This is What a Waterloo Engineer Looks Like…

This was the first year that Women in Engineering ran this Applicant event and in my opinion is was great! Such a good turn out. The highlight of the event for me was when a girl who has applied to mechanical engineering came up to me and was like ” I know you from some where! I’ve read your blogs!” I thought that none read my blogs! It was such a great feeling! So I’m if anyone is reading this and would like to give me suggestion on what they want my to write about or even just talk about Waterloo in general, please feel free to FACEBOOK me!

The event started off with the Mingling Game, which started off pretty shaky, i think it was because people felt abit awkward, but i think by the end of the game, the ice was broken, and they got to interact with some current student, which i thought was so awesome! I heard some of the current student talk about past co-op experiences, give words of encouragement, etc… It was so nice to see this, because i know it would have helped me while i was applying.

Junkyard Wars turned out great too! Some examples that the girls built was a homework eater, boat that transformed in a car, a time machine, a portatble cellphone charger in the shape of a hat, just to name a few. They all presented their invention so creatively and dramatically, which intrigued me.

The event ending with a presenting done by two of our graduating students. They talked about their past co-op terms, how broad an engineering degree is, engineering misconception, just to name a few. I even learned from their presentation! It was great!

Even though this was the first time Waterloo has run an Event like this, it was so succesfull. Next year will just be as great or even better!

WOMEN IN ENGINEERING ROCK!