<p>3 short videos, winners of the "Coolest co-op videos"</p>
<p>I think the contest was for the coolest video, which may or may not also mean the co-ops were the coolest. Either way, 3 nice short looks at possible co-ops at Northeastern.</p>
<p>Third one appears to be a supply chain job, which is typically business majors. But I remember seeing Gexpro coops… so I bet it’s open to other fields, since I was economics and math.</p>
<p>Above is true, forgot about that. But like I said, the co-op itself is open to a lot of majors (unlike business co-ops that try to limit it to business only).</p>
<p>How is the co-op placement selection for all students? Is the placement guaranteed by the department OR the students have to look by themselves? If it is the later, what happened if the student could not find a spot for co-op? Are there any competitions for coop spots? What happened to the students who got rejected from the coop application pools compared the others got in? How much roughly a semester of coop? Can it cover the room and board for that semester?</p>
<p>kidstubborn - coop is not guaranteed but if you use the resources (coop adviser and prep resources) wisely you should be able to land a position. I believe in the last round there were more jobs available than kids - I know that my D, at first time coop kid, had her choice of several very good jobs. You are competing with other kids at the school for the position - just like in real life. But she started the process early, got to know her coop adviser well, used the resources to do many mock interviews, and just was on top of her game. She is making enough to support herself. She ended up choosing a position outside of the city and she car pools with other kids that are cooping at the same company - car pools that the coop office facilitated…the coop office sent all the kids working at this one company the names and contact info of the others so that they could put together transportation. I think it is rare that someone does not find a position and in that case you take classes until the next round…but I don’t think that happens often if you really want a job and are using the resources at the school to get one. The key is to really get to know your coop adviser…</p>
<p>Co-ops range from 8 dollars an hour to (on average) 17 an hour. Engineering and Business tend to be higher (ex: 18). CS can be higher, depending on the job (ex: 22). The top ones tend to be absolute max 26, and that’s the Big 4 accounting jobs that are very hard to get. My first co-op was 14 an hour, and it was seen as very very good for a first co-op.</p>
<p>Co-op will likely NOT cover room and board, especially not if you add in living expenses, commuting money, food, etc etc. If you are very lucky and it does, then you will not have any savings afterwards.</p>
<p>It’s widely understood that you should never consider co-op money when calculating how much college will cost.</p>
<p>Have anyone heard anything about cool finance related co-ops? What positions do financial institutions offer for co-op students? Are they really useful in landing a good intern during the summer?</p>
I don’t believe you understand how coop works. At Northeastern there are no summer internships (except possibly after freshman year.) Coop jobs do help to land good career positions after graduation.</p>
<p>Cinderella- we didn’t fully understand the school/coop schedule at first either. Basically, you have the choice of either a 4 year/2 coop option or the more popular 3 coop/ 5 year program. Basically from sophomore year on, the schedule alternates, 6 months coop/6 months classes. After freshman year, there is no solid block of summers off. This schedule is not for everyone and it was something we included in discussing my D’s options.</p>