u/No-Professor1639

Incoming CS major, any advice? 🥹🙏

Hi, I just committed to CS at uw and I was wondering what I should do during the summer of gr.12 to prepare for first year? I know getting co-ops is tough, but I alr tried to prep a bit by doing the Nokia future tech program in gr.11 and connecting with my shopify dev degree interviewers and hiring managers during the interview process. I don’t really know what else to do besides work on building some projects and a personal portfolio though (good projects recs would be appreciated!)! Also I was wondering what skills I should learn or like any classes I should read up on before I get there. I think lots of hwk is done in C, so I’ll try to learn that over the summer and brush up on JavaScript. ANY advice is appreciated!!

THANKS GUYS, hopefully I won’t be unemployed ❤️‍🩹

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u/No-Professor1639 — 1 day ago

What i got with a 97.7% avg and IB predicted 43/45

Additional offers: Shopify dev degree program, McGill Software Eng + co-op, McGill CS + co-op & some scholarships

Timeline: accepted to everything first round regular application deadline (I didnt apply to anything early)

Group A & ~8% Waterloo eng adj factor

Lmk if u have questions abt stats or ECs! Congrats 08s, we did it!! Good luck to the 09s next year! Work hard, u got this!!

DM me if u have questions! Im always open to answer questions and help anyone out!! :)

u/No-Professor1639 — 9 days ago