I (M) met a girl ‘A’ at uni. She was in most of my classes and eventually we became friends. She’s a really nice person and overall wife material (now that I think of it).

I was single for most of 2nd and 3rd year as it took me a while to come out of a heartbreak at the end of my first year. TLDR she cheated.

In my final year, I met another girl x. Overall baddie (Aries). She had a very pure soul the time I met her and led me to believe that she was the one. We dated for about 3 years about a year of it was long distance. But eventually we broke up cuz of a stupid fight and that also led me into a shithole for quite some time.

So by the time I met x and was trying my best to get with her, I was getting to know A better as well but as a friend (she was single at that time). A and I eventually became group mates for our Capstone project, I being a dumbass kept talking to A about x and completely ruined all opportunities of her being interested in me and she eventually started seeing some other guy. We finished our capstone, aced it and we went our own ways ( I was with x and idk about A)

4 years have passed since then. I’m still really good friends with A. Even with our busy schedules we still find the time to hop on calls and talk for hours. I met her once in 3 years ago and I felt this regret for the first time. The thought of what if I had just put my effort on A.

Now, I can’t stop thinking about her cuz my now mature brain says she’s the one. She’s single looking to get married soon and so am I.

I don’t want to blurt everything out to her about how I feel and put her on the spot and ruin everything. Should I go surprise her, see if we develop any connection in person? I’m confused

Mainly wanting to take CS338 to learn SQL in hopes to find a coop and CS330 for CS431/CS430 in hopes of finding coop. If anyone knows, is it better to take CS330 online or in-person?

Hi!

Can someone here who has done a coding interview for X explain what types of questions they had for their coding sessions, as well as any tips to practice? I am looking at the tagged questions in Leetcode but i don't know if they are updated. Apparently it is going to be a simulated engineering problem involving data structures and algorithms, but I don't know how to best prepare.

If it helps, there are 2 interviews, both an hour long. Both coding sessions.

Thinking of getting it if we all can form a discord group to play

Stupid parent question: if you’re a group of stream 4 students, and have already arranged for housing starting this summer, wouldn’t you find a same-sized group of stream 8 students to alternate with? With all the swe geniuses there, nobody’s done a side project app that lets you identify current groups/buildings/$, to become their “opposites”? Or does some office on campus fill this need?

Like, instead of group A getting a 12mo lease and having to sublet each summer, shouldn’t group A and group B sign a lease that lets them alternate every 4 months?

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“Seeing all these couples holding hands around campus in this freezing weather got me feeling some kinda way.  Tried hitting up PAC, Cali’d and busted,no past experience, no game, and absolutely zero idea how to meet someone without frostbite risks. Pls how to find GF without freezing to death fr 🥶💀”

But hey, we just launched Chosen – a commitment app made by UW students, for UW students. It’s 100% UW-only, so you know your matches aren’t random bots from halfway across the world. (because meeting IRL >>> texting for weeks and ghosting).

Link: https://commitlab.ca

I need some opinions on this as I performed miserably on the CO250 midterm, it was worth 30% and I performed below the class average. The final is worth 55%, but I'd have to perform well on it in order to pass the course overall.

I thought of taking a WD, since I'm in eng this course isn't part of any degree requirements so it should be fine to WD. But if it's possible to come back and do well, please lmk and give some advice if you have any.

Dont think im going to land a coop, and due to a technicality I need to do a coop in winter because I will be going through a faculty transfer and have a lot of credits on my transcript (mainly due to highschool transfer credits). Any idea when the applications for WE accelerate will open?

Yes I know we accelerat is borderline useless but I need to do it to transfer to my program of choice.

thank you

Most of the urinals on campus don’t have automatic sensors and you have to flush them. IT’S NOT A HARD CONCEPT TO GRASP.

I’M TIRED OF WALKING INTO STANKS ASS BATHROOMS WITH UNFLUSHED URINALS.

2nd PSA: Drink some water please 😭. Some of you guys have dark brown piss and it’s disturbing.

