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Just as the title says, ask me anything** :) In particular, I am very familiar with the majors offered by the math faculty/school of computer science at UW, courses offered, co-op, the campus itself and residence, student life, and pure mathematics, CS, and IT in general. Obviously I'm less knowledgeable in some areas than others, and I'm not crazy about financial and business degrees, but I'll make that clear right now and I'll point you in the right direction for objective information about them. I can also offer some information about U of T, though I would warn that I am biased against it... I really dislike U of T, though not for academic reasons. I also know a little about Seneca and its tech school programs. **DO NOT ask about admission marks, or anything related to admission processes. Random people on the internet are the worst source of information. You are just looking for affirmation. This is the wrong place to ask. Contact the admissions office if you have questions: myapplication@uwaterloo.ca. Rather than asking "what were your marks??", read UW's data on entrance averages by program.
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1. How difficult are the math courses?
2. What's a typical schedule like?
3. How many hours of class/studying per week?
4. How good are you at math? Assume Leonhard Euler a score of 100 out of 100, Karl Gauss has a score of 99, and Isaac Newton has a score of 95, and that Terrence Tao has a score of 75.
5. Why do you dislike U of T?
6. Would you recommend UW over U of T? Would you recommend UW in general?
7. May I see your AIF?
8. What's residence at UW like?
9. How about the cost of living per year?
10. TEll me about your coop experiences.
11. Student life: what are the people like? Friendly and outgoing, or mostly introverted asperger types?
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Ah, interesting. Just recently, I happened to come to the conclusion that I want to study CS/Pure math. Is it actually a double (or joint) major that you're taking? And in terms of co-op, do you see the skills you learn in pure math being used anywhere, or are you going for the more CS-related jobs? Lastly, what are the most interesting courses you have taken so far?
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1. Depends on the course. The first year regular honours math courses are definitely going to be trickier than high school. The advanced math courses are brutal, but I think definitely worth it, so long as you have the drive and work ethic. The thing you really have to do is give up your valuation of marks. Marks are meaningless. Ignore them. Do hard work, and it will pay off. 2. Depends on the term, but usually math courses are MWF and CS are TTh. Meaning that usually MWF are heaviest for math students, with electives and CS on TTh. For instance, this term I have 3 courses MWF (linalg 2, stat, physics) and 2 TTh (language, cs). Classes run 8:30 am to 10:00 pm. 3. Classes are consistently 3 hours a week per class. A supposedly typical courseload is 5 courses, which is 15 hours of class. 4 courses is more typical, particularly in the more difficult programs. As for studying/work, that is REALLY variable. Pure math courses that you spend less than 8 hours per week on assignments, you're slacking off in. Whereas that would be *insane* overkill for an arts course. Now, I'm doing something on the order of 80 hours a week right now, but that isn't going to last for much longer -.- A *typical* workload is probably more like 40-50, with a few worse weeks. 4. No comment. Your rating system has some serious flaws... 5. It's a commuter school. The buildings close at 6pm on a Sunday (wtf?!). The libraries' hours are terrible, particularly in the summer. The wireless coverage on campus is SUPER sketchy, some buildings don't have wireless at all... Eh, the campus just generally doesn't feel particularly unified. Student life seems meh because students go home after class. I think I'd feel really isolated and lonely there. I much prefer the small-town feel of Waterloo, and the university campus feel of UW. And for those that claim UW's campus is ugly, I disagree, but even if I didn't... frankly, I don't give a damn what the campus looks like if I can't USE the facilities. At least I can study in the buildings here all hours of the night at UW. Of course, there is something to be said about living in Toronto, but it's really easy to make a day trip to TO from 'loo. 6. For math and engineering, yes. For science and arts, probably not. Program strength is first in my mind here and U of T is comparable in the field of engineering, probably worse in math/cs undergrad. So in those cases I'd go for the student life. (Obviously the situation for grad school is different.) 7. I don't have a copy of it. I submitted two, one for science and one for math. Science one had an essay, math didn't. 8. Pretty nice, but overpriced. The mealplan food is pretty consistently terrible and super expensive, but there are a few places on campus worth eating at (I actually have a small meal plan that will last me until I graduate). If you're not really concerned about meeting people in residence and being close to campus and your friends your first term, or money or food quality is an issue, I'd say avoid. I liked residence, but I wouldn't have stayed longer than a year. 9. Food is variable and consistent with the rest of southern Ontario. Most students spend ~150-450 a month on food. Housing is pretty consistently 400-600 per month. Tuition is going to be your biggest expense, no doubt :P Living costs are way cheaper than Toronto. 10. Co-op is a super mixed bag. There are a lot of people that don't actually need co-op to get employed (and don't realize it). These people tend to find it to be the most bullcrap. I'd say the majority of the top 10% of co-op students drop co-op after their first work term, though they probably will continue working. But for those less confident, it sure helps getting jobs. I got a very meh summer job (which was actually quite swank for a junior co-op) but I'm certain I will do better next term. The renowned university job system, "Jobmine," somewhat resembles mining for jobs. It's aptly named. I hope your HTML skills are up to scratch, because they don't accept PDF resumes :P 11. Student life is what you make it really. There is a lot of apathetic people on campus, who complain about how student life sucks. They're really the problem--they seem to think that student life should just magically be awesome. Having been involved as exec of multiple clubs and the federation of students, I can tell you, if 5% of the damn student body was involved, student life would be much better. The sperg may be strong on campus, but those types tend to be the most involved and reasonably pleasant to be around. There's lots of cool people, you just have to find them. Or maybe I'm one of them, which is why I have no problem? :P I've had a great experience with student life, but I have made a marginal effort to get involved.
