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cyfct9d | 1 | t3_3ymi5r | t1_cyfclzi | kballer28 | thanks | 2015-12-29T15:57:51 | null | false | false | 82,000 |
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cyf8byp | 1 | t3_3yoaqn | t3_3yoaqn | __SPIDERMAN___ | So ez | 2015-12-29T14:07:20 | null | false | false | 82,001 |
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cyf9huq | 1 | t3_3ylmas | t1_cyeqd9y | Victawr | Was just thinking this. This guy will definitely succeed here.
With writing like that, he should have picked SYDE given that we do like 20 reports every term. Lots of communications, presentations, and teamwork.
Not sure writing skills can get you far in CS.
But, to each their own I suppose. | 2015-12-29T14:36:12 | 4B SYDE | false | false | 82,002 |
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cyfade0 | 1 | t3_3yorga | t3_3yorga | Zarquad | Term averages are rounded to one decimal place on your transcript. Idk if 59.5% counts as a pass or fail though. | 2015-12-29T14:57:42 | null | false | false | 82,003 |
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cyfalx9 | 1 | t3_3y9n9o | t1_cyegwh9 | Jon_Snow22 | 86 was the lowest i heard | 2015-12-29T15:03:42 | null | false | false | 82,004 |
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cyf8xqa | 1 | t3_3xt3lq | t3_3xt3lq | TrappedInUW | 3rd Year MF, would be glad to help out. | 2015-12-29T14:22:23 | Mathematical Finance | false | false | 82,005 |
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cyfby89 | 1 | t3_3ymi5r | t1_cyfbd4k | kballer28 | What average do you need for environmental engineering? | 2015-12-29T15:36:33 | null | false | false | 82,006 |
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cyfch15 | 1 | t3_3ym6l4 | t1_cyfb5b5 | blaster009 | Yes, I've had several start the course with C++. None have finished with it though.
I wholly believe it's possible to use C++, and I also agree that modern C++ is a far better language than C when used properly. However, C++ adds a whole bunch of unnecessary complexity on top of an already complicated project.
I think the real trick is finding the appropriate subset of the language to limit yourself to. | 2015-12-29T15:49:25 | PhD CS (CS452 TA, CS350) | false | false | 82,007 |
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cyfclzi | 1 | t3_3ymi5r | t1_cyfby89 | korkskrue | https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/future-undergraduate-students/application-process/admission-averages | 2015-12-29T15:52:48 | BJ Transistor | false | false | 82,008 |
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cyf93qv | 1 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf8rww | selfiestick-jesus | nothin but respect for your decision bro | 2015-12-29T14:26:33 | 42B blaze it | false | false | 82,009 |
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cyfbd4k | 1 | t3_3ymi5r | t1_cyf0j0y | korkskrue | Just apply to computer, and put your 2nd and 3rd options as programs that are easier to get into. | 2015-12-29T15:22:23 | BJ Transistor | false | false | 82,010 |
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cyfbzhr | 1 | t3_3y9n9o | t1_cyfalx9 | kballer28 | Do you have any idea on what averages you would need for geological or environmental? I am planing to use one of those for my alternative choice. | 2015-12-29T15:37:23 | null | false | false | 82,011 |
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cyfc7dl | 1 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf5fou | korkskrue | Started in '14. It's gotten worse. Only people you really have time to socialize with is your cohort, and that too, when you are doing school work | 2015-12-29T15:42:45 | BJ Transistor | false | false | 82,012 |
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cyfbtke | 0 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfaf32 | Ballplayerx97 | I knew about the rez cafeterias but I assumed there would be more outside the rez. For example, the SLC imo should be closer to the center of the school and be a lot larger with far more restaurant and shops. Literally go to most other schools and you'll get what I'm saying here | 2015-12-29T15:33:25 | null | false | false | 82,013 |
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cyf93fc | 0 | t3_3yor75 | t3_3yor75 | lai_cha | Don't get fired | 2015-12-29T14:26:20 | ιι¬Ό | false | false | 82,014 |
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cyf9tft | -1 | t3_3yorga | t3_3yorga | Frozen-Placenta | Yes or no | 2015-12-29T14:44:04 | Microelectronic Circuits 7th Edition | false | false | 82,015 |
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cyf9me7 | -1 | t3_3yor75 | t3_3yor75 | pm_me_chipotle | Don't masturbate. | 2015-12-29T14:39:19 | null | false | false | 82,016 |
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cyfaf32 | -1 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf5m9t | halivera | It sounds to me that you're a student in UWP who's angsty that they don't have a cafeteria even though they got the optional meal plan, when there are better options off campus near their residence and you have a kitchen. The campus is pretty much as centralized in Waterloo as possible, like i suppose it could be at uptown but Waterloo is spread out in general. Half of your complaints are about the city itself. Also the buildings are on average newer than a lot of schools in Canada, and would you really rather the school be putting money into making nicer looking buildings? Would you enjoy a tuition raise? Or would you complain if that happened. | 2015-12-29T14:58:51 | mathematics | false | false | 82,017 |
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cyfafzx | -1 | t3_3yor75 | t3_3yor75 | tehepero | Post shenanigans. | 2015-12-29T14:59:27 | CS 1B | false | false | 82,018 |
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cyffu79 | 18 | t3_3yowdx | t3_3yowdx | Graendal | Yeah, okay, I'm done. You win. I'm unsubscribing from this sub now. | 2015-12-29T17:15:54 | null | false | false | 82,019 |
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cyfcwkk | 10 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf94h5 | iCanHelpU2 | You've actually captured all I would want to say if someone ever asks, "why is UW so depressing?" | 2015-12-29T16:00:09 | β¨ββ¨ i want 2B, the very best! β¨ββ¨ | false | false | 82,020 |
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cyfh72d | 9 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyetk85 | goonsrus | paninos is trash | 2015-12-29T17:52:12 | null | false | false | 82,021 |
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cyfdcvd | 8 | t3_3ympwx | t3_3ympwx | dARCkL0rdZ_69 | I posted about this before a while back.
