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Message: [QUOTE="kibblesnbits, post: 4747106, member: 97"] I can answer that one. Parents want to know that students are well positioned for employment when they graduate. In that vein, Northeastern's coop program is outstanding. Almost all students graduate having worked 2-3 6-month assignments, many getting job offers from one or more coop employers. Because they've been doing it for decades, they also have connections and allocated positions with a large number of employers. In the process the students get a lot of experience in building a resume, identifying marketable skills, interviewing, etc. It also helps the students decide whether the career path offered by their major is really what they want. My younger daughter's vision of her future changed significantly after a very good coop at Boston Children's Hospital. It also helps that they have a very nice, mostly new campus in the Back Bay. When my dad went there in the 50's it was a commuter school surrounded by warehouses, parking lots and train yards. When those businesses left the school bought all those properties and over the last 30 years has built one of the best urban campuses you'll ever find. With two T lines running through the campus it also enabled my daughter to just take off on her own and do volunteer work with multiple organizations. BTW, the coop program also enables a much more efficient economic model. Most campuses are relatively empty in the summer. Because Northeastern students have extended coops (Jan-June or July-Dec), many students are on campus either taking courses or in housing while working nearby 12 months a year. [/QUOTE]

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