<p>Are they hard to get for students with good grades?</p>
<p>There aren’t as many co-ops already offered in other states, because NU is in boston and therefore has the most connections within boston. Most people who do co-ops in other states set them up themselves, which isn’t too hard to do. There are a few options in other states that NU has set up, but they’re fairly limited. Also depends on the major, as well as the city… NY and california are both pretty popular places to set up co-ops.</p>
<p>how do you go about setting up a co op?</p>
<p>You take a coop class that gives you access to MyNEU COOL which is the coop site for Northeastern. Here you find a huge list of all the coop jobs in your major. You rank the jobs as very interested, moderately interested, or not interested. Your coop advisor will then send out your resume to all the companies you listed as very interested. A week or so later, you start getting phone calls and emails to set up interviews. All of the jobs on MyNEU COOL have coop programs already set up with Northeastern. You can always apply for a coop position outside of the list of coops already set up as long as you stay in contact with your coop advisor.</p>
<p>As a ChemE, there are coops in NH, CT, NJ, CA, and there is one in the US Virgin Islands. There are some in Europe and I think one in South America if international coops interest you.</p>
<p>and if you want to set up your own co-op, you just have to find someone willing to bring you on full time for 6 months, and the position has to be somewhat related to your major or field. Then your co-op advisor has to approve the position and talk to your employer. </p>
<p>Creating a co-op is usually done by people who have connections in their field already, but MyNEU COOL has really good jobs so if you don’t have those kind of connections, it really doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Sorry if this seems like a stupid question, but if you do a co-op in another state where do you stay? Would you stay at another university? And if so, would you pay their room and board fees or Northeastern’s fees?</p>
<p>It all depends. Some companies will pay for your housing (usually the huge companies like Sunoco), other companies will help you find apartments/housing but you are on your own as far as paying for housing. I don’t think you would stay at another school, but when you are on coop you have no expenses towards northeastern except for room and board if you live on campus. If you are from CT and go to Northeastern and find a coop job near your house in CT and want to live at home and coop, you can do that and not pay a penny to anybody (except for gas for commuting if you drive).</p>