A Great University Experience Starts with Orientation – How Was Yours?

We want to know if your Orientation experience set you up for success at the University of Waterloo! 

We are already nearing the second half of the fall term and now that the excitement from September has died down a bit, this is the perfect opportunity to reflect on your first few weeks of university!

For many students, the transition to university life comes with a lot of new experiences. Orientation is a large part of this transition and whether you are in your first year here at Waterloo or you are finishing up your degree, the memories made during Orientation last a lifetime. We understand that Orientation is different for everyone, and how it impacted you on an individual level is a crucial part of understanding how we can improve things for everyone.

The New Student Transition (NST) survey is a way for you to voice YOUR opinion on Orientation. Through collaboration between WUSA, the Student Success Office, and each faculty, Orientation is meticulously crafted to optimize the student experience. Every year during the first week of the term, hundreds of student leaders come together to make Orientation happen, with their goal being to integrate the new Warriors into their community. To make the first week of university the best possible experience, we want your feedback on the Orientation events, kits, scheduling, and more.

Open to all undergrads at Waterloo, this survey will help us understand:

• The barriers you faced during Orientation.
• What could have enhanced your experience.
• How Orientation could have better set you up for university life.

It is important that all students have an equal opportunity to participate in Orientation and experience a seamless transition to life at the University.

How did Orientation impact your overall transition to university life here at Waterloo? We want to hear from YOU! The results of this survey will be implemented into future orientation experiences for Warriors, ensuring that their transition to university is as smooth as possible.

To fill out the survey and have a chance to win an iPad, visit the link here https://yourwusa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5urKhmEJGPuL2L4

🚨 GIVEAWAY ALERT 🚨

By completing this survey, you may enter into a draw to win a 10^th Generation 10.9” iPad. Winners will be selected after the survey submission period is closed on 8^th November 2024 and announced on 15^th November, 2024.

The survey period begins on Monday, October 21, 2024 and it closes on Friday, November 8, 2024, 11.59PM EST. Once you complete the survey, your name will be added to our random draw. No purchase required. This contest is not sponsored.

Click here to complete the survey and participate in the draw!

1. How to enter

No purchase required.

Complete the New Student Transition survey by November 8, 2024

2. Eligibility 

The draw is open to all current University of Waterloo undergraduates.

3. Procedure for awarding prize

1 winner will be selected on  Friday, November 15^th, where a random draw will be conducted by a WUSA staff member to pick a winner among all eligible entries.

• Winners will be notified that their name was selected through an email to their Uwaterloo email address.
• A WUSA staff member will ask for your name, program, year of study, UWaterloo email address, and to correctly answer the mandatory mathematical skill-testing question.
• Once the questions are answered and the entrant is confirmed to be a current undergrad, they/she/he shall be declared the winner, subject to meeting all the conditions described in these rules.
• The winners should collect the iPad in person 1 week from the announcement date (Friday, November 22, 2024, at 5:00 pm EST).
• If the winners cannot be reached within 48 hours the first attempt of contact, incorrectly answers the mathematical skill-testing question, or declines the prize, the prize shall be forfeited and WUSA has the right, at its sole discretion, to select another winner by following the procedure as outlined above.

 4. Description of prize(s)

• The winner will receive a 10^th generation 10.9” 64GB iPad

5. General

5.1 Entries must be submitted via submission of the New Student Transition survey. Entries sent in other ways will not be accepted.

5.2. To be declared a winner, the selected contestant must first correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question.

5 O.3dds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries. All entries that are incomplete, illegible, damaged, irregular, have been submitted through illicit means, using any robotic, automatic programmed method that artificially increases the odds of winning or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of the rules may be disqualified.

5.4 Hate speech, bullying, and/or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and will result in disqualification from the contest and potentially all other contests associated with the @yourWUSA social accounts.

5.5 All personal information, such as name and contact information, is collected by WUSA solely for the purposes of administering this Contest and shall not be used for any other purpose without your express consent. By providing this information, you consent to it being used for the stated purposes.

5.6 By entering, you agree to abide by the Contest rules.