This page contains questions that students frequently have about applying for residence. Please check this page to see if your question is answered here before contacting our office. Another way to get quick answers to your question is to visit the forum for admitted students (opening in late-February or early March).
The University of Waterloo residence guarantee for first-year students is a collaborative effort between UW Residences and the 4 University College residences (Renison, St. Paul's, St. Jerome's and Conrad Grebel).
You're guaranteed a space in any one of these 5 communities, if you're admitted to one of our first-year undergraduate programs and you receive an Offer of Admission dated no later than June 2, 2006. A place in residence is reserved for you if you accept your offer of admission, and return the Rank your preference of residence community form with a $500 non-refundable deposit by June 12, 2006.
You are a stream 4 student if you are in a co-op program and your first work term is in January 2007.
You are a stream 8 student if you are in a regular program or a co-op program and your first work term is in May 2007 or later. Only students in some Math and Engineering programs are stream 4. All other faculties are stream 8.
Streaming is an important part of the residence allocation process as it allows us to place students together in communities that will remain together for both terms of first year - whether it's fall and winter (stream 8) or fall and spring (stream 4).