tuition must be paid at least a month before the intern comes to Washington.

The criteria used for selecting interns are quite broad. They include: English-language facility, college or graduate schools attended, academic achievement (grades), honors and awards, extracurricular activities, work experience, computer literacy, travel, and additional foreign languages. No application sent to Washington will be considered without the sum of $1,000, which constitutes the application fee, even though this sum will be returned immediately if an intern is rejected. (Checks and money orders from rejected candidates will never be cashed, and money will be refunded to all credit cards.) The application fee is not refundable for anyone accepted into the Washington Internship Program because we will be working immediately on your behalf to get you a placement in Washington, giving you a professional editor to help with your materials, and otherwise preparing for your arrival.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and students should apply as early as possible -- keeping in mind the fact that finding the right placement might take a month or two, and then procuring a visa (after acceptance at a particular internship) may take another two months. Therefore, students are encouraged to apply from three to twelve months before the date on which they would like to start an internship. The sooner a person applies, the more positions will still be available. (Nevertheless, late applications are accepted.)

* DISCLAIMER
The Washington Internship Program cannot be held responsible for accidents an intern may have in Washington (including car crashes, medical injuries, or other problems outside our control). Likewise, acts of man or God -- like hurricanes, tornados, floods, war, terrorism, disease, earthquakes, etc., which might cause interns to defer their candidacy -- will not be treated any differently than ordinary deferrals. Refunds will not be made for fees already paid, but no charges will be levied on services yet to be performed. In applying to the Washington Internship

Program, the intern agrees not to hold the Washington Internship Program responsible for inappropriate student actions -- like drinking or drug abuse -- which we discourage in the strongest possible terms. Similarly, the Washington Internship Program will do its best to make excellent placements irrespective of unforeseen developments (like demonstrations, storms or other weather-related problems, political and economic occurrences, etc.) for which we cannot be held accountable financially or personally.