Posts for Future undergraduate students

Math is more versatile than you think

Monday, July 19, 2021 by Nigharika Senthil Kumar

University of Waterloo, Math Co-op student, Erik Liang smiling

Erik Liang is currently pursuing a double major within the Faculty of Math, Financial Analysis and Risk Management (FARM) and Statistics. He shares his perspective as a co-op student while working at several Canadian banks.

Mathematics

Co-op tips

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From India to Cali: Working on a flipped schedule

Thursday, July 15, 2021 by Nigharika Senthil Kumar

University of Waterloo Arts co-op student, Sharanya smiling

Sharanya Karkera, a second-year Arts and Business student is currently working remotely from India for her first 8-month co-op term.

Sharanya works for a company based in California called Calix. Calix involves cloud computing, software platforms, systems and services to communications service providers.

Arts

Working remotely

Overcoming challenges

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Never hesitate to ask questions, just do it

Thursday, July 8, 2021 by Nigharika Senthil Kumar

University of Waterloo Engineering co-op student Prithika smiling in a forest

Prithika Hariharan, a second-year Management Engineering student shares the impact she created during her two co-op terms.

Prithika spent her first co-op term at a start-up called Makeship who produces plush toys. Makeship wanted Prithika to create a dashboard that would allow their company to communicate with clients. How cool, right?

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Don't give up, arrange your own job!

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 by Nigharika Senthil Kumar

Fatima Khalid, a 3B student in public health minoring public policy admin and pursuing an option in aging studies talks about her first co-op experience by arranging her own job. Fatima has completed her first co-op term at Four Corners Health Care Centre as a Youth Service Project Worker by arranging her own job.

Health

Arrange your own job

Overcoming challenges

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Online tutoring + first-year co-op = rewarding experience

Thursday, June 3, 2021 by Nigharika Senthil Kumar

Natalia Manturowicz, a 2B Pure Mathematics and Teaching student talks about her first co-op journey where she had the chance to work remotely for Centennial College as a math tutor.

Mathematics

Teaching