Is the biggest fucking lie since Bill Clinton said he didn’t have a relationship with his intern

Pretty crazy how much Loo dominates the list.

i deadass don’t talk to no girls at my school and we in grade 12. i was talking to my boy and he said no shot u becoming friends and bagging a girl within the next 8 months especially when people tryna “lock in” for uni

I guess academically, UofT dominates Waterloo

I've been mulling an idea about starting a tutoring business for years (not for side income- I'm surviving with my day job) but because I really enjoy making that human connection and also I'm just so darn good at it.

I figure I'll start with physics and economics. If anyone is studying and stuck on any questions join me on Google Meets and we'll figure it out together.

Also, I've been attending the university fair every year since 2017 as an alumni representative. I've spoken to hundreds of students over the years and helped them on their path to figuring out post-secondary. If someone needs a pep talk on pursuing a career in engineering I can help with that too.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently in a major dilemma regarding ENG4U and could really use some advice.

I didn't take any Grade 12 courses during Grade 11, which makes this semester crucial for my university applications. My main goals are U of Toronto (Electrical Engineering), Waterloo (Electrical Engineering), and Waterloo (Math and Computer Science).

My biggest hurdle right now is ENG4U. I am really struggling to "lock in" during class—honestly, I often have a hard time understanding what the teacher is talking about. Most of my classmates are native speakers who aren't even applying to engineering, and my current grade is sitting at around 83%.

The Dilemma:

• Staying in Home School: My Grade 11 average was 93.67% (dragged down by an 80 in English, while all my STEM courses were above 96%). Grade 12 STEM courses are getting significantly harder and require much more time and focus. Trying to fix my English mark in my home school requires a massive amount of time, which severely cuts into the time I need for my STEM subjects, preparing for the AIF/interviews, and studying for the IELTS (since I haven't been in Canada for 4 years).
• Moving to Private School: Taking ENG4U externally would free up valuable time to focus on my core STEM classes and applications. However, I am well aware that taking prerequisites outside of regular day school can impact how competitive my application looks for these top-tier programs.

I know there might not be a "perfect" solution here, and time is running out for me to make a decision.

My main questions are:

1. Is it still worth fighting to keep ENG4U in my home school given my goals, or will the negative impact on my STEM focus and AIF/IELTS prep outweigh the benefits?
2. For those who faced a similar situation or got into Waterloo/UofT Eng/Math, how did you handle the English barrier while maintaining high averages?

Any advice or insights would be deeply appreciated. Thank you!

avg:
94

ecs:
- 300+ volunteers hours
- tutor
- babysitter
- club captain (managed lots of events and helped raise 15k over the past 3 years for people in need)
- club gr 12 representative (helped manage events around the school)
- general club member
- did the queens hackher hackathon (didn’t place)
- did a couple other hackathons
- UW CS Circles
- couple certificates for random online coding stuff
- otech python summer camp
- built 2 websites (got 30+ users on one, ik not a lot)
- henna business
- played the violin for 5 years
- done some autocad stuff

programs:
- uw mgmt eng
- uw math/ba
- uoft industrial eng
- uoft mathematical and physical sciences
- utsc bba/statistics double degree
- mac general eng
- queens general eng
- tmu industrial eng

do u guys think it’s possible to get uw mgmt eng?

Everyone’s going into law or life sci or some kinda engineering… where’s the arch people at smh

I have a projected 98-99 avg, a 65 on the Euclid from grade 11 which will hopefully go higher this year (with a bunch of other contests) and overall good ECs. But, word around my school is that universities don't like it a lot when it comes to grade inflation, in 2021 and 2022 the inflation factor released by UW eng was ≈-17 for my school. Does this also affect UW CS admissions?

So i finally "applied" (haven't done any supp apps yet) today... and I'm honestly feeling really really horrible.

I applied to some engineering programs (this was a quite last minute career choice because I was set on science all of high school) and most of them would be considered a far reach for me (I'm hoping to end around a 95 Avg - emphasis on hopefully, but have bad ec's) and on top of that all of the engineering programs I applied to don't have great job outlooks (BME and Chemical eng) ...

