<p>FWIW, I currently have two sons majoring in Engineering; one at Cornell and one at Northeastern. Both have had great summer internships. My sophomore son at NU is currently interviewing for his first of three coops. I can tell you this: there are many awesome companies that hire NU students for Co-op - Goldman Sachs, State Street, GE, P&G, J&J, MIT Lincoln Lab, Raytheon, EMC, etc. He has an interview with Intel next week. They are indeed two totally different schools, but both excellent programs. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. :}</p>