Computer Science woes

[Vaughan H.]

So.. what are my options towards Co-Op then?

[Dratino]

Tony @ Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:54 am wrote:

@Dratino -- for Engineering, that's the rule. Although students actually failing the co-op part of the degree is an exception.

Is this because students get kicked out before they can fail completely, or because students are usually motivated enough to actually pass?

[Tony]

For CS, you options are either to apply to co-op or to not. The Career Services administration will make things difficult for you either way (if you are not in co-op, its in their interest that you don't find any relevant job over the summer, for example); but it is recommended that you go the co-op route anyway.

[Tony]

Dratino @ Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:36 pm wrote:

Tony @ Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:54 am wrote:

@Dratino -- for Engineering, that's the rule. Although students actually failing the co-op part of the degree is an exception.

Is this because students get kicked out before they can fail completely, or because students are usually motivated enough to actually pass?

I haven't heard of cases where a student was forced out of their major for missing co-op requirements. That one example above denied the issue of a degree, but a student was not "kicked out". Subtle difference. There's also a lot of motivation to actually pass. Few years into the study, getting a job becomes the easy part, compared to the upper year classes.

[SmokeMonster]

Tony @ Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:36 pm wrote:

For CS, you options are either to apply to co-op or to not. The Career Services administration will make things difficult for you either way (if you are not in co-op, its in their interest that you don't find any relevant job over the summer, for example); but it is recommended that you go the co-op route anyway.

Haha you make the the Career Services administration sound like James Bond villains

[Prince Pwn]

What if you have two years of computer science at a college but low marks in high school?

[Tony]

If you apply as a mature student, there's a different admissions scheme that you could potentially use.