UW cares about the average being at 70 way too much. This philosophy is outdated and is not used by the top STEM schools anymore. It's also worse that the instructors for some courses seem to be picked because of their research and not because of their teaching abilities. We should note that instructors simply cannot teach at MIT if they are bad teachers, even if they produced some groundbreaking research. Why do we then have to deal with boring, uninvolved and incompetent instructors?
UW mental health problems run rampant across campus. First you have those who are falsely convinced they have ADHD/ADD/depression or any other mental illness just because of the stress. UW should work on educating students on what all of these illnesses are and to NOT SELF DIAGNOSE. On the other hand you have those people who really need help, and the system is bogged down due to the aforementioned case.
I remember choosing engineering over medicine because engineering would be less cut throat. This is definitely not the case. Everyone is thrown into a co-op fighting pit, with no real guidance. CECA doesn't care if you have your life ruined, they just want the employer to be happy. There's a "figure it out yourself" attitude present at this school that tries to teach individualism but only accomplishes to either lose some people out drive them into thinking they're all alone here.
Finally, heavy weighted exams that test application versus knowledge test students on the wrong thing. Don't get me wrong, I agree that we should write exams that comprehensively test whether or not we can use the skills we learned, but this only makes sense if they taught us this. I don't recall learning how to apply what I'm learning to something abstract. If I want gives this ability through my schooling, then why test me on it? It would be great if they could focus on teaching us how to get from A to B instead of teaching us A and testing us on B.
All in all, I want to get this engineering degree without wanting to kill myself because of the stress and pressure, and I want my education to teach me (through competent instructors) how to solve the problem instead of only teaching me the basics. | 2015-12-29T16:11:38 | null | false | false | 82,022 |
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cyffzij | 8 | t3_3ympwx | t3_3ympwx | michaeljewsburry | I just want to mention that threads like this perpetuates the issue.
A lot of the issues mentioned on this thread stems from school culture. Culture comes from within the students. Sure, shitty administration can inhibit good school culture, but that's almost always just an excuse.
PLENTY of American schools have shitty administration, especially large public schools that have to babysit a wide range of kids. It's only schools like MIT and CalTech that truly have an administration that caters to building up school culture, and they can do that only because they have a sub 10% acceptance rate that lets them select kids in a Harry Potter house sorting way.
I see a lot of pessimism on this subreddit. Sure, maybe we're being honest and everything mentioned here ARE in fact problems that we need to solve. But words are powerful. Saying and thinking negative things makes us act in negative ways, and that is exactly what is promoting a bad school culture.
I think sometimes we need to talk about things we love about U Waterloo. We can't have school spirit if you don't love Waterloo in the first place. We're exactly the reason why Waterloo doesn't have spirit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47MsYbF0juI | 2015-12-29T17:19:50 | null | false | false | 82,023 |
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cyfgtg8 | 8 | t3_3yowdx | t1_cyfcg54 | perspicatic | no holiday is complete without that blue Cultural Vistas folder, YYZ->SFO tickets, a bag of soylent and a fifth of shitty vodka. And Sedra Smith for reading materials | 2015-12-29T17:42:05 | 59.4 | false | false | 82,024 |
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cyfects | 7 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfd3f2 | Victawr | See, if you go way back into my post history on this subreddit you'll see I was saying the same things in the past.
As a student, its not that bad in relation to other options _within Canada_. City schools are always going to be better in the context of what I'm saying though, such as UofT, or UT (in Austin).
But lets take alook at the other competitors to uwaterloo.
UofT is literally in Toronto I don't need to say more.
MIT/Harvard are in Cambridge, and are VERY easy to get into Boston from. Cambridge is a more evolved version of Waterloo. But its not a fair comparison because you're always a 15 min busride from Boston, which is a massive city, and one of my favorites.
Stanford I would say is the closest comparison. Similar to Waterloo/Toronto, San Francisco is only 1.5h from PA. That said, having the Caltrain certainly makes it better (lots of people make the trip daily by the train, unlike Wloo/Toronto). PA at its core is boring as hell and doesn't have much to offer. But again, the city is very accessible. On a boring Wednesday afternoon though, I'm not sure what you'd do there. So I'll give you that.
