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Hehe.. thanks for all the kind words people! We try to have some fun here in Waterloo and I think we manage just fine. We always come up to parties in Toronto whenever there is something happening.. School has never stopped me from partying, if anything I owe it to Waterloo for giving me the opportunity to go to Europe last summer, to go to NYC to see Paul Van Dyk and in general to attend too many other parties which I otherwise wouldn't have missed because I wouldn't have any cash.
Now in Response to 404 Science post:
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ya but its not that hard to come out of univesity debt free. infact, if you go to any other school, you have a WHOLE YEAR to pay off your debt, cause you graduated in 4 years, not 5. remember, waterloo engineers are in school for 5 years, not 4, without summers off. its really the same amount of hours in class and hours working wherever you go. and if you look hard enough there are always summer factory jobs that pay decent wages, and i dont think that the jobs that UofW engineers get are that much more enjoyable, most coop placements are in unrelated fields. becoming teaching assistants, working for the government or not finding jobs at all. and a mcgill engineering degree carries ALOT of weight, mcgill is probably THE most recognized school in canada, and beside them is UofW.
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First of all, where did you get all that teaching assistant crap? I'm going on my 4th work term, and every single work term I've been working in a very very related field. I have to admit that I was pretty lucky, since on 1st work term most people do get crap jobs, but towards the 4th work term(out of 6) pretty much everyone has normal jobs, which pay not too bad for a student(anywhere between $16 to $25 an hour). You also have a real good chance to work for US companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Sun etc, which all pay around 4,500USD/month + all living expenses. The kind of job you get depends entirely up to you. Try comparing this to factory job..
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Of course I was a little harsh but thats because im bitter, they gave me early acceptance but didnt give me a scholarship. I got $12,000 from mcgill and $8,000 from queens. waterloo asked me to send THEM 500 bucks. bastards.
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TOP students in Canada want to go to UW. Essentially you are competing with top 100 students in Canada for those scholarships.. There is really nothing to be pissed about, unless of course you are so confident that you think you are one of those top 100.
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And what is university about anyways? learning. i wanna do more than learning in the class, i wanna have a good learning experience outside the class. and you cannot argue that waterloo is the place to go for that. there is too much of an outcry from waterloo kids. check out the survey the Globe and Mail did about canadian universities. everyone from waterloo badmouthed their school when it comes to the "fun" aspect and the "community" aspect. I mean, you go to school for one or two semesters, then you're out of there on your own in a coop placement. bye bye friends that you met. see you next year. at other schools its easier to build relationships with people cause they stay at the school. and waterloo is known for the math and engineering crowd it attracts. loads of fun those guys are....
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Waterloo is as fun as you make it. As I have said before, there are LOTS of cool people here and there are LOTS of geeks here. It's up to you with whom you hang out. But yeah, if you expect too "breeze" through this school, don't even think of coming here. On the other hand, with a little bit of responsibility, you can party all you want and still get decent grades.
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and thats what it boils down to, thats why mcgill is for me, and waterloo isnt
but hey, everyone is different, thats just how i see things.
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have to agree with you on this one!
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