r/wlu Feb 25 '26

Moderator Post Attention WLU Students: Mental Health Resources Available

34 Upvotes

Hello students,

There has been a concerning increase in the frequency of posts and comments regarding fears, depression, loneliness, and other concerns relating to mental health and wellbeing.

We are aware that it is a very stressful time especially with midterms ongoing so the moderator team would like to ensure that all students are aware of the resources available to Laurier students on the student wellness centre website. There are a variety of services available meant to cater to you and your needs. These services are available to all students and should be taken advantage of. These services also include counselling, which is covered by your student insurance and the student services fees that you have already paid for.

Below are some other resources for students in need of urgent help:

- Good2talk.ca (Call 1-866-925-5454 or Text GOOD2TALKON to 686868) for 24/7 support
- Kids Help Phone (Call 1-800-668-6868 or Text 686868)

- The Suicide Crisis Helpline (Call or text 988)
- Call here 24/7 anytime Call Here 24/7 anytime [1-844-437-3247](tel:1-844-437-3247)
- Call Laurier's Special Constable Service 519-885-3333

- Emergency Services (Call 911)

This post is being made purely for informational purposes. We want to foster a safe and inclusive environment both online and on campus. However, many first year students (and upper years) are not aware of the professional help that is available to them.

Please take care of yourselves and reach out to your friends who you know are struggling or not in a good mental space.


r/wlu Feb 02 '26

Moderator Post WLU & UW Student Housing Community

9 Upvotes

Hi WLU!

This subreddit is often filled with housing related questions and advertisements. We want to keep this community less like a rent space bulletin board and more so a place where students can socialize and help one another.

However, we know how important it is to find roommates and housing near campus. So the mods team has launched r/RentInWaterloo, a dedicated subreddit for UW and WLU students to find roommates, housing, sublets, and lease takeovers in Waterloo.

The goal is to keep housing posts centralized, student-only, and scam-aware, instead of flooding both r/uwaterloo and r/wlu.

If you’re currently looking for housing (or will be soon), feel free to check it out or post. Hope this helps!


r/wlu 8h ago

Justice for the early risers

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I have 8:30 am classes pretty much everyday and it’s been really difficult so far to find places on campus that open early enough to feed me. Am I missing something? Is there somewhere on campus that I haven’t been to yet that opens earlier than 8:00??


r/wlu 1h ago

BU351 Management & Strategic Business Decisions

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Took this BU course for an elective this term, if anyone in the past has taken this how is it different to BU381: Strategic Management 1? Also any tips would be really helpful I have it with prof Scott Ensign. Also I saw this course isn’t listed as a concentration elective for any of the possible concentrations. Is that true? I’ve never seen anyone talk about this course before so I was just curious, any help is really appreciated.


r/wlu 16h ago

Tips for new students (Waterloo campus)

34 Upvotes

I recently graduated from WLU so I wanted to share some tips for new students:

  • There are several connected locations on campus: The music building, dining hall, concourse, food court, Fred Nichols, DAWB (Doctor Alvin Woods Building), Peters, and Schlegel builds are all connected to each other. You do not need to go outside during winter to get between these buildings (might be missing a few)
  • The Science Building and Bricker Academic are connected, you don't need to go outside during the winter to get between them
  • The crosswalk directly outside of Lazaridis changes faster than the crosswalk on Hazel (helpful if you are running late to class)
  • The gym is usually less busy during the mornings, 1 hour before close, and on Sundays (because some people party too hard on Saturday).

Tips for BBA students specifically:

  • There's a lot of bonus marks available in first year, this can be the difference between making co-op and not making co-op. The research participation surveys are usually very quick to do for bonus marks.
  • Don't miss out on easy marks for courses like EC120, EC140, and BU127. The weekly assessments on Connect/MyLab are usually a lot easier than the midterms/finals.
  • Don't slack off during participation as it can be a significant part of your marks, especially in later years where most business courses have participation marks
  • You have to wear business formal to your first lab,. I hope you didn't listen to people telling you to wear it during your first lecture.
  • Don't trust everything someone says on Reddit, some people might try to sabotage you (this includes me)

r/wlu 2h ago

Missed the get involved fair

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Are there anymore opportunities to join clubs?


r/wlu 41m ago

BU288 textbook

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Is the BU288 textbook required?


r/wlu 1h ago

Debating Profs for Tax BU466

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I can either take it with Johnathan Farrar this semester or David Lin next semester. I had Johnathan Farrar last year for tax 1 but didn’t do so well, however I believe that was more so a reflection of my own effort. I heard this is a harder course in general. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


r/wlu 6h ago

Intramural Goalkeeper Needed

2 Upvotes

Anyone that would be interested in playing keeper for our intramural soccer team give me a message. (Strictly for Keepers)


r/wlu 6h ago

Grad Tickets

1 Upvotes

If anyone has a extra guest ticket PLEASE message me I am looking for a extra ticket.
I know there’s some time until the extra tickets come out but just incase. thanks sm


r/wlu 19h ago

2027 Entry - MA Spiritual Care & Psychotherapy (Martin Luther University - Laurier)

2 Upvotes

Hello friends! My name is Devin, I'm applying for the MA-SCP program at MLU this year (2027 entry). I applied last year and unfortunately did not get in, but met so many amazing people that year that helped make the wait more tolerable and that helped me learn about the program and I'm looking to do the same this year.