UCBerkeley is a 40 min subway into SF and Berkeley itself is incredible with tons to offer. Beautiful area, and a VERY easy trip into San Francisco. Unreasonable amounts of music venues too.
UWashington is in Seattle. I don't really need to say more.
UT is in Austin, and its a very easy trip to dirty, 6th and Rainey street.
Carnegie Mellon is a 25 min subway into Pittsburgh.
Upenn is inside Philadelphia.
CalTech is just outside of LA
GT is in Atlanta
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Your statements of people liking what they are doing and constant tech and research talk are all VERY prevalent at every school ive mentioned. These are all schools that compete very well in the same fields as Waterloo. SF is made up of grads from pretty much these schools.
But other than being Canadian, why would you choose Waterloo? The city is useless. There's nothing here. Every other place I mentioned with the exception of Stanford (and the unmentioned UIUC which is also a big competitor) have so much to offer. The schools are great and there is just so much to do. Not only that, the school spirit is incredible. I've been to MOST of the schools I've mentioned through hackathons and random travels. I got to experience them quite a bit.
And don't fool yourself into thinking Waterloo has co-op over them. Many of these schools offer very comprehensive internship programs. Most interns at the big companies in SF aren't even from Waterloo.
So, going back to what you're saying about how great the people are here and how much they love their work etc... It exists everywhere, and even at schools that are smack dab in the middle of a city. | 2015-12-29T16:36:57 | 4B SYDE | false | false | 82,025 |
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cyffc8x | 6 | t3_3yor75 | t3_3yor75 | CaptainPajamaShark | Hit on your supervisor so you get laid/a better work term eval. | 2015-12-29T17:02:27 | TERM PROGRAM | false | false | 82,026 |
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cyfgi0l | 6 | t3_3ympwx | t3_3ympwx | CapturedSoul | Honestly most of my gripes are with my program (ECE) rather than Waterloo itself. They truly dgaf about ur time and find ways to add on meaningless work for u.
For the last few terms now I've felt like I spent so much time on deadline related tasks (labs, assignments, more labs) that I didn't have time to study the material. The labs themselves are more of a nuisance than a learning opportunity since embedded labs are nvr explained much in lectures, circuit labs usually don't involve designing anything, and matlab is thrown onto every math course past calc 2.
A lot of ppl in the class have seem to accepted that they wont be able to try and understand the most of the material going on in lectures but will learn enough to not fall too behind and be able to cram everything in the week before exams. This really contrasts the enthusiasm present I've seen in a science or math class.
This leads to most ppl in ece kind of having a cult mentality. From my exp most ppl in the program only have enough time to befriend other ppl in their program, so its tough to meet all the other awesome folk at uw. Given a do over I truly think maybe 40% of the class wouldnt have chosen this program (and opt for CS or Syde). | 2015-12-29T17:33:26 | 2B or Not 2B | false | false | 82,027 |
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cyfejf2 | 5 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf2nmn | CreamiestCream | > I have never received a straight answer about cost-benefit analysis or performance indicators or accountability
Heh. Isn't it interesting that the Velocity administration weenies neglect to mention that well over 90% of startups crash and burn. They're selling a hyped-up dream to wide-eyed youth who are more than happy to play along. | 2015-12-29T16:41:33 | Free From Indoctrination | false | false | 82,028 |
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cyfgxhn | 4 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfbtu7 | perspicatic | Ask me about ~~engineering~~ ECE 2A! | 2015-12-29T17:45:07 | 59.4 | false | false | 82,029 |
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cyfd3f2 | 3 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf94h5 | MakerBoot | I think most people would have more fun at California than at Waterloo but its honestly not that bad at loo. Although I would agree that I wouldn't want to live here if I wasn't a student (at least at the current state of Kitchener).
I haven't really been to many schools outside of Canada so I'll limit my comparisons to other large Canadian universities (Western, McGill, Guelph, McMaster). Compared to these schools, I think Waterloo stands to par in terms of just having fun (whatever your definition of "fun" is). They're all in the middle of businesses targeted towards students (few bars, restaurants, etc that all focus on affordable prices more than quality).
Also, I find the students here are more genuinely interested in what they study. When I walked around the campus of other schools, students are typically gossiping about friends or what show/movie they watched. But in Waterloo I was pleasantly surprised to find it common that students are talking about certain technical ideas, projects they're working on, in addition to the occasional shit banter. Maybe Im in the minority but I liked the fact that Waterloo students were more into what they were doing.
And, to most people I asked, they miss school during co-op and miss co-op during school. In the end, I agree that Waterloo (the city) doesn't have a large variety of parties/events, but I much rather have the connections and friends I do now who probably would not have gone to other schools if it wasn't for the universities intense programs.
