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University of Waterloo- My Orientation experience and first week of lectures

I joined the University of Waterloo as a Computer Science and Business student on September 4th, 2017. Here is what happened since then: Day 1: Since I was part of the off-campus community and not part of any residences, my first day was just getting a feel for the campus and getting to know other students that lived off-campus. We met at DC at 1 o clock, toured the campus and had our Dons talk to us. After dinner, we went to the gym for a Warrior Welcome ceremony. This was personally the highlight of my day: we had the vice-chancellor talk to us about getting used to Waterloo, a student talk about problems he faced in University, and a very inspirational speech by a part-time professional golf player and part-time NHL referee, Garrett Rank. After the assembly we dispersed and that was it for Day 1. Day 2: The second day involved actually getting into groups with people in the same program. As a result, I was with other double degree kids, in a team called "Sinehenge....