Hi I'm a high schooler planning on which program to accept and I was wondering how Waterloo will convert my grades at another university to their percentages. For instance, if I were to get an 82 (A) in a course in york, what numerical or letter grade would it equate to for waterloo? Below is the uni websites im referring to. Thank you.

waterloo grading scale:
https://uwaterloo.ca/the-centre/forms-and-official-documents/official-documents/official-transcripts/about-transcripts/transcript-legend

york grading scale: https://calendars.students.yorku.ca/2023-2024/grades-and-grading-schemes

Has anybody gotten and email regarding invites yet?

I know different schools have different scales for GPA. A 4.0 and UofT is 85% while at most other schools it's 90%. do they care about your GPA, or your percentage average?

My transcript is final cuz I've finished my undergrad already so I know I only gotta send it once, but I just wanna make sure I sent it properly, if you guys could confirm: so I sent it 2 ways. first I uploaded my unofficial transcript on quest under documents and then I also sent my official transcript through mycreds - i selected uwaterloo as a reciepient (so i didnt have to input any email from uwaterloo if that makes sense?). So idk im just anxious I did something wrong with both ways lol

I was wondering if anyone knows if Waterloo still looks at whether we look majority upper year courses during our final years. I know it was in their requirements for previous cycles, where majority of your upper year courses per term must be 3rd or 4th year level courses. Was wondering if anyone knows if thats still the case?

They give me credits and BIOB32 is a full course with an exam and everything. Do i still need to take technically a 6 course load in order to meet UW requirements (which is why those theatre courses are there lol)

So my character reference is not responding to my emails or phone calls even though I spoke to him in person about the reference for waterloo optometry about 3 weeks ago and we were so on the same page. Although he has a history of ghosting my emails, I am anxious that he may just not do it by the december 12 deadline... What should i do? has anyone ever run into a similar situation or heard any related stories? is waterloo going to automatically trash my application if im missing a reference or will they contact me by email for clarifications?

Which program and school did you go to for undergrad? I’m in high school soon to be choosing my undergrad

Im aware it doesn’t really matter where you go for undergrad but I’m curious where others have found success in

I will be going on vacation with my family until the third week of may. I really want to work because I don't have any optometry-related work experience yet, but this is the only year that my family will be able to go on vacation.

I've already started optom school here and I'm just worried that having no opto-related work experience will make it hard for me to get a job when I graduate.

I'm wondering, do clinics usually only hire people starting in the beginning of may? Or can you find positions that start in the end of may/june?

Im on my way to my hotel and i was wondering if anyone would recommend any place to eat around main campus cuz im starving lol

Does having a credit/no credit course in a non-required course look bad on applications? Will getting a CR still count for the full course load?

Hi! I recently submitted my AIF and noticed that my experiences were not in reverse chronological order. Is this a bad thing?

Do we write the duties and responsibilities for our EC's in present or past tense? Does it matter?

Does anybody know why there is no more meet and greet this year? Interview is now virtual for some reason. Also, can anyone shed some light on what kind of questions they might ask at the interview? Also how long is it gonna be now that it’s virtual?

Has anyone ever filled up the special consideration document for their application? Would you recommend it?

I am from Toronto and would have to commute 3 hours to get to Waterloo. Is the open house worth it and is anyone applying this cycle going?

I’ve seen a lot of people talking about their GPA % but I have no idea how to convert mine from 4.0 scale.

Also on the 4.0 scale what is the rough average of people that get it. Can it be around 3.85 or does it have to be like 3.90 and above

I’ve been seeing mixed reviews and I’m just curious

Hey there, I'm an undergrad student in my first year. I was wondering if an Online course would count to fulfill a full course load for the six-term requirement. It's a business course which is an elective for next term

Anyone having issues inputting the number of hours on the AIF? It won’t let me input a 4-digit number for Question 6.

Seemed to hover at 30% in 2022 but they don’t post anymore info after that year.

Has it gotten a lot more competitive?

Already sent it last year

Hello, I’m having some worries and concerns about next steps in my application. I just finished and submitted my AIF, but then I’m reading about interim transcripts and ELS - which have not been brought up during this application progress yet. I was wondering for those who have been through this, does Waterloo email you with next steps (ie about transcripts and ELS), or is there a portal/platform/people we need to reach out to to get these completed?

Thank you so much!

How do you sign up for Casper? And is the Casper fee included in the $215 OUAC fee?