Q: Hi,
I would definitely like to apply to CompSci but I'll be doing that next year. I also wanted to get into Software Engineering at Waterloo but I've heard that insanely hard to get into. I just had a couple questions about the program though.
What average did you have to get accepted? Where did you get compsci experience? Is it easy to find a co op placements in places such as Google, Amazon etc?
Thanks
A: Yeah, getting into Software Engineering will be much harder since the class size itself is much smaller than Computer science I believe. My average was about low to mid 90's. Personally, I didn't start programming until grade 10 and from there, most of the stuff I have done have been for academic purposes, so assignments and projects. I have done some small size side projects just to try stuff out. A lot of what I learned was mostly self taught since my computer science classes in high school were extremely slow so I would never be prepared for any contests had I just went and rode along with the curriculum.
I also applied to software engineering. I personally don't want to have long hours every day in lectures, labs, and tutorials. Also, I don't really want to take chemistry and don't know how it relates to programming.
Co-op placements can be hard or easy. It really depends on your personal skills, your experience, your application, and how you sell yourself. Getting a job at one of the big tech companies is everyone's dream. Who wouldn't want to experience life at Google or Amazon or Facebook? The last posting for co-op jobs had over 300, close to 400 I believe, applicants fighting over 10 positions at Google's various campuses, so there is competition and it won't be easy to be one of those 10 chosen students.
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