<p>I didn’t mean to make it seem like you NEED to have experience to get good jobs. One of my good friends worked at unilever and ended up getting a job at Proctor and Gamble in the duracell division and is going to have great experience. Yet other people also had internships in their fields but didn’t have solid gpas and ended up getting jobs, but not top ones. Another friend had absolutely 0 experience (except working at a restaurant) and got a very impressive job at Genzyme. It all depends. Having experience in your field BASICALLY secures you a coop but not having experience does not exclude you from getting a coop. Make sense? As emily said, the only people I know who didn’t get jobs either applied to jobs out of their reach like I said or had horrendous GPAs.</p>