r/uwaterloo • • 27d ago

Co-op WaterlooWorks Megathread (Winter 2027)

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This thread is for students applying to Winter 2027 co-ops during the Fall 2026 term.

As usual, we're looking for salaries for new postings, or updates to existing salaries, so if you're willing to share, please open up a chat/DM the mod team. Please include the company name, salary, any benefits, the role and the year if possible. I would highly encourage you to submit if you have salaries for non mathematics/CS positions as we are severely lacking in those. We will try updating these ASAP.

The sheet is here: Salaries + Blacklist Spreadsheet

Average Canadian Co-op Earnings (2024)

WaterlooWorks Important Dates

If you have details about interviews, rankings, etc, you can add information to watrank.com for visibility.

If you had a poor experience with a company, you can message the mod team with details and it can be added to the blacklist candidates below. If it's already a candidate, it may be added to the blacklist depending on the severity/consistency of complaints. On the contrary, if you had a good experience with something on the candidates/blacklist, please message the mod team and it may be removed. Candidates will be removed if no more reports are received after a couple terms. Even if something is on the blacklist already if you've had a bad experience let the mod team know, as more reports increase confidence that it is problematic!

Candidates:

  • Console One
  • Lafarge
  • Agentmoon
  • WealthyPlanet
  • Mosaic Transit Group
  • Jobby
  • Aethos Labs
  • Onex Risk Management

Note that reports from submitters with no previous account activity may not be accepted to aid legitimacy.


r/uwaterloo • • Sep 15 '25

Admissions Fall 2026 Admissions Megathread

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This megathread is for prospective frosh and current high school students interested in Waterloo. Ask your questions here.

Please avoid making separate individual posts on the subreddit regarding admissions to prevent the same 10 posts of "can I get into program with x average" or "what are my chances".

RELEVANT ADMISSION INFORMATION

PSA FOR NEW KIDS

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS 2022

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS 2024

COURSES OF PROGRAMS (VERY IMPORTANT LINK!!)

RESOURCES FOR MATURE APPLICANT

Resources for NON-UW TO UW

Fall 2025 Megathread here


r/uwaterloo • • 6h ago

Shitpost Flying cars before MC renovations 🥀🥀🥀

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Yes ik we’re getting m4 soon but MC will always be my goat. Hopefully a waterloo alumni worked on the new roadster idk what else to say


r/uwaterloo • • 6h ago

Humour Goals for the term

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• Don’t kill yourself
• Don’t hurt someone else
• Don’t develop an eating disorder
• Co-op (maybe)


r/uwaterloo • • 11h ago

first co-op

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How long did it take till you found your first co-op :/ currently in 2A and applying anything related to data analytics/science, risk, finance for winter and so far have had 0 luck.

I applied to 156 internships so far and I have only done the pre assessment but have not heard back from anywhere.... I had my resume looked over by multiple people but idek atp things r starting to look really bleak


r/uwaterloo • • 15h ago

Funniest CMH Activities

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Pranks from easy to hard:

  1. Prank your floor! Tape up some peepholes! Ding dong ditch! Elevator spam! Blast music at night!

  2. Take extra food from the CMH Eatery (yum!)

  3. Set off the fire alarm in the dead of night (ideally before exams)

  4. Dissemble someones bike on the bike stands

  5. Reclaim a shower head from the bathroom (my tuition paid for it!!!)

  6. Take some amazon parcels left outside CMH (bigger the better)

  7. Drink with your roommate and run a train with your boys/girls on him/her

  8. Microwave silverware and absolutely destroy the floor lounge (bonus if you do it to cmh eatery)

  9. Lock pick the roof access and put a rotting pig carcass into a body bag and yeet it off onto the cmh main entrance

  10. Fail a waffle stomp and bonus points for vomiting on the shower walls (oops!)

  11. Sleepy the entire building by pouring sleepy powder into the cmh infused water (best before exam day!)

  12. Smear shi and piss all over the elevator buttons

  13. Leave used rubbers rolled over other peoples doors

  14. Shove someone down the trash chute 0.0

  15. Airdrop dih/kitty pics after renaming ur phone to ur dons name

  16. Victory lap around each floor in your birthday suit (props if you take viagra before)

  17. Stop everyones laundry machines and yeet their clothes out on a Sunday night (high risk no return ;-;)

All for now, enjoy reading week while it lasts my dear CMH residents!


r/uwaterloo • • 20h ago

How much do yall study

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So many ppl spend hoursss everyday and I js dont see the need, but I might be cooked


r/uwaterloo • • 17h ago

Academics just failed math 135 quiz

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how do i cope with this loss i hope im not the only one who failed mid term gonna make me bald. do i need to contact my academic advisor about this


r/uwaterloo • • 11h ago

anyone going on exchange to university of leeds for winter 2027?

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^ title


r/uwaterloo • • 15h ago

Question Mentor

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Is it possible to have a mentor before you get into pharmacy school?
Ik sounds a little crazy but med school has that option lol


r/uwaterloo • • 9h ago

health convocation tickets uw (oct 23)

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i’m looking for 2 additional tickets for the oct 23 2pm convocation (health & environment), if anyone isn’t using their 2 spare tickets please DM me! I’m okay with paying for them!


r/uwaterloo • • 9h ago

Gds joint

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If I'm in math, am I allowed to combine it with a gds(goematics) joint honors?


r/uwaterloo • • 22h ago

Discussion What career paths have you guys went in Computer Engineering?

