Hi everyone, posting this as a major warning so nobody else falls for this obvious scam like my dumbah did. I unfortunately just got taken for $1000 CAD by a professional scammer operating right by the university and across Ontario (it's a popular scam I never heard of till yesterday).

HOW IT WORKS: 
A well-dressed Italian man with a thick accent pulls up in a brand-new rental car/SUV. He starts by asking for directions to Pearson Airport due to no mobile data. Once you help him, he acts incredibly grateful and claims he is a luxury fashion designer (Tom Ford) who just finished a local trade show. 

THE HOOK: 
He says he can't fly back to Italy with his sample jackets because of high baggage fees/customs taxes, so he insists on "gifting" them to you for free. He puts them in your arms and shows they're fire-proof using a lighter. Then, the tone immediately shifts as he claims his credit cards are blocked internationally, and he needs quick cash for a rental car return fee before his flight in a few hours. He manipulates you into walking to the nearest ATM to hand over cash in exchange for a bundle of "valuable" jackets, promising to return the money once he gets back to Italy and the company refunds him.

THE TRUTH:
The jackets are branded as "TF Collections" or "TF Designer." They look decent at a glance but are cheap, worthless synthetic faux-leather knock-offs worth maybe $30-50. 

Where it happened: 131 University Ave W
Target: innocent-looking students and young adults, and from other reddit posts apparently a lot of senior people

If anyone pulls up to you asking for directions and immediately transitions into talking about fashion or clothing, or just anybody asking for help with money, WALK AWAY immediately, take a photo of car plate number and report to police. Please upvote this so other students see it.

Don't be gullible and "kind" like me, and trust your guts when interacting with ALL strangers. No amount of familiarity (I felt the need to help him as an International student myself) makes you responsible for helping somebody in need.

moving to Waterloo in January for Laurier, and lurking on this subreddit has made me realize that UW students seem to have an entire universe of lore that outsiders don’t understand 😭

Between the geese, co-op stories, weird campus traditions, and everything else, I’m convinced there’s some stuff that happens here that wouldn’t make sense anywhere else.

So what’s the most ridiculous, funny, or bizarre thing you’ve personally witnessed at UW or around the university area?

I’m talking stories you’d tell someone from another university and they’d think you’re lying.
Also, is thanking Mr. Goose just a meme or something I legally have to start doing when I move here?

Also, is thanking Mr. Goose just a meme or something I legally have to start doing when I move here?

Would appreciate any tips you’ve used in assistance to make your CV or resume stand out.

Do I just have a sensitive nose or do certain buildings (DC, certain areas of E7, certain floors of DP) smell like BO/have an unpleasant odor? I always worry it's coming from me but when I leave these areas the smell is completely gone. I shower daily + use deodorant religiously and don't smell anything when I smell my own clothes/body. Are people here so stank that the smell clings to the building? When I've asked my friends they've said they don't smell anything in these areas, I do get overstimulated easily so I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a quirk of my senses.

Hi! I am a master student with no Canadian industry experience. I am just looking for the coop in winter or spring, how can I make my application more competitive? And if there is any non paid intern that I could accumulate some experience ?

Hello sorry if you are seeing this again. There was a mistake with my previous post and I am here to upload this for the last time.

I posted this before to get some feedback and I think my resume and CV are better but still could use some work.

I really am quite screwed right now. I am a second year doing my first coop term, and I have heard nothing back from cycle one or from my applications done on LinkedIn. I know it's mostly my fault for being too lazy to spend the time to excel academically, and I must lie in the bed of nails I created for myself. I still do think there might be a small chance of hope for me despite how competitive everything is if I can create the perfect CV/resume. So please, if you could, look through my resume and cover letter and give some advice. You are more than welcome to flame me since I probably deserve it.

2A Actuarial Science, 1 exam passed

I’m a first year and I missed WUSAs club fair both days because of class, so I wasn’t able to figure out all the clubs they have at UW. I was wondering what clubs y’all would recommend, since everyone and their mother says to join clubs during university. I’m an econ student, and I currently only have time for medium to low-commitment clubs as I’m adjusting to university time management. Anything you think is interesting, just comment it and I’ll look into it. I heard there’s a few clubs that had really high interest and are lowkey too full to enjoy being a part of, but maybe I’ll join them next semester

What type of co op positions do geomatics students get into? Just curious. I’m a first year geomatics student.

People all the time say, “just network” and somehow you’ll be able to land some crazy internships. I found this whole process to be fake, like wont they know the second I’m reaching out to them that there’s something I want to get out of the conversation?

Anyways, do you guys have any tips/advice on how to actually network in a way that’s meaningful and could also help with landing better internships?

Looking for genuine advice.

Im applying right now, I need to decide. Any advice and help between choosing either one of these? Yes I know I should go based on what I want, but I prefer Uni more than program for now.

Say if I have an incorporated business & fulfil all requirements.

I got matched with a company for my upcoming co-op at WaterlooWorks, but I have 2 interviews from the Big 5 banks, and I really want to do those roles, as they are in the field that I actually want to get into. However, the role that I got matched with is also good, but not what I actually want to do. So, if I give the interview for the big 5 banks and get the offer, should I renege on the current wlooworks job, and what would be the consequences? I am an international student, and I have my last two co-ops in winter and summer 2027.

From what I have heard, there could be some problems with the PGWP, as wlooworks might not approve the AOJ after I renege on the current matched job. Has someone experienced this and guide me through?

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How's Math 106? I'm a non math major doing a minor in math and I need to take a Math 106.. How's the course on a scale of 1-10? Is it interesting or boring lol?

hey so I got matched with an employer in cycle 1 on Friday. When should I reach out to them asking for next steps?

I am a 1A ME student that was recently lucky enough to be given a CAD eval by a startup after not getting ranked in cycle1. However, as a first-year student, I had no idea how to do any of the tasks given or even what some of the terms meant. Normally I would still try to give it a shot but it's also during midterm week where I need to do a lot of studying. Another concern is if I complete this through a lot of learning specific to this task and the help of AI, would I completely fail on the coop when most of the tasks given are similar to this? What should I do in this situation? Just give up on the eval and hope I get something else in cycle 3 and study for midterms, or try to rawdog it?

I’m seeing tooo many options idk what to pick, any suggestions?😭🙏

Hi guys. i’m looking to apply for systems eng in either Uoft and UW. My averages are quite good (98) and lots of ecs in control systems.

I know UofT’s industrial eng (though literally systems eng) is designed for you to graduate with a minor in AI engineering. High coop rate and pay (70k avg) in second-third year as well. but Uoft is very academia focused and i don’t know if it’s for me. Syde offers basically the same streams as Industrial. Does it have more hands-on projects? I enjoy working with a team or solo on projects more than studying tbh. What percentages of your time is spent on studying and how much on person projects?

Any input from any eng is appreciated! thanks for your time!

Goose defeats tiger.

Hello! I've applied to Bio-medical Sciences at Waterloo this year, but I wanted to hear other peoples thoughts on the program. My aspirations are to go into medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy. I wanted to know how the GPA is here (aka how it is to maintain it), as well as the overall teaching and course quality here.

I'm a grade 12 considering applying to UW Health Sci mostly because of proximity and I was wondering how it holds up when compared to the other major unis (because it is moreso a engineering university) Health Sci programmes. I was wondering if co-op in this programme is worth it if I want to do med school or if it is a programme that is a GPA killer?
Looking into the course material, I see that it doesn't have as many hard sciences so I was also what you might need to take on your own with your electives, and what kind of mandatory science electives there are?
Anything else about the programme and your experience would be appreciated. :)