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By: Sara Gatti | 3 min read

Sara Gatti (she/her) is a third-year Health Sciences student. She talks about learning to adapt and finding confidence during her co-op experience. Sara also shares her advice for students balancing work, school and extracurriculars while gaining hands-on industry experience.

By: Alison Chase | 6 min read

Misha Niculeanu (he/him) is an Honours Mathematics double major in Actuarial Science and Statistics, with a minor in Management Studies in his 4A term. He discusses how he stands out in interviews and shares tips on how he has dealt with struggles in his co-op terms.

By: Alison Chase | 5 min read

Maliha Karim (she/her) is an Honours Arts student majoring in Communications and minoring in Digital Arts Communication (DAC) in her 4A term. Maliha talks about working outside her faculty and bringing her knowledge to the Faculty of Environment to boost their social media presence.

By: Aadya Dixit | 3 min read

Jaspreet Kaur Gill (she/her) is a third-year BSc. Honours Health Sciences (minor in Medical Physiology, Health Research specialization) student. She highlights her experience presenting and travelling to the American Society of Clinical Oncology – Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, CA, one of the key prostate cancer events globally.

By: Lauren Ballard | 3 min read

Alison Baird (any), a third-year Gender and Social Justice student discusses how they made the most of their experience working in the University of Waterloo’s Sustainability Office and how she approaches applying to a co-op position.

By: Jacqueline Cardoso | 6 min read

Prabhsharan Singh Sethi (he/him), a second-year Mathematics student, shares what he’s learned from his first co-op term at the Centre for Work-Integrated Learning. From interview preparation to finding a sense of belonging in his first year, Prahbsharan shares real challenges facing co-op students.