Program Information
Rising Freshman - Graduating Seniors
Georgetown University Washington, DC
Seven Days - Sunday to Saturday
July 10th - July 16th, 2022
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$3,400 USD
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International Leadership & Business Internship
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The Program
The International Leadership and Business Internship is a first-of-its-kind program that pairs motivated high school students with corporate leaders to develop solutions for real-world problems faced by businesses in developing nations.
Throughout the internship, students will meet with leading executives and distinguished professors along with international development experts from NGOs and premier institutions. Interns will gain hands-on entrepreneurial skills by developing unique solutions to problems their business partners are facing.
For their final project, students address challenges their business partner is facing by researching and designing potential solutions and presenting these solutions to a panel of business development experts. Top proposals will receive a grant to enact their solutions over a one-year period.
Interns will present solution designs to a grant committee on the final day of their internship. Top solutions, will be selected by the grant committee and receive full funding in the fall of 2021. With these grants, interns will create business opportunities to transform their lives
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Students will work directly with business executives, development experts, and Georgetown professors. Interns will learn essential skills, such as communication strategies and project management practices to assist them in creating solutions to problems their business partners are facing.
Work with Experts
Students intern with the Leadership Initiatives Business Development Institute at Georgetown University and work directly with one of six business owners in their area of focus. This internship is ideal for any student who wants to add practical business work experience to their resume.
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Program Highlights
Explore a career in business and work with an entrepreneur — before you graduate high school.
Intern teams have small group discussions with leading CEOs and Georgetown's School of Business professors to create innovative plans for the problems facing their business partners.
Participants attend career counseling sessions with Fortune 500 CEOs, allowing students to understand how to create a career plan. 2021 panels will include representatives from Exxon, Booz Allen, PNC Bank, the New York Stock Exchange, the Peace Corps, and Georgetown University.
Explore a career in business and work with an entrepreneur — before you graduate high school.
Interns partner with international entrepreneurs who have small businesses ranging from technology and innovation to food security and sustainability. Interns develop business ideas, financial management skills, and help with a variety of tasks including business plans, human resources, financial forecasting and management, practical work calendars, marketing, and sales.
Explore a career in business and work with an entrepreneur — before you graduate high school.
Interns explore Washington, DC and visit major corporate offices, tour embassies including the People’s Republic of China, France, Sweden, Israel, Austria, Brazil, Iraq, Singapore, South Korea, and Turkey, as well as a European Union lecture focused on international development and immigration issues. During this program students will experience life as a Georgetown University student in the Nation’s Capital.
Explore a career in business and work with an entrepreneur — before you graduate high school.
Students have the rare opportunity to attend a College and Business School Admissions Panels to provide students with a firsthand account of what universities look for in their accepted students. Students speak directly with Admissions Officers from Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Georgetown, George Washington, and American University.
Explore a career in business and work with an entrepreneur — before you graduate high school.
Undergraduate Admissions Panels
Business School Admissions Panels
Leadership Initiatives has partnered with the Georgetown University Venture Lab to immerse students in the world of venture capital and startups. Throughout the program, students meet and network with leaders from top US corporations, with 2021 panelists including Exxon, Booz Allen, Wells Fargo, NBC studios, the Peace Corps, and Georgetown University.
Explore a career in business and work with an entrepreneur — before you graduate high school.
All students who attend one of our Summer Internship Programs will receive free SAT/ACT training through Testive, one-on-one admissions consulting with a former admissions officer, essay editing assistance, two letters of recommendation, and scholarship application assistance. These benefits remain available for four years to allow nominations for rising freshmen through rising seniors.
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1. One-on-One Advising
2. College Essay Assistance
3. Letters of Recommendation
4. College Probabilities
6. Admissions Panels
5. Personalized Websites
Jumpstart your college experience.
Summer program students will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a college admissions expert. They will help walk students through the ins-and-outs of college applications, essay writing, and scholarships.
Students can speak directly with former admissions officers from schools such as Yale, Brown & UCLA. These individuals have a minimum of 15 years of experience in the field of college admissions.
Students are recommended to have their most pressing questions about the college application process ready so they can have them answered by someone who knows the application system inside and out.
Past students have used this time to hone in on their essay topics, decide on how many colleges to apply to, and create application time lines.
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All Summer Internship Program participants receive one-on-one essay editing assistance from Leadership Initiatives partner University Connection.
This offer is exclusive, and not available with any other institution or program!
Each student essay will be edited to ensure it makes an excellent impression at every stage of the competitive application process. The editors will improve the style, clarity, sentence structure and coherence of your application so that your achievements are noticed.
Editors bring their experience in many different backgrounds, including Science and Technology, Commerce, Management, and the Humanities.
College Essay Review
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Letters of Recommendation
All participants in the Summer Internship Program will have the opportunity to have two written for them from any Leadership Initiatives staff member, including the Executive Director Marshall Bailly.
Students interns will also have the opportunity to have letters written by Leadership Initiatives partners from the International Business & Development Internship, International Public Health Internship, and International Law & Advocacy Internship.