For the record, I think the school has many faults, the biggest being that they really don't seem to put a lot of effort in helping students directly (paving roads, planting trees, etc) but only helping students indirectly where they also benefit from the middleman (investing in student-run companies) | 2015-12-29T16:05:03 | null | false | false | 82,030 |
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cyfdknk | 3 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf3dgt | EngSciGuy | The high weight finals are (last I checked) a requirement for accreditation from CEAB (http://www.engineerscanada.ca/sites/default/files/2014_accreditation_criteria_and_procedures_v06.pdf). | 2015-12-29T16:17:08 | PhD ECE-QIP | false | false | 82,031 |
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cyfgd1y | 3 | t3_3yoaqn | t3_3yoaqn | Laffytaffy69 | i wish i could do this, im too scared of taking any other cs with 350 and 341 loool. good luck :) | 2015-12-29T17:29:46 | 3A Lmao | false | false | 82,032 |
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cyfe9lc | 3 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfayh3 | GrandNewbien | I'm sure it's on a case by case basis.
It's all just anecdotal anyways, internet friend. | 2015-12-29T16:34:41 | Alumnus | false | false | 82,033 |
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cyfg7s3 | 3 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf94h5 | HueTopUW | You bring up great points. I never had a chance to go to the States for coop, bad coop decisions on my part, so I can't vouch for what you said about the situation in the states. But everything else I agree on. About to graduate soon and I don't have too many fond memories to look back on, university won't be that "golden days" thing to reminisce about for me. Not sure who to blame more, me or UW but it's definitely been a harrowing experience | 2015-12-29T17:25:56 | null | false | false | 82,034 |
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cyfgr2p | 3 | t3_3yorga | t3_3yorga | goonsrus | 59.5 is a pass and anything below that is not. | 2015-12-29T17:40:18 | null | false | false | 82,035 |
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cyffeeo | 2 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfects | MakerBoot | Right. I agree with what all that you said above and knowing what we know now, we'd most likely rank Waterloo lower and some schools in the States higher.
Waterloo doesn't offer as much as those schools you mentioned outside of academics. BUT, that doesn't mean Waterloo is a bad/boring place to be. Most of us live here 4 months at a time and I really think a lot of people exaggerate or are at their own to blame for if they're not enjoying their time.
Again, I agree that Waterloo isn't as exciting for the reasons you listed, but Waterloo certainly isn't as bad as some people make it to be. | 2015-12-29T17:04:05 | null | false | false | 82,036 |
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cyffoj0 | 2 | t3_3yn4dt | t3_3yn4dt | nebularium | lol is this serious with forgotten [serious] tag?
If so, no, your life isn't over. | 2015-12-29T17:11:42 | engineering | false | false | 82,037 |
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cyfdlf7 | 2 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfbxcc | Ballplayerx97 | I actually did a lot of reading on this beforehand, the thing is I couldn't visit because I live kinda far away. So I had to visualize everything in my mind and I had the wrong picture apparently. What your saying is true, the school can't change many of these aspects, nevertheless they do impact the overall experience and thats rather unfortunate | 2015-12-29T16:17:40 | null | false | false | 82,038 |
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cyffdw4 | 2 | t3_3yku3q | t3_3yku3q | TrappedInUW | I wrote about manga for the book discussion and got into SE so I think anything is fine. Pretty sure they just want to see if you're literate and have some stuff you're passionate about. | 2015-12-29T17:03:41 | Mathematical Finance | false | false | 82,039 |
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cyfejma | 2 | t3_3yor75 | t3_3yor75 | first_year_cs | Be friendly, chill with your coworkers, maybe go out to lunch with them, figure out who would be willing to answer your questions, take any notes if necessary.
(And then go home and work on your side projects.) | 2015-12-29T16:41:42 | mΓ‘pΓ³ tofu | false | false | 82,040 |
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cyfd1le | 1 | t3_3ym6l4 | t1_cyeu4dd | korkskrue | Trains use ASIIC, not FPGA fam | 2015-12-29T16:03:45 | BJ Transistor | false | false | 82,041 |
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cyfew8o | 1 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfdknk | AetherThought | Don't see anything in that document about weighting finals, just amount of overall time needed to be spent on certain subjects.
