r/uwaterloo • • Sep 19 '26

Co-op WaterlooWorks Megathread (Winter 2027)

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This thread is for students applying to Winter 2027 co-ops during the Fall 2026 term.

As usual, we're looking for salaries for new postings, or updates to existing salaries, so if you're willing to share, please open up a chat/DM the mod team. Please include the company name, salary, any benefits, the role and the year if possible. I would highly encourage you to submit if you have salaries for non mathematics/CS positions as we are severely lacking in those. We will try updating these ASAP.

The sheet is here: Salaries + Blacklist Spreadsheet

Average Canadian Co-op Earnings (2024)

WaterlooWorks Important Dates

If you have details about interviews, rankings, etc, you can add information to watrank.com for visibility.

If you had a poor experience with a company, you can message the mod team with details and it can be added to the blacklist candidates below. If it's already a candidate, it may be added to the blacklist depending on the severity/consistency of complaints. On the contrary, if you had a good experience with something on the candidates/blacklist, please message the mod team and it may be removed. Candidates will be removed if no more reports are received after a couple terms. Even if something is on the blacklist already if you've had a bad experience let the mod team know, as more reports increase confidence that it is problematic!

Candidates:

  • Console One
  • Lafarge
  • Agentmoon
  • WealthyPlanet
  • Mosaic Transit Group
  • Jobby
  • Aethos Labs
  • Onex Risk Management

Note that reports from submitters with no previous account activity may not be accepted to aid legitimacy.


r/uwaterloo • • Sep 15 '25

Admissions Fall 2026 Admissions Megathread

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This megathread is for prospective frosh and current high school students interested in Waterloo. Ask your questions here.

Please avoid making separate individual posts on the subreddit regarding admissions to prevent the same 10 posts of "can I get into program with x average" or "what are my chances".

RELEVANT ADMISSION INFORMATION

PSA FOR NEW KIDS

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS 2022

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS 2024

COURSES OF PROGRAMS (VERY IMPORTANT LINK!!)

RESOURCES FOR MATURE APPLICANT

Resources for NON-UW TO UW

Fall 2025 Megathread here


r/uwaterloo • • 16h ago

In response to “Are you OK?”

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Yes im fine just trying to get a good LinkedIn photo and a nice view


r/uwaterloo • • 4h ago

Discussion Reading week and feeling guilty

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I didn’t do shit during reading week and I feel kinda guilty since I just bed rotted and caught up with sleep. did u do anything or lock in? 😭


r/uwaterloo • • 2h ago

Discussion uwaterloolife story post

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For those who have seen the stories from uwaterloolife today I feel like theres much to complain about, why do some events seem so racially specific for example east asian boardgame or choreography with black students, im a minority that is rarely found on campus compared to others and it feels like theres never support or things for ethnicities that aren’t asian or african
Waterloo in an effort to combat racism it just feels like it promotes it more if we continue to do race specific events outside of their respective ethnic clubs.

thoughts on this?


r/uwaterloo • • 12h ago

Advice Why you shouldn’t kill yourself

28 Upvotes

I have been suicidal for a long time. I remember the thought of it being the only thing I could think about even back when I was 14. It was like an endless river of thoughts all about ending it and its ramifications.

Over the years it did get better, sometimes got worse. Over time it became some kind of a philosophical shelter. I don’t believe in any afterlife. For me suicide was an escape, a blissful end if things got too rough.

But after watching Kairo, it dawned upon me. What if it doesn’t get any better? What if death is just eternal loneliness too? Eternal suffering? Honestly I don’t think about suicide anymore. Because there are no gurantees.


r/uwaterloo • • 48m ago

So rude

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Idk what happened today


r/uwaterloo • • 1h ago

Meal Plan Question for Incoming Exchange Student Winter 2027

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Hey everyone! I’m an incoming exchange student coming to Waterloo soon and staying in suite-style residence (CLV South). I'm trying to figure out the meal plan situation, and honestly, I'm a bit confused. I’ve read a lot of posts mentioning that people often struggle to finish their meal plan balance and lose money at the end of the term.

From what I can tell, every plan (A through E) takes a 50% upfront overhead deduction, and the "50% discount" at the register just offsets that overhead. Is the only actual financial benefit of having a meal plan just the 13% tax (HST) exemption?

If I start with the cheapest plan (Plan E) and run low, can I just manually reload/top up more money online through the WatCard portal? If I do that, do those reloaded dollars still get the 50% register discount and the 13% tax exemption, or is there a catch?

If top-ups keep the exact same tax/discount benefits, is there any actual downside or hidden trap to just getting Plan E and topping up as I go, other than avoiding the risk of locked-up unspent funds at the end of my exchange?

Then, if I were to buy groceries and cook by myself, what would be the expected budget per month in Canada?


r/uwaterloo • • 13h ago

Uwaterloo ghost legends

29 Upvotes

I was talking with a friend earlier and I straight up thought DP had a ghost lurking cause she was joking with me. Thinking about it, is there any waterloo ghost stories? Like is there a spirit lurking in STC that most people don't know about.


r/uwaterloo • • 13h ago

Serious What Kind of Lunatic Throws Trash on a Table at SLC and Just Leaves?

