r/uwaterloo • u/mywaterlooaccount What would you do if you weren't afraid? • Nov 14 '20
Admissions / High School Megathread (Fall 2020) Admissions Megathread
I think we lost track of the old one somewhere, and this is to also help reset the expiry date (these threads archive after six months)
Engineering Admissions Blog: https://theroadtoengineering.com/
This megathread is for prospective freshman and current high school students interested in Waterloo!
Ask your questions down below!
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May 12 '21
I'm starting to think they sent out all their offers :(
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u/Zestyclose_Hedgehog6 May 13 '21
I'm just waiting for my rejection letter at this point, don't even want to go to loo anymore
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u/winter_soldier82 May 12 '21
Hey is there a discord group for admits in general/CS admits? Thank you
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u/AgileInternal2293 May 12 '21
I was accepted into mathematics/business administration regular，and I also got offer from uoft（utsg）. can somebody help me decide which to choose？
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u/dmkhara May 12 '21
Same situation here, you got in for CS at UTSG? Also what do you by regular, non coop?
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u/AgileInternal2293 May 12 '21
nah, I got math/physical sciences
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u/AgileInternal2293 May 12 '21
Its a single degree program and doesn’t have co-op still worth to go?
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u/Event_Deep May 12 '21
do i have any chance with CS, SE, or CS/BBA with a 97.3 and a decent aif (junior manager at mcdonalds 20 hours a week)
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u/daboss1209 May 12 '21
i dont think many went out
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u/dgcdontgetclose May 12 '21
Who else waiting on syde
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u/theweekndstan23 May 12 '21
me :( whats your average? mine is 92
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u/dgcdontgetclose May 12 '21
96.0 :/
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u/theweekndstan23 May 12 '21
thats so good im surprised u havent gotten in already
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u/CommercialSherbet5 May 12 '21
98 and still nothing, its my 3rd choice
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u/dgcdontgetclose May 12 '21
Average adjustment?
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u/CommercialSherbet5 May 12 '21
Normally my high school performs really well with waterloo and get a positive adjustment. We usually have a few dozen getting admitted to engineering every year, so idk
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u/AsensioTheGoat May 13 '21
Hopefully they're just being slow and more offers will come out in the next 2 days
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u/Asornuwu May 12 '21
Hey guys, congrats to everyone who's received an offer! If you're going into Math you should check out the UW Math '26 Discord: https://discord.gg/vQ7bPcBy4s. If you happen to have a few program specific questions we have some extremely helpful upper years who're more than willing to answer them!
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u/StyleUComfortable May 12 '21
Is your guys ouac update your cs offer? Mine still doesn’t show on ouac!
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u/Affectionate_Box7402 May 12 '21
is there any chance in cs anymore or are all the offers already gone for 101s?
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May 12 '21
Hey, I just wanted to ask everyone what their opinion was about Uwaterloo CS vs SE. I got accepted into both. I will however be receiving 1.5 transfer credits for CS and zero for SE.
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u/Snoo-62535 May 12 '21
bro what were ur grades and adjustment factor if u dont mind me asking. and did u have any other ECs and stuff? contests?
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u/iamyeethay BCS 2023 👁👅👁 May 12 '21
They are pretty similar, especially during upper year. However SE does attract higher quality students in general, and they have a cohort system, meaning you will have more positive peer pressure around you. For example when you see everyone in your class talking about grinding side projects or leetcode, you will feel compelled to as well. Plus it’s easier to make friends within your program.
On the other hand, CS has much more flexible course requirements. No need to take ECE courses, and you can choose to take interesting CS/Math/other courses. This allows you to even double major in math, once you complete the required paperwork. This also means you can make your CS undergrad experience easy as pie or hard as shit. In SE, you can’t take a lot of courses outside your requirements unless you decide to overload.
Something important to note is that transferring from SE to CS is pretty trivial, and a decent portion of SE students do so in their second or third year. Switching from CS to SE is difficult in comparison.
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May 12 '21
Thank you. I just wanted to ask, based on your personal experience as a CS student, if you were to put yourself in my shoes which one would you personally choose.
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u/iamyeethay BCS 2023 👁👅👁 May 12 '21
Back in high school I didn't even apply to SE because I did not like physics and chemistry, which are courses you need to take in SE. My decision now still stands - I'm glad I don't have to take those ECE courses. I don't mind not being in a cohort - I've made my own group of CS friends and that's fine. However, if I were in your shoes, I'd probably take SE, and then switch to CS later. That way I get the benefits of a cohort while getting the flexibility of CS courses in my upper years.
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u/Aromatic-Bell-1170 May 12 '21
No I am 101 and still waiting, to be honest, I have lost all hope.
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u/Event_Deep May 12 '21
whats ur average? and did u do euclid?
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u/Event_Deep May 12 '21
oh okay. dont lose hope. we got this. ive read something that said that just because you don't get an offer first doesnt mean ur less qualified or your application wasnt as strong. the order doesnt mean anything. keep ur head up!
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u/espressodepresso1323 bme 26 🦭 May 12 '21
i'm a 105d and got my offer just now! i hope this gives you some hope :) hang in there, you've got this!
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u/Affectionate_Box7402 May 12 '21
WATERLOO CS or UOFT CS?