Care to point out to me where you see that? | 2015-12-29T16:50:45 | 3B Comp Eng | false | false | 82,042 |
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cyfe016 | 1 | t3_3yowdx | t3_3yowdx | honhonhonFRFR | This is a nice meme | 2015-12-29T16:28:01 | Geemu+Cola | false | false | 82,043 |
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cyfe3nv | 1 | t3_3yoaqn | t1_cyf7jpz | retsoptidder | AI needs 231 if you're interested, but they offer that course every term | 2015-12-29T16:30:31 | null | false | false | 82,044 |
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cyff54x | 1 | t3_3yor75 | t1_cyfezvf | Low-monthly-payments | Don't worry, if you look at the top there is an option to change the language. Although to be fair my co-op still uses php (for some reason). | 2015-12-29T16:57:12 | 2A Economics | false | false | 82,045 |
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cyfeuup | 1 | t3_3xt3lq | t3_3xt3lq | thegoosewhisperer | I mildly contributed to the UW Wiki page and made the Smug Goose meme - I am officially applying for moderator status. | 2015-12-29T16:49:46 | Goose pronouons (hiss/ honk) | false | false | 82,046 |
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cyfezvf | 1 | t3_3yor75 | t1_cyf9t7z | mudkipzftw | If I saw someone on this I'd think they're a scrub anyway, because they're using PHP | 2015-12-29T16:53:25 | it has been π days since the last shitpost | false | false | 82,047 |
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cyffkas | 1 | t3_3ym5k4 | t1_cyezasb | anatomyofafart | I second this: took CO 370 this term and it's far more useful! | 2015-12-29T17:08:31 | γ°γγγγγ | false | false | 82,048 |
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cyfggtz | 1 | t3_3ydip2 | t1_cycu8wr | Chaos2017 | *Pigs | 2015-12-29T17:32:30 | null | false | false | 82,049 |
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cyfdeht | 1 | t3_3yo0bx | t3_3yo0bx | mr-agdgdgwngo | Can a mod delete this shit? I know you mods like to be hands off but the fact that stuff like this is allowed to stay up just encourages other people to post more stuff like it whether or not it gets downvoted. | 2015-12-29T16:12:48 | Computator Engineerings | false | false | 82,050 |
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cyffark | 0 | t3_3yorga | t3_3yorga | TrappedInUW | Ask your advisor. | 2015-12-29T17:01:21 | Mathematical Finance | false | false | 82,051 |
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cyfeaj1 | -2 | t3_3ympwx | t3_3ympwx | CreamiestCream | Not so much UW, but academia in general. It's a repository of far left douchebags who write verbose papers about a warped world view that doesn't reflect reality. Case in point, if a professor can write a profound 80-page thesis on financial derivatives, then why the fuck isn't said professor on Bay/Wall street pulling in millions? | 2015-12-29T16:35:22 | Free From Indoctrination | false | false | 82,052 |
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cyfk1gw | 87 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | grapeape25 | Well, graduating with 2 years of work experience and no debt was pretty great. | 2015-12-29T19:10:49 | SoftEng 2015 | false | false | 82,053 |
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cyfjmvf | 51 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | RealisticMathStudent | I genuinely do. I am honestly pretty appalled by the number of people who resent or even despise UWl. | 2015-12-29T18:59:24 | MATH = Mysterious AnTi-social Humanoid | false | false | 82,054 |
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cyfk64p | 43 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | BigCandyLuva | I don't love it, I don't hate it. Honestly all the dumb shit people bitch about can be dealt with. If you're not down with the super competitive student mindset, be it working at a major company, doing the entrepreneur thing...whatever, you can totally just avoid that scene and still get a v legit education. If you want social stuff there are things to do..if you actually try. No it's not Toronto but I still jump on the occasional bus to hang out with friends/ go to some concerts. You're probably busy with class anyways so who cares if you're not DT all the time. Campus isn't great looking, I'll admit but there is something I like about the campus being inclosed by Ring Road...kind of makes me feel at home (I dunno?) Met a lot of characters (good and bad) over the years. Ate some spicy chicken wraps. Went to Paninios a few times. 8/10. | 2015-12-29T19:14:21 | Β―\_(γ)_/Β― | false | false | 82,055 |
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cyflarc | 36 | t3_3ypu6g | t1_cyfk1gw | perspicatic | Taking a 4 month break to California (or Toronto, or wherever) every four months is a definite plus. | 2015-12-29T19:43:57 | 59.4 | false | false | 82,056 |
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cyflfbp | 26 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | halivera | I was honestly pretty surprised as well by how much of a negative attitude there was towards UW, as its a sentiment I rarely hear when talking to my friends here. I love it here. I love the competition, and I recognize this may be different from some of the engineering programs. That being said I love the fact that people here are passionate about what they do. Like most everyone here I was at the top of my class in high school and I can honestly say it is much more rewarding to do well when you have to work very hard for it and know those who you are going up against are some of the brightest students in Canada. I really do not understand the complaints about how old or crappy our buildings are here, every university has shitty buildings and I think some our best new buildings make up for this by far. I think a lot of the things we complain about are symptomatic of the city that UW is in, or the Canadian education system in general. | 2015-12-29T19:47:21 | mathematics | false | false | 82,057 |
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cyfkquf | 22 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | codeinesyrup | I live in a town where the 2011 population census was 98% Caucasian. Most of our blown up stories from our town is due to racism or idiots waving confederate flags in our school/ on their trucks. Our top 3 largest accomplishments since I've lived there since 2004 is: building a Walmart, we finally get a highway extension to our town (used to have drive 20 minutes out to another town to get to highway), and a Boston pizza.
