Any advice on getting a co-op position for the spring semester (I am an EE student)? I had a rough first year + first semester of my second year in engineering and my transcript has a lot of rough patches and I am worried this will greatly affect my chances as a candidate
I am a second year standing electrical engineering student (although I am going into my third year at UVic). Like a lot of people, I had no study habits in 1st year and really did not try at all. I relied much on AI to teach me course material and did not go to class nearly as much as I should have. Due to this I have failed something like five courses, and there are a lot of Cs on my transcript. Long story short, I did very poorly in first year, to the point where I had filled out the engineering withdrawal form. I am glad, though, I never went through and submitted it. I just finished the spring semester of my 2nd year, tried much harder and achieved all my grades above the class mean (A-/81%, A-/81%, B+/78%, B-/72%, B-/71%). Being honest, this has given me much more confidence in my ability and I truly feel like I can succeed in engineering (even though these still aren't amazing marks). Still, I have a very low cumulative GPA and my transcript is riddled with Cs, which is really worrying me for getting a co-op position.
I am currently on my first co-op work term which I coordinated with a mineral exploration company I had worked at last summer. It is not exactly engineering (and certainly not EE), but it is still a technical position. I believe I have a decent amount of work experience, having two seasonal positions doing mineral exploration (at least in comparison to many students prior to their first co-op job), but am really worried that my GPA and poor transcript will ruin any employer's outlook on me as a candidate.
I'm wondering if anyone has any advice or any opinions that may be helpful. Thanks :)
(P.S. this is my first real reddit post, sorry if its a super long)