Hey all.

Im a 2nd year BBA/BCS student at WLU and UW, based out of WLU. Feel free to ask me anything about DD, BBA at WLU, Math/CS at UW, student life in Waterloo, Co-op, etc. I am also quite familiar with Schulich, so I can try my best to answer questions about the BBA/iBBA program there.

Feel free to have any discussions about DD in here as well, it's always great to keep things together.

Cheers.

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If you could choose now, would you rather be on the WLU side or the UW side? Or is there no difference?
Also do DD students get noticeably better/more co-op placements than the other business students (on either side)

I got in with an 88 or so. Will probably be one of the lowest marks you'll find. Laurier will be more willing to take people in the 89ish range, where as at UW its basically 90+ or bust.

The workload is intesive no doubt. When you speak to a BBA student they will say 90% of their effort goes into their BBA courses, and when you talk to a math/cs student they'll say 80 or 90% of their effort goes into their core courses. That's certainly not to say it can't be done. Having a solid work ethic helps, along with a willingness to work late.

In BMath/BBA you can major in actuarial science. You'll select your Math major a year or two into it. I recommend taking stats 230 in your 1B semester so that you can take the first actuarial exam over the summer. With FARM I don't think you can do an actuarial major.

Yup.

i can try answering those questions, fire away.

Most people will do a finance major out of Laurier. On the math side the most common major is statistics, however there are many that will opt not to major in math.

The average for DD students is 80%. So marks tend not to be an issue. Once your above the 85% barrier you're basically fair game for banking jobs. I'd wager that a higher percentage of DD students go into banking of some form then normal BBA students.

If finance (i-banking) was your final goal, would you rather go to DD or another business school like QC, Ivey, Laurier BBA, etc?

Yes you can apply to the program twice, once on each side.

If you're really good at math DD or Ivey. If you aren't good at math, Ivey.

Most common:
Waterloo - Undeclared, Stats, Stats/Actsci (a lot of overlap between required courses for the 2 majors)
Laurier - Finance, Accounting
Economics minor is common, only 3 extra courses required.

Students that do mathematical finance are very into pure math and finance. Students that pick this major are usually *extremely extremely extremely* hard working and will get good grades in spite of the difficulty of courses.
Just doing DD will put you a step ahead of the BBA students, also recruiters usually know that the DD program is really hard and hence grades can be lower than BBA students, but what may be inexcusable is having poor grades in courses that are required for your major/specialization. Also whats equally important is being well rounded - sports, exec positions on clubs, finance/investment clubs, good achievements that you can talk about.