These unique and complimentary letters are one of the most highly regarded benefits that Leadership Initiatives has. Below are letters of recommendation from past students showcasing how the program transformed their lives:
Matthew Matusiewicz - Full Ride to UC Berkley School of Engineering
Samantha Williams - Attending Harvard University
Meredith Karle - Full Scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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College Probability Modeling
Leadership Initiatives and our partners at Parchment, Testive and University Initiatives have designed a system that will calculate the probability of acceptance into the student’s top university choices based on the students GPA, test scores, extracurricular activities, career goals, financial need and more.
The Leadership Initiatives college admissions team will then help all participants narrow their college interest list and create a college application plan.
Because our college admissions teamwork with a broad range of higher education institutions, their advice, and beneficial knowledge will allow students to further understand the college admissions process.
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Financial Assistance Needs
Extra-Curricular Activities
Community Service
College Probability Calculator
Grade Point Average
SAT/ACT Training Scores
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Leadership Initiatives creates a personalized website for each International Internship Program team highlighting their collaborative efforts with their partner in the International Business & Development Internship, International Law & Advocacy Internship, or International Public Health Internship.
The website displays your team's solutions, grant proposal, photos of your partners, and illustrates the impact your team has had on the life and community of your partners. The website link is included in your letters of recommendation, allowing colleges to independently explore the phenomenal work done by each and every student.
Personalized Website
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Summer program students will have the opportunity to meet virtually, one-on-one with a college admissions expert from our partners at CollegeAdvisor. They will help walk students through the ins-and-outs of college applications, essay writing, and scholarships.
Students can speak directly with dedicated admissions counselors and former admissions officers to provide them with an in-depth understanding of the college application process. These counselors have personal and extensive experience in the college application field that cannot be replicated anywhere else.
Students are recommended to have their most pressing questions about the college application process ready so they can have them answered by someone who knows the application system inside and out.
Past students have used this time to hone in on their essay topics, decide on how many colleges to apply to, and create application time lines.
College Admissions Officer Meetings
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Experience life as a student at one of the nation's most prestigious universities.
Experience life as a student at one of the nation's most prestigious universities.
Leadership Initiatives is committed to prioritizing the health and safety of our students, staff, and broader DC community. For this reason, we have gone above and beyond to ensure safety at all of our Summer Internship Programs, including regular disinfection and health screenings, social distancing, specialized training, and maintaining all DC and CDC guidelines.
Experience life as a student at one of the nation's most prestigious universities.
Participants become a part of the Georgetown community of students and staff who live together in the New South Residence Hall. Students live in two-person rooms and may select their roommate upon enrolling in the program. Leadership Initiatives will provide bedding, towels, and pillows. Each dorm room is air-conditioned and includes a bed, study desk, closet & Wi-Fi. Lounges, game rooms, laundry facilities, and our offices are located in the residence hall. With afternoon activities in the Georgetown Quad and outings along famous M Street, participants are immersed in life as a student.
Experience life as a student at one of the nation's most prestigious universities.
Leadership Initiatives provides three meals, snacks, and drinks as a part of the program tuition. Students order meals on their mobile phones from a selection of local restaurants, including Chik-fil-a, Epicurean, 90 Second Pizza, Georgetown Gourmet, Chipotle, Wisemiller's, and Jimmy John's. Meals are delivered directly to the students, and snacks and drinks are available in dorm lounges throughout the day.
Experience life as a student at one of the nation's most prestigious universities.
Students are responsible for the cost of travel to and from the internship. Leadership Initiatives provides program participants shuttle service between DCA or IAD airports and campus on the start and end dates of the program for a fee of $30 each way. Upon acceptance, you will receive instructions on how to sign up for the airport shuttle service.
Leadership Initiatives staff members will meet the students at baggage claim and then escort students directly to registration at Georgetown University.
Program Tuition & Assistance
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Program tuition covers the cost of room and board, ground transportation during the program, a 5:1 student to faculty and staff ratio, all curriculum, and materials.
Education assistance covered by tuition includes one-on-one college admissions counseling sessions, lecture fees, mentor sessions with experts, workshops, and all academic benefits, including SAT/ACT training through TestRocker and college essay editing.
Scholarships, payment plans, and fundraising assistance are available.
All-Inclusive Tuition
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No-Interest Payment Plans
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Leadership Initiatives offers a variety of flexible options to pay for program tuition.
Zero-interest payment plans are available in three, six, nine, and twelve-month payment options.
Participants can opt to pay the entirety of their remaining tuition balance off at any point during the payment period.
Reserve a place today with a $100 refundable deposit here.
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Specialized Scholarships
Leadership Initiatives is dedicated to providing opportunities for everyone who shows drive, determination, and grit towards their future goals. We have created various specialized scholarships to provide merit-based aid to enrolled and potential students.
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Scholarships
As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, all Leadership Initiatives programs are heavily subsidized by our sponsors allowing us to offer programs with academic benefits at a lower cost than for-profit institutions.
To apply for a scholarship click here to fill out the program interest form and indicate you are interested in a scholarship.
Please note scholarships do not stack (this means you can only use one scholarship per program).
Partners and Sponsors
Our office in Washington, DC is open seven days a week - give us a call! A phone conversation allows us to answer your specific questions and provide you with contact information for previous intership participants and their families so that you can get a first-hand perspective.
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4410 Massachusetts Ave., NW #236
Washington, DC 20016
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202-738-1115
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