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Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon by paulgb on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @01:46PM (#4872514)
Waterloo has a co-op program where you switch off every four months between working and school. The co-ops can be very well compensated, so many students graduate with little or no student debt.
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Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon by speg on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @01:55PM (#4872587)
Came here to say this. I finished w/ $40k in the bank but the experiences gave me so much more.
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Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon by MikeKusold on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @03:51PM (#4873188)
How many years did it take for you to earn your B.S. with all the constant co-oping?
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Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon by kineticflow on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @03:56PM (#4873209)
An example schedule for an Engineering student is:

Year 1: School, coop, School

Year 2: coop, School, coop

Year 3: School, coop, School

Year 4: coop, School, coop

Year 5: School, school.

4 years and 8 months. Order may vary slightly.

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Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon by nobodysbusiness on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @04:05PM (#4873261)
It takes an extra 8 months to get your degree. Your 4-year degree basically turns into a 5-year degree.
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Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon by sliverstorm on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @08:57PM (#4874476)
That sounds fantastic. When I graduated, I was absolutely thrilled to be working on "real stuff that matters". It would have been a great morale booster to be able to properly mix that in with school
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Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon by goosling on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @04:35PM (#4873380)
It should also be noted that several programs at UW are offered in the regular sense (i.e. no co-op) as well. Engineering is the only faculty with mandatory co-op for all undergraduates.
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Re:University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon by AYBABTME on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @03:34PM (#4873103)
Got the exact same things in many other canadian universities. uOttawa has it, for instance. I'm doing it, too.
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