<p>Northeastern's co-op is an excellent program, b/c it basically is the school., it is the largest and ranked the best by U.S. News. 85% of the school takes part in the co-op program. It's a five year program:</p>
<p>Freshmen
Sophmore
Middler
Junior
Senior</p>
<p>You really need to visit a school and hear directly from them how it works, but it is an amazing experienc, and not a joke, or else Northeastern wouldn't exist. It's been the focal point of the school since 1909 and most student actually pick up a job with a previous co-op employer.</p>
<p>There are 300 co-op employers that employ directly through Northeastern through affiliation with the school they range from law firms to the Boston Globe to Walt Disney World, and they don't have to be within your major, the companies are simply looking for Northeastern students, if you go down to Epcot you might find a philosophy major. Also, you do not pay tution while you're on co-op, because, the majority of your class is on co-op, you are basically employed for six months at a job raning from $10-25 an hour, and then you take six months of classes, so you're only regular year (two semesters, then summer) will be freshmen year.</p>
<p>They're not internships, they're actual jobs, and they don't count for course credits, you're subsituting your summer for classes and adding on an extra year, that's how it works, and no they don't have to be related to your major.</p>
<p>Any other questions about the school, ask me, or even better, contact your college counselor: <a href="http://www.admissions.neu.edu/area.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissions.neu.edu/area.html</a></p>