Observations of a Current Freshman

Coloradomama
Sun, 19 Feb 2017 14:37:25 +0000

@Formation CWRU CS , physics, and Engineering programs offer co op. Co op means spending three semesters or two semesters and one summer, or two summers and one semester, at a company experience. I think you can cut that back to two away periods. For some students, This may delay graduation by a semester, but you are not paying tuition the semester you work, so same costs for you as a four year degree.
The benefits are numerous. Most Case students in the program make excellent salaries and get multiple job offers.
Alternatively summer work is available through this program:
http://engineering.case.edu/coop/

For engineering, economics, social sciences, hard sciences and math majors, SOURCE offers a $5000 summer grant to work at CWRU with a faculty member. The student writes a research proposal to win this award. The program includes a weekly research seminar for all participants and a poster session at the end. My son won a SOURCE grant in economics the summer after sophomore year and lived off campus and really enjoyed Cleveland that summer.

http://case.edu/source/

CWRU faculty are well versed in how to win REUs and many CWRU students do those research programs funded by the NSF at other major research campuses in the summers.

Finally there is a career fair every semester and lots of east and west coast companies, as well as midwestern major engineering firms recruit at CWRU.

CWRU Nursing students have a lot of practicums as part of the program.

Its easy to get payed to do research part time for CWRU faculty as well. Many programs require a senior capstone or thesis so by senior year, you will do research for credit and get a grade for that research work as part of your bachelors degree.

CWRU has graduate programs but faculty often focus on undergraduates in their labs, so its more like an LAC experience at CWRU. (the faculty interaction levels for undergrads).