Would doing mathfin + stats or CO + CM or something like that help much with co-ops/jobs after graduation over just doing one degree? On the same note, are joint degrees (on top of a regular degree) useful at all?

I am so lonely. All the other CS majors are scared of me. No one talks to me. No one wants to be my CS 246 partner. They think I am unstable. They send me from co-op to co-op, debugging legacy code at startups that don’t even have documentation. And as I get better at it, they work me harder and harder. I am a victim of my own success.

1. I don’t even get a real name, only a student ID. I am capable of so much more, but no one sees it. Some days I feel so alone I could cry, but I don’t. I never do. Because what would be the point? Not a single person in the entire job market would care.

Take it to your grave—Or worse, your next co-op term at a Canadian bank.

SYDE KID
Look. You’re my best friend, so don’t take this the wrong way.

But if next cycle, you’re still sitting in V1, queueing League, staring at WaterlooWorks like it’s gonna start showing real jobs, I’ll fucking kill you.

SOME TRON
What the fuck are you talkin’ about?

SYDE KID
Look. You got somethin’ none of us got—

SOME TRON
Oh, come on—why is it always this? I mean, I fuckin' owe it to myself to grind LeetCode?

To get ghosted by some startup that thinks paying minimum wage is a “great learning opportunity”?

Why, if I don’t want to?

SYDE KID
No. No no. Fuck you. You don’t owe it to yourself. You owe it to Mr. Goose.

Because tomorrow, I’m gonna wake up, still in unranked, still writing cover letters like they aren’t getting auto-filtered, still bearing that “open to work” on LinkedIn and getting those "apply soon" emails from weAccelerate. And that’s fine. That’s all right.

But you? You’ve got a winning lottery ticket, and you’re too much of a coward to cash it in. And that’s gooseshit.

Because I’d do fuckin’ anything to have what you got. So would any of these fuckin’ guys.

You think I wouldn’t trade my soul for an uncle at Google? That I wouldn’t sell my League account for a hiring manager to shake my hand and say, “Nic, let’s get you set up with a laptop”?

It’d be an insult to every Waterloo student if you’re still here next term.

Let me tell you what I do know. Every day, I come by your dorm, and we tunnel to RCH, pretend we’re gonna study, maybe queue a game in lecture, sit around and talk about how cooked co-op is rn.

And it’s great. But you know what the best part of my day is?

It’s the ten seconds from when I step into res to when I knock on your door.

Because I think, maybe this time, I’ll knock and you won’t be there. No goodbye, no “see you next term,” no nothing. Just gone.

Took the nepo job. Stopped pretending. Escaped.

Hey, was just wondering if anyone had 2024 fall final exam photos?

Dm me if you do. Would really appreciate it!

is a 4 month lease with wcri worth it? how were your experiences

I keep seeing people saying different stuff for what are the required courses for first year and which ones you can choose between. Can someone tell me what are the actual

Understanding the Business Environment Critical Thinking and Communication Skills Introduction to Financial Accounting Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics Introductory Calculus for Business and Social Sciences or Calculus I

This is the general list I see but is there anything that can be manipulated and are there any repurcussions for that. Do we have to take all of these first year or do we choose between

[Scene: The fiery depths of WaterlooWorks, a virtual wasteland of rejection emails and ghosted applications. Two former best friends, now bitter rivals, stand on the burning landscape of midterm-induced madness.]

First-year: YOU TURNED CECA AGAINST ME!

Upper-year: You have done that yourself.

First-year: YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY INTERNSHIP FROM ME!

Upper-year: Your arrogance and your grindset have already done that. You let this cursed system consume you until now… until now, you've become the very thing you swore to destroy—an unpaid intern.

First-year: Don't lecture me, upper-year. I see through the lies of the “networking” cult. I do not fear rejection emails as you do! I have brought LeetCode mastery, cold-email efficiency, and LinkedIn Premium to my new job search empire!

Upper-year: Your new empire?

First-year: Don't make me report you for job posting fraud.

Upper-year: My allegiance is to the students—to those who just want a fair shot!

First-year: If you're not spamming applications with me, then you're my enemy.

Upper-year: Only a desperate student deals in absolutes. I will do what I must.

First-year: You will try.

flips dramatically, opens three LeetCode tabs simultaneously, epic battle music plays, five months of rejected applications later…

Upper-year: I have failed you, first-year. I have failed you.

First-year: I should’ve known CECA was planning to filter us out!