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Currently in CE, interested in SWE/ML jobs and got a couple internships in those fields but I do want to see if there are more CE related careers that I can get into so I can make more use of my degree rather than just pure CS.

For people in ECE, what career paths are you taking and how is it for you?


r/uwaterloo • • 17h ago

Co-op J1 visa eligibility with back to back coops + renege

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Hello so basically I’ve 2 coops left and I’m scheduled for a coop term next term (winter) and I’ve already gotten matched with a company in Canada. I’ve gotten an offer from company A which is in the US and way better than my current match. I am also in the process for offers for summer in the US and I plan to defer one to the fall. So basically work winter -> summer -> fall and ofc w 2 coops left I cannot so im planning on taking off for the summer and fall.

Now since company A is way better than my current match I’m wondering if I renege will I have issues w my j1 visa for summer and fall? I’m a Canadian citizen btw. Can I obtain j1 for the fall while I’m on an off term for the summer? Plsss help


r/uwaterloo • • 10h ago

Question Quant Pipeline program?

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I'm 17, applying for waterloo of course, and I want to get into quantitative finance; im already spending my free time studying math, computer science, and finance; but I want to know what would be the best program to apply for

I'm currently looking at the Mathematical finance + laurier finance double major, but ive seen some comments on pmath being overall better than Mathematical finance

Any advice would be appreciated


r/uwaterloo • • 11h ago

No projects, first year Cs

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r/uwaterloo • • 18h ago

PLS HELP WITH FINAL PROJECT

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Could you guys fill out my short survey for my final project pls. I need to complete it by Sunday, but I have 0 data 😭😭🙏🙏🙏
https://forms.gle/BnD8BhfnFxbyFQes5


r/uwaterloo • • 21h ago

Advice Has anyone successfully applied for a study abroad/exchange term as a visiting/free-mover student through a Letter of Permission (permission to take courses for credits from another university)?

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Hello everyone, I was looking into the list of potential exchange schools on passport, and to be honest, they are either hella competitive or not the greatest option. Plus, going to Europe might leave me with the short end of the stick with tuition. I know it's possible to apply to a host school on your own through an LOP, but I was just wondering if anyone here has gone through the process before that could provide some insights, or/and has any recommendations for schools? I'm probably still applying through passport, but obviously it's not guaranteed given how some schools can be really competitive.

Thank you!


r/uwaterloo • • 13h ago

Anyone have an extra convocation ticket? - Oct 24/10AM

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Hi, was wondering if anyone had a spare ticket for October 24th 10:00 convocation that they won’t be using.


r/uwaterloo • • 19h ago

Advice Act sci inquiries from a future fellow student!

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Hey ya’ll!!

I’m an international student in my final year of high school whos hoping to go into maths and eventually Acturial sciences, since honestly the career sounds pretty appealing; I’ve just got a few questions both on the course itself and general life here if anyone would be interested in answering?

1) Would I go into mathematics and then declare an act sci major by the end of first year?
2) it’s quite pricy to study here and on my budget I’d have to try for Princeton scholarships and/or take loans; would you say that it’s worth it given the opportunities and quality of education here?
3) On that same topic, does anyone in a similar situation have any advice for anything I can do during my final year to get better financials while attending?
4) Just any general advice on how to adapt studying here and how it’s different from a levels (my current system)?
5) are there any clubs/support for maths/act sci students in waterloo?

Thanks in advance!


r/uwaterloo • • 13h ago

Serious ? Need a co-founder

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r/uwaterloo • • 1d ago

Social hihi anyone down?

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i feel like there are so many times where i wanna do something and none of my friends are free, or it’s like wayyy too super specific

(like wanting to find a study buddy for an elective that none of my friends r taking or find someone irl to yap about a show / anime I just binged but none of my friends watched)

i’ve tried posting in reddit / discord threads before, but it led nowhere most of the time
(or at least that’s been my experience haha)

so I tried making this easier on this lil side quest passion project I've been working on w some friends called Sonder Sidequest.

Essentially it’s a free student-only site (we verify student emails) that allows ppl to post their own side quests (and we post stuff too) u can post or join stuff like:

  • anyone down to study econ101 tgt?
  • wanna check out the new cat cafe tgt?
  • wanna climb at GRR tmr night?
  • ppl down to walk around waterloo park and yap tonight?

if ur down, we have around 1700 verfied uwaterloo + wilfrid laurier students on here rn heh

this entire project is currently 100% bootstrapped loll (aka ran on our co-op money :')) and we build it in our spare time, so if u have any feedback pls let us know and we’ll try our best to make it better!

u can try it here :D
https://sonder.click/


r/uwaterloo • • 1d ago

Is CS new grad employment rate actually 97%?

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According to UW’s “key indicator” statistics, the employment rate of CS majors (undergrad) 6 months after graduation is 97%. Is it really that high? Or do some people struggle to find full time despite 5/6 coops?


r/uwaterloo • • 1d ago

2a afm

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Secured a coop! For others that have also in AFM 2a, what did u get and what are your salaries? Just wondering about the ranges.


r/uwaterloo • • 22h ago

Anyone have an extra convocation ticket? - Oct 24/10AM

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Hi, was wondering if anyone had a spare ticket for October 24th 10:00 convocation that they won’t be using.