I hear people from Toronto complain about how boring it is but I honestly love it here. Lots of good food places to eat and a diverse population with plenty of places to go out and have fun. I have a dope friend group to balance out the hard engineering school life. | 2015-12-29T19:29:20 | making dirty sprite in chem eng | false | false | 82,058 |
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cyfk9oz | 19 | t3_3ypu6g | t1_cyfk64p | RealisticMathStudent | This, is exactly how I feel about UW. It's not great, but it feels intimate. | 2015-12-29T19:17:01 | MATH = Mysterious AnTi-social Humanoid | false | false | 82,059 |
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cyfltk2 | 13 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | Frozen-Placenta | like-minded people
i actually like the culture of the student body here | 2015-12-29T19:58:05 | Microelectronic Circuits 7th Edition | false | false | 82,060 |
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cyfl1sq | 12 | t3_3ypu6g | t1_cyfjmvf | Victawr | I genuinely love it too I just hate the city it is in. | 2015-12-29T19:37:19 | 4B SYDE | false | false | 82,061 |
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cyfl81x | 11 | t3_3ypu6g | t1_cyfl5yw | codeinesyrup | You bet. Only an hour at most from North York/Toronto area. | 2015-12-29T19:41:57 | making dirty sprite in chem eng | false | false | 82,062 |
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cyfjdrx | 10 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyffzij | Victawr | But what I love about uwaterloo is that nobody gives a shit if I don't partake in school events and school spirit | 2015-12-29T18:52:29 | 4B SYDE | false | false | 82,063 |
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cyfkvi4 | 9 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | michaeljewsburry | [Here is a document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yC0jdeWyuOUvNN6rQuM8TBFbsbBPFBbjPIDSEQCAfp4/edit?usp=sharing) I made to explain to people why I went Canadian. | 2015-12-29T19:32:39 | null | false | false | 82,064 |
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cyfitxm | 9 | t3_3ympwx | t3_3ympwx | kgju | I don't hate Waterloo, but I do find it quite depressing. | 2015-12-29T18:37:15 | "$YEAR$TERM" CS | false | false | 82,065 |
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cyfks9c | 7 | t3_3ympwx | t3_3ympwx | IKnowHowThisGotHere | I came to Canada in 2005. I had been suffering from depression from 2000 but it wasn't diagnosed. My parents took me to a doctor once when we came to Canada but his only response was to tell my concerned mother to "kick him out of the house". I started at UW in ECE in 2006. I failed 1B, repeated it but I wasn't getting help with my depression so I didn't get the required average to stay in ECE. By this time it was 2009, I switched to the Science faculty and continued to take courses. I was doing better as the courses were less demanding but still, I was depressed. I suffered from a mental breakdown in late 2011 which prompted me to go to the emergency room at the hospital and only then did I start getting treatment for my mental health. Before the mental breakdown, I had been selecting courses that looked interesting from the list of courses in the Science & Math faculties for a while. I found out about the Mathematical Physics program and started following that plan. I consistently found myself doing better at the MATH & AMATH courses than the PHYS courses.
When I returned to UW after having started the treatment for depression, I attempted to get my failed courses cleared with the Engineering faculty. I was told that since over 5 years had elapsed that they would not be making any changes. I did not get the chance to explain to them that I had been suffering from depression at the time and that I had documentation to prove it. As I mentioned earlier, I was doing better in my MATH & AMATH courses than my PHYS courses. I looked into transferring into the Math Faculty so that I could pursue a degree in Applied Math. I wanted to get a decent average in order to improve my chances of getting into graduate school. Given that I was doing better in MATH & AMATH courses, Applied Math seemed like a sensible choice and a good alternative to taking PHYS courses which were pulling my average down. A representative from the Math Faculty informed me that while I had the requisite average, the failed courses from Engineering meant that the transfer would not be approved. I consulted with my counselor at Counselling Services and he recommended that I try submitting a petition to the Math Faculty, explaining my position. I wrote the petition and attached supporting documentation from my counselor, clearly explaining in my petition that these 5 failed courses occurred during a period where I was suffering from depression. I received a short response from the Mathematics Admissions Committe who told me that my petition was denied based on my academic record. This is the same academic record that was made while I was either severely depressed or under powerful psychiatric medication. This is the same academic record which another representative from the Math Faculty examined and told me that it was only the 5 failed courses that would prevent a transfer.
So now I am in a position where I just want to get out of this university as quickly as possible. I am tired of dealing with UW. I have to get course overrides every term because Quest does not take into account anti-requisites. I have taken AMATH 231 (and got a good grade, thank you Professor Hewitt) but I have to get an override to be able to take MATH 239. So, I go to the MATH 239 professor who looks at my academic record and says he is not going to sign the override because he is "afraid of doing something wrong". There are empty seats in his section at this point. He tells me to go to the Math Undergraduate Office. I go there and I get signed in right away, but not in the section that I have an opening in my schedule for. I get signed into a section that conflicts with another course because that's the only section that has space available. The section I was trying to get into is now full. When there are empty seats in the section a short while later, MUO tells me that I have to submit a petition to be able to change sections at this point.
I have to explain to SAFA repeatedly about my mental health in order to be provided a loan to cover my tuition fees for the term. I am reminded every term, through the numerous letters I have written, by the university about how I have a mental health issue. The university bases its decisions on my academic record which was produced while either suffering from severe depression or under powerful psychiatric medication (Olanzapine being the major contributor). These decisions are made by a faceless committee without meeting me in person.
I have decided to go for an Honors Science degree instead of Mathematical Physics as this will mean that I will graduate from this place much sooner and I will not have to constantly fill out and submit Course Override forms just to be able to take the courses that I am required to take (I have not had a single Course Override request be denied. The MATH 239 professor is the exception but the MUO signed me in right away). This means that I will have to take PHYS courses exclusively which will, without a doubt, reduce my average and affect my chances of getting into graduate school.
