Why is Waterloo ranked so low? I know rankings are bullshit but like this is so way off from what I thought it would be. I thought it was a very renowned university in Canada and just about on par with the University of Toronto.
What's the deal?
My shitty no name university is in the top 100 and I definitely wouldn't put it above Waterloo.
>why am i 18 and my self worth is linked to the quality of the money extraction factory i got into because i am 18 and have no sense of self beyond being in school
Dylan Perry
Judging a university for its overall ranking is dumb. Look at its individual programs.
Waterloo is strong in engineering, CS, and math, but weak in almost anything else.
Caleb Lee
BTW I was researching it because they host the
Institute for Quantum Computing
which is supposed to be one of the most exciting places for quantum computing.
Jose Cox
Well I'm researching it for a possible Ph.D position. Don't even know how likely it is to be honest.
I'm a 1st year masters and looking to do a Ph.D in quantum computing/information. More on the physics side of things but not really an experimentalist.
Is it even possible to get a funded Ph.D position as a foreigner?
Cameron Ross
>on par with the University of Toronto. LOL
Christian Jones
What so good about the Toronto.
I literally never heard them mentioned in the press for anything.
Luke Cox
>What so good about the Toronto. the math department the fields institute the law school the nursing school the med school the psych department the compsci department the list goes on...
Angel Harris
not the air conditioning though
Andrew Gomez
FUCK TORONTO >that is all
Kayden Morgan
Lmao get a load of this guy
Ryan Rogers
Michele Mosca has interesting work. He is one of the co-founders of the institute.
Connor Lopez
The question remains. What did they ever accomplish?
Seems like they just have lots of funding. Which is nice but you cannot claim they are the Cambridge of Canada or anything.
Colton Reed
Don't fall for the rankings meme. Look at profs in the department you're interested in. There is really no such thing as a universally good school. Besides, these rankings are a compound of factors which may or may not be important to you.
Lucas Sanchez
Even funnier is McGill claiming they are the Harvard of Canada. Now that might've been true 25 years ago but anyone suggesting that nowadays is ludicrous. In many departments profs are 500 years old. The campus is nice and all but that's not reflected in the quality of the people there.
Luke Richardson
who actually wants to live in Toronto though?
Christian Cox
U B C B C
Anthony Lewis
t. concordia student
Nicholas Peterson
Lel, try harder
Grayson Ward
Are U of A, or U of C any good?
James Ward
Waterloo is good for eng, that's it uoft blows it out of the water Mac>>>everything else tho
Jayden Scott
>FUCK TORONTO Not an argument.
>Lmao get a load of this guy Not an argument.
>who actually wants to live in Toronto though? Not an argument.
Camden Carter
>The university was the birthplace of insulin and stem cell research, and was the site of the first practical electron microscope, the development of multi-touch technology, the identification of the first black hole Cygnus X-1, and the development of the theory of NP-completeness.
literally wikipedia
Josiah Morgan
I BLEED MAROON
Gavin Barnes
U of C grad, good school if you're studying chemical/petroleum engineering. I can't speak too much toward other programs although I've heard they're not great. U of A is generally a more respected school but U of C has the advantage of close integration with industry so your job prospects are great.
Joshua Rodriguez
Waterloo is great for STEM, their CS department ranks higher than some Ivy League unis.
But they don't have a med school or law school so their rank gets hurt a bit.