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> It is actually a double major, not joint. Pure math, especially discrete maths, pair really nicely with CS. The joint major requires a few less courses, may as well go for the gusto. The course requirements are exactly 42 courses plus 3 more non-math to graduate. Lucky for me, I got some AP transfer credit, so all in all, the minimum I'm doing is 43. May do more, if I can stick around campus during work terms. Typical degree is 40 courses, and you get a maximum of 50 to graduate. > I'm just getting to the point now where I finally have enough math background to *do* pure math related jobs (e.g. research). It takes a long time to build the background to get there, usually reached by around 2A if you've gone the advanced route. However, my first co-op job was in CS and I suspect the majority of my money-making employment will be in that realm. I mostly do the maths for kicks, because I love it and find it super interesting. > My favorite course so far has been MATH 147 (advanced calculus 1), followed by MATH 245 (advanced linalg 2). I am looking forward to the following, in no particular order: private-public key cryptography, functional analysis, field theory, rings/modules, real time operating systems.
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Quote:1. Depends on the course. The first year regular honours math courses are definitely going to be trickier than high school. The advanced math courses are brutal, but I think definitely worth it, so long as you have the drive and work ethic. The thing you really have to do is give up your valuation of marks. Marks are meaningless. Ignore them. Do hard work, and it will pay off. Agreed. Brofist. Quote:2. Depends on the term, but usually math courses are MWF and CS are TTh. Meaning that usually MWF are heaviest for math students, with electives and CS on TTh. For instance, this term I have 3 courses MWF (linalg 2, stat, physics) and 2 TTh (language, cs). Classes run 8:30 am to 10:00 pm. That actually doesn't seem that bad. What is linear algebra like? And stats? Do you need to actually know any programming or be computer savvy for CS? I bet it's mostly just math. Quote:4. No comment. Your rating system has some serious flaws... What are the flaws in my rating system? I'm grading them purely on mathematical talent. How would you grade them, or how would you make your own scale? What's wrong with mine? Quote:5. It's a commuter school. The buildings close at 6pm on a Sunday (wtf?!). The libraries' hours are terrible, particularly in the summer. The wireless coverage on campus is SUPER sketchy, some buildings don't have wireless at all... Eh, the campus just generally doesn't feel particularly unified. Student life seems meh because students go home after class. I think I'd feel really isolated and lonely there. I much prefer the small-town feel of Waterloo, and the university campus feel of UW. And for those that claim UW's campus is ugly, I disagree, but even if I didn't... frankly, I don't give a damn what the campus looks like if I can't USE the facilities. At least I can study in the buildings here all hours of the night at UW.
Of course, there is something to be said about living in Toronto, but it's really easy to make a day trip to TO from 'loo. I didn't know that about UT. I'd hate to have to make long commutes to the school every single day. Would suck. Quote:7. I don't have a copy of it. I submitted two, one for science and one for math. Science one had an essay, math didn't. Divot. Two! Quote:9. Food is variable and consistent with the rest of southern Ontario. Most students spend ~150-450 a month on food. Housing is pretty consistently 400-600 per month. Tuition is going to be your biggest expense, no doubt :P Living costs are way cheaper than Toronto. 400-600 a month? That's on campus or off campus, sorry? Quote:10. Co-op is a super mixed bag. There are a lot of people that don't actually need co-op to get employed (and don't realize it). These people tend to find it to be the most bullcrap. I'd say the majority of the top 10% of co-op students drop co-op after their first work term, though they probably will continue working. But for those less confident, it sure helps getting jobs. I got a very meh summer job (which was actually quite swank for a junior co-op) but I'm certain I will do better next term.