I'd like to thank a few of the professors here at UW who have made my experience here a little brighter - from the Math faculty: Professor Dupont, Professor Banerjee, Professor Hewitt. From the Science faculty - Professor Faizal, Professor Doxey. Thanks for reading, I hope you understand a little better what my experience at UW has been like. | 2015-12-29T19:30:19 | learnin' thangs | false | false | 82,066 |
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cyfjdhv | 7 | t3_3yowdx | t3_3yowdx | randomguy12 | I feel like a dumbass for thinking Sedra Smith was the name of some David Toman-like engineering professor. | 2015-12-29T18:52:17 | CS alum. Took dumps in all buildings. | false | false | 82,067 |
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cyfjch8 | 6 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfdcvd | Victawr | I've never felt anything cutthroat at all, ever, in engineering. Everyone is kind and helpful and as for coop, people even share interview questions with each other just to help each other out.
Everyone also helps everyone try to get jobs at their companies they were on coop at.
No idea what your idea of cutthroat is. Engineering is nice peoples. | 2015-12-29T18:51:30 | 4B SYDE | false | false | 82,068 |
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cyfl5yw | 6 | t3_3ypu6g | t1_cyfkquf | ball-satchel | > idiots waving confederate flags in our school/ on their trucks
Lol, is this in Canada? | 2015-12-29T19:40:26 | PhD in Memeology | false | false | 82,069 |
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cyfjzb1 | 5 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | boolgogi | I like the math faculty and how quickly I was able to specialize. There's a lot of fields and courses covered at Waterloo that undergraduates aren't able to take at other universities. My degree (AMath and Biology) is pretty unique to UW, and AMATH382/383 and BIOL364 are really specific courses that will hopefully prepare me really well for grad school. Coop is also great because it opened up a lot of opportunities for me and having the ability to try out different jobs and cities is really awesome. | 2015-12-29T19:09:07 | 2B AMath/Biology | false | false | 82,070 |
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cyflfnx | 5 | t3_3ypu6g | t1_cyfl81x | IamA_Hobo_AMA | Damn son they would hate me there | 2015-12-29T19:47:36 | 1B Mech & Leisure | false | false | 82,071 |
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cyfl7ub | 5 | t3_3yowdx | t1_cyffu79 | slackware93 | Mission accomplished | 2015-12-29T19:41:49 | EzE | false | false | 82,072 |
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cyfjek7 | 3 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfitxm | Victawr | Yeah, good description. I love the school but it comes with a lot of small negatives that just build up and eat away at you. | 2015-12-29T18:53:05 | 4B SYDE | false | false | 82,073 |
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cyfjrdq | 3 | t3_3yplik | t3_3yplik | james05345 | Feds used books has 9 copies of the study guide ($24). Just go buy it when the book store opens again (Jan 4th @ 9).
Forget the text book you don't need it.
| 2015-12-29T19:02:54 | null | false | false | 82,074 |
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cyfj9zd | 2 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfcu92 | Victawr | Its a stark contrast between eng and math though. Tons and tons of personality in engineering in my experience. There's a few diamonds in Math too, but they hang out with us so its hard to say what the others are really like. | 2015-12-29T18:49:36 | 4B SYDE | false | false | 82,075 |
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cyfky3b | 2 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf3a84 | ppppranv | Lived in England, can confirm not always cloudy. | 2015-12-29T19:34:37 | null | false | false | 82,076 |
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cyfkoa2 | 2 | t3_3ym6l4 | t1_cyfj86c | blaster009 | Moreso the second than the first. C++ has lots of edge cases, and trying to debug a C++ edge case while you have a nonfunctional context switch causing sporadic register corruption is very, very unpleasant. | 2015-12-29T19:27:30 | PhD CS (CS452 TA, CS350) | false | false | 82,077 |
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cyfk4s1 | 2 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyf3a84 | uwlol | We literally have a rock garden. | 2015-12-29T19:13:19 | BCS '15 | false | false | 82,078 |
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cyfj022 | 2 | t3_3yplik | t3_3yplik | WeCanFlyOnMyLove | You ain't gonna find it. You wastin' yo time. | 2015-12-29T18:41:54 | 2A γγ
γγγγγγγ | false | false | 82,079 |
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cyfj38i | 2 | t3_3yor75 | t1_cyf9myv | kgju | Agreed. Also ask for feedback, and make it clear to your coworkers that you'd appreciate it.
