Returning to campus after a co-op feels eerily like waking up from a very specific kind of fever dream. The kind where Outlook calendar notifications haunt you and you somehow miss your dual-monitor setup more than your friends.
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Your last week is approaching which means no more paper pushing, awkwardly polite emails, or laughing with Linda from Marketing over dumb little office jokes that became the highlight of your day.
Once you’ve wrapped up your review, the big question rolls in: Do I stay with this company, or start looking elsewhere?
People love to ask, “How’s co-op? Is Co-op harder than school? And the answer is… weirdly no.
Because here’s the thing they don’t tell you: work ends.
You’ve heard of senioritis — that fog that settles over your final year, where motivation drops and everything starts to feel “optional”.
Spring break: the infamous mid-semester escape filled with beach trips, spontaneous travel, or simply the long-awaited chance to sleep. But for co-op students, the concept of spring break is a bit more complicated.
There’s a universal moment every intern or co-op student experiences: the sheer, unfiltered joy of seeing that first paycheck hit your bank account.
So, you’ve landed your first internship. You spent months perfecting your resume, writing cover letters that felt like soul-searching essays, and surviving the gauntlet of HireVue interviews where you stared into the void (aka your webcam) trying to sound employable.
Forget Valentine’s Day — Galentine’s Day is the real holiday worth celebrating! Whether you’re single, taken, or somewhere in between, this weekend is the perfect excuse to gather your closest friends for a cozy, craft-filled night.
Landing your first co-op or internship is tough — it’s an uphill battle of resumes, HireVue, tests, and endless waiting. But I promise, there’s light at the end of the tunnel.