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Students from UW and Laurier are not
Can there be one shy about sharing their stigmatized
views about the other school. Arthur
student body that Morgan, a Laurier business students
claims that “that's just the way it is. We
is superior? like to have fun and they don’t. I don’t
even think they have street parties,
that’s more of our thing.”
Arthur is not wrong. Laurier students
are notorious for having out of control
street parties. CBC reports that the
most recent Saint Patrick’s Day party
on Ezra Street beside Laurier cost the
region $713k in policing, paramedics
and repairs towards the Laurier
campus.
https://www.places4students.c It can be hard to determine where
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these students are intelligent. About
These stereotypes are even 61% of students come to UW with an
indirectly recognized by formal entrance average of 90% or above. This
organizations outside of the shows that even in high school these
universities. MacLean’s, a students were working hard on their
Canadian news outlet, has brief academics. Lauriers academic entrance
online reviews of both universities average was also high with an average
that include pictures of specific of all students having an 87% for the
places of both campuses. For 2017 year.
Laurier, a rock climbing wall is
showcased while at Waterloo the
library is pictured.
Even during the September 2018
orientation week the di erence in
how the two schools welcome
their new students is astounding.
Laurier students were dancing in a
club to an acclaimed DJ while
Waterloo students were given a
lecture by the school’s president, https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/90
Feridun Hamdullahpur, about 00-students-join-waterloo-
community
avoiding excessive video gaming.
