Postsecondary Visit Day: Reflecting on Waterloo and Laurier

10/24/2018

Natalie Boland (‘19)

On October 18, students travelled to various universities to which they are considering applying for their postsecondary education. Groups went on one of four trips: Ryerson and the University of Toronto; Queen’s; Guelph and McMaster; or Laurier and Waterloo. Students participated in campus tours, checking out the facilities and speaking to current students, including some Greenwood alumni! Natalie Boland ('19) wrote about her experience visiting the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University.

It was a cool and sunny day when we visited the universities of Laurier and Waterloo. Our first stop was at Laurier, where Grade 11 and 12 students enjoyed a tour of the campus and residences.

One highlight was the brand-new business building and the physical education complex. We enjoyed lunch in their food court, where students have the option to choose items outside of the dining hall meal plan. A fire drill helped us to quickly exit the building and begin our journey five minutes down the road to the University of Waterloo.

Our first stop at Waterloo was the suite-style residences where students live in apartment-style dorms. Then we visited the new sustainable building and saw a lot of the upgrades that Waterloo is making to the campus to modernize their facilities.

Both campuses offer health and wellness services to students, safe walk home programs, writing centres and academic counseling. One of the highlights of our day was spending some time with Greenwood alumni Jacob Gives (‘17), Sydney Gordon (‘18) and Sadie Houston (‘18). We left understanding a bit more about university life, and will seriously be considering these schools as an option for the future.

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Visiting the University of Waterloo's sustainable building was an interesting highlight.
Natalie enjoyed seeing the new business building and fitness centre at Laurier.

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