1. Assuming you can maintain high enough grades to get into CS and you have a math offer going in, I suppose you could do this. I did this, but it wasn't with the intent of reducing tuition. CS has more entrance scholarships than math, as far as I know, so I think it balances out.

2. Looks pretty doable to me. I really wouldn't recommend the physics labs, though. I haven't heard from anyone that they were useful/interesting/enjoyable.

3. Yes. The only majors that restrict enrollment in their courses to declared majors in math are CS and Actsci.

They usually will look up an answer and get back to you, assuming it wasn't a stupid question. Normally if they don't know the answer, it wasn't a stupid question, and they'll be interested in finding you an answer.

Also, math tuition is not 1k per course... you're thinking of CS. It's a good amount less.



Well I mean, if your goal is to take courses without having the foundation to take them, then sure. I'm saying it's not recommended unless all you're doing is reading about math in your free time, such that you have the foundation to be able to take these courses.

I guess you said you already took MATH 135/137... I believe you will find that the advanced math courses are not boring nor a waste of your time at all.

You can shunt your non-math courses to the end, but then you'll have to take terms upon terms of non-math courses, which sounds equally lousy. Also remember that the workload for these math courses is quite heavy. If you want to do what you seem to be claiming (and I know people taking 6 math courses a semester, not even 4), you will almost certainly not have time for other things outside of school.



Parking at UW you need to pay for. It's also very full, not the best situation. Taking the occasional taxi is probably much less in terms of cost than driving, unless needing to get around quickly is a daily occurrence. Gas, insurance, parking, and maintenance are extremely expensive... remember that if you have an older car, it is going to eat lots of maintenance costs, and for those periods you'll have no car.

In terms of getting the equivalent knowledge of a minor in mecheng, I think that's doable. But I don't think you have the flexibility to get the minor requirements themselves. You'd also be forced into taking some pretty lousy courses to do it as a non-CS major.

Accepted my Waterloo Mathematics offer.

A question regarding the AS Exams..
An an average, when do the students in the Actuarial Science write their 1st exam?
Is it the 2nd year?

I was planning on switching into Math/BBA DD at the end of this year. Then I took business courses, realized how silly business courses are, and decided against it. Only do business if it interests you.

Thanks! Now I am leaning towards CS instead of SE.

Just out of curiosity, how many CS/SE students go on to pursue graduate degrees at well-known American grad schools such as MIT and Stanford? It seems like Waterloo's coop might deter people from research and academia.

Also, I compared courses for both programs. What does it mean that CS degree requires 5.0 non-math credits (10 courses)? Are there any relevant non-math courses you can take? Would that be a waste of time compared to SE's more relevant courses (eg ECE)?

You can double-major in Math and Computer Science, you know.

You'll probably get something, but it isn't just based on the Euclid. They also consider your AIF, and I think your marks. You'll likely get something in the mail soon. that's how they notified me about it last year. It can be anything from 2000 for 1 year, to 2000 for 4 years (so 8000 overall).

1. Not bad at all? Presumably you'd get housing around a 10-15 commute to campus, and wouldn't be coming in from Kitchener or something. Mine is like a 10 minute bus ride, or a 15 minute walk.

2. Yes, you should put all that stuff on there. But weren't the AIFs due already?




1. I'm reasonably sure that's not possible, because of the courses at Laurier you'd be missing during your first term at minimum. The program is very tight in terms of fitting in all the requirements.

2. No I haven't, though I know it's possible. There's also us regular students that work in the summer, doing co-op-esque jobs.

Math.



Of course. But your major for math is more of a bookkeeping thing than anything else. In CS, you must be declared, otherwise you can't take CS major courses.



You choose the advanced math courses within the first two weeks of classes.

You can't really predict your performance, so at this point, there's no point worrying about it. Be prepared to put in a lot of effort.

UW is filled with math geniuses, but there aren't as many as you're led to believe. You probably won't feel pressured, unless you're in the advanced math classes, but then you're also with the top 5% or so of students, so it's unfair to call yourself stupid if you're not at the top.

CS kind of sucks as a minor; you can only access the good courses by declaring a major. But you'll probably know by the end of your first year what you want to pursue, and that's the year you don't have to declare.



Probably at least 5k? I don't know. But they very likely will offer you something.