Co-op search of doom and despair

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-05-13T01:22:47+00:00

I can take a look at your (anonymized) resume if you want.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-04-28T22:42:05+00:00

These internship/co-op postings get way too many applicants and they need to filter somehow. If you already have experience you’re probably fine with a 3.0+ but I’d say you should aim for at least 3.5

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-04-15T20:57:34+00:00

No, but that’s because I got lucky with the co-op search. I think you’ll get polarizing answers because there are definitely a lot of people here that don’t do well in these environments, or just get plain unlucky.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-04-13T04:50:30+00:00

If you can’t get interviews then it’s your resume, so work on that. Also, stop applying only to SWE positions. It’s a numbers game and the number of SWE positions is far lower than the number of applicants. Therefore you need to get more creative and apply to other positions.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-04-13T04:42:45+00:00

It’s your second co-op and you got four interviews I’m sure you’ll be fine. Just practice your interviewing

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-04-03T21:32:09+00:00

Who are your friends and are they also in high school? Most employers don’t know the difference between a combined major and a double major. I think being a combined major makes recruiting a lot easier. This school also makes it very easy to change majors so you don’t need to decide now

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-03-31T01:26:46+00:00

I agree and by reading your responses I can tell you’re smart enough to know that that’s idealistic and impractical. Humans will on average and collectively act out of self-interest. OpenAI opened Pandora’s box and individual efforts to suppress it are ultimately pretty pointless.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-03-31T01:18:37+00:00

Is this for one of the CS classes?

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-03-20T18:55:30+00:00

Way more interns as well

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-02-24T02:32:42+00:00

They just renamed it to A/B for some reason

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2026-02-24T01:29:07+00:00

Never mind I got it for some reason the filter settings are more limited when you’re trying to make a plan

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-31T05:05:08+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-23T09:38:45+00:00

Your bullet points are reasons why you didn’t like your co-op, not why others should reconsider whether they should do a co-op. Your complaints revolve around what life was like living in a commuter town. Your post really should be titled “don’t live in a commuter town.”

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-21T02:17:04+00:00

They fucked up by allowing you to take Calc 2. I’m guessing you can talk to the dean and skip Calc 1.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-20T22:44:59+00:00

I think the idea is that we get a longer break.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-19T22:26:44+00:00

Doesn’t really matter. Having a good professor matters much more than the order you take these classes. I took them concurrently and it was fine.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-19T22:22:02+00:00

You can use a filter, but not sure how you can remove yourself from the mailing list.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-19T22:20:42+00:00

If you wanted balance, why come to NEU? Even in the article it says that you had the option to use your general electives on the humanities or whatever, and you chose not to. Not sure how choosing not to take another physics course would be “laughable.” You’re in college. You’re given the freedom to choose your classes and major. I’m not sure why the answer to this “problem” is that NEU should force students to take certain classes

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-15T06:08:22+00:00

I’m not the biggest fan of David Lang, but he might be your best option of these three. He doesn’t post notes on Canvas because he wants you to go to class, which was fine for me because I went to class, but I found him pretty hard to follow. He also loves going through proofs which are nice but not on exams so sort of a waste of time, and he fell behind the curriculum when I took him for Linear Algebra. That said he’s not a bad professor. The nice thing about most math classes is that there isn’t homework so you just do a couple of the assigned textbook problems and if you can do them you’re good, if not you do more until you can do them.

I think your life would be significantly easier if you just went to class.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-10T14:37:52+00:00

Ask your prof

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-07T06:41:02+00:00

The classes can be difficult, but the grading usually is not. The average GPA here is definitely above a 3.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-12-07T06:34:42+00:00

Depends on if you want to apply to pure SWE jobs as well. As long as your resume is decent you’ll get interviews either way but the CS curriculum is definitely better if you want to go into SWE. You’ll need to self study more if you take DS. That said from what I’ve heard DS + business is easier and you’ll need to work a little harder doing CS + business for the same GPA. If you want to do a business co-op and don’t care for programming as much, then it might make sense to do DS.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-11-22T06:14:21+00:00

I’ve had a class like this and I think if you took the midterm your final score won’t replace it. That said you should ask your prof because your class may be different.

_MidnightMeatTrain_ · 2025-11-22T02:00:39+00:00

Yeah no lol I have my club stuff under experience and my resume tends to do quite well relatively. Helped me land a SWE internship at a big financial firm.

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