<p>My son is thinking about doing a co-op program during his senior year in High School as part of a Business Completer program. He will still be taking 3 AP classes along with two other classes, so a fairly full load. This program allows him to use two of his classes to hold a job for 15 hours or more a week. How does this look to colleges? Basically, work experience vs more classes?</p>
<p>What type of job would it be - retail, fast food, etc, or would be like an internship or with real responsibilities? What type of school is your son thinking of applying to?</p>
<p>Probably just retail or menial labor type stuff. He is interested in Engineering, so I doubt he could find any kind of engineering internship…maybe a clerk in an Engineering office at best. Really it would just be for the experience of applying for a job, getting one and being a responsible employee. He is looking at schools like Lehigh, Lafayette and Virginia Tech.</p>