Co-Op vs Non Co-Op Program

[hell911]

Co-op

- 3 year study, 2 years of study + 1 year work.
- this will be the case, 3 sems study, 1 sem work, 1 sem study, 1 sem work, 1 sem study, 1 sem work (total 3 years + 1 sem)

advantage:
- will get experience
- no fee for work placement semesters (i think there is maybe $700?)
- more job opportunities after 3 year of study

disadvantage:
- too long to get PR (after 4 years?)
- im not sure if companies will hire me for 4 months only (1 semester), and this will be the case for 3 times, coz i got 3 work placements.

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Non Co-op

advantage:
- 2 year study
- less time consumed
- can get fast PR
- can work continuously after finishing my studies, so i dont have to worry anything BUT WORK later on.

disadvantage:
- no work experience
- might be hard to find job
- low salary (not sure?)
- low level position in work

SO... what do you guys think??? To save time or get work experience? All suggestions and comments are welcome.

 

[mr.parmar]

Co-op

- 3 year study, 2 years of study + 1 year work.
- this will be the case, 3 sems study, 1 sem work, 1 sem study, 1 sem work, 1 sem study, 1 sem work (total 3 years + 1 sem)

advantage:
- will get experience
- no fee for work placement semesters (i think there is maybe $700?)
- more job opportunities after 3 year of study

disadvantage:
- too long to get PR (after 4 years?)
- im not sure if companies will hire me for 4 months only (1 semester), and this will be the case for 3 times, coz i got 3 work placements.

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Non Co-op

advantage:
- 2 year study
- less time consumed
- can get fast PR
- can work continuously after finishing my studies, so i dont have to worry anything BUT WORK later on.

disadvantage:
- no work experience
- might be hard to find job
- low salary (not sure?)
- low level position in work

SO... what do you guys think??? To save time or get work experience? All suggestions and comments are welcome.

what is your course code ?
and you landed at vancouver right ?
but your college is in ontario . were there any problems at POE in vancouver?

i think co op will be good option as for getting PR you need to have work experience and it will help you to secure good job after studies

 

[hell911]

no problems in POE, they will look at ur offer letter that the college is in toronto, they will understand.

 

[Rossei]

If PR is your ultimate goal, work experience is the means which will feed your residency. And co-op will make it lot easier to gain that experience. What's the point of saving 1 year if you wait another year or so after your studies to get a job. Companies do hire co-op students for 4 months; but it's true that some of them prefer longer terms. You should research more about your particular co-op program. Do most students secure placement? How much the school/coop office help? Do students arrange their employment by themselves?

You already said the pros and cons. Therefore, I will let you decide. I will just add this that I prolonged my undergrad from 4 years to 5 years for converting a 4-month co-op into 16 month.

 

[Anil K]

Co-op

- 3 year study, 2 years of study + 1 year work.
- this will be the case, 3 sems study, 1 sem work, 1 sem study, 1 sem work, 1 sem study, 1 sem work (total 3 years + 1 sem)

advantage:
- will get experience
- no fee for work placement semesters (i think there is maybe $700?)
- more job opportunities after 3 year of study

disadvantage:
- too long to get PR (after 4 years?)
- im not sure if companies will hire me for 4 months only (1 semester), and this will be the case for 3 times, coz i got 3 work placements.

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Non Co-op

advantage:
- 2 year study
- less time consumed
- can get fast PR
- can work continuously after finishing my studies, so i dont have to worry anything BUT WORK later on.

disadvantage:
- no work experience
- might be hard to find job
- low salary (not sure?)
- low level position in work

SO... what do you guys think??? To save time or get work experience? All suggestions and comments are welcome.

do u have co-op in ur offer letter or u want to change to co-op now?

 

[hell911]

i already have co-op offer letter, and right now im in co-op program.

 

[reyhan649]

How about a 2 year course that has 3 sems and 1 co-op term. Will that be any beneficial???

 

[hell911]

^
im not sure

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad-who.asp

maybe u have to count the "hours studied"

 

[reyhan649]

Thanks for the link. Well it says the official duration of a course if equal or more than 2 years u might be able to get a 3 year work permit.

with that said, the official duration of the course is 2 years that includes co-op and one cannot graduate without completing the co-op if one opts for it. Any thoughts?

 

[hell911]

well my course total is 3 years (2 years study + 1 year work term)

so if ur course is 2 years (including co-op), i think it will be fine.

but we need to wait for more replies, just to confirm.

 

[reyhan649]

Anyone any thoughts on how pgwp would work in my situation??

 

[Rossei]

Generally, for a undergrad 4-year degree at the university, the 3 terms of each year are divided into 2 study terms and 1 co-op term (if it has co-op program). Therefore, one will have 8 study terms and 4 co-op terms for the whole degree duration. I extended my last co-op term from 4 months to 16 months. This will still be regarded as a 4-year degree.

Now if your degree firmly states that it's a 3-year program; then you will most likely get 3 year PGWP. Anything less may end up getting shorter PGWP.