Co-oping

 There is big news for Lincoln Loan this week; I have officially accepted a cooperative education (co-op) offer from an engineering company. It is common practice, but not required, for engineering students to participate in co-op programs in order to gain experience in their specific field of study. A co-op program is traditionally known to be three alternating semesters of work intermixed with classes. It is essentially three guaranteed internships. The program can start any semester, but I have decided to begin the first term of work during the spring 2009 term. This will delay my graduation date, but I determined gained experience during the program would make me a more marketable graduate.

With all things considered, I was extended an offer that I could not refuse. Trust me, I considered a lot of different items, and I plan to address each one of these in the future posts. This decision could easily be the most difficult question ever placed before me. Some of these items include leaving friends, breaking a lease at school, signing a new lease, relocating, addressing schedule changes, scholarship deferment, establishing credit, medical insurance, job placement upon graduation, and several other smaller items.