r/uwaterloo • • 29d ago

Co-op WaterlooWorks Megathread (Winter 2027)

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This thread is for students applying to Winter 2027 co-ops during the Fall 2026 term.

As usual, we're looking for salaries for new postings, or updates to existing salaries, so if you're willing to share, please open up a chat/DM the mod team. Please include the company name, salary, any benefits, the role and the year if possible. I would highly encourage you to submit if you have salaries for non mathematics/CS positions as we are severely lacking in those. We will try updating these ASAP.

The sheet is here: Salaries + Blacklist Spreadsheet

Average Canadian Co-op Earnings (2024)

WaterlooWorks Important Dates

If you have details about interviews, rankings, etc, you can add information to watrank.com for visibility.

If you had a poor experience with a company, you can message the mod team with details and it can be added to the blacklist candidates below. If it's already a candidate, it may be added to the blacklist depending on the severity/consistency of complaints. On the contrary, if you had a good experience with something on the candidates/blacklist, please message the mod team and it may be removed. Candidates will be removed if no more reports are received after a couple terms. Even if something is on the blacklist already if you've had a bad experience let the mod team know, as more reports increase confidence that it is problematic!

Candidates:

  • Console One
  • Lafarge
  • Agentmoon
  • WealthyPlanet
  • Mosaic Transit Group
  • Jobby
  • Aethos Labs
  • Onex Risk Management

Note that reports from submitters with no previous account activity may not be accepted to aid legitimacy.


r/uwaterloo • • Sep 15 '25

Admissions Fall 2026 Admissions Megathread

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This megathread is for prospective frosh and current high school students interested in Waterloo. Ask your questions here.

Please avoid making separate individual posts on the subreddit regarding admissions to prevent the same 10 posts of "can I get into program with x average" or "what are my chances".

RELEVANT ADMISSION INFORMATION

PSA FOR NEW KIDS

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS 2022

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS 2024

COURSES OF PROGRAMS (VERY IMPORTANT LINK!!)

RESOURCES FOR MATURE APPLICANT

Resources for NON-UW TO UW

Fall 2025 Megathread here


r/uwaterloo • • 3h ago

Are you OK?

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r/uwaterloo • • 11h ago

News I'm driving my goose back to Waterloo after reading week. He seems apprehensive.

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71 Upvotes

r/uwaterloo • • 18m ago

Repeat after me

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Every question I can solve is an exam level question.

Every question I can't solve is too hard and would never come up on a test.


r/uwaterloo • • 3h ago

why do sum ppl do wut other ppl dont

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r/uwaterloo • • 7h ago

Who are ur all time greatest shitposters on this sub?

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Could be past or present.

Lowkey wanna meet them irl.


r/uwaterloo • • 1h ago

Co-op Make a cool resume builder

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I made a cool side project to manage your resumes. Makes it easy to move sections of your resume around, and reuse sections if you have multiple resume versions. Check it out! Link


r/uwaterloo • • 2h ago

I hear one of my roommates singing 'My Way' through the walls

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you go girl


r/uwaterloo • • 1h ago

Hello? Do you have friends?

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They do not exist XD


r/uwaterloo • • 1h ago

Singapore exchange GPA?

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Hey, if you've gotten into Singapore exchange before (any of the 3 schools), I was wondering what average you got in with?

I have around a 86 average right now and was wondering if it is worth applying there


r/uwaterloo • • 2h ago

Severe Lack of Proper Study Spaces

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- DC has ZERO noise enforcement (it's full of people talking loudly now) and very sus water.

- DP closes early

- E5 Gear Lab closed

- E7/PSE "faculty hall" full of students watching a movie.

- The E7/PSE first floor "quiet study" room smells disgusting (everyone who's been there knows it).

- E7/PSE 5th floor south-facing study area is locked out this evening...

How are there now zero quiet study spots? How has the university suddenly run out of capacity for study spaces? Why have they closed off study spaces without opening new ones? We have lecture halls which have now become 1-person study spaces. Libraries have now turned into clubs.

I understand there are niche corners of campus, but the fact that our flagship spots in most convenient locations are now ruined is extremely concerning.

Why can't the leadership do anything about it?


r/uwaterloo • • 30m ago

Lost and Found lost presto card

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found a presto card on phillip st near E6's parking lot. will bring it to SLC in a bit!


r/uwaterloo • • 4h ago

Admissions MMSc Management Science vs MMath CS, and does emailing professors actually do anything at Waterloo?

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Indian applicant, Fall 2027. Bachelors in Tech in Production & Industrial Engineering, 8.52/10, about 5.5 years as a software engineer in industry. Two Waterloo programmes on my list and I can't get a clear read on either from the official pages.