The best thing you can ask for is a job that challenges you. It will teach you a lot. | 2015-12-29T18:44:20 | "$YEAR$TERM" CS | false | false | 82,080 |
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cyfj9r7 | 2 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfcu92 | iCanHelpU2 | > People who do nothing but course work
Don't forget those who slave away on side projects as well! Remembering of course that no side project = no employment, so chop chop! | 2015-12-29T18:49:25 | β¨ββ¨ i want 2B, the very best! β¨ββ¨ | false | false | 82,081 |
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cyfkbv0 | 2 | t3_3yk72d | t1_cyehnl2 | honhonhonFRFR | remember to thank mr santa | 2015-12-29T19:18:41 | Geemu+Cola | false | false | 82,082 |
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cyfkv25 | 2 | t3_3yplik | t1_cyfjrdq | WeCanFlyOnMyLove | Personally I'd suggest buying the textbook as well. I didn't buy either at first (then I did shit on the first midterm and bought the study guide as consequence). I ended up bringing up my mark quite a bit, but a lot of the time the explanations for the things in the study guide refer to the textbook so having the textbook would be optimal. | 2015-12-29T19:32:20 | 2A γγ
γγγγγγγ | false | false | 82,083 |
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cyfitkj | 1 | t3_3yn4dt | t3_3yn4dt | hani1460 | u can skip one co-op term , i skipped my first one and its alright .. failing one course is no big deal either as long as you passed the term.. | 2015-12-29T18:36:58 | 3B Civil-Eng | false | false | 82,084 |
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cyfj86c | 1 | t3_3ym6l4 | t1_cyfch15 | kgju | Out of curiosity:
When you say complexity, do you mean things like C++ libraries messing up the timing or the program design becoming too complex thanks to C++ features? | 2015-12-29T18:48:12 | "$YEAR$TERM" CS | false | false | 82,085 |
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cyfli3g | 1 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfdcvd | ppppranv | We can't pick and choose our professors because their endowment is roughly 40 times ours. Which is because we don't have school spirit, partly aided by threads such as these. | 2015-12-29T19:49:26 | null | false | false | 82,086 |
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cyfiq0q | 1 | t3_3ymnmy | t3_3ymnmy | jddbeyondthesky | They round using ceiling last I checked. Definitely agree with the other guy, ask an advisor, and in the worst case, take the birdiest bird course that ever flew the coup. | 2015-12-29T18:34:17 | Psych Alumnus | false | false | 82,087 |
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cyfjfot | 1 | t3_3yor75 | t1_cyffc8x | randomguy12 | [They've done studies you know](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjvQFtlNQ-M) | 2015-12-29T18:53:56 | CS alum. Took dumps in all buildings. | false | false | 82,088 |
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cyfkb4l | 1 | t3_3yk72d | t1_cyeo5kv | honhonhonFRFR | what is fass? | 2015-12-29T19:18:06 | Geemu+Cola | false | false | 82,089 |
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cyfk8lh | 0 | t3_3yowdx | t1_cyfj4ab | honhonhonFRFR | unwashed memer | 2015-12-29T19:16:12 | Geemu+Cola | false | false | 82,090 |
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cyfj4ab | 0 | t3_3yowdx | t1_cyfibxb | perspicatic | Rob Rhinehart is perhaps the greatest memer of all time | 2015-12-29T18:45:08 | 59.4 | false | false | 82,091 |
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cyfibxb | -1 | t3_3yowdx | t1_cyfgtg8 | honhonhonFRFR | [wanna read a nice meme?](http://robrhinehart.com/?p=1152) | 2015-12-29T18:23:16 | Geemu+Cola | false | false | 82,092 |
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cyfkk1j | -6 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | honhonhonFRFR | There are some very nice memes here | 2015-12-29T19:24:29 | Geemu+Cola | false | false | 82,093 |
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cyfpb2g | 36 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | Enigmers | I'm a nerd going to a school full of nerds, so I kinda fit in.
School isn't easy but it's definitely interesting - I've had maybe two or three classes total I wasn't really engaged in, and I'm about to start my 4B.
Doing co-op was probably the best decision I could have made with my life - I see people on Reddit talk about taking on minimum wage jobs after graduating and taking decades to finish paying off their student loans and I'm like "well fuck that noise". I paid off my tuition myself, and I pay my own rent and buy my own groceries and everything.
I have work experience at a bunch of different jobs and I kind of have some idea what I want to do with my life - or more specifically that there's a very wide range of jobs I could do that would make me happy.
I grew up a lot over the past few years and I like who I am now.
**tl;dr worth** | 2015-12-29T21:37:03 | 4A CS/Psych | false | false | 82,094 |
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cyfmds3 | 34 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | CaptainPajamaShark | Because without coop I would be an even bigger socially inept NEET, who fucks up every interview and has no employable skills. | 2015-12-29T20:13:33 | TERM PROGRAM | false | false | 82,095 |
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cyfmv9h | 27 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | tehepero | You don't get called a nerd for studying hardcore and dedicating free time to side-projects. <3 | 2015-12-29T20:27:23 | CS 1B | false | false | 82,096 |
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cyfn90c | 23 | t3_3ypu6g | t3_3ypu6g | motoroia | For me, I absoutley fucking hated UW when I was a student there. But after graduating, I realized it was more of love and hate sentiment toward UW. Now I really miss every part of the university - its plaza, DWE, PAC.. I am in tears | 2015-12-29T20:38:05 | null | false | false | 82,097 |
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cyflzcv | 13 | t3_3ypu6g | t1_cyfkquf | mudkipzftw | Keswick? | 2015-12-29T20:02:29 | it has been π days since the last shitpost | false | false | 82,098 |
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cyfnx8m | 11 | t3_3ympwx | t1_cyfejf2 | pm_me_degrees | That's standard for all startups. Anyone who doesn't know that stat is so ill informed that they're likely to have a 100% failure rate. | 2015-12-29T20:57:29 | 5B BBA/BMATH | false | false | 82,099 |
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