The renowned university job system, "Jobmine," somewhat resembles mining for jobs. It's aptly named. I hope your HTML skills are up to scratch, because they don't accept PDF resumes :P If anything, I'd want it just to help with tuition costs. Quote:11. Student life is what you make it really. There is a lot of apathetic people on campus, who complain about how student life sucks. They're really the problem--they seem to think that student life should just magically be awesome. Having been involved as exec of multiple clubs and the federation of students, I can tell you, if 5% of the damn student body was involved, student life would be much better.
The sperg may be strong on campus, but those types tend to be the most involved and reasonably pleasant to be around. There's lots of cool people, you just have to find them. Or maybe I'm one of them, which is why I have no problem? :P I've had a great experience with student life, but I have made a marginal effort to get involved. Okay. You seem cool. What's your name? I'm going to be there next year, so I'll look you up.
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rightsaidfred wrote:That actually doesn't seem that bad. What is linear algebra like? And stats?
Do you need to actually know any programming or be computer savvy for CS? I bet it's mostly just math. 80 hours a week not bad? Good sir, you must be mad... I'm of the personal belief that if you don't feel challenged in 3/5 of your courses, you're wasting your time and tuition monies, so you'd want to have a 50 hr/wk workload at minimum. It's really worth it I think. But anything over, say, 60 hours a week really starts to pull you down... Linear algebra is just a new branch of mathematics. It's very useful. I highly recommend the advanced courses if you're not looking for a ton of computational questions to solve, because the regular courses are not very theoretical. (Row, row, row reduce etc.) Well, of course, I recommend the advanced courses to anyone with the ability; you'll regret it later if you don't take them. A big learning curve at the start that gives you so many more opportunities later. (It's way harder, I suppose :P) As for CS, it is actually a lot of programming, but you have to take that with a grain of salt. Scheme, for instance, is a really beautiful, expressive language. It is very, very easy to write code in, so the problem you're faced with tend to be harder. And a lot of people don't like having to think, as opposed to monkeying out code as they expected. There is some math, but not as much as the field deserves, to be honest. I mean, I feel a bit behind because I didn't know any language really coming into university, and I struggle with some things in C/C++, but I certainly haven't been disadvantaged. Then again, I pick this stuff up pretty quickly, but in your first term no one's going to have an advantage unless they've coded in LISP before. STAT 230 and 231, the required stat courses for all majors, have the reputations of being the worst courses in the math faculty. The advanced versions are essentially exactly the same, plus some small bonuses (formula sheets!!). I'm taking STAT 240 this term and not totally hating it, but I did nearly fail the first midterm... and scored a 90 on the second. -.- rightsaidfred wrote:What are the flaws in my rating system?
I'm grading them purely on mathematical talent.
How would you grade them, or how would you make your own scale?
What's wrong with mine? Newton invented multiple fields in mathematics and mechanics that weren't advanced further for hundreds of years. The man was a genius. It's kind of hard to peg these people against each other. They all made exceptional contributions to the field of mathematics and/or physics. rightsaidfred wrote:I didn't know that about UT. I'd hate to have to make long commutes to the school every single day. Would suck. Yeah... I mean, I don't mean to hate on U of T, they definitely have better arts and science programs than UW in my humble opinion, but I just wouldn't want to attend the school. rightsaidfred wrote:400-600 a month? That's on campus or off campus, sorry? Off campus, for one bedroom in multi-bedroom housing (2-5+). One bedroom is going to be minimum 800 when you include all utilities and internet, but a two-bedroom usually ends up costing about the same. Residence is pretty cool, and I really miss living so close to my friends, but I also love living in uptown Waterloo. rightsaidfred wrote:Okay. You seem cool. What's your name? I'm going to be there next year, so I'll look you up. You'll be able to find me if I'm on campus :P I'm highly involved with things. I just really want people to have the information I didn't when I applied for university, because I got lucky with my decision.
