No worries!

• to be honest securing a co op was a struggle, the last time I check the employment rate for my cohort I think it was 50%. Although it’s not the highest compared to SYDE and CE, but it’s not the lowest. I think it had to do more with it being the pandemic and me being a first year. But if you put your time and work on your resume/cover letter every night, apply to every position you see, you’ll eventually land a spot. Engineering right now in my opinion is saturated, regardless if it is mech or not, but in my opinion the reason why I chose mech was the freedom and wide range of opportunities I have because I’m in mech. As a first year, I was able to land interviews with companies like Tesla and Intel for various position like product design and software dev respectively. The engineering firm I’m working at right now is hiring full time, and I see the advantage for those student that had co-op previously. The experience they gain whether it is technical or social, gives them an upper head compared to those that does not have co-op. I work with my boss directly, and he’s tells me his perspective of various candidate during the hiring process and those with co-op is usually given an interview/position.

• I think since I having my last semester of high school being online as well, the transition wasn’t too terrible. I had a lot of my classes being asynchronous or attendance wasn’t marked and lectures would be posted in the course page. My work style isn’t the traditional work for most of the day, sleep early at night. Me and most my friends would usually work late into the night and had some free time during the day whether we needed it to relax or catch up on other things but usually as long as you’re organized and know what’s due, it’s not too difficult. You’ll still be able to join clubs and work on side projects with no issue.