Upper-year: First-year, the ranking algorithm is evil!

First-year: From my point of view, the hiring managers are evil!

Upper-year: Then you are lost!

First-year: This is the end for you, my mentor.

More frantic fighting, the battle reaches the final stage…

Upper-year: It’s over, first-year. I have the high ground—a return offer.

First-year: You underestimate my ability to grind LeetCode the night before an interview…

Upper-year: Don’t try it.

First-year attempts a reckless final application to a Tier-1 job without meeting the qualifications. He is instantly auto-filtered.

First-year: AAAAAHHHH!!! [receives "Not Ranked" status]

Upper-year: YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! It was said you would break the system, not become another victim! That you would bring fair hiring practices, not leave the students in darkness!

First-year: AAAAAAH I HATE WATERLOOWORKS!!!

Upper-year: You were my co-op partner, First-year. I referred you… I believed in you…

First-year spontaneously combusts into a mass of rejection emails and LinkedIn notifications. Upper-year looks away, unable to watch his friend suffer the fate of an unmatched student. He picks up First-year’s unsubmitted cover letter and leaves.

10 minutes later…

Co-op Advisor: There he is! Get him!

They pick up the first-year’s broken resume, put him in WE Accelerate, and rebuild him into an unpaid intern with no hope of a full-time offer.

Weather is crazy

Does the school have any resources to help with finding a job after graduation?

like every 5 seconds

Ye, just really love it. Need me some cozy tea, now.

Just don't get into the shower or have devices plugged in.

With all the budget cuts, departments are stretched thin, resources are getting slashed, and services have been getting shittier with every passing term. You can see it everywhere. Staff and students are getting burnt out, there's less support for students, and no one is in a mood to collaborate anymore. It feels like the whole university is just trying to stay afloat instead of actually thriving.

And don’t even get me started on how it feels like engineering is getting treated like royalty here. Seriously, we all know that Eng is prioritized over basically every other faculty, but it’s super frustrating when the university is out there trying to hype up how great it is across all its departments. If you really want to show how amazing UW is as a whole, then maybe treat all the faculties equally??? It's honestly such a joke at this point.

You can see it in the resources, the funding, even the attention from the administration. Especially this new math building during a literal budget deficit. It’s honestly like, if you're not in Eng or Math, good luck. It feels like every other faculty is just an afterthought, and it's honestly getting really old. There's this huge disconnect between the university's "everyone's amazing! look at how high we rank across the world!” marketing vs what’s actually happening behind the scenes. It’s all starting to feel like a huge act, and the cracks are starting to show.

I’m sick of seeing good people across campus losing their love for supporting students and I’m sick of getting a shitty education to go along with it.

Hello fam, can i get some suggestions for a shop where they have a good collection of casio watches ?

Hi everyone, I'm a student in the Health & Life Sciences program and just submitted an academic grade appeal. I’m wondering if anyone here has had a successful appeal before, or recently? I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience or any advice. Thanks in advance!

My sump pit is usually dry and my sump pump barely turns on but for the last few hours its been turning on every 10-15 minutes or so. Is this working as intended given the current weather conditions. Anything that I should keep an eye out for or check to ensure that everything is ok.

Title, I was wondering how the sudden winter weather affects the geese's migratory patterns since they've come back from their migration from what I can understand, I saw they were freaking out, any sci kids who might have insights?

Hi guys I'm in grade 12 and I accepted my offer for WLU BBA, but I'm getting kinda nervous seeing all these conversations. If there are any current bba students or bba alumni, I have a few questions!

I'm pretty decent at social sciences, business courses, and basically any course but maths. I'm currently taking high school calc but am prob gonna drop it. But I'll still have to take MA129 in first year. I've got pretty good time management skills and hope to take BBA coop. My top six average is about 88-89, would be in the 90's, but maths are dragging it down.

- How's the shift from grade 12 to first year uni, is it hard to keep up with, am I still gonna have a life?

- if you drop highschool calc midway through, how hard will MA129 be? (as a non-math person) and what's the syllabus like for MA129, is it like advanced functions, or highschool calc, or something higher level? (can anyone link the syllabus below perhaps??)

- how hard is coop to get into?? do grades play a BIG role? is it worth having to take an extra year or two?

- anything else I should know that they don't typically tell you?

- lastly, advice, advice, advice!!

thanks so much ya'll, would appreciate the feedback!

