Co-op in Engineering, graduate in 4 years?

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<p>Can it be done with moderate intensity? (Not too easy, not super hard)</p>

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<p>Not that I know of.</p>

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<p>Anyone else assert this? It just sucks because one can Co-op and graduate in 4 years at Wash U and Cornell (other schools I am looking at).</p>

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<p>TheMan66,</p>

<p>I just checked out WashU/Cornell’s co-op. Their co-op is simply one Summer+Fall or one Spring+Summer program. It’s pretty much just an extended internship that lasts for 7-8 months. Also, you may want to check if you can actually graduate in 4 academic year. It looks like you have to take summer courses at some point to make up for that one lost term of courses. </p>

<p>The minimum requirement for NU’s co-op is 12 months with the same employer. So that’s why it’s harder to graduate in 4 years. But there’s no reason to rush since you would be paying the same tuition and you will be making money while co-oping. By the time you reach your 5th co-op, you will be making probably about 90% of the entry level engineers. </p>

<p>[Walter</a> P. Murphy Cooperative Engineering Education Program - Northwestern University](<a href=“http://co-op.mccormick.northwestern.edu/current/empschedule.html]Walter”>http://co-op.mccormick.northwestern.edu/current/empschedule.html) I’d contact NU to see if it’s possible to do the first co-op in the summer of freshman year. That would make graduating in 4 years more feasible.
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<p>On the other hand, if you follow through the co-op schedule, by the time you graduate, you will have 1 year and a half of working experience. That doesn’t even count the summer after your freshmen year.</p>