<p>thejuiceisback, </p>
<p>Hey, I’m not in the business school but many of my friends are…
There really isn’t a major where the co-op is more helpful than that of the business major. So as far as “how it matches some of the other top programs in the country?” its hard to say but I’d seperate them into schools that give you experience and schools that don’t. If you graduate from a school like Northeastern you cut through having to “get experience in order to get a real job” after graduation…</p>
<p>As a matter of fact if you come and tour the school, right outside visitors center there will be a framed Boston globe article that states companies prefer students with work experience over those with who went to a “Top Business School”. And thats not to say that Northeastern isn’t a top school it ranked number 1 for having a “High Tech MBA program” and 4th as Americas
most entrepreneurial campuses…(I mean come on Napster was invented by a freshman at northeastern ;)</p>
<p>Anyway my one story about the business school co-op is this:
My friend is a middler which is a 3rd year student here at northeastern, he just got off co-op for Merrill Lynch right here in Boston, he said he was very much surprised at how much “actual work” he was doing…(Meaning work pertaining to what he wanted to do as a career, making decisions other than mindless paperwork) He was paid very well and said he learned more on that co-op than he could have in his classes…BUT! the major benefit is that he is probably going to do his remaining co-ops with Merrill Lynch and is developing a good relationship with the people there and he has been hinted to that they would like him to “join them” after graduation…</p>
<p>The Boston Globe had a different article about Northeastern’s Business School
(along with others that featured co-op education) that highlighted that something like upwards of 50 percent (I think its much higher now) of Northeastern students are offered jobs before graduation or withing 3 months after…</p>
<p>As far as the actual cirriculum its pretty basic first year is micro and macro economics as well as business math and your other core courses. The classes in the business school are caped at 40 people…and each student picks a concentration so B.A. or B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Also you pick a concentration in: Accounting Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, or Supply Chain Management…International Business is its own seperate entity now I think, and I don’t know much about it except that its ranked number very highly.</p>
<p>I wish I could tell you more about the Business School / Co-op there, but alas
its not my school, I will however see if I can get some info from him as he’s always around my place…</p>
<p>If you have any specific questions I’d be glad to help you find the answer…</p>