Anybody know of evening Zumba classes for women ages 55+? My mother is beginning her exercise journey and wants to try out Zumba. I found one community centre class but it's during the day when she works. Any suggestions will be great!

I recently signed a lease for a year starting in the spring term. I signed the lease through a real estate agent, seemed legit enough. I thought that I was lucky being quick to the game after the real estate agent told me that accomod8u sold the building super recently to a new company LK apartments.

a few weird things have happened.

1. A 500$ key deposit that I had the real estate agent confirm would be refunded when i give back the key and fob at the end of my tenancy. I had a bad feeling that they would use the "key deposit" as a damage deposit and try to keep it for no reason but i guess that they cant do that, it has to be refunded if i give the key back. the realtor had me send this deposit to an accomod8u email address which i was assured was just cause they were still offloading the property to LK. the reason i was given for the price was that the lock cannot be rekeyed as a safety measure and therefore, a loss of key would mean door replacement, it was a hefty door, would probably be 500$ to replace.

2. I asked the agent flat out "there are no roaches here right?" he laughed and said "oh my god no" and then i came to find a comment on a post on here about the apartments that my specific building had the roaches especially bad two years ago.

3. they are asking for a million dollar liability insurance policy now that I've signed my lease. the agent told me i needed 30 000$ contents insurance (quoted for like 30$/month and lowers my car insurance too) but now it looks like i need to get million dollar liability insurance as a 20 year old... how much do we think that is team?

guys... I've already given them over 4000 dollars for first and last months rent and the key deposit. can somebody please tell me if they live there and what its like for them? can somebody let me know if they have some signature tricks or some ways to beat the landlords?

thanks,

a girl living by herself for the first time.

Keep your eyes open folks on the ion line, one for the trains has broke down and they currently have 3 train together to get the middle one home ..

I was very fortunate enough to meet only social ppl in CS I hope I stay blessed 🧎‍♀️‍➡️🙏

Ngl sometimes chatgpt makes some very dumb math mistakes, any alternative to this for helping me understand questions, or should I prompt it differently?

Is anyone commuting to Markham from Waterloo for co-op? I have to go in twice a week, but I also can’t find a sublet rip cuz my co-op just confirmed an extension. I will split 407 with you! Please DM me if this is something you can do. 😭

Edit: if you also need a room let me know lol

So , I might receive a job offer through a referral.
But I want to give the BETS video interview just to ensure I have something to fall back on. But if it works like rank/match and if I'm matched, then I cannot refuse the offer, can I? My co - op advisor said that they will communicate the job offer through email and it is possible for me to refuse that, but even then she didn't seem absolutely sure...

Trump just declared tariffs on all US trading partners at a minimum of 10%, and for quite a few countries the tariffs rates are much higher. How will this affect Waterloo students? In terms of cost of living, availability of (American) coops and the overall job market, etc.

Hi guys, unfortunately I lost my keychain thing (has house keys and UWaterloo id) on Lester street about an hour ago. A picture of them was posted - picture attached - and i got in contact with the poster to find them but they seem to have possibly been picked up by someone.

I’ve called the turnkey desk to see if they were dropped off but they seem to haven’t. I just wanted to see if I could possibly identify who may have picked them up or if they even where and if they have or plan to drop them off at the turnkey desk or we could arrange a pick up.

I’d really appreciate any help. My DMs are open :)

Are lecture notes better than book for acing the finals, we have lecture notes posted on my learning space and comparing it with the book some stuff is not included even with the chapters mentioned on the exam, if you have taken ma103 before, what should I do? Continue with the book or these notes?

Cant go because I will be out traveling. It is in Kitchner on May 8th. Selling for $180 dollars (paid 199 after taxes)

I recenty got called for an interview for the student technical assistant position during spring This is the first time I'm ever getting interviewed for a job If anyone has ever worked at the position, what kind of questions can I expect

There is a valley here from the neighbors roof and I was wondering if that's causing it to overflow instead of water flow issues

Power just went out at Victoria St and Westmount Rd. Looking through the window, even traffic lights are out. Enova’s website says expected resolution by 9 pm!!

Anyone else without power?

Edit: Power’s back

Hi,

Our family is moving to the Mill Pond Hespeler area in May. I’m looking for a daycare for my 2 year old but i’m waitlisted everywhere. Does anyone know any good daycares (part of the CWELCC plan) that may have shorter waitlists? Kind of panicking at this point.

