<p>My D is a 2009 McCormick grad, and she was a co-op student.</p>
<p>My D did her 6 month away co-op locally, and lived in her dorm, as Sam reports. When she did study abroad, she just roomed up away from campus, after she came back mid-year. I’m not sure on the details of how she got the lead to the girls that needed a roommate, but it worked out ok. I would guess it would be similar for an away co-op.</p>
<p>As far as dollars go, yes you pay for an extra year, but you also make the money from your co-op job to pay for it - at least my D did - and I would assume that any and all co-op program particpants for NU pay well. And you obviously don’t pay tuition, while you do your away co-opping. So my D paid for room and board only.</p>
<p>The happy ending is that my D is working in her field, and had the offer before she graduated, though it was not with her co-op company, it was with her summer intern company. And an even happier ending is that she paid off her student loans a year and a half after she graduated.</p>