<p>I’ve searched high and low for information about engineering co-ops offered to Brown students, but I can’t find anything. Can anyone provide information on this subject? I’m probably going to apply to Brown in the fall, but I won’t be able to afford it unless I can, as the kids say, cop a co-op. Thanks!</p>
<p>If by co-op you mean the way Northeastern does it – getting a paying job at a company for a semester, and maybe getting college credit for it – Brown doesn’t offer that. Brown doesn’t give credit for employment. </p>
<p>Engineering students can usually get nicely paid jobs over the summer – maybe not first year, but certainly after. And there are on-campus jobs, too.</p>
<p>Have you run Brown’s net price calculator? If your family has no unusual circumstances (like self-employment), then that number should be pretty close to what you would need to pay. If you can’t afford that … well, I don’t think a co-op will solve your problem. </p>
<p>I’m no expert in this. Perhaps call or email the engineering department and ask directly.</p>
<p>I don’t necessarily mean a program that counts as credit. I’m talking about semester-long, paid job experience such as the co-ops that a majority of, say, Purdue students participate in. It WOULD make sense that Brown wouldn’t offer these types of opportunities considering the school provides more of a liberal arts rather than a preprofessional education.
I ran the price calculator, and my EFC certainly isn’t absurdly unmanageable, but I want to try to graduate with as little debt as possible. I think some sort of paid preprofessional work experience would be the best route for me.
Does Brown hold some sort of job fair?</p>
<p>Maybe you should target coop schools.
<a href=“http://www.waceinc.org/global_institutions.html”>http://www.waceinc.org/global_institutions.html</a></p>
<p>Interesting, thanks!</p>