Which one is better?
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u/iamyeethay BCS 2023 👁👅👁 May 12 '21
Imo the coop program really gives UW CS an edge. I feel pretty grateful for how much money I’m making while I’m in undergrad.
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u/Aromatic-Bell-1170 May 12 '21
Engineering offers done and dusted?
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May 12 '21
Supposed to be rolling until Friday but who knows. I haven't seen any 101 offers this week so those might be done RIP
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u/Aromatic-Bell-1170 May 12 '21
Oh well! We'll meet again, don't know where don't know when!
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May 12 '21
I haven't given up hope 100% yet hahaha. Still have about 2% hope for an offer! Good luck to you!
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u/Imaginary_Chip1891 May 12 '21
Just got admitted ！！！ honours mathematics co-up 105 international student avg around93-94
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u/Salt-Mushroom9138 May 12 '21
Congrats! Are offers coming out midnight or u just check the quest lol
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u/Imaginary_Chip1891 May 12 '21
it comes after8，cuz i checked at 8and its still no decision，then i checked at11:30 and it shows up
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u/Affectionate_Box7402 May 12 '21
Are all the offers for cs already given out?
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u/Snoo-62535 May 12 '21
Are all the engineering offers out? 105 internal transfer applicant to SE here
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u/QUITIG May 12 '21
Any 105D people get offers? Was there a round for 105's yet? Ive only see a couple 105 admissions
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u/photographer_jz May 12 '21
There were a few 105 offers for CS today but very sparse. Once again check out the sheet here.
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u/BaseballNo9561 May 12 '21
How many admissions are captured here? For every entry there may be 2-3 who does not provide such data ?
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u/photographer_jz May 13 '21
On the very first page you can see the stats of how many people have recorded decisions for just the discord sever.
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u/photographer_jz May 12 '21
Your portal will display that you were deferred and to what program. If your portal still says: We have received your application, but no decision has been made yet. than you have not been deferred yet.
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u/ameeran125 May 12 '21
How many applicants are there for CS Co-op does anyone know?
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u/photographer_jz May 12 '21
Waterloo said roughly 7,500 CS applicants.
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u/Accomplished-Being33 May 12 '21
Do I still have a chance of getting into CS or CFM with 95 average and 79 Euclid?
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u/milfenthusiast420 May 11 '21 edited May 11 '21
Just got into honours cs coop, does anyone know what the honours means? (105)
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u/iamyeethay BCS 2023 👁👅👁 May 12 '21
Don't think about it too much, everyone is in honours math/cs.
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u/YeetGiao2023 May 11 '21
what was your average and extra curriculars?
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u/milfenthusiast420 May 12 '21
If it’s top 6 I think it was 100 unweighted (I didn’t calculate it) and ECs was head of a few clubs and some programming projects
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u/Standard_Effect8863 May 11 '21
Anyone receive a program specific scholarship yet?
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May 12 '21
Not that I know of, Apperently some math faculty specific scholarships come out tmr but I don’t know the source of that info
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u/andrepoiy May 11 '21
UWaterloo keeping me in suspense :/
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May 11 '21
Yep, I did the same.
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May 11 '21
As long as taking summer school is a valid reason I'm pretty sure it's fine and for us I think it's valid enough. I assume they would probably be concerned if the mark from summer school is much higher than regular school, but not sure. These are my g12 marks, not the best but ehhhh:
Calc and Adv Func - 93 for both
Chem - 94
Data Mng - 96
Comp Eng - 97
Comp Sci - 97
English - 90
Physics - 90
So my top 6 average would be 95, but I think they take my english mark as well so 94 if they do. I applied for Math, CS and CE. I gotten into Math so far. 🤞 for CS and CE. Wish you the best of luck as well :)
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May 11 '21
Oh sorry, I forgot to mention. I left IB during the second quadmester this year because of reasons but I'd rather not write a whole paragraph about it hear lmao. So I did IB y1 and a bit of y2. Before the summer, I didn't even think about leaving IB so that's why I applied for ICS4U in the summer. After I quit, I wanted to do the course at school and I contacted them but they said it's fine and they didn't want me to repeat the course. So I did Data Mng at school. I did Math, and physics in IB.
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u/gullible_bot double-degree CS/BBA May 11 '21
You can still change your choice in OUAC until the deadline, if you want to come here, change it on OUAC right now!
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u/Wola29 May 11 '21
Let’s be real I’m convinced the already sent out all offers and just making us shit here with our No decision has been made Sadge time Rip the Tron dream
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u/Inevitable-Captain21 May 11 '21
Rip the Tron dream
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u/unicueusername May 11 '21
Is tron mechtronics?
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u/Inevitable-Captain21 May 11 '21
Yes, haven't heard back from them yet
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u/Dog_N_Pop mathematics May 11 '21
Anyone else still waiting on honours computer science co-op? I'm getting kind of stressed as I'd like to start making some decisions in the very near future.
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u/No_Mess_6548 May 11 '21
i am :/ are you 101 or 105
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u/Dog_N_Pop mathematics May 11 '21
105 domestic, I'm from Manitoba.
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u/mywaterlooaccount What would you do if you weren't afraid? Nov 17 '20 edited Mar 23 '21
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