<p>Is it worth the extra time in in school? I think I might end up having to go for 5 years instead of 4. </p>
<p>Did you enjoy it? How was your experience?</p>
<p>I also think I would like to go to grad school. Should I just do normal program then grad or still co-op and do grad school after that? Does co-op look good on grad applications?</p>
<p>For the first two questions I would say Yes, it was worth it, I enjoyed it, and the experience was one of the greatest I’ve ever had in my life. </p>
<p>My experience was working on projects as an engineer. It was an industrial setting. I tell you what, when you get the chance to see things taken apart or in action, heat exchangers, multi-effect heat evaps, de-ionizer columns, decanter centrifuges, and the whole process system etc…; man it’s like the most rewarding time man. And the engineers there know so much that they’ve gained over the years it’s so humbling. Even the old maintenance workers if your cordial with them you can learn lifetime worth of knowledge that they’ve gained fixing things at the plant for 30 yrs. The community was nice like a family and there was a definite power hierachy which made the enivronment non-competitive. I could go on and on, it was the BEST</p>
<p>some advice, some of this may be incorrect just my opinion though</p>
<p>-small companies will commit to you more, bigger ones will probably look at you as a nuisance
-Try to go somewhere that’s not a desk job, where there are a lot of unit operations and complex process going on, HANDS ON experience, where you can go out and take data, understand how the processes work in front of your eyes and witness all of the ‘fires’ that need to be put out…
-ask to sit in on morning production meetings, they asked me to do this and it was the best part of the job hearing the supervisors, engineers, tech’s all their funcitons. </p>
<p>it was sweet man, a must before you graduate…</p>