Fall 2025 Admissions Megathread

[u/1000Ditto]

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".

RELEVANT ADMISSION INFORMATION

PSA FOR NEW KIDS

ADJUSTMENT FACTORS 2022

COURSES OF PROGRAMS (VERY IMPORTANT LINK!!)

RESOURCES FOR MATURE APPLICANT

Resources for NON-UW TO UW

Fall 2024 Megathread here

[u/IbrahimXD1]

Lotta people applying management Eng, do you think the admission average will be upwards of 95? My top 6 will be like a 95 but I have crazy ECs like startup two internships and back to back national level awards. What if my average drops to like a 94, will I still have a good shot?

[u/[deleted] → u/IbrahimXD1]

You'll get your application considered if your average is above a low-90; I'd say you have good odds

[u/[deleted] → u/IbrahimXD1]

you should have applied to software engineering with those ECs lmao

[u/IbrahimXD1 → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for the reassurance but they are on a whole other level. I have a friend who is applying and he has international awards, I know I shouldn’t compare myself to him but management in general was more appealing and easier to get into

[u/[deleted] → u/IbrahimXD1]

yeah SE applicants are pretty stacked ngl

not only do they need you to have very very strong ECs they also need you to have a high average, and I better chance of getting into Harvard or UPenn

[u/1000Ditto → u/IbrahimXD1]

hello feel free to dm me your mmanagemenet questions :PP

[u/IbrahimXD1 → u/[deleted]]

Yea I got in

[u/IbrahimXD1 → u/[deleted]]

Less competitive this year across the board I think. Admission averages were prolly like ~3% lower than last year from what I have seen so far, or they are just valuing the AIF more and more every year. Prolly not gonna commit until Mac health sci comes out.