24 Upvotes

I literally see this almost every day. Do you seriously expect others to clean up your shit, you deranged pigs? Did you know that there are essentially three guys cleaning up all of SLC (floor, tables, washrooms, etc.) at midnight? Have some fucking respect for the people who have to clean up after your sorry asses.


r/uwaterloo • • 8h ago

Shitpost You can be anyone on the internet

11 Upvotes

What if I make a new account on here and started making up an identity for myself and larping as an imaginary student and make shitposts and get viral and beat the likes of Known Work and that guy with the affair with his co-op manager…

You can be anyone on the internet. So why not have some fun? I also wanna be the number 1 shitposter because I currently have no life. Once I move to the big leagues there will be signs.


r/uwaterloo • • 22h ago

Photo/Video RIP

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r/uwaterloo • • 19h ago

Serious STAY AWAY FROM Fergus and Hespeler

64 Upvotes

Name and shame - Fergus House and Hespeler House

Waters coming out to be muddy from Kitchen Sink

Vending Machines in the building are broken

Gym Equipment - Broken since months and no sign of repairs

Intercom system - broken legit have to go down to let inside a person in. Got some important delivery? You're really fucked.

This new management is a disaster. Just stay away from these 2 buildings guys.


r/uwaterloo • • 14h ago

Shitpost Once upon a time, I dreamt I had Co-op

24 Upvotes

Once upon a time, I dreamt I had Co-op, posting my career updates on Linkedin. I was conscious only of my happiness as an employed person, unaware that I was unemployed. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a loser dreaming I was employed, or whether I am now employed dreaming I am a loser.


r/uwaterloo • • 3h ago

find someone

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was there anyone sitting here 10/19 from 17:33-22:00? I left my apple pencil here but this morning i found it still there.I wanna say i am really grateful for not taking it away.Please left your contact.Thank you so much.


r/uwaterloo • • 12h ago

Having a crush on a boy

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I’ve had a crush on a boy for about 8 months, but I haven’t been able to do anything about it. I feel so silly for having a crush on someone for this long without making a move. He might think I’m creepy.

I’m about to start an internship, so I’m hoping that I can get over this crush. 🥲


r/uwaterloo • • 13h ago

Can't find a coop

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I'm in math 2a rn and I applied to every software job I can find on ww and even applied external to faang. Idk why but even Google didn't get back to me yet I'm scared I won't find anything for my first co op any advice


r/uwaterloo • • 21h ago

i aint built for the grind

51 Upvotes

im built for a nap


r/uwaterloo • • 20h ago

Shitpost math classes always trying to involve some bs 'example'

43 Upvotes

'imagine an ant moving in a one dimentional line'

it aint doing that have you ever seen an ant

'take the derivative of its tempurature'

utterly foolish


r/uwaterloo • • 11m ago

Question whoever's in science and aviation pls dm me

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gr12 and really want to get into this program. I'm currently deciding whether or not to drop physics cus it might drop my grade, they say they only look at top six but I feel like its gonna effect my other grades this sem. Guidance counselor telling me to take physics which is going to help for first year and wouldnt count in top six. I dont know if I should drop cus im actually getting bad marks in physics or just keep it for the foundation.


r/uwaterloo • • 27m ago

Serious What should I do now

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Title 😍long story short I came back to my province for reading week and found out my father is ≈$35,000 in debt 😍 (loans are from a shady company with extremely high interest fees as he has a horrid credit score and bad history with money) 😍 this information was spilled to me by my mother as SOON as I came back and she asked me for advice for this situation ?? Mind you I thought I was here to have a small break and have a slight amount of fun with my family but apparently not 🤣🤣🤣😍 my parents were never going to support me with schooling financially so I was never counting on their money but now it looks like they will ask ME for money 🤣 which I won’t give them because I already gave them ≈$10,000 that I MYSELF earnt thru jobs & scholarships 🤣🤣🤣🤣 silly me idk why I did that 👀 so I took out student loans so that I can eat and sleep peacefully and guess what after I handed in my documents they were lowered by $10,000 🤔🤣😍😍😍 and I don’t qualify for financial aid because my parents actually do make $100,000 per year idk where it all goes but 😍 I posted the above info before on this sub and got some advice (thank u🙏) & looked into a couple of things and found out that I can’t register as an independent & get aid because I have to be at least 5 years out of high school to qualify for that 😍 so no aid for me #thugitoutyourself 😍 I also miserably failed math 135 quiz and got a fucking 65 on the last math 137 one and a 64 on the cs135 diagnostic 😍 so not even education going well for me 🤣🤣🤣🤣 also bombed a presentation today 😍 and have a midterm today and tomorrow that I haven’t prepared properly for because I just can’t get my mind off of this bs 😍😍😍😍😍 oh and absolutely no friends or connections in wloo 😍🤣

Sorry for the obnoxious wording and emojis I need to say this somewhere so that I don’t genuinely go crazy … on a real note what should I do that’s my question 🤔 I don’t want to delay schooling by taking a break & working, and a part time job with these grades will probably get me kicked out…………………….


r/uwaterloo • • 13h ago

Social the lgbtq population

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where is the lgbtq population in this school </3 where are the queer women 💔 I feel like I'm forced to be celibate in waterloo because I just haven't met any queer women or just made any queer friends in general!! where can I meet more of the queer population in waterloo (aside from GLOW, sorry lol), I heard that jane bond is pretty popular but I personally haven't been there yet, this is such a stupid rant but a girl is struggling i'm sorry I blame the colder weather


r/uwaterloo • • 15h ago

MATH 235 midterm

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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck


r/uwaterloo • • 19h ago

Guys I’m scared

30 Upvotes

Guys I’m scared


r/uwaterloo • • 1h ago

Discussion 2 Teammates for HackCanada (Hardware and UI/UX)

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dm me if ur interested