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I can't explain it. I think they Astroturf a lot. At least on this site. Any thread about a class at Stanford/MIT/CMU (often because they posted the textbook f
by 908B64B197 5y ago
I can't explain it.
I think they Astroturf a lot. At least on this site. Any thread about a class at Stanford/MIT/CMU (often because they posted the textbook for free) and someone from Waterloo will post what they teach, no matter if it's relevant.
It's also a giant school (36,000 undergrads and 6,000 postgrads) and from what alumni told me, undergrads are incentivized to apply everywhere and especially during the off-cycles (winter) for internships when they are effectively the only ones looking.
Contrast that with Stanford that's barely 7,000 undergrads and 10,000 grad students).
I think they also have to get internships to even stay in the program (it's coop) so I guess that weeds out the unemployable.
- busterarm 5y agoEverything about Waterloo's curriculum weeds out the weak. The coop program is probably their biggest strength. Working with coop interns is fantastic and almost always leads to a job post graduation.
- 908B64B197 5y agoDid you attend?
- busterarm 5y agoI've had long conversations about the curriculum with a few dozen grads I've worked with or hired over the years because they're obviously a special bunch.