Originally Posted by MonteSS

Doing good in school and having a high GPA is a plus. I usually do pretty good in all my classes. One thing i have learned though from working and going to school and trying to get a job is no one really gives a damn what your GPA is. They only care about what you can do. In most cases in highly technical fields, and engineering people really want you to get some experience. The problem is how can you get experience when no one will give you a job.

Take the co-op. at least if anything else it gives you some real world experience and wont hurt to have on a resume.