Not sure what the work experience thing you're talking about involves. Do you just work at a job for some amount of time? At my University we have a co-operative education program. Basically you get to work in actual jobs you may be interested in, and get paid for it too. Quite a nice program actually since you get money and useful work experience. I've spent the last 6 months or so working at an accounting firm, and it's been great. I'm only in my second year and I've already decided this is what I want to do after working with them, so it's definitely a great program. Sure beats four years of school only to find that you hate the jobs in your field.