These washrooms make me really uncomfortable. I feel like they should have a preferred gender to them.

There’s been times when I walked in and there was a girl inside and it just made me so uncomfortable that I had to leave. I know that it doesn’t really matter if both genders are in the same washroom, like if someone wanted to do something bad the sign on a door wouldn’t stop them but being conditioned my whole life to only expect men to be in the washroom I go to has made this really uncomfortable.

If I feel like this as a man, I can’t imagine how a woman would feel walking into the washroom and seeing me with my 4 inch beard standing in there. I don’t see how these washrooms make anything better. Would love to hear some insight about the positives of how these washrooms are setup.

This would be a grand undertaking that would probably take years, but I can't think of any greater way to give back as an alumni than to bestow my knowledge of the most optimal school toilets upon the masses.

I already have a carefully curated list of somewhat secluded/unknown bathrooms on campus that I had planned to never reveal for fear of someone finding my spots. Now that I don't live there, perhaps I can reveal some of my secrets and create a complete tier list. Would anyone be interested in this?

Anyone studying planning or urban design at the masters level? Do you like it? What was your undergrad? How are the coops? Job prospects? Thanks

Hey everyone,

I’m an international student and recently interviewed for a Government of Canada co-op position. I felt pretty confident about how it went, and they mentioned they’re looking to fill two spots. There were a total of four interviewees, so I feel like my chances could be decent.

The thing is, the job posting did say that preference would be given to Canadian citizens or PR holders, so I’m wondering if any other international students here have been placed in similar government roles, despite that preference.

If anyone’s been through something similar or has any insight on how much weight the “preference” actually carries, I’d love to hear from you! Thanks!

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Basically the heading...I've effectively shortlisted my options down to these two classes with these professors respectively. How have your experiences been with these professors in these two classes? Should I steer clear of one of them?

Even if you haven't been taught these specific courses by them, how was your experience being taught by them? And which one gives marks more leniently (also an important deciding factor)?

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So which one would you guys recommend I take?

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[since the election results] Im not talking about firms posting on WaterlooWorks, more like talking about cold emailing and doing an AOJ. I've heard of American companies starting to prepare for rising costs, wondering if I keep cold emailing and applying, itll affect my likelyhood of being hired as a Canadian.

Just wondering if anyone's done this program as I had a few questions to ask :)

1. Did you enjoy it?
2. What averages did you have when you got in (and what year did you get it) + what month did you get accepted?
3. How were co-ops and job searches afterwards? (I was considering getting my MBA afterwards as I assume finding jobs with just that degree might be tricky)

If anyone could help me out it would be much appreciated :))

I'm looking to learn how to play in my free time? Is there any resource in the uni that teaches it? I don't own the instrument

Sooooo got a really shitty mark on my work term report. Ik waterloo doesn’t count this in our average, but do US business schools or grad schools in general know about this? The rest of my average is proper but I don’t want a fucking 50 to ruin my chances.

only got 1 interview between cycles 1-2, got ranked and not matched 😔. I had an easier time finding my previous coop :(

this version was made recently after making drastic changes to my old version just now, so idk what the response rate of this version is. I'd still appreciate any feedback

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I need to pick one of these. Which one is easier to pass and has a lower time commitment? I dont care how interesting or useful these are, just want to do the easier one.

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I've been struggling with some serious brain fog for quite a while now but it just seems to be getting worse. I'm having difficulty in communicating with others, I trip over my words, say things the wrong way, never know what to say when people are talking to me, am unable to think creatively, feel really spacy sometimes, tired, no amount of sleep fixes anything(probably could use more of that too though). My mind feels constantly blank and I just feel overall....stupid ig. It's really frustrating when I know what I want to say but I can't translate my thoughts into actual words.

It's definitely affecting my grades and my overall performance at school, imo. Not really sure what's causing this, how to fix it or what to do about it. If anyone has any suggestions or is currently dealing with the same thing, please let me know.

Probably a stupid question, but how can I find out who is teaching a course?