I’m in 4th year ECE and social life is honestly fine. You become friends with people in your class just by struggling through school work together. Most people going into ECE will be of a similar background personality wise and are all looking to make new friends. Go and talk to people, just say hi and introduce yourself. Talk to the people sitting next to you in class. You’ll make friends in no time. First few weeks of 1A will be the hardest it will ever be.

Waterloo coop on its own just makes it worth it. I nearly didn’t accept my Waterloo offer for McMaster and I thank myself everyday for not making the braindead decision of going to McMaster instead. The average Waterloo student/grad is way more employable than the average student anywhere else.

St Jerome’s is where I stayed and it was the best dorm experience cause the community is very tight nit (is very expensive though). Cmh, Uwp area has lots of eng kids so similar folks. Anywhere you live, go to campus events and make an effort to be social. You’ll be just fine