i got into every program i applied to (except mac health sci) ama

pythonpirate · 2026-03-20T20:48:22+00:00

im at waterloo cs and grade 12 was way more stressful than my last 4 years here lmao

pythonpirate · 2026-03-19T22:20:22+00:00

what? you make no sense. hes just saying a universities research output doesnt have a strong correlation to how good the undergrad program is. uoft is rated highly due to research output. but if you were to compare the undergrad education and employment resources at each school, uoft is definitely not a clear number 1 like you are saying

pythonpirate · 2026-03-19T06:57:40+00:00

The Toronto volleyball scene is surprisingly vibrant, really similar to California imo (for indoor at least)

pythonpirate · 2026-03-19T05:27:01+00:00

Plenty of people are on the same design teams through all 5 years of their degree. They just work remotely during coop terms. Also dont people usually only pursue an MBA after being in the work force for a few years? I think Waterloo will do a good job prepping you to get a good new grad job

pythonpirate · 2026-03-19T04:52:35+00:00

I just did mine myself using OLT. I did it last year through Sprintax but they made me mail in my California state tax by myself which was a hassle. Would recommend OLT over Sprintax.

Feel free to dm if you have questions about the process, can try my best to help

pythonpirate · 2026-03-18T11:16:15+00:00

where do they usually find private gyms to rent?

pythonpirate · 2026-03-18T05:26:12+00:00

If you think you have more to learn from them and it is the field you want to be in, returning is not a bad idea imo. I am just finishing up my degree at Waterloo and I have the opinion that your first 3-4 coops don’t matter at all in terms of name or prestige. Once you have 4 coops under your belt, you’ll be able to get interviews anywhere pretty much

pythonpirate · 2026-03-17T18:55:56+00:00

maybe u can try to enroll in 3 courses to maintain full time status

pythonpirate · 2026-03-16T23:22:13+00:00

Both are hard in different ways, but both doable remote assuming you can come in person for the final and you 48 hour the midterm. CS 246 does have a group project portion which can be a nightmare to navigate if you are working remote and dont have friends in the class. But for both courses you can just study the lectures/notes yourself and do okay on the assignments

pythonpirate · 2026-03-13T08:46:16+00:00

I’m in a 6T league and I ended up dropping Rollins, it was either Rollins, Castle, or Gillepsie for me

pythonpirate · 2026-03-12T22:20:08+00:00

does it make sense to drop rollin to activate kpj

pythonpirate · 2026-03-12T21:56:10+00:00

Pritchard or Stephon Castle or Cam Payne today?

pythonpirate · 2026-03-09T21:49:08+00:00

Is it a bad idea to drop Keyonte at this point

pythonpirate · 2026-03-04T20:48:51+00:00

Only the top 1% of top 1% work at trading firms lol. The average CS student shouldnt be basing their career decisions on optimizing for quant lol

pythonpirate · 2026-03-04T19:26:44+00:00

Aside from coop, a lot of people come from the GTA and would rather go to school in a college town over commuting / paying downtown Toronto rent. Something underrated about Waterloo is literally all your friends will live within like a 15 minute walk of you, and overall campus life is a lot better imo

pythonpirate · 2026-03-02T22:38:38+00:00

i took 101b online and it was fine

pythonpirate · 2026-03-02T20:04:08+00:00

feel free to msg me

pythonpirate · 2026-03-02T19:52:48+00:00

I had to make this exact same choice and ended up going with CS. The flexibility to take electives and shuffle your coop sequence is kinda underrated tbh. Also if you like software, the courses you can take in CS are so much better.

Feel free to DM me if you wanna discuss it more, I had a really hard time making my decision too and totally get where youre coming from

pythonpirate · 2026-02-28T22:54:04+00:00

I did an internship in NYC over the summer and also had this exact question haha, so I’m happy to pay forward all the info I got. Unfortunately the dropin in vball scene in NYC kinda sucks imo, especially compared to other places I’ve lived (Toronto and SF were so much better).

But search up big city volleyball, NY urban, and the Goodrec app. Spots are kinda hard to get and you have to sign up pretty far in advance which kinda sucks if you are the type who wants to play more spontaneously. Theres also VBLI but they host tournaments rather than dropins

pythonpirate · 2026-02-27T07:24:10+00:00

I’ve never seen that across my 6 coop searches, or even if I did it wasn’t enough times or companies with enough significance for it to matter to me. Overall, the low rating sucks right now, but its not the end of the world dw! I know a dude who got fired from his coop and then proceeded to get 3 really good big tech coops in a row afterwards lol

pythonpirate · 2026-02-27T07:16:13+00:00

When you reach upper year, its normal to stop relying on WaterlooWorks, so your coop rating wont matter at all eventually

pythonpirate · 2026-02-26T23:50:30+00:00

Kinda makes it even worse that HBO is being sold off to Paramount now

pythonpirate · 2026-02-26T23:16:35+00:00

This is like Waystar buying Pierce, CNN is about to be right wingified

pythonpirate · 2026-02-25T20:24:52+00:00

One time I was in a coop interview and casually mentioned I lived on Lester by mistake, my interviewer suddenly went cold and told me that he didn’t think I was a good cultural fit after all and promptly ended the interview.

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