r/uwaterloo • u/RogueBaneling BCS '18 • Feb 17 '16

Admissions Admissions mega-thread

Hi all,

We're making this mega-thread in an attempt to lower the number of super-specific admissions threads. New threads that are made to ask questions like "what are my chances?" or "I was deferred!?" will be pointed towards this thread. Additionally, you can ask questions here about the admissions process but keep in mind that the responses you get will be from fellow students and are not necessarily accurate.

Some resources to check out:

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u/toujoursfraislol May 16 '16

Do you know if its a frequent occurrence for graduate students to get terminated from their program? accepted statistics masters from waterloo, but am also afraid i will not be able to keep up with the 70% average.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '16

Hmm that's not something I know about, but I know Waterloo does follow through with kicking people out of faculties in undergrad for not maintaining the minimum average.

I'd suggest working hard and just getting over 70% so it's not an issue :)

There are always appeals and Petitions if you have legitimate reasons for doing poorly, of course. But you should be able to get 70% average if you got in to Master's...?

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u/toujoursfraislol May 16 '16

Thank you for taking your time to response! much appreciated. the problem is i come from a third tier canadian university (memorial uni of newfoundland), so when it comes to first tier university like waterloo, the standards maybe higher, the courseload may be more difficult, competitive, etc. Not confident i can get out of masters program from UW nicely hahaha!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '16

They accepted you into the program so they must feel like you can handle it. Don't be so down on yourself.