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Co-op is a program that some colleges offer in partnership with companies. Basically, you take all your courses for 1 semester in the summertime. The following fall, you go work for a company for about 6 months. It's similiar to a summer internship, except the duration at the company is usually longer.

There are some advantages to this. Sometimes because summer internships are short (2-3 months), you get stuck doing menial tasks that doesn't really help. Co-op programs usually have a dedicated assigned task.

MIT and some of the Ivy schools offered this. I didn't do it but I wish I had, because some of my classmates who did had a lot more opportunity when they graduated. Not sure about the UC schools, though I would assume so (plus UC schools in engineering tend to have great relationships with companies to provide research and projects during normal schools).

Personally, for engineering, in hindsight, I really don't think it matters between the top UC's, or Ivy, or Stanford,etc. In fact, with the exception of Stanford and MIT, I think in some cases top UC's schools have better engineering programs than Ivy's, mainly due to all the corporate partnerships. What counts more is experience in the long run. My motivation for going east was just wanted because I wanted to get out of CA for 4 years.

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Co-op is a program that some colleges offer in partnership with companies. Basically, you take all your courses for 1 semester in the summertime. The following fall, you go work for a company for about 6 months. It's similiar to a summer internship, except the duration at the company is usually longer.

There are some advantages to this. Sometimes because summer internships are short (2-3 months), you get stuck doing menial tasks that doesn't really help. Co-op programs usually have a dedicated assigned task.

MIT and some of the Ivy schools offered this. I didn't do it but I wish I had, because some of my classmates who did had a lot more opportunity when they graduated. Not sure about the UC schools, though I would assume so (plus UC schools in engineering tend to have great relationships with companies to provide research and projects during normal schools).

Personally, for engineering, in hindsight, I really don't think it matters between the top UC's, or Ivy, or Stanford,etc. In fact, with the exception of Stanford and MIT, I think in some cases top UC's schools have better engineering programs than Ivy's, mainly due to all the corporate partnerships. What counts more is experience in the long run. My motivation for going east was just wanted because I wanted to get out of CA for 4 years.

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Co-op is a program that some colleges offer in partnership with companies. Basically, you take all your courses for 1 semester in the summertime. The following fall, you go work for a company for about 6 months. It's similiar to a summer internship, except the duration at the company is usually longer.

There are some advantages to this. Sometimes because summer internships are short (2-3 months), you get stuck doing menial tasks that doesn't really help. Co-op programs usually have a dedicated assigned task.

MIT and some of the Ivy schools offered this. I didn't do it but I wish I had, because some of my classmates who did had a lot more opportunity when they graduated. Not sure about the UC schools, though I would assume so (plus UC schools in engineering tend to have great relationships with companies to provide research and projects during normal schools).

Personally, for engineering, in hindsight, I really don't think it matters between the top UC's, or Ivy, or Stanford,etc. In fact, with the exception of Stanford and MIT, I think in some cases top UC's schools have better engineering programs than Ivy's, mainly due to all the corporate partnerships. What counts more is experience in the long run. My motivation for going east was just wanted because I wanted to get out of CA for 4 years.

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Co-op is a program that some colleges offer in partnership with companies. Basically, you take all your courses for 1 semester in the summertime. The following fall, you go work for a company for about 6 months. It's similiar to a summer internship, except the duration at the company is usually longer.

There are some advantages to this. Sometimes because summer internships are short (2-3 months), you get stuck doing menial tasks that doesn't really help. Co-op programs usually have a dedicated assigned task.

MIT and some of the Ivy schools offered this. I didn't do it but I wish I had, because some of my classmates who did had a lot more opportunity when they graduated. Not sure about the UC schools, though I would assume so (plus UC schools in engineering tend to have great relationships with companies to provide research and projects during normal schools).

Personally, for engineering, in hindsight, I really don't think it matters between the top UC's, or Ivy, or Stanford,etc. In fact, with the exception of Stanford and MIT, I think in some cases top UC's schools have better engineering programs than Ivy's, mainly due to all the corporate partnerships. What counts more is experience in the long run. My motivation for going east was just wanted because I wanted to get out of CA for 4 years.

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Co-op is a program that some colleges offer in partnership with companies. Basically, you take all your courses for 1 semester in the summertime. The following fall, you go work for a company for about 6 months. It's similiar to a summer internship, except the duration at the company is usually longer.

There are some advantages to this. Sometimes because summer internships are short (2-3 months), you get stuck doing menial tasks that doesn't really help. Co-op programs usually have a dedicated assigned task.

MIT and some of the Ivy schools offered this. I didn't do it but I wish I had, because some of my classmates who did had a lot more opportunity when they graduated. Not sure about the UC schools, though I would assume so (plus UC schools in engineering tend to have great relationships with companies to provide research and projects during normal schools).

