If she had chosen Northeastern she would not have had to worry about being out of sync with the rest of her peers.
My Experience Taking a Semester off to Pursue a Co-op Opportunity at Wayfair | Hey BU Blog
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Or Drexel, or Cincinnati, or even schools like Purdue where there is a big percentage of kids who co-op.
Big fan here of co-op education!
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True. But at Northeastern she would still have the “Boston experience” which is an important factor to many students.
From the article it appears that doing a coop is not common at BU, even in the business school.
And before others chime in, a summer internship is not the same as doing a six-month coop.
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Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ - across the river from Manhattan - has also been doing co-ops very effectively for several years now. The co-op idea is catching on. Kids love the location, and easy access to Manhattan.
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Interesting list of co-op schools we’re curating on the fly. I’ll add SJU (St. Joseph’s University) in Philly to the mix.
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Ga Tech
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RIT has a great co-op system
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