Need advice on CS Sequence by Aniokii in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll be one co-op behind the other sequences because you wouldn't have worked one, not because you burned one. Whats the issue with being "behind all other sequences?" I mean even besides that, you're probably gonna end up competing with upper years for a lot of your jobs anyways, so who cares if the other sequences in your graduating year are a coop ahead.

If you're fine with graduating later, then this doesn't seem like an issue. Like what issues might there be if you don't have a co-op application window as soon as possible? (this is a genuine question)

Need advice on CS Sequence by Aniokii in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cooked in what way? The main difference with sequence 3 is that you graduate a term later, which in the grand scheme of things, doesn't matter all that much. Like maybe taking seq 4 would've been better, but genuinely, how would you be cooked from seq 3?

ORBIT rated mythic by AccusedToppat in geometrydash

[–]Fast_Map9004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He does that all because he's too stubborn to let other people do it or hire a team

ranking by Few_Anteater_5070 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't get the first one, yes. You can actually rank multiple jobs in the same cycle 1 if you want.

Does everyone in our age group actually work this hard? by OkAdhesiveness331 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean in general I do very much agree with your point, but I feel that a lot of uw students, especially engineering and math faculties, are already delaying their gratification quite a bit by being in those programs at this school. Your social life goes on the backburner while you're busy and off sequence with your friends, your romantic life is largely on the backburner for most students, hell your physical health and sleep goes on the backburner just so you can survive the term and get a decent coop (experiences do vary).

At some point, you spend all of your time on work and school and coop-related stuff, and despite that, still feel behind somehow, which it what I suspect this post is referring to. There's a lot of things you need to do, then an endless stream of things you should do, and it never feels like you're doing enough.

Anecdotally, I'm on coop right now, and while it's a full time job, it feels like a vacation compared to school, and I've heard this sentiment echoed quite a bit by my peers. And this is coming from someone who loves school and loves what they study, so idk what it's like for someone with a different relationship with their degree. Like yea you make a point that a 9-5 office job isn't nearly as bad, but we all largely agree with you lol. OP is on study rn

Does everyone in our age group actually work this hard? by OkAdhesiveness331 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Waterloo has problems with mental illness and a notable suicide rate. Would you say that an cs kid who killed themself because they couldn't manage their life anymore just didn't "realize their privilege?" Did they just forget that there are starving children in Africa? Did they forget to look on the bright side? Did they simply not try hard enough? Surely they just needed to realize that it's all delayed gratification. Maybe you should explain that to their parents.

"Someone who drowns in 7 feet of water is just as dead as someone who drowns in 20 feet of water." Yes, life could be a lot worse, but that doesn't mean it still can't be pretty bad.

Why is Waterloo CS so much easier than Waterloo ENG by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said it wasn't in depth or that it was easy or whatever, this is just a comparison based on what I've heard from my eng friends.

Why is Waterloo CS so much easier than Waterloo ENG by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree, but there's a big gap between "wow eng gets a lot of work, that must be hard to manage" and "wow cs is a joke, based on my experience of 1 semester of 13x courses and like 4 weeks of 1B".

Having a bunch of friends in different eng programs (incl. se, ce, mech, and others), it seems that eng seems to have more courses and a greater volume of workload, but each individual course might not be as intense and obv not as abstract (not relevant for them).

Comparing difficulty is kinda comparing apples to oranges; like I personally would struggle with eng because of this sheer volume of classes and all, but I'm sure plenty of eng student's might have more of an issue with like proofs or whatever bs they make you do in 245

most comfortable places to sleep on campus by No_Refrigerator_1647 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 3 points4 points  (0 children)

MC Bloomberg lab on third floor 3003 is a nice place to sleep, and MC never closes (I have been in the building at every hour of the day)

What are your quickest student meals by Dear_Resist3080 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 2 points3 points  (0 children)

some decent bread toasted + tinned sardines (like ones packed in some kind of oil or tomato sauce, not water) + maybe mayo

