In the fall 2023 term, the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) sent out a survey on the topic of Student Academic Success to University of Waterloo undergraduate students as part of the Representative Survey Platform. The survey was available for students to complete from November 13 to 24, 2023. The goals of this survey were to:
• Learn how students define academic success.
• Explore barriers students face to achieving academic success.
• Understand what students need to be successful in achieving academic success.
This survey received a total of 660 responses; 46 incomplete responses were removed, leaving 614
responses for analysis. With a total of 931 students signed up for the program in fall 2023, the survey had a response rate of 66%.
For an explanation of the statistical analysis used in this report, see Appendix A.