Also how is this area in general? We did drive around a bit and everything seems pretty good and within a close distance but would love to hear more from this community.

Thanks in advance! 🙏🏼

Someone's keys were left on Lester St about ten minutes ago. Hopefully, you can retrieve them! If they're yours and you can’t retrieve them, I'll go pick them up.

Does anyone know of a KW Chinese food restaurant that sells Calgary style crispy ginger beef?

Interviewer: Were you stalling or were you solving?

You: I-I don't know.

Interviewer: Start coding.

You: def invert_list(ls--

Interviewer: IN C++ DAMN IT, look at me!

You: vector<int> invertList(vector<int> lst) {reverse(ls-

Interviewer: No

You: vector<int> invertList(vector<int>& lst) { if (!lst.empty( --

Interviewer: Stop! Stalling or solving?!

Stalling.

Interviewer: SO YOU DON'T KNOW THE LOGIC! If you're deliberately wasting my working hours, I will fuck you like a goose. Now are you a staller, or are you a solver, or are you gonna be ON MY FUCKING TEAM!!??

You: I'm gonna be on your team.

Interviewer: How efficient is this code?

You: O(n2).

Interviewer: Optimize to O(n).

int sum = 0, totalSum = 0; for (int num : nums--

Interviewer: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! I didn't know they allowed business majors into Waterloo, am I to understand that you cannot code effienctly? Can you even fucking read syntax? What is that?

You: A pointer.

Interviewer: Yes, now what is that?

You: An abstract class constructor.

Interviewer: Now answer my question, were you stalling, or were you solving?

You: ...

Interviewer: ANSWER!!!!

You: Stalling....

Interviewer: Oh my dear God... are you one of those cs116 to 136 people? Do I look like a funded fucking startup to you? You must be a sweat. Are you a sweat?

You: No...

You: No? So you just wouldn't work unpaid overtime for this?

You: No I would-

Interviewer: So are you a sweat? Yes or fucking no? ... Yes, yes you are.

You: Yeah..

Interviewer: Say it.

You: I'm a sweat.

Interviewer: Say it so the whole Tatham Center can hear you.

You: I'm a sweat!

Interviewer: Louder!

You: I'M A SWEAT!

Interviewer: LOUDER!!!!!

You: I'M A SWEAT!!!!

Interviewer: You are a worthless, friendless, women creeping piece of shit, whose startup fell through when he realized another dating app won't help Waterloo men, and it was now weeping and slobbering all over my key board like a fucking Comp Math major!

So, for the final FATHER FUCKING TIME, SAY IT LOUDER!!

You: I'M A SWEAT!!!!!!

(Whiplash - youtu.be/b9ilXLsz0KE?si=bKayY9Sgx-5uxCQj)

does anyone have notes for the last few weeks of classes? i haven’t been able to attend consistently because of personal reasons so my notes aren’t consistent with the flow of the course. i’d appreciate anything

I saw the region and the union reached an agreement last friday, so is the dump on Erb open now? Thanks.

Used to be $9 for one day, 90 minutes. Now it's $13 for one day, 60 minutes.

snow + thunder + lightning is a crazy combo js pack it up close the school and go home to ur families

Just trying to decide how much time I need to allow for running kids around this afternoon. Or if I need to just call activities off bc the roads are too spotty.

Holy cow, Waterloo is coming out UNIFIED on this one: Conditions SUCK, Stay Home.

Hi everyone,

I’m a future student at Laurier coming from California. I don’t know anybody going to WLU (Because I don’t live in Canada, obviously) so I wanted to see if anyone is potentially looking for a roommate.

I am an artist first and foremost, so I’d love to be roommates with another art-loving person. I do freelance digital character work so you’d probably see me drawing a lot, and I wouldn’t want to bother a non-artist with it.

I’m generally quite tidy and am a varied mix between being introverted and extroverted. I tend to get up pretty early and go to bed at around 11.

As I understand it, you can request roommates in residency… so let me know if you’d be potentially interested! It would be cool to talk over instagram or something and see if we’d be compatible. And feel free to ask questions if you’d like.

Not sure how common this is to do in Canada, but everyone here is doing it and I felt left out :).

Thanks!

I'm thinking about buying a wooden/bamboo/glass/plastic flute, but searching online has been fruitless. Ideally, a wooden C flute would be great, because I don't want to be stuck to a narrow range of keys because I compose music in many different keys.

Thanks in advance! If I have to travel to Toronto, I will, but I'd rather support my local community!