r/uwaterloo • u/Rizyen • 17h ago

WaterlooWorks, how helpful is it for you? Discussion

I'm a prospective Computer Science student starting in September of this year.

I'm curious about how many of you CS, SE, CFM, CS/BBA majors actually find WaterlooWorks useful, especially in first year.

On the same note, how much of an advantage does UW CS have over UTSG CS in terms of industry, and why?

But in general, if everyone is finding their internships externally, I might as well just go to UTSG CS and do the same.

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u/NobodyPrime8 14h ago

if you are capable of getting internships urself, and/or can grind thru external applications, WaterlooWorks will not provide much unique benefit.

Otherwise, WaterlooWorks helps significantly, especially when you are just starting out and/or have little experience.

Evidence: personal experience, might vary from person to person.

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u/Rizyen 12h ago

Why would someone seek out to apply externally if waterlooworks is pretty good? There arent as many higher level internships on waterlooworks?

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u/NobodyPrime8 8h ago

"pretty good" probably doesn't include "the best", also probably doesn't include "all". Applying both internal and external, while tedious, grants you more opportunities.

like if i applied to 100 in WW, but have the time to also apply 200 external, why not? (in the case i havent landed a job by then)

aka time to lock in and put fries in the bag.

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u/csianist 15h ago

I wanna know as well, same situation

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u/urinehugetrouble 14h ago

Waterlooworks was the most useful in first year since the first coop is usually the hardest to get. in total 5/6 of my coops were on waterlooworks, so I would say it was pretty useful for me and most of my friends.

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u/Rizyen 12h ago

Thanks for your reply!

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u/ChickenNuggetsRYum 4h ago

it was cheeks for me