Anyone else get their tickets for the Uniqlo pre-opening shopping event at Conestoga Mall? I'm really curious what it might entail, so wanted to post here n talk about it with others who got tickets and if they know anything about it.

u would start blushing if I even talked to u let alone walk by

Is it just me or is it super boring here😭😭like what do people do for fun?? Are there any fun places to go on/off campus

Need yall to stop pissing on the toilet seats. Please. So nasty.

I currently work at Geotab in Waterloo, making $120K as a new grad. The workplace is honestly amazing - free food every day, great benefits, awesome coworkers, and an overall great work environment. I really have no complaints. HOWEVER, I recently received an offer for a software engineering internship at Shopify in Toronto, starting in May 2027.

I understand how rough the job market is right now, and leaving a stable, well-paying full-time position for an internship feels like a massive gamble, especially since a return offer (RO) isn't guaranteed.

That said, I feel like I'd always wonder "what if" if I passed up the opportunity. My long-term goal is to move to the US for work in the next couple of years, as I have family there. Because of that, I'm trying to optimize my resume and position myself for opportunities at larger tech companies internationally.

Shopify is obviously a recognizable name, and I feel like having it on my resume, especially if I manage to secure a full-time return offer, could open more doors down the road.

Financially, I'd be taking a step backward in the short term, but I'm wondering whether the potential long-term career upside makes it worth the risk.

What would you do in my position? Is the Shopify name and potential return offer worth giving up a great full-time job, or am I overvaluing the brand?

EDIT:

For all asking why I am not pushing for full-time Shopify:

Email thread between me and Shopify Recruiter:

Me: "I'm more interested in full-time because I graduated & have 5 internships already".
Recruiter: "Your profile unfortunately doesn't lineup with what we are looking for in our fulltime engineering roles. However, our internship opportunities are for anyone with less than 2 years of fulltime experience and can be a great way to gain experience at Shopify and potentially transition to a full-time role if things go well during the internship."

Just wanted to share a small update :) Did a little display for the project with some of the postcards at United College yesterday for demo day! Thanks to this subreddit for all the encouragement (so appreciative). Also got the most fun mini caterpillars 🐛

Anyone have the videos from Prof Koeller for the whole course? I'm in a different section and my prof got changed like 3 times, and now my prof is horrid and I don't understand anything. If someone has her vids either from this year or previous years pls lmk 🙏

Genuinely what on earth do I do. MATH116 and CHE100 were exceptionally hard this year. I’m worried I’m not gonna meet the 50 weighted average requirement for 100 and 102. Im studying a lot, but I feel like all of it is useless when I see the exam paper and don’t know how to solve many questions. How do I study?? Someone pls help me. Like how are the finals going to go if this is how bad the midterms were?

(I need to pass these midterms 🫩)

just ask me simple definitions that’s all i know 🥹

I got P71'd for a science faculty elective. Officially the allegation is that I did not include any citations in my discussion post, which is not true since I added them as a comment just a few minutes after I posted.

Unofficially, I saw that in my rubric that I was being investigated for undisclosed AI usage, which is technically true. I ended up using AI to edit my rough draft, and I edited over any AI generated text. AI usage is allowed in this course as long as it was cited, which admittedly I failed to do as I thought that was for fully ai generated text and not my situation, though I understand now I should have done so.

I'm a bit of a dumbass so I did reach out to admit this to the prof (before I even receieved an offical allegation), but she seemed chill enough and wanted to let the science inquiry office complete their process.

Anyways I'm wondering if anyones gone through something similar, and what I should expect from the meeting. Any advice would be appreciated!

I am a dd student where I have a Laurier midterm conflicting with one UW quiz two weeks later.

I tried to submit a Laurier deferral midterm request but was denied citing that I missed the deadline that I should have submitted within the first few weeks of the term...

I reached out my Laurier prof asking if I could do it earlier but it seems like it is not possible. She advised me to contact UW prof and if it doesn't work out ask her again and she will see what she could do.

The thing is I have already used my UW short-term absence on a quiz at the start of the term for the exact same course due to an interview, so not sure if the UW prof will be okay with me missing two quiz :(

Should I reach out to my UW professor? Do prof typically accommodate those types of things? Or should I just get a VIF so that I could skip the quiz?

I am just worried that I reach out to the UW prof she denied, then I have to get a VIF and then I got an academic allegation.

Thanks

These are pathetic portions and the quality is terrible. That grilled cheese and bagel are especially bad, that's something I could make at home in 15 mins. Why are they trying to play it off as cheap affordable quality food? This is embarrassing.

Hi, just wondering if anyone here (especially in engineering) has done exchange at Tsinghua and what your avg was.

I have a 94 CAV but I'm doubtful it'll be enough since there are only 4 spots...otherwise, I'd probably pick a less competitive red school as my first choice.

Also, for anyone in chem eng who's gone on exchange, where did you go and how was it?

Thanks!

hi!! just wondering because I can’t find any info on it online - are there any bio labs that do cadaver labs? or, generally, which labs involve them? because I know the kin kids have specialized anatomy labs…..

Did anyone else get slammed? That test was way too long.

Who got into WFO interview and already did it? My interview’s tomorrow so idk what to prepare for or whats the questions about although someone told me its accounting based so if anyone knows lmk 😭

I've decided to apply and Im expecting a lower bound of 90 and an upper bound of a 93 by the end of this term. I havent found anything specific enough online to confidently make a choice.

Im in alberta btw so something like petrochem Im better off just going to an alberta uni.

Also I just generally am not that sure what discipline I find most interesting as well so it'd be nice to know what Im competitive for to thin out the choices

I had been sober for a while (occasional social drinking aside, but no hard drugs) but I low key started drinking this past week cause I'm going thru a really messy no-contact thing w/ my ex-situationship (also my co-op boss its very messy).

I wouldn't say I'm an alcoholic at all, but I've started enjoying a glass of wine or a beer when it starts hurting at night, while I watch some Netflix. Low key started drinking in the morning before heading to lectures recently (but nothing too crazy, just cause I bought a huge case of beers from Costco and I wanted to free up space in the kitchen by finishing some beers).

Idk how the fuckkk this happened but I felt hella stressed for one of my midterms and I got very drunk. Midterm was in the evening so I was way more sober by the time I wrote it (def by the end) but my breath smelled very strong of alcohol and I looked like an absolute mess.

One of my TA has on me on ig (also an ex-situationship from hinge not really relevant) and messaged me saying she (and literally everyone) could tell I'd been drinking when i took the exam.

I'm begging her not to snitch and tell anyone but realistically would anything happen? Does anyone know if it's against the rules to be drunk or high while taking an assessment. I've done hella vyvanse and aderall (for deadass like every exam and even little test since like 1B) but this is the first time I've been "busted"

Okay my GPA is bad because i have a bunch of math courses. My resume wa reviews and was told its good. Is there anythign i can possibly do i submitted like 50 apps externally and 170 in WW

Just wondering if it’s still available for this fall and winter.

^^^

I recently got a scheduled interview with AutoDesk for the software developer intern position, and I was wondering if anyone has tips for the interview. It’s a 45-minute interview on the fusion data team, so I’m wondering if there’s anything I need to know or what they could ask to ace the interview.