Personally, for engineering, in hindsight, I really don't think it matters between the top UC's, or Ivy, or Stanford,etc. In fact, with the exception of Stanford and MIT, I think in some cases top UC's schools have better engineering programs than Ivy's, mainly due to all the corporate partnerships. What counts more is experience in the long run. My motivation for going east was just wanted because I wanted to get out of CA for 4 years.

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

emit things that cause skin cancer?

The white stuff that you see inside the glass tube is the UV filter coating. The "things" = Ultraviolet light; same thing in sunlight that darkens skin (and causes skin cancer in high dosages)

Thank you. Yes, I know what UV is. I just wasn't sure if florescents emitted UV. I didn't do so well in third semester of physics, particularly related to light and optics :).

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

emit things that cause skin cancer?

The white stuff that you see inside the glass tube is the UV filter coating. The "things" = Ultraviolet light; same thing in sunlight that darkens skin (and causes skin cancer in high dosages)

Thank you. Yes, I know what UV is. I just wasn't sure if florescents emitted UV. I didn't do so well in third semester of physics, particularly related to light and optics :).

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

emit things that cause skin cancer?

The white stuff that you see inside the glass tube is the UV filter coating. The "things" = Ultraviolet light; same thing in sunlight that darkens skin (and causes skin cancer in high dosages)

Thank you. Yes, I know what UV is. I just wasn't sure if florescents emitted UV. I didn't do so well in third semester of physics, particularly related to light and optics :).

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

emit things that cause skin cancer?

The white stuff that you see inside the glass tube is the UV filter coating. The "things" = Ultraviolet light; same thing in sunlight that darkens skin (and causes skin cancer in high dosages)

Thank you. Yes, I know what UV is. I just wasn't sure if florescents emitted UV. I didn't do so well in third semester of physics, particularly related to light and optics :).

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

emit things that cause skin cancer?

The white stuff that you see inside the glass tube is the UV filter coating. The "things" = Ultraviolet light; same thing in sunlight that darkens skin (and causes skin cancer in high dosages)

Thank you. Yes, I know what UV is. I just wasn't sure if florescents emitted UV. I didn't do so well in third semester of physics, particularly related to light and optics :).

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Thank you 125 mp for the information. 🙂

Flu, you as well. 🙂

 

NP. Actually, if he can, the best thing to do is for him to get internships while in college, or better do a co-op program ( I didn't do a co-op when I was in school, just did summer internships. I wish i did a co-op).

I'm not sure what the state of our education is, but it would seem that people are getting involved more and more at a younger age. A good thing would be to find him a part time or project while in high related to computers if you can, even if it means working for little pay or no pay…That versus doing things like delivering papers or working at MickeyDees, though I must say the latter teaches you how to deal with difficult people at times.

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Thank you 125 mp for the information. 🙂

Flu, you as well. 🙂

 

NP. Actually, if he can, the best thing to do is for him to get internships while in college, or better do a co-op program ( I didn't do a co-op when I was in school, just did summer internships. I wish i did a co-op).

I'm not sure what the state of our education is, but it would seem that people are getting involved more and more at a younger age. A good thing would be to find him a part time or project while in high related to computers if you can, even if it means working for little pay or no pay…That versus doing things like delivering papers or working at MickeyDees, though I must say the latter teaches you how to deal with difficult people at times.

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Thank you 125 mp for the information. 🙂

Flu, you as well. 🙂

 

NP. Actually, if he can, the best thing to do is for him to get internships while in college, or better do a co-op program ( I didn't do a co-op when I was in school, just did summer internships. I wish i did a co-op).

I'm not sure what the state of our education is, but it would seem that people are getting involved more and more at a younger age. A good thing would be to find him a part time or project while in high related to computers if you can, even if it means working for little pay or no pay…That versus doing things like delivering papers or working at MickeyDees, though I must say the latter teaches you how to deal with difficult people at times.

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Thank you 125 mp for the information. 🙂

Flu, you as well. 🙂

 

NP. Actually, if he can, the best thing to do is for him to get internships while in college, or better do a co-op program ( I didn't do a co-op when I was in school, just did summer internships. I wish i did a co-op).

I'm not sure what the state of our education is, but it would seem that people are getting involved more and more at a younger age. A good thing would be to find him a part time or project while in high related to computers if you can, even if it means working for little pay or no pay…That versus doing things like delivering papers or working at MickeyDees, though I must say the latter teaches you how to deal with difficult people at times.

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Thank you 125 mp for the information. 🙂

Flu, you as well. 🙂

 

NP. Actually, if he can, the best thing to do is for him to get internships while in college, or better do a co-op program ( I didn't do a co-op when I was in school, just did summer internships. I wish i did a co-op).

I'm not sure what the state of our education is, but it would seem that people are getting involved more and more at a younger age. A good thing would be to find him a part time or project while in high related to computers if you can, even if it means working for little pay or no pay…That versus doing things like delivering papers or working at MickeyDees, though I must say the latter teaches you how to deal with difficult people at times.

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

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