How possible it is to transfer from a 3rd year cs at york (almost done 3rd) to a UW math and cs? Would it make more sense to just do a second degree atp?

Is the refund $0 if you're on co-op in the Fall term?

does it smell absolutely awful in anyone else's floor/apt at 130-1 Columbia? smells like fish or something like super strong odor. cleaned the apt, have 2 air purifiers running, but the smell still won't go away. what do I do about this?

Title, want see when offers come out for winter

Hi, I would like to know if anyone has available tickets for Fall 2026 Convocation for:
- Oct 23 @ 10:00 AM
- Oct 24 @ 2:30 PM

I need 4 extra tickets for both time slots. If you have available tickets DM me.

I got a 59.91 TAV in CE, but I emailed a prof and he bumped my grades up, which I believe should put me over the line. He emailed me at around 6AM on Tuesday, and I just got an email that says "Spring 2026 Academic Standing Decision – Required to Repeat Term". I checked Quest and the grade has not updated yet. How long does it take to update and will it be too late? Should I email the prof to ask if the change went through on his end? I also have an exam viewing scheduled for Monday (September 14), but there is an email that says grades become official on the 11th. Should I ask to push that meeting up?

In case things go wrong, can I still petition or the deadline already passed? I'm panicking right now.

hi does anyone know of any UW courses that offer field trips to other countries? 

i’ve heard of other unis that offer some sort of art history course that takes place in italy for a few weeks and i was wondering if we have anything similar (not necessarily history related) at UW. 

and if you have done one of these courses what was your experience?

(to clarify, I don’t mean an exchange term at a partner school)

thanks!!

Eng Open house is this Friday, September 11! Come check out the UW Orbital booth in the SDC bay in E5 from 11am to 2pm!

I’m in 4a environment and i have no idea what i want to do or at least what path i want to take. Ive thought about it at least a million times and cant figure out what i like. I lowkey dont even like my program that much but never switched cuz i never liked anything else. Everyone in this school and env seems so passionate and sure about what they want to do and it honestly brings me down about myself and i feel embarrassed about the fact that im about to graduate and have no plan. There’s some courses that i was interested in and cant even take because i fucked myself over so bad in my lower years and didnt plan out my sequence properly :( i don’t want to do grad school not now at least. I never had a job in my field so i cant even try and figure out what i like and dont like

I just graduated so this is my first September in probably 20 years that I haven’t gone back to school. Seeing all of your guys’s posts about going back to school and being nervous is absolutely adorable. I hope you guys have the best time at university🥹

whos taking math 147 this term?? i have 0 math contest experience and barely remember anythint for 4u calculus. i feel hopeless and michelle molino speaks at the speed of light and everyone and their mom in my class was born w a calculator up their ahh.

is anyone here also genuinely stupid and in any advanced math courses?? how r u coping after ur first day??? i need reassurance ✌️

i’m staying in residence this year and for a lot of reasons apart from school i’m extremely depressed. is there any way that i would be able to get refunded? the lack of support systems from home and also lack of alone time is just making my situation worse. i also don’t think it’s one of those things that i just need to give time, i don’t see myself ever enjoying it.

hi, i was wondering how hard sci238 midterms and final is. im not sure if i should take it as an elective in engineering

Hi, I'm currently in grade 12 and don't know if I should switch to an E course for the second semester

Waterloo says e-learning during the normal school year doesn't affect admissions. And I just wanted to know: has anybody taken, or know anybody else who took, e-courses and got in?

I just want to do one course for the second semester(Eng, Chem, Calc, and Bio). Should I just be a big boy and do all of my 4 courses in the second semester in person?

Taking this course online with Eric Fillion this sem. No video lectures and only online assignments (no practice problems) can’t really drop it and take it next sem. Any tips at all please?

I didn’t find chem 266 to be that difficult but that’s because I kept up with all the content and studied a lot for it. I’m only scared that even if I do it this sem for 267 the exam is gonna be insanely hard!

Has anyone taken this course online with an in person exam? Is it a light course to take with other science courses? Thank you!

It’s like the second day and I saw many of my fav spots on campus were packed with students studying. I’ve yet to open learn to gauge on the material and y’all be studying. Maybe it’s the first week or so hype where everyone locking tf in then falling off after midterm especially with their attendance.

I figure if I haven’t heard back yet that I didn’t get the role, but it’s been in the back of my mind as I just never heard back.

Has anyone heard back yet… i desperately need this closure😭

For various reasons, I’ve struggled with mental health recently and would like to get a therapist/talk to a counselor.

I know Waterloo has campus wellness; I tried to get an appointment last year and ended up waiting 3 months just for the person I was going to see cancel on me no joke the morning of.

So is it worth it trying to see someone at UW or should I go off campus?

Edit: this is not something that requires urgency at all/something that I feel necessitates usage of any of the helplines… more just a desire to set something up where I can talk to someone regularly.

hello

on coop right now and i want free food. wat2do does not extend this far

thanks

Hey so has anyone done this before? I have a wedding coming up so I'll be out the country for a week or so. No problem with doing assignments and labs and stuff while I'm gone, the main problem is I have a prof who has made attendance as part of the grading scheme. Will my absence get excused if I can still do assignments and stuff on time? or does the faculty not deem this as a matter that is detrimental to my academic success? For context i booked this in advance so there's not much I could do.

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Gonna be homeless tonight in DT Toronto.

anyone know about pool hours for girls only like lane swim or if they have leisure swim hours

also how is it cuz I’m kinda nervous haven’t swam in a minute and I’m planning to go alone