<p>I always thought that it would cost the same amount besides room and board because with five years you just have more coop experience and arent taking any more classes than you would with four years...am i right?</p>
<p>You are right (I think lol). Also, with some majors (engineering) you can choose to have 3 co-ops in 5 years, which would benefit you even more (although I think you have to take courses over the summer) = the tuition for those 4 required years of taking classes + you’d get more co-op which means more money.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure 3 co-ops in 5 years is the standard (although you can certainly tweak it to fit your whatever you want). This does include 2 summer half-semesters, but it all equals out to 8 semesters (~4 years) of college tuition. If you choose to live on campus, you do have to pay room and board, but with your co-op earnings, you should at least break even anyways.</p>
<p>You have it right, Leah. You get 5 years to pay 4 years worth of tuition. Obviously, you have to pay for food and rent for all 5 years but as angel says, co-op earnings do help offset that.</p>
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<p>True. Also if you go to 4yr college, you graduate, and you spend the next year paying for food/rent anyway, so it’s not really “extra”. It’s an extra year of paying for food/rent while at college but not an extra year of paying food/rent in your life. </p>
<p>Any just to confirm, it’s 8 semesters spent paying tuition, just like at other colleges, you don’t pay extra for the 5th year.</p>
<p>Also, that 8 semesters of tuition is spread out over 5 yrs, not a huge difference but more affordable for my pocketbook :)</p>
<p>Especially after the first couple of years. My son’s co-ops are all in his last 3 years so you only pay for 1 semester or 1 semester and a half summer session in those years for tuition.</p>
<p>Unless you live at home, count on a big chunk of co-op earnings going toward food and housing. But since not extra tuition during that time, it’s a good deal.</p>