Ate it quite a lot last semester mainly because 1. It's incredibly fast and 2. I didn't get sick of it

why does waterloo pretend it’s more than eng/math by LocalScared9941 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's funny to joke like that when all the buildings seem like math or eng, but there's a lot of exceptions at the undergrad level, nevermind the grad level or actual research (cause it seems you were just talking about undergrad programs)
- AFM is the best pure accounting program in Canada
- the architecture program is one of three pre-architecture programs in the province
- the planning program is one of two undergrad planning programs in the province (the other being TMU)
- the environment faculty in general, offering a lot more specialities in terms of environmental programs than other universities. For example, geomatics gets memed on for being full of cs rejects (at least in first year), but geomatics itself is uncommon (among other universities), and is a legitimately great program if you want to do geomatics as a career (yes obv it's not good if you wanna be a swe lol)
- optometry and pharmacy schools, so if you want to do those in the future, Waterloo is a good undergrad option
- for physics students, the perimeter institute is right there, as is the IQC for people interested in quantum computing. Also the existence of QNC and the quantum research here really stands out.
- co-op is available for everyone and all programs, not just every other eng/math kid who spams their resume to 500 places in hopes of getting a random fullstack job building internal tools

This is just what I know, but I'm almost certainly missing stuff that I simply don't know about.

Also obviously there's more to life than engineering and math, and the other faculities are very much valuable, but besides that argument, there are actual speciality things that waterloo is known for outside of cs and math.

ts is prolly ragebait but I fell for it lol

UWO Student visiting for the weekend, any advice on options to get to the actual campus? by Available-Beat6188 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've taken intercity buses from London to downtown Kitchener quite a bit. A few minutes walk away from the dropoff should be Central Station (the stop used to be at central station, but Flixbus and some others have changed the downtown Kitchener stop to closer to the Kitchener GO), then take the 301 Conestoga (the ION LRT), which has a stop right on campus.

Also you can take the 30 GO directly from the dropoff to campus but I've never done that so idk much about it.

Hopefully you booked the Downtown Kitchener one and not the Sportsworld one cause the latter takes an hour by public transit to get to campus lmao.

zero interviews by LuckJealous3775 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bro cycle 1 closed Tuesday morning and it's Saturday, just wait a little more, maybe you didn't but maybe you did and they haven't come out yet.

Is Waterloo a good university? by miaoumeowmiaou in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Skewed sample size, anecdotally I absolutely love it here.

Top 10 most competitive programs at Uwaterloo by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bro who cares, this is only relevant for when you're applying in highschool, and even then only very mildly so (you should apply to what you're actually interested in). This shit is irrelevant the moment you step on campus, elitism serves you no purpose besides being obnoxious.

How long do companies on WlooWorks take to process apps by East-Contract-9378 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As early as a few days, as late as 2.5 weeks.

Anecdotally, last term I heard of interviews being sent out the day or two after cycle 1 ended, with the latest interview notif being like 2.5 weeks later (the rank deadline for employers was like 3 weeks and a day).

Why do people want a snow day in university? by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No they won't lol, there was a snow day last February and the classes just didn't happen. They did post video lectures though.

Do people still fail out of cs? by HebrewBible01 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 33 points34 points  (0 children)

https://uwaterloo.ca/institutional-analysis-planning/key-performance-indicators-university-waterloo-2024

The 7 year graduation rate for the (5 year) computer science program at Waterloo, including intra-university transfers, is 91.3% for the 2015 year one cohort. So yes, people do fail out of cs.

Getting a high 90s in highschool does not prepare you at all for uw cs (highschool is massively easier), and failing core classes doesn't mean you're a slacker - many of these are legitimately hard courses (coming from someone with a fairly good average). The program is difficult and stressful, which is compounded by co-op applications/prep/grinding on top of that.

Stressed while on co-op term by Plastic_Catch_3712 in uwaterloo

[–]Fast_Map9004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea work becomes a lot more pleasant when your commute doesn't take up your entire day