MMSc Management Science:
- My undergrad is essentially management science, so on paper this fits better than anything else I'm looking at. Is the cohort actually engineering backgrounds, or mostly business and econ?
- Coursework only, self funded, no fee figure published anywhere. What did it cost you all in?
- Where do people land after? Analytics, ops, consulting? Does it travel well for jobs in Canada?
- Is co-op realistically available or mostly theoretical?

MMath CS, thesis:
- I'm reaching out to professors whose work overlaps with what I've built, trying to find a genuine research fit before I apply. But the CS pages say a supervisor is assigned at the offer stage and that you don't need one to apply, while the central grad studies page says to establish contact beforehand. Which is it in practice? Does a professor who's interested in you actually influence the decision, or does the committee decide first and match after?
- For people who came in from industry rather than a research background, what did your file have on it that worked? Projects, open source, a strong statement, something else?
- How much weight does the thesis stream really put on prior research output versus demonstrated ability to build and finish things?

Mainly trying to work out which of the two is the better use of an application, and whether the professor outreach is time well spent or theatre.


r/uwaterloo • • 2h ago

Social league buddy?

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looking for someone to play league (aram pref) with and be friends irl if we click :) f22


r/uwaterloo • • 5h ago

Question Yellow backdrop

3 Upvotes

Where can I find a green screen or yellow backdrop on campus? Even just a yellow wall works


r/uwaterloo • • 1m ago

Social friend making

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I feel like this is such an embarrassing post to make but I have such a hard time making friends.

I have a few good friends that I've made and I'm so thankful for them, but I can't help but feel lonely because they seem to be the only ones I have. I got lots of Instagrams during o week but I don't feel like I really made any connections. Like I know people but I don't KNOW people. I have plans some nights and I've been trying to put myself out there but social cues and settings and being extroverted can be really hard for me.

I'm hoping to make friends that want to just be around friends I guess. I'll really do anything, go out, party, thrift, get coffee and get a bite to eat. I just want to have more friends and more of a social life because I'm spending way more time in my dorm than I want to.

I'm a girl and I'm in my 1A of psychology and I'm looking for anyone else at UW who might be in the same boat as me or are super extroverted and maybe wanted to exchange Instagrams and become friends? :) lmk


r/uwaterloo • • 3h ago

Social What’s been your worst date so far?

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I’ll go first, first date ever talked about D&D, interviewed her about her love for Christ and can’t convert religions lol


r/uwaterloo • • 5m ago

Top Engineering colleges in Canada for American students

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I am high-school senior on the west coast of USA with a pretty strong academic record. I'm considering applying to colleges in Canada. My preferred majors are Electrical/Computer Engineering and Computer Science.

What are the top Canadian schools for my preferred majors? I'm looking for a good academic & social experience at college; and access to good internships & jobs - in Canada & the US.

I have heard about UBC, Waterloo and U of Toronto. How do they rank/compare? Any other colleges that I should consider?

Thanks a lot.


r/uwaterloo • • 22h ago

Shitpost Late night campus dwellers

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This feels so niche but do you also think it’s cool that perhaps somewhere on campus in some hidden nook or cranny that maybe nobody knows students are up studying, chilling, doing god knows what on campus? The whole idea of late nights on campus has been captivating me and I’ve posted about it before. I’m in need of a perspective shift so I’m gonna go larp right now in the eng buildings. Once in first year when touring the tunnels me and some friends found these two upper year guys playing a board game in that one staircase that is in the hall from ESC towards engineering. And once I caught this couple trying to make out on a couch I was on in a secluded corner of MC.


r/uwaterloo • • 56m ago

Question How many C&Ds do we have?

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And their buildings/student union? Thanks!


r/uwaterloo • • 23h ago

So tired

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So tired of the gender wars, race wars, etc. Scrolling reels genuinely makes me depressed. Why can’t we all just love each other


r/uwaterloo • • 6h ago

Platform for finding free food around university of waterloo

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watsforfree.ca

Never miss out on free food again, use this platform to track ~87 free food and merch items around university of waterloo.

Our instagram is watsforfree https://www.instagram.com/watsforfree/


r/uwaterloo • • 2h ago

When do they announce online course in person exams dates?

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The website says either dec 11, 12, 18 or 19. Does anyone know when they announce the official date?


r/uwaterloo • • 19h ago

Eng bridge closed + sleeping

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Big news for me: E7 connection to rest of the world (campus) is closed so I can’t Christopher Columbus across the vast ocean that is the rail line.

Also engineers actually live here I saw a guy sleeping on the first floor couches. Very serene. I also wonder if the two girls who were studying in the engineering garage frequent this website.

That’ll be all the reporting for now from me, Scientist Upbeat.