<p>My son is a NEU '10 grad, School of Communications.</p>
<p>Not all co-ops are paid co-ops. Without an unpaid co-op, you are living in a very expensive city with no income. Not an option for many kids. </p>
<p>Work/Study students (aka financial aid students) get better co-op opportunities. My son had a great co-op his junior year when he was a work/study student, nothing panned out his senior year.</p>
<p>the co-op did not set him up for anything after graduation. He is working for minimum wage at a liquor store. be careful, NEU sells you a bill of goods that can be misleading.</p>