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Quote:Newton invented multiple fields in mathematics and mechanics that weren't advanced further for hundreds of years. The man was a genius. It's kind of hard to peg these people against each other. They all made exceptional contributions to the field of mathematics and/or physics. He did, but so did Gauss. I'm gauging their research, inventions, and raw mathematical talent against each other. If you won't bite though, give me a scale then. What did you get in your HS math courses? Were you particularly good at math? etc Just so I have an idea of the type of people that can take this mathy course. Quote:
Yeah... I mean, I don't mean to hate on U of T, they definitely have better arts and science programs than UW in my humble opinion, but I just wouldn't want to attend the school
If it's all commuting... then I wouldn't either. Commuting in Toronto is horrible in my experience. Shame though. It really is a good school, besides all that. Quote:
Off campus, for one bedroom in multi-bedroom housing (2-5+). One bedroom is going to be minimum 800 when you include all utilities and internet, but a two-bedroom usually ends up costing about the same.
Residence is pretty cool, and I really miss living so close to my friends, but I also love living in uptown Waterloo.
Again that's not bad at all. That's pretty much the price in London. I've got two friends at UW. One fourth year bio student. One CS drop out. It'd be cheap if I could live with them. Quote:
You'll be able to find me if I'm on campus :P I'm highly involved with things. I just really want people to have the information I didn't when I applied for university, because I got lucky with my decision.
Not if I don't know your name! I can't just go "Hey remember last year, that guy who you talked about on that studentawards.ca forum? Yeah I'm him!"
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rightsaidfred wrote:What did you get in your HS math courses? Were you particularly good at math? etc
Just so I have an idea of the type of people that can take this mathy course. I had a 98 in my province's equivalent of advanced functions and a 99 on calculus, in addition to a 5 on the Calc AB exam. My average coming out of high school was 97, but I'm at the bottom of my courses now (advanced though, so I mean, I'm still in the top 5% I guess?). Math has always been a passion of mine, but I feel like I was cheated in high school, because I'm really behind my advanced peers and wish I had the opportunity to see these things sooner. I'm one of those horrible people that's very well-rounded, so I can't hope to be as good at math as my peers while I kick their asses at English and history, etc. Sometimes it's awesome but sometimes it sucks. Now, I mean, your high school marks are pretty meaningless, and even your undergrad marks. I know PhD students who got 70s in university--really, really brilliant people. Really, you just have to understand that neither good marks implies intelligence, nor does intelligence imply good marks. I imagine that unless you struggled in high school, if you're willing to think in university and abstraction isn't an issue for you, you'll be fine. And that's pretty relieving, huh? Until you actually have to put the work in, eh? :P rightsaidfred wrote:Not if I don't know your name! I can't just go "Hey remember last year, that guy who you talked about on that studentawards.ca forum? Yeah I'm him!" Seriously :P I am involved enough such that if you attempt to stalk me a little more, you'll be able to find me once you get to campus if you follow the goings on in the math faculty :)
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Hey greygoose, Did I see see you in MATH245 this summer? Anyways, I wanted to know if you took any of the following courses already and how were they like (they're my subsequent term courses): STAT231, CS371, ECON102 (with Larry Smith), CS330, PMATH351, PMATH450, PMATH451, CS476, MATH247. If you're in any of those courses next term (esp. the adv. ones) let me know. It's nice to have company when doing the assignments. UW Financial Analysis and Risk Management Program, Professional Risk Management Specialization, Co-op (2010 - 2015) UW Mathematical Finance Program, Co-op (2011 - 2015) UW Statistics Minor (2011 - 2015) Actuary Exams: P FM MLC MFE C VEE-Economics VEE-Corporate_Finance VEE-Applied_Statistics FAP APC (bold means completed) Wordpress Blog: https://stochasticseeker.wordpress.com/
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StochasticSeeker wrote:Hey greygoose,
Did I see see you in MATH245 this summer? Anyways, I wanted to know if you took any of the following courses already and how were they like (they're my subsequent term courses):
STAT231, CS371, ECON102 (with Larry Smith), CS330, PMATH351, PMATH450, PMATH451, CS476, MATH247.
