First Semester of Waterloo Computer Science

I just finished my first semester in the Computer Science program at the University of Waterloo, and in this video, I share my thoughts about the courses I took, including: CS 135, MATH 135, MATH 137, ECON 101, and SPCOM 223. With the entire semester having been online, it was definitely a unique experience, but overall it was a pretty good semester.

This video took a fairly long time to plan, film, edit, and upload, so I hope you enjoy!

With this being posted on the last day of 2020, happy new year everyone (hopefully 2021 is better)!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:45 CS 135- Designing Functional Programs
2:47 MATH 135- Algebra for Honours Mathematics
5:04 MATH 137- Calculus 1 for Honours Mathematics
8:24 ECON 101- Introduction to Microeconomics
9:35 SPCOM 223- Public Speaking
11:26 Recap
11:57 Final Thoughts

Sub Count: 239

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[ThePineappleexpo]

I'm a Waterloo grad, this video takes me back, feel sad now. :( Enjoy all the sleepless nights at DC and MC :)

[MaryamAfshar]

it was interesting to see your perspective! we had pretty similar thoughts about courses lol

[iitzrey]

Great video man, we had the exact same courses! I pretty much had the same experience with all of these 😂

[anitaweasel]

when we learn more, I often get confused when people say "functional"

[leonardshi]

Intro to micro, that is nice though, NYU thinks that is boring so we take micro directly. Analyse the graphs, real games, Econ tricks, it’s tormenting, I worked so hard and only get a B+/87%

[jonathan_kim]

Thanks so much for the video. I’m looking forward to study at the University of Waterloo

[danajo]

God I'm going into math uw and have similar classes as cs this coming year and I'm too nervous.
I barely have over 90 avg and its frustrating to see smarter people struggle.

[aadargupta]

I actually loved Math 135. My most fav course this semester! Like I it!

[danlevy]

ahh the famous "wtf is epsilon" - by every CS student ever

[jhitslime]

How was the social life at Waterloo? I hope to get a balance of both academics and having fun outside of school.

[Granitepunch]

Hey :) I was one of your ISA for cs135 haha.

[garish]

if you dont mind me asking what grades did you get during highschool and did you have any extracurriculars/programming experience?

[Yash-ukib]

Hey nich
Can you tell me your course name??
Was it MMath in computerscience??

[Osas_Sun]

I applied for civil engineering at waterloo cant wait to join waterloo

[tuongphan]

Are you an international student? Because I’m currently a grade 11 international student in Alberta. If the answer is yes, I hope you can make a video about how to study well and effective at UoW ( especially in computer science as a point of view of an international student). Thank you for reading!

[li-xi]

Is there a lot of good profs in computer vision in Waterloo?

[eth]

If I’m from BC my school doesn’t have advanced functions and vector and those courses so can I still get into uw

[JohnDoe-hegx]

Hey! Just curious, what made you choose CS over CS/BBA. Currently making the decision

[Nad_-rwqv]

Hi I wanna apply for architecture in waterloo co-op program is it good ?

[asmit_si]

In our first semester we were taught with math, electrical, physics, graphic design but no subject related to computer science.