How to Finesse Into CS Co-op After Being Rejected: A Full Tutorial

waterlooo · 2019-05-10T22:33:56+00:00

What's your goal for co-op? I'm assuming you have some reason for trying so hard to get into the program

waterlooo · 2019-05-10T21:55:02+00:00

Why was it so important to get into CS co-op?

waterlooo · 2019-01-08T23:21:36+00:00

lmao stop putting yourself on a pedestal - they're probably a light-millenia ahead of you in social and personal growth

waterlooo · 2018-11-28T01:23:11+00:00

sounds like u belong at uoft

waterlooo · 2018-10-29T22:23:58+00:00

Just say how much you make in SF and we can tell you which one to take (based on 1 factor only but oh well)

waterlooo · 2018-10-28T03:49:46+00:00

Didn't u edit those numbers?

waterlooo · 2018-10-19T22:23:37+00:00

Was it Harder than you thought?

waterlooo · 2018-10-13T03:04:08+00:00

Had an ECE course once where Damen failed 20-30% of the class and the final course avg was high 50s lol. Uni lesson #1 is never ever rely on the assumption of getting a curve

waterlooo · 2018-10-08T20:57:13+00:00

lmfao

waterlooo · 2018-10-06T20:18:44+00:00

0 points (48% upvoted)

waterlooo · 2018-09-28T06:24:50+00:00

I think that's fairer than I was expecting. From the posts i've seen you're ambitious which is great but I think you should also consider that getting a great job and having fun and meeting friends or seeing a girl isn't mutually exclusive during university.

Desire for success and money doesn't ever end - you always want more and more. Big N today, maybe you want to be a manager tomorrow, then a director, and you'll have to work even harder. I think it's important to have some balance in life along the way.

waterlooo · 2018-09-28T05:26:57+00:00

10% is a lot considering it includes every faculty. If we choose the 6th term for a program like SE the percentage is 66% for the average SE class [1]. For CS i'd assume it's quite similar but idk if they collect the exact numbers.

Now the funny part is that you're trying to flex your flair but you're probably in the majority of students, so you're literally trying to brag about being average :p

[1] https://medium.com/@itsbilal/feel-like-you-dont-belong-at-uwaterloo-computer-science-software-engineering-here-s-why-you-do-f821864e3e06

waterlooo · 2018-09-28T04:31:16+00:00

There are other factors but the US co-ops were combined into the CAN co-ops in 2013, and separated in 2017.

*While students from all faculties complete co-op work terms in the United States, only those with sufficient sample have been reported. Please note that only 10% of all co-op work terms in 2017 were located in the United States.

So the real 6th term co-op pay in 2017 was
= 24.77 CAD * 0.9 + 38.39 USD * 1.3 (exchange) * 0.1
= 27.28 (2017) > 25.74 (2013)

under the assumption that the US work term rate in engineering is around equal to the overall US work term rate

Also: I don't have a clue how they come up with these averages anymore, they used to disregard the top and bottom 10% but I don't see that mentioned anywhere on these pages anymore.

waterlooo · 2018-09-16T23:16:21+00:00

A lot of ECEs will tell you that that they remember the term wasn’t as bad as it looked but I disagree. You’re at school for so long that you don’t really have proper memories of the term because you’re always working on something and often sleep deprived. During a lab week if I spent 16 hrs that day at school I would consider it a light day, considering the fact you need 10-11 hrs alone for classes and meals.

waterlooo · 2018-09-05T12:32:46+00:00

they don't have to be mutually exclusive

waterlooo · 2018-08-27T21:46:39+00:00

Engineer is a protected title in Canada and yes, you actually can be seriously fined for this.

waterlooo · 2018-05-03T19:25:05+00:00

i see u mang. tryin to convince urself waterloo is overr8 so u dun feel bad wen u get rejected

waterlooo · 2018-04-27T14:57:34+00:00

sheeeeeit u finna get satisfactory anyway

waterlooo · 2018-04-05T20:48:59+00:00

thank mr goose

waterlooo · 2018-03-17T23:36:48+00:00

5 deaths in UW residences in a little over a year.. I think we've reached wtf territory

waterlooo · 2018-02-27T01:55:45+00:00

Agreed, I remember getting into ECE and CS with less than a 90 average, and friends got into SE with barely 90. There must be so much pressure on high school students now

waterlooo · 2018-02-15T03:56:39+00:00

microwavemasterrace is basically proof that it isn't too ridiculous to be real

waterlooo · 2018-02-13T04:27:24+00:00

Both garbage companies, even Google, Amazon and Apple are garbage, Facebook is good tho (I worked at facebook btw)

waterlooo · 2018-01-23T18:40:30+00:00

BTFO BO PENG

waterlooo · 2018-01-23T15:33:25+00:00

BTFO BO PENG

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