Internship

Okay /prog/, I come to you with a query

I am a sophomore in high school who knows a lot of java, some C++, some HTML, knows most OS filesystems pretty well, knows networking pretty well, and has run through multiple Linux installations, etc, etc.  I want a summer internship somewhere cool.  I live in NJ, but Microsoft's High School internship program caught my eye.  However, it is "only" for those in a puget sound high school.  I can live in seattle and travel to their HQ on a daily basis over the summer if I am accepted, but I'm curious as to whether or not they will even accept my application, as I do not live in puget sound.  Any thoughts or other suggestions?

>>1
If you're serious about it, suggestion for getting a programming related internship: Write a program and release it. It doesn't matter if it's original, useful, or terribly advanced-- just write something that's, say, 1500-2500 lines and post it on a web site/sourceforge/etc. Try writing a small game, or an interpreter for BASIC.

If you do this, you'll be miles ahead of most college graduates with CS degrees.