If you are NOT either interning or Co-Opping you are wasting your time.
There is an axiom to that and it is
If you cannot get an internship or Co-op position in your current course of studies from the college you are attending, you are Completely wasting your time and Money.
I work in the IT field and a couple of years ago, I had two internships that was free, one in a PC store and one in a corporate office, I did not get paid $hit but got some experience to put on paper which helped later on, and though I dropped out of school but now will be taking myself back to school soon to finish up my AS in IT studies, at least I have the experience to back it up.