hi! im a gr 12 and recently got accepted into my first choice gbda at waterloo and i have a few concerns if anyones willing to give some advice. my main 2 worries are the commute to the stratford campus and how relevant the business aspect of the program is.
for background info, i basically spent all of highschool doing stem courses. grade 11 i fast-tracked bio, and did 11 chem and 11 physics. this year, i took adv func, calc, chem, and physics. i've never taken a single business course in my life. all this time i didnt rlly know what i wanted to do but i figured it would be something in stem... but as you can tell, i didn't end up choosing something in stem... the closest thing i have taken related to business is data(?). otherwise, i know nothing about business and have absolutely ZERO interest in it. the main reason why gbda is my top choice is because of the design aspect. im super interested in ux/ui, motion graphics, videography, etc. i have nearly 10 years experience with adobe and gbda just really appealed to me (espeically the exchange part). from what i've heard, the business aspect is very light and basically "dissapears" after the first few years. how true is this? and are there a lot of other people who only took stem courses but ended up in gbda?
moving on, i did do research regarding the commute to the stratford campus, but i just wanted to hear about some real life experiences.
correct me if im wrong but i heard that most people don't live at stratford after first year and stay on the main waterloo campus (that's what i plan to do too), but does the campus being so far away make getting involved in the waterloo community difficult? i really want to join clubs, teams, and be on the main campus to meet/connect with new ppl, so i dont have any intention of living at stratford.
also, regarding the actual commute, is it as horrendous as it seems? i know there's a shuttle bus for first years, but how long is the ride approx? and what's the most common way people after first year commute to the stratford campus? ik ride sharing is a big thing but i heard it can get pricey. my main worry is that i dont want the commute to drain me every single day, esp if it's a really long travel.
and the actual stratford campus, how is it? is it a nice environment to work in, and are the resources (tech) actually really good?
anyway, that's about it! thanks for reading allat !!
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