If you're in any of those courses next term (esp. the adv. ones) let me know. It's nice to have company when doing the assignments. I'm taking MATH 245 currently; was working in summer. STAT 231 - it sucks. All of the stat sucks. Sometimes the advanced versions are a little less crapty than the regular offerings (formula sheets!!!). Most people leave this course until 4B, unless they're pursuing a stat/actsci/finance major. CS 371 - this course is theoretically an advanced offering of 370. They're essentially equivalent. They also tend to suck. If you're not required to take a specific one out of the two, decide the term before which one you're taking based on offerings and profs which will be better. ECON 102 w/Larry Smith - Fun course. Very little work. Put in the exam time and go to class for 3 hours a week and it's an easy, interesting 80. At minimum, he is trying to make you think in a bigger way. (Don't take everything he says as canon though!) CS 330 - it must suck, it's a non-major CS course :P PMATH 351/PMATH 450 - real analysis! yum! These are the bread and butter of the pure math undergraduate curriculum, real 1 and 2 respectively. Great courses, and of course they're going to be challenging. These tend to annihilate those who didn't take the advanced math courses through their first two years. (See guys, taking the advanced courses early means you spread out being crushed ;)) PMATH 451 - hmmm, what is that course... is that measure? Seems to be. Cool course, likely to be prof dependent. If you want a rigorous foundation for probability/statistics, definitely take this one. CS 476 - seems to be the followup course to CS 370/371. Never heard of anyone taking this one, so I couldn't say. MATH 247 - the precursor course to real analysis. Vastly different content from MATH 237. I'll be taking this one next term :) I wonder who you are!
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@247: Yay! I guess I'll see you at Prof. Morris' lectures then! @Stats: Damn. I was expecting some fun to be had. I was hoping to learn some modelling techniques in early stats classes so I could apply/code them with the CS languages that I've learned. @CS371: Currently I'm going to go into the prof. to get an override (since I don't have 247), but I am hopeful that the MATLAB stuff will sill be fun @CS330: Yeah... from what I gather, there is NO CODING (wtf) in this course. Aimed towards business majors and required for my program. @PMATHs: From what I hear, they're a re-hashing of the adv. course and then some (okay, lots). Fun to be had all around. ;D @CS476: Aw, I still can't find anyone to tell me how it's like. From what I gather, there are some interesting financial algorithms in the course. @Identity: Check out my blog that in my signature. Oh, and for notes, check out my friend's blog, "lambertw". Him, a bunch of his friends and I helped write the MATH245 LaTeX notes and he also has notes for a bunch of other adv. classes, PMATHs and CS classes. =D UW Financial Analysis and Risk Management Program, Professional Risk Management Specialization, Co-op (2010 - 2015) UW Mathematical Finance Program, Co-op (2011 - 2015) UW Statistics Minor (2011 - 2015) Actuary Exams: P FM MLC MFE C VEE-Economics VEE-Corporate_Finance VEE-Applied_Statistics FAP APC (bold means completed) Wordpress Blog: https://stochasticseeker.wordpress.com/
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StochasticSeeker wrote:@Identity: Check out my blog that in my signature. Oh, and for notes, check out my friend's blog, "lambertw". Him, a bunch of his friends and I helped write the MATH245 LaTeX notes and he also has notes for a bunch of other adv. classes, PMATHs and CS classes. =D I checked out your blog afterwards. Were you the dude with the UofA MATH 147 notes that asked a bunch of us about transferring into 148? I have my own set of texed MATH *4* notes floating around the internets, not very well maintained due to lack of time. I should warn you that from my friend's experiences with taking 247 without having 147, he had a *lot* of difficulty because they assume a lot of knowledge from 147. So glhf! Make sure to review! Morris seems cool.
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UofA? No, I've been @ UW for my entire undergrad so far. Also, I'm hoping that my experience with 148 will be enough to live through 247. From what I gather, 147 was not too bad, just a lot of sequences, series, limits and continuity (only at the advanced level). P.S. Do you LyX to typeset your notes or TeXshop (I personally use LyX)? UW Financial Analysis and Risk Management Program, Professional Risk Management Specialization, Co-op (2010 - 2015) UW Mathematical Finance Program, Co-op (2011 - 2015) UW Statistics Minor (2011 - 2015) Actuary Exams: P FM MLC MFE C VEE-Economics VEE-Corporate_Finance VEE-Applied_Statistics FAP APC (bold means completed) Wordpress Blog: https://stochasticseeker.wordpress.com/
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StochasticSeeker wrote:UofA? No, I've been @ UW for my entire undergrad so far. Also, I'm hoping that my experience with 148 will be enough to live through 247. From what I gather, 147 was not too bad, just a lot of sequences, series, limits and continuity (only at the advanced level).
P.S. Do you LyX to typeset your notes or TeXshop (I personally use LyX)? No, they didn't *go* to UofA, they had a set of UofA notes. Apparently not you. The theorems proved in 147 get reproved in 247 in n dimensions, and are considered trivial. So you should know what's up. I use vim to write TeX code and pdflatex...