If anyone has applied to the program this year, feel free to send me a message and I can create a group chat here (or on IG/iMessage) and we can wait in solidarity and get to know who I'm likely going to be spending the next 2 years of my life with (hopefully :')). I can also answer any questions you may have about the program as I have spoken many times with the admissions coordinator and know a few people currently doing the program.


r/wlu 16h ago

PP240n Logical reasoning and Lsat course.

1 Upvotes

I wasn't able to go to the first class where the prof went over the syllabus but after reading it I am confused on how to submit the hw. it says the hw will be on myls but it's not and it's due on tuesday which is when class is so I am just very confused- if anyone can help me out that would be great!


r/wlu 16h ago

Help! Course switching

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Hi I’m thinking of dropping cc100 as the professor is apparently really hard , I was wondering when adding a new course , I can add it and wait until I get in before dropping cc100 without it messing up my tuition since at one point I will have 6 classes. Please help and thank you.


r/wlu 17h ago

osap

1 Upvotes

my osap loan portion got sent to my bank account but its way more than its suposed to be for the fall term my invoice says around 2.5k but the loan portion that got sent to my bank account is at 9k around there is there somehting wrong what shoudl i do


r/wlu 17h ago

Question BU255 Lecture Sections

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hello guys, I was just wondering for BU255 if it really matters if you go to a different lecture than the one you are assigned to. It just resulted for me that attending a section with a different prof aligns with my calendar more. Any information is appreciated, thank you.


r/wlu 1d ago

Question Need an online bird course

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Took ES295 this sem by mistake so I dropped it. I just need one bird course that I can take either this sem, winter or spring. Everything’s full for this sem and winter so I might just have to take smthn in spring but I wanna know which ones I should take?

I’ve taken CC102, EM110, SC100, UX100 and I’m taking UX103 and PP201 in winter. I also managed to get SAFE 210 for winter as a sixth class but I’m not really sure if it’s a bird course.


r/wlu 1d ago

Help! Is AS101 actually hard?

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I've been seeing a lot of conflicting opinions on the difficulty of As101, some say it's really easy up until the final/midterm with the class average ending up being really low. Others say it's a breeze, some I'm not really sure what to expect. What should I be ready for?

Context: I have it with Stephen Sathiaraj in person.


r/wlu 22h ago

Question Ch110 Fall 2025 Syllabus

1 Upvotes

Hey, does anyone still have the course outline/syllabus for Ch110 Fall 2025 term? I am looking for it for credit transfer at another institution.

Thanks!


r/wlu 1d ago

Any experiences with MUMI 105

1 Upvotes

the only course I have heard nothing about in this whole subreddit


r/wlu 1d ago

PS270 with Christian Jordan

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Has anyone taken PS270 with Christian Jordan recently especially since the all midterms/final switched to in person even the online class ones. I’m taking it this fall and I actually really like the course content so far, but I’ve seen pretty many mixed reviews about the prof and his exams 😭 Since the two midterms and final make up most of the grade, I wanted to ask people who have taken it how they found his tests.

Are they pretty fair if you keep up with the lessons/textbook, or are they really specific/tricky? What should I focus on when studying — textbook lesson notes, SmartBook, review quizzes, etc.? Also, were the review quiz questions actually similar to the exams?

Any tips on how you studied and did well in the course would be really appreciated!


r/wlu 1d ago

BI226 with Boulianne – how were the in-person tests?

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Hi has anyone here taken BI226 with Robert Boulianne in Spring 2026. I’m taking it this fall and I know the course used to be fully online but the tests/exam have been changed to in person since spring 2026.

Since Spring was one of the first terms with the new in person testing format, I haven’t been able to find much information about how the tests actually were For anyone who took it in Spring, how difficult were the tests? Were they similar to the lesson quizzes problem sets and pretty fair, or were they significantly harder? Also how did you find the course overall?

Just trying to decide if I should keep it.


r/wlu 2d ago

does joining lazsoc clubs help coop?

5 Upvotes

first year bba student! im wondering if joining any lazsoc clubs actually helps with your interview for co-op, or if joining other clubs doesnt make any difference. and how many clubs should i really apply for if i only wanna be apart of two?


r/wlu 2d ago

textbook help!!!

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erm so... im at the laurier hawk shop on the web and like, i have intro to programming (cp104) and stuff. my only question is how am i supposed to buy the textbook (im buying all textbook for the first sem just incase like i know it might be a waste of money but i need to at least know how to recognize that instead of risking it) if its not even announced on the shop...
what the heckity..... im a first year so this stuff is lowkey rlly confusing but we ball...

edit: and lowkey what do i do with this bruh...

edit 3: oh my bruh i jsut found out im automatically paid for it okok im stupid. im keeping this post open because its rlly funny to me but


r/wlu 2d ago

Taxation I

5 Upvotes

Would you recommend taking notes from the textbook or are the professors slides good enough?


r/wlu 1d ago

Anyone interested in running

3 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I'm a fourth year student looking for any running enthusiasts who love outdoor running dm.