u/Mobile_Seaweed_8565

Hello. I will be in residence in the fall and want to know if I should apply for an LLC Engineering floor. I would like to live on an engineering floor with other students, but I do not want to live at West Campus - Jean Royce Hall. I have heard that if you ask for an engineering floor, you will most likely have to go to Jean Royce Hall. There is a small chance of getting Smith.

Do most engineers live on west campus? Am I better off not requesting Engineering LLC floor to give me a better chance of getting to select a room in a building closeer to campus? Where do most engineering students typicall live? Are they mostly over at Jean-Royce or all over?

Question for those in the Engineering program. I am an incoming student student September 2026 (common core) first year).

I have a good gaming laptop that can run all engineering programs, but it is very heavy and the battery only lasts a few hours.

I also have a decent laptop 36gb ram, 1TB SSD and its an i7. Battery lasts about 8 hours.

I am contemplating buying an ipad since I'm hearing most students use this for notes and pdf and downloading books.

Should I buy the ipad and bring my regular laptop and gaming laptop also?

I was thinking I would use the laptop and ipad for regular classes (math, physics) and only bring he gaming laptop when I have classes that require engineering software to be installed.

This means data over 3 devices. How does this work? Is everything stored in the Cloud and the difficulty is making sure everything is synced in a way to access all files from any device?

Example if I download a book in my ipad, will I be able to asset it from my laptop/s also?

I've heard that students use laptops, along with an ipad and stylus pen and binders with papers for notes.

Do I need to buy a laptop and an ipad? Would  Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 14" Touchscreen 2-in-1 Copilot+ PC Laptop - Luna Grey (Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus/16GB RAM/1TB SSD) work? Is this a good enough laptop for engineering classes and will this also be as good as using a separate ipad? Can I take the notes on this the same way as an ipad?

Hello - In September I am booked into the Thompson Residence (no rooms left in any other residences on located on campus so I had no choice but this building).

I am a bit worried. I've heard its old and party central (I am a quiet introvert). I'm in a double room so will be sharing with a stranger. Also a co-ed floor and I'm in a corner room.

Heard the rooms are old and no upgrades have been done and wifi is terrible.

Bathroom are shared amongst the floor...is it true there is only 1 bathroom for males and 1 for females and each only has 2 sinks and 2 showers?

Any input from recent people who were in this residence? Not 10 years ago since things may have changed by now....

I am thinking about going into Waterloo AFM in the fall. I was also accepted to UOttawa Commerce (plan to do DD Accounting and Finance). Is it worth it for me to go to Waterloo for this program? Both of these programs have coop. Also I worry about the stress of the coop program at Waterloo. Do most students rent for 12 months and when they are away on coop, rent out their place for 4 months and try to find housing near their coop? Or do they move every 4 months? I won't have a car so that means I would have to live out of a suitcase and bus or train it to get to a Toronto coop. If I stay at home in Ottawa I can easily get coops in ottawa. Is the educuation and clout of waterloo over UOttawa worth it? and the expense? (double the tuition for AFM).

I've been accepted to both of these programs. I've heard the coops are great at Carleton and they have direct access to local high tech companies. I think the Queens Internship is a bit less structured - these are one time internships that are 12-18 months. I've heard pros and cons of each. Which of these provides better opportunities and easier to get (meaning are most of these self driven and like Waterloo coops?).