Waterloo vs Toronto, CS

[CalmLogic]

Now I remember where I heard the word Waterloo before:

Battle of Waterloo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Napoleon's last battle that took place in Belgium)


Regarding the topic at hand:

The school is notable for being the first accredited university in North America to create a Faculty of Mathematics,[5] and for having the largest co-op program in the world.[6] The school is also known for having more company spin-offs than any other Canadian university, and as such, the university has been called the "Silicon Valley of the North".[7]

University of Waterloo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

BTW, their computer science building looks like a prison:

Image:WaterlooMathBuilding.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Chronology of Computing at The University of Waterloo

Having said that, it still looks better than the CS building at most other schools.

Regarding possible job/internship opportunities:

Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis (wife) donated $33 million to the IQC, the largest single donation to UW in the university's history. The purpose of the donation was to attract world-class researchers to Waterloo and provide the necessary funds for a building and state-of the-art equipment for the ICQ.

On Tuesday, September 21, 2004, Open Text ceremonially broke ground to signal a beginning of construction for their new headquarters on the North Campus.

A Chronology of Computing at The University of Waterloo (2004)

[w_guy]

by the way the picture is just of the math building. the computer science building is completely different.

[CalmLogic]

Someone may want to correct Wikiepedia then.

[w_guy]

Originally Posted by CalmLogic

BTW, their computer science building looks like a prison:

Image:WaterlooMathBuilding.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Chronology of Computing at The University of Waterloo

lol, it already says math bldg.

[Larphraulen]

just discovered TM a couple days ago and well, it's a pretty addicting read lol. although, i'm simply an engineering undergrad at waterloo, and i'm looking more into grad studies in econ, i'll just say this about waterloo. the relationship that waterloo holds with the companies w_guy has mentioned are pretty strong. i personally have had a few friends who've worked at the names such as nvidia, ati, amd. a bunch have been at MS, sun, google, apple. i feel like half of RIM is actually comprised of waterloo co-ops. a lot also go into the financial sector.

anyhow, my point is, the school attracts ambitious talent at the undergrad level. it's competitive yet friendly. imo, our campus is butt ugly in terms of architecture (with the exception to ECIT, where many ECE offices/lecture rooms are shared with a dinosaur museum ). the campus is relatively on the small side. in my experience it's very much an open door policy with profs.

as for waterloo... it's a small town. it's a university town. kitchener is close by but is what i would say, a small city or a big town.

i don't know how the quality of grad schools stacks up vs. UofT. I would speculate (but really have no formal evidence) that if your prof would be more correct in that UofT would have superior programs at the grad level.
i was merely trying to give a perspective of the campus.

[neeshu]

damn ! waterloo sure is tough will someone please send me his or her personal statement I will be really thankful for it, I just need a basic idea on how to write a research proposal.

[CalmLogic]

I hope someone sends you their samples. In the meantime, I think the personal statements of professors can be helpful:

http://www2.ucsc.edu/ahr/academic_workshops_and_training/original%20docs%20and%20pdfs/smplps.pdf

BTW, some advice about the SOP:
http://ual.stanford.edu/pdf/WritingS...tofPurpose.pdf

[damoonjon]

Hi, Guys,
Does anyone know about UBC second campus (Okanagan campus)?
Is there any difference between Vancouver campus and Okanagan campus?
I just admitted to UBC Okanagan, and I want to know about its difference?
Thnx

[w_guy]

Okanagan may be a satalliete campus hence its value/reputation will be less. Just as University of Michigan has campus all over Michigan but Ann Arbor is the best!