问个关于washington dc的问题！

哪位牛牛，或是在washington dc有工作身活学习的兄弟姐妹，给个信息，在白宫边生活得多少费用（一年的生活、交通、娱乐、吃穿住行等living cost）？租个房子得多少钱？气候呢？

mba完了后，好就业吗？对于overseas students!

有那些大公司在这个地方？

一定要在白宫附近吗？如果在稍远一点的地方，一套二室一厅的租金大概1000美元左右，很多留学生或在那边工作的人合租一套，一人300－500美元/月即可。

1. if you're attending Georgetown or George Washington, and opt to live very close to the schools, then you're in a bind and living cost is quite high. I'd suggest you be willing to share apt or a house with other students. Any area close to the White House (i.e, Northwest DC) is VERY expensive. Average rent is $1200-2000 per month for a two-bedroom, I think. So if you share, the cost goes down. One alternative is to live a bit further, say across the Potomac river in Virginia or in surbuban Maryland, and rent is a lot more affortable. You won't miss much when it comes to your social life. DC raves for one of the most convenient subway systems in the country. As long as you live close to the subway (metro), you can practically go anywhere. As for TOTAL living cost including entertainment, it's hard to say, depeding on how much you intend to go out. The area is expensive, and to maintain an active social life is very costly. However, if you have a student stipend, you won't be able to save much anyway.

2. Job market is good in the DC area (including DC, MD, VA). What is unique about this area is that many of the hirings are in govt sector and govt contractors, and those jobs need citizenship and security clearnce.  There are still many others jobs for sure, and definitely no less than any other big metro areas. Just want to point out that this is not a commercial region like NYC.

3. There are MANY big companies, just depending on your areas of interest. I also know several people have landed jobs in places such as the World Bank, cushy jobs with good pays.

4. Weather is OK here. You will see 4 seasons. We do see snow, but not much. In summer time it gets VERY humid. So depending on where you're from in China, you will love or hate the weather.

whether can 10000 dollars cover my living cost within a whole year?

to apply for my F1 visa,how much do I need to apply for the visa?

thanks , Jane!

are you in washington dc now?

luingor-

1- I'm in the DC region (which by our definition, covers DC, Maryland and northern Virginia). Love the town, hate the weather (basically the humidity in summer). $10,000 per year for living may not be enough for 12 months. However, just like I said earlier, it's up to you as to how "extravagant" you want to live as a student. General rule of thumb, the closer you live to downtown DC (and along the metro stops in downtown area), the more expensive it gets for rent. And my living cost would also include food, utility, clothing, entertainment. So $10,000, I think, it's not enough. For that matter, $15K won't even be enough for me. Other DC'ers may beg to differ. It's just depends on your life style.

2- don't know anything about how much you need for F1 visa.

ceeyee-

No, I'm not in Georgetown. Didn't apply and won't apply. Nice school, just doesn't fit me.