Co-Op Schedule

<p>I’ve found it depends on how much you WANT a summer (like what Emily said). I can graduate in four years with two co-ops, but I have to do summers, or I can graduate in five years with three co-ops and have 6 electives. Voila, I could skip out on summers and go home. However, as much as I miss my friends back home, everyone is doing other things. Everyone thought that since after freshman year most people go home, it’ll be that way forever-- but it really isn’t. Nearly all my friends at state schools are taking summer classes, a few are staying near campus so that they can keep working at their part-time jobs (but more hours over the summer), and I’ve decided to take classes so that I can do study abroad later on if I want. Plus starting next year I’ll have a lease on an apartment, so if I went home for two months I’d either have to find a subletter (total pain) or I’ll be wasting two months of rent.</p>

<p>But if you’re certain you want to spend four months of summer laying around on a beach and think you can still do co-op… Doing any co-op halves your summer, if not completely taking it away. So consider carefully if Northeastern is right for you.</p>