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<p>This means that you probably want to be at a “match” school, rather than a “reach” school or a “safety” school, although you should be aware that engineering students may have a different range from the overall school (engineering students are often at the higher end of the range, especially after the first year at less selective schools when the weaker students change majors out of engineering because it is too hard).</p>
<p>Lots of schools’ career centers have co-op programs – search for “[name of school] engineering co-op” on the web.</p>