other students\u2019 experiences online<\/a>.<\/p>\nthat being said, not all programs are the right fit for co-op. there\u2019s a reason i\u00a0never considered it, after all. mainly, i\u00a0didn\u2019t want some poor career advisor beating themselves over the head about what possible job they could find an English specialist (anyway, i did just fine finding them on my own). but also, i\u00a0thought that a research-based, academic program would better suit my needs, and that i\u00a0could work part-time and on work-study around school. at the end of the day, you have to do what feels right for you.<\/p>\n
cheers,<\/p>\n
aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
hey aska should I do co-op? D: the pros definitely outweigh the cons, but I really doubt I can deal with all the stress :\/ just show me how scary it is rrrraaahh \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, i\u00a0haven\u2019t been sure how to tackle this question because i\u2019m not exactly sure where you\u2019re coming from. i\u00a0don\u2019t know which pros you\u2019ve deemed more significant than which cons, what stress you\u2019re referring to, or why you find it scary. what i DO know is that i am a fan of co-op. as far as i\u2019m concerned, co-op is a great program. and i\u00a0say that as someone who is completely unbiased, having never done co-op or even applied to study at UTSC. I just think that any opportunity to work in a professional setting while in school is absolutely invaluable. it helps you gain valuable skills, make contacts that could lead to a job after school, and earn\u00a0money while you\u2019re studying! if you have the funds to pay for co-op in the first place (after all, it does cost more than non-co-op programs), why not go for it? yes, co-op students don\u2019t get summers off. yes, going into the workforce is scary (i\u2019m just taking a wild guess\u00a0that that\u2019s the part you think is scary). thing is, you\u2019re going to have to get into the workforce eventually, so why not start early? that way, you get to become much more familiar and comfortable with working, not to mention add some positions to your resume in time for graduation. also, you go through co-op with other students, which makes co-op a lot less isolating than just going off into the workforce on your own. in fact, you can start by reading about some other students\u2019 experiences online. that being said, not all programs are the right fit for co-op. there\u2019s a reason i\u00a0never considered it, after all. mainly, i\u00a0didn\u2019t want some poor career advisor beating themselves over the head about what possible job they could find an English specialist (anyway, i did just fine finding them on my own). but also, i\u00a0thought that a research-based, academic program would better suit my needs, and that i\u00a0could work part-time and on work-study around school. at the end of the day, you have to do what feels right for you. cheers, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-co-op"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}