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greygoose wrote:StochasticSeeker wrote:UofA? No, I've been @ UW for my entire undergrad so far. Also, I'm hoping that my experience with 148 will be enough to live through 247. From what I gather, 147 was not too bad, just a lot of sequences, series, limits and continuity (only at the advanced level).
P.S. Do you LyX to typeset your notes or TeXshop (I personally use LyX)? No, they didn't *go* to UofA, they had a set of UofA notes. Apparently not you. The theorems proved in 147 get reproved in 247 in n dimensions, and are considered trivial. So you should know what's up. I use vim to write TeX code and pdflatex... @247: Awesome! I actually have a set of 147 notes and have been keeping up with the content through friends who have done 147. 247 shouldn't be all that bad, then. By the way, were you in Ingram's class (145) when everyone got screwed over by the midterm? (I dropped to 135 2 weeks in) UW Financial Analysis and Risk Management Program, Professional Risk Management Specialization, Co-op (2010 - 2015) UW Mathematical Finance Program, Co-op (2011 - 2015) UW Statistics Minor (2011 - 2015) Actuary Exams: P FM MLC MFE C VEE-Economics VEE-Corporate_Finance VEE-Applied_Statistics FAP APC (bold means completed) Wordpress Blog: https://stochasticseeker.wordpress.com/
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I have a question about Waterloo CS admissions...
See I will be taking both my required maths, Advanced functions and Calculus in Second Semester for not a bad reason (travelling and grandmother passed away on Sept 4th DAY of my flight and we couldnt book later seats till sept 28th so I came back to school on Sept 30th). My grade 11 math mark was terrible, at 67% but that was because I was taking 3 grade 12 courses at the same time as math and was focusing on the grade 12 courses. My overall grade 11 was okay though at 84 including the math with an 87 in grade 11 english.
My grade 12 marks finished so far and will probably be used in top 6 are at 90 for International Business, 93 for Business Management. I am taking Writer's craft (expected above 90 mark), Grade 12 english (expected above 85 mark), and Exercise Science (expected above 80 but probably wont use in top 6).
How would my admissions be affected that I am taking the required maths in second semester?
My ec's are also not bad I don't think.. (Homework club volunteer for 1 year at an organization, 1 year library volunteer, 4 months part-time job, Community committee member meeting monthly, and this science presentation program thing presenting to children in 2 schools, with a total of 7 sessions).
What do you think??
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^ as I stated in my first post, I'm not answering any admissions questions. The answer is, I don't know. I'm not an admissions officer. Neither is anyone else on these forums. If it makes you feel better than random internet people assure you about your chances for getting in, that's great, but it's kind of irresponsible. Go do some research, but don't pretend that my assurance would mean anything if I was willing to offer it :P StochasticSeeker wrote:By the way, were you in Ingram's class (145) when everyone got screwed over by the midterm? (I dropped to 135 2 weeks in) Yes, I was. Ended up doing very well in the course.
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greygoose wrote:^ as I stated in my first post, I'm not answering any admissions questions. The answer is, I don't know. I'm not an admissions officer. Neither is anyone else on these forums. If it makes you feel better than random internet people assure you about your chances for getting in, that's great, but it's kind of irresponsible. Go do some research, but don't pretend that my assurance would mean anything if I was willing to offer it :P StochasticSeeker wrote:By the way, were you in Ingram's class (145) when everyone got screwed over by the midterm? (I dropped to 135 2 weeks in) Yes, I was. Ended up doing very well in the course. D: well you didn't have to be so mean about it. Yeah it does make me feel better to have some assurance, especially from someone who went through the process of getting admitted and probably knows other people who got admitted. Thanks for taking the time to tell me how irresponsible I am, it did not help but I won't expect anything from random peoples on the internets.
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Laffysx wrote:D: well you didn't have to be so mean about it. The real world is a mean place! Nothing lost by asking me, nothing lost in my response. So I wouldn't call that mean. It's something to keep in mind. If you're really worried, why don't you contact the UW admissions officers? I'm sure they will be able to give you pointers :P I believe the common address is 'myapplication@uwaterloo.ca' for admissions questions. There is some common wisdom, e.g. marks are deducted for repeated/summer courses, but these are are documented on the UW official website: http://findoutmore.uwate...ssions/requirements.php
Admissions averages vary wildly from year to year. My marks and my experiences won't help you much, as I didn't have any worry about getting accepted--my high school marks were great, though they haven't maintained such standing! Hehe.
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