Scott chose to come to the University of Waterloo because of the co-op program. “I knew that I wanted to study computer science, but I liked that I could take fine arts courses too,” says Scott, “15 of my courses have been outside of the Mathematics faculty, and I have various interests that are outside of math.” For his co-op terms, Scott was worked at WorkBrain, Sybase, Telus, and Amazon. Scott always took the chances to take on new jobs and says, “Co-op is the only time in your life you can jump from job to job every four months and not have it look bad.”
During his first term as a volunteer for MathSoc, he was awarded Volunteer of the Term. While being a councilor for St. Jerome’s University and the Federation of Students, Scott has been involved with every Orientation Week that he has been on campus for, and is the founder/vice-president of the UWaterloo Spin and Flow Club, a prop manipulation dance club in which Scott has had the opportunity to dance with fire.
“I love going to Bomber, it’s the best bang for your buck,” says Scott about his favourite place on campus “I just go there for food and socializing with people.” He also says that the most valuable thing that he has learned at Waterloo is balance. “It’s one thing to come to school and party all the time, and that’s bad for you. It’s one thing to also study all the time and that’s equally bad for you. If you study all the time, you’re not going to meet people and have fun… who you know matters when it comes to jobs and graduate school.”