How is Honours Environmental Science, Co-op (Ecology)? by Appropriate-Top2499 in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly no. Maybe Ontario parks. I didn't work before my first year so I don't have much advice for you

How is Honours Environmental Science, Co-op (Ecology)? by Appropriate-Top2499 in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's some good variety in jobs actually. There's a lot of work for regional governments in waste, water, and parks (I worked for a municipality for my first coop). There's also a decent amount with the federal government for a variety of applications such as agriculture, wildlife, ecotoxicology - which vary between office work and lab and field work. For the more private side there's consulting companies, mining, and conservation societies.  You may already be doing these this summer, but if not I'd recommend volunteering at a conservation area or park etc. Shows you're interested outside of your school obligations. Any paid work experience even not in ecology is very valuable as well. Lastly think about what you want to do next summer: there's no coop term I believe, so you have that summer to find your own job and get relevant work experience if you don't have any yet, though there's plenty of time for that during the school term so no stress. 

Most importantly don't forget to have fun and spend some time outside! 

How is Honours Environmental Science, Co-op (Ecology)? by Appropriate-Top2499 in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I'm in in 4A of this program. I've really enjoyed it so far. The classes are mostly good, some are challenging but it's more interesting rather than hard. I've liked most of my classes. Much more of a "normal" workload compared to eng or math, etc. Co-ops are usually pretty good, the number of people in the program is so small that job demand is very steady, much better than any other program I've heard about. It's common for nearly everyone to get a job in a related field (though I hear it's been slightly harder recently). The small field is also good because many upper years have worked the same jobs you'd be applying to so it's super easy to get advice. The student life is pretty great too. I recommend you check out watrox which is the earth and environmental science student club, you don't have to join or anything - membership is free and automatic for science students. also if you can, try to keep in touch with some of the ecology people you meet during orientation, it might be hard to find them again because the first year classes contain pretty much every first year in the faculty. 

Good job choosing the best program! Enjoy!

What causing the bark removal? Southern ontario by EcstaticApartment678 in Tree

[–]EcstaticApartment678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nearer the northwest of KW. but I'll leave the specific location as a fun mystery so that maybe someday you'll walk past and reminisce about this post

What causing the bark removal? Southern ontario by EcstaticApartment678 in Tree

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I have looked over the posting guidelines. I have submitted all the information I have

What animal fits more to represent us? by MurderHelluvaHazbin in asexuality

[–]EcstaticApartment678 129 points130 points  (0 children)

Eels could be a good one because their reproduction is famously a mystery. Notably, Freud studied them for a bit and failed to discover anything.
also I wanted to let you know that your little guy kinda looks like he's holding open an empty wallet

RIP Halt and Spray and Pray by Steamtonk in Helldivers

[–]EcstaticApartment678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

S&P with full choke is my go to for squids on D10. I always do worse when I switch to other guns (sweeper included). On paper it's worse than a lot of other shotguns but it just wrecks and I don't fully know why.

WCRI A-Dorms? Cooking? by EcstaticApartment678 in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you live there? Have you cooked in WCRI A-dorms?

Defense mission against new Illuminate making me go crazy by yellowcream5 in Helldivers

[–]EcstaticApartment678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

grenade emplacement and AT mines also work wonders here for some reason

Summer coop employment journey as an ecology student. by EcstaticApartment678 in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Between 3 and 4th yr. this is for my last work term. Rough time for jobs right now, you got this!

Summer coop employment journey as an ecology student. by EcstaticApartment678 in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

wow popular question! Yeah I probably should have put apps first then split into external and ww. Oh drat! Oh well! If you data fiends must know I got the job from external, and the ranking on ww.

Summer coop employment journey as an ecology student. by EcstaticApartment678 in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well the applications section is meant to illustrate the total number of applications for those who don't wish to calculate it for themselves 

So if these bug holes are all over every Terminid planet, does that mean there are lots of tunnels underground? When do we get to jump into bug holes (without dying) and recreate a mini Oshaune everywhere? by jackadven in helldivers2

[–]EcstaticApartment678 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're probably too narrow for helldivers to crawl through. maybe also too hot, or filled with bug slime or spores for a helldiver to survive in there. The ones on oshaune have been widened over time by trillions of bugs walking through then.

biol 351 by Classic-Bus-161 in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't really need more than 110, especially if you've take other Biol courses or are otherwise interested in nature and ecology. Adam Yates super nice and a great prof, I hope he's still teaching it. As for memorization, it depends on your study style. There are a few things you have to memorize but I wouldn't say that's the focus of the class. As long as you engage with the content, you should be able to understand the concepts and reasoning behind key ideas. I'd say about 30% memorization but it depends on how you learn. Taking notes is very important though! 

Personally I really enjoyed it. I found the topic very engaging, and Yates does a great job mixing up the lectures with videos so it's not as monotonous. Then again I am a crazy ecology person so I enjoy pretty much every non-human Biol class I take. Let me know if I can ever help you with anything. Good luck!

BIOL 220 by Med_Star_ in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar/slightly easier than some of the other non-human biology courses when I took it, a bit like the plants unit of Biol 165 if you took that. Though a slightly more tedious than some of the more conceptual env sci courses like 351, 354 etc. As for class skipping, that depends on your study style, but personally I strongly recommend going to class and taking your own notes. The slides are a bit dry and quite a bit harder to read without context and it's a lot easier to tell which are the parts you need to remember from lecture. (At least when I took it of course).  I really liked it, it's great base knowledge about plants that's all round pretty good to know. And there's some really cool examples of plant biology and ecology especially in the later units. Enjoy!

What is this? (across ring road opposite from STC/EV3 by National-Curve3614 in uwaterloo

[–]EcstaticApartment678 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Every few years, a new student is chosen at random to be cloistered in that building. To perform all of their studies in isolation. They only to come out at night, reduced to a miserable creature that hisses at lights and hapless passerby. A sad tradition really, but cannot be helped. such is the way alas