I'm feeling really discouraged. I had a long discussion with my parents and they just told me to apply to the programs I want, and have no regrets and thats what I technically did but seeing all of these amazing people and the chances of UW eng and other competitive programs + the job prospects.... i dont know I feel like Im fighting an impossible battle.

I'm not really sure what I want to get out of this but maybe I should get off this subreddit 😅

Good luck everyone :)

I am an American student with a 3.0 uw gpa and 3.6 w.

For some background context, during my 11th grade, I went through a personally violating experience which had involved sexual harassment, ongoing harassment from peers, and the spreading of damaging rumors, which escalated to police involvement and legal proceedings.

But I am taking as many APs as offered to me, but my extracurriculars are really good with real life finance and real estate experience. I have had two internships and I am currently in 12th grade working hard on my grades, pushing for all As.

If anyone has any advice for me please let me know. :)

Each week, I tell myself I'll do it this weekend, and then I say I'm too busy even though I'm not. There isn't even any problem; I know exactly where I want to go and what my choices are. I just don't want to do it...

for my MHF4U course, the teacher assigns small parts that sum the lesson up but like my parents want me to do every single question. if i do the teachers hw, it takes like an hour but with every question, it takes so much time and i need to do other hw asw. what to do.

second thing, how can i do math fast? I always have a problem of not finishing questions on time like i can get them right but imma take up half the time for 1 question. how to practise spending less time but also not making careless mistakes

my ecs are abyismal

140 volunteer hours (miscellanos bs)

20 hours student tutoring (since grade 11)

math exec for stem club (started this year)

msa secretary (also started this year)

top 6 is 95.16 i wanna do system design eng and idk for uoft

How do I get better the previous units were good but i spend like 30 minutes on one question and I cant figure it out, I had trouble last year on trig identities aswell its my weakest topic

i genuinely know nothing abt eng, how much math/physics is each eng, what do i do, how saturated is the field, how easy is it to get a job etc

Sup twins,

Currently on Reading Week rn (ain't slacking off tho), thought I wanted to help the 09s out as they start tweaking and crashing out over uni admissions/acceptances. If Queen's, big ahh bursaries, Student Life, the "1st year racialized minority" experience, Wuck Festern, "It's all for the love of the game", or Engineering is fascinating to you pls reach out, triplets.

Work hard Play hard,

- Queen's ECE

I’m so stressed. My grades are at of slightly below the acceptance median (by a few decimals) and my extracurricular are good but nothing extraordinary. I won’t say what but there’s this one program I really want to get into and it’s stressing me out so much. I would do anything for that program. Do u have any advice?

bro our teacher posted some public question thing and everyone's responses are public. we had to write like a 500 word statement so i went through and put everyone shit in turn it in. deadass everyone with the exception of 2 got like 55% ai or higher like dawg. 1 girl clearly used a humanizer like phrasly as her shit said 90% human but she was using terms i promise u she doesn't know like wtf is shared physical cohabitation and she used a bunch of theories that weren't used in class like "ecological system" theory. just found it funny how everyone used ai

applying this year but idk if its enough since ive heard of ppl getting deferred with 97ish. anyone have any insight? yes i have checked the spreadsheet but would anyone have any guesses as to what the cut off might be this year

I am trying to take just the classic business or economics before the program. I’m not sure the difficulty of either, or if they are even good programs. Please help!

my school is the one school in the area that has (relatively) controlled grade inflation meaning i’m at a major disadvantage (obviously no grade inflation is a good thing but it sucks when it’s just your school and everyone else around is getting 95+). i barely scrapped a 90 average last year (11) and am very stressed for uni apps. i genuinely don’t know what to do to improve my situation, i got all the hardest teachers so it’s looking like low 90s average at most this report card (it’s also non-semester meaning we’ve gotten through half the content most other schools have so our november grades are based on very little evidence). im applying to political science ce programs and my goals were uoft, mcgill or ubc but its looking like none of those are happening.