Author claims to have studied engineering, but seems to be absolutely unaware of co-op programs which almost all engineering schools have. Some, like Northeaste

Author claims to have studied engineering, but seems to be absolutely unaware of co-op programs which almost all engineering schools have. Some, like Northeastern University, even require you to do a co-op[1]. I've worked with Northeastern students at pharma companies and they dive into the belly of the beast when they they spend six months at a company. Often, they become so integral, they get hired after they graduate to keep doing what they did during their co-op. Or an alternative model, going back to 1916, is MIT's Practice school[2], where graduate students go into factories and apply their training on specific projects. This reads largely like someone who is ignorant of the opportunities that were probably present at Penn State, assuming that a degree would just get him a job. [1] http://www.northeastern.edu/coop/ http://www.northeastern.edu/coop/ [2] http://web.mit.edu/cheme/academics/practice/ http://web.mit.edu/cheme/academics/practice/