If there’s one message you could tell yourself when you were a first-year student to help shape your university career, what would it be?
Shazerah Qureshi (she/her) - Bachelor of Mathematics in Computational Mathematics and Statistics (Co-op) — Faculty of Mathematics
One thing I would say to my younger self is to be curious and seek as much knowledge as possible. Reach out to people you think are doing cool things, challenge yourself to look outside your comfort zone and really capitalize on the network Waterloo provides. The information, advice and insight you get should not be treated as instruction — take it as reference and chart your own path. Success looks different to different people: learn, interpret, then apply.
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