Waterloo By The Numbers

Disclaimer: I took this from another blog, but this one is too funny to miss. I've linked the original post at the end.

Things Waterloo's admissions books don't tell you...

1957: Waterloo's virgin year as a University.
1957: Virgins in the Math faculty.

English: The second-most common language spoken on campus.
Mandarin: The most common language spoken on campus.

40.0% Approximate percentage of student body that is Asian.
0.04% Approximate percentage of student body that is black.

70: % of the Arts faculty that is white and female.
0.7: % of the Math faculty that is white and female.

23% Estimated proportion of Math Faculty that is hetero, homo, or bisexual.
77% Estimated proportion of Math Faculty that is asexual.

40: Turnout at Fed Hall on a Thursday night.
140: Turnout at Serge D'Alessio's 9:30am Linear Algebra lecture on Friday mornings.

Quebec province: Source of ~2% of Math Faculty.
Guangdong province: Source of ~20% of Math Faculty.

3: Mean number of girls present in a Computer Science lecture.
3: Also the annual mean number of showers taken by a Computer Science major.

75%: Percentage of UW CASA (Canadian Asian Students Association) that is actually Chinese.
95%: Percentage of UW Actuarial Science Club that is actually Chinese.

98%: Reputed percentage of students employed as claimed by Waterloo's co-op department.
40%: Actual percentage of term 1A students employed (based on an anecdotal sample).

3: Persons present in queue outside of Bomber on a Friday night.
30: Persons present in queue at Tim Horton's on a Friday night.

200: Persons enrolled in MTHEL 100 (Business Law).
20: Persons actually present in a MTHEL 100 lecture.

4: Record number of white people spotted on Fed Bus to Scarborough Friday afternoon.
4: Record number of visible minorities spotted at Molly Bloom's Irish Pub Friday night.

Original Post Here

Just too funny to miss.