Luckily for me, deciding on the AU Gap Program was an easy choice. Though I had never seen the school or met anyone there, I had always had an interest in politics and an attraction to Washington D.C. My experience was enhanced because I chose the program that I was excited about and it couldn't have worked out more perfectly.

There were two types of weekdays during the program. Two times a week we would have class with our incredible professor. Part of the class was lecture, but the majority of class time was spent riding the Metro to meet and talk with incredibly cool and important people in embassies, think-tanks and other organizations in an intimate environment. The other three days a week were spent at my internship with the Federalist Society where I had the chance to dive head-first into interesting and fun work ranging from writing briefs on Supreme Court cases, to creating reports that required working with the FBI or other agencies, to going to New York for a national conference.

It's so hard to pick one shining moment. Between having the opportunity to meet some of DC's most incredible minds, getting a unique insight into the inner-workings of the world's most important city and spending time exploring all the things DC has to offer, I think it's impossible to decide! But I will always remember our Tuesday tradition of riding the Metro's Red Line down to the Lincoln Memorial with my best friends, watching the sun set over Arlington, then walking past the White House to our favorite restaurant for Taco Tuesday!