NEU or Tulane?

JulieKM
Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:00:28 +0000

MnADad:

The NEU college of science web site lists some co-op employers and for each of the Bio related fields (neuroscience,biochem, bioed, biotech, etc.), there seem to be around 10-12 employers listed (with a fair amount of overlap across all of these fields). It is unclear how many co-ops each of these employers hire and how intense the competition is for NEU students for these spots.

One other thing related to your questions about co-ops … my daughter is a Behavioral Neuroscience major and NU did break out sessions with faculty and students from each major at our accepted students day last spring. The students shared their co-op experiences, which were very impressive. One thing I didn’t realize until then was that not every student finds their co-op through the NU database. It’s not like there are a limited number of co-ops for which all students from a particular major are competing. Some do get co-ops with employers who have hired previous NU students, but others get them through LinkedIn or Indeed or any number of resources. Some students stay in Boston and others go anywhere in the world. Students take a co-op class the semester before their co-op cycle begins, and they are taught how to find and interview for their co-ops.

Parents who have children who have already gone through the co-op process say the same thing - expect lots of anxiety leading up to getting that first co-op, but trust the process, and it all works out in the end!