Whats the big deal about the University of Waterloo?
I believe they have year round internships which is the reason, possibly, a lot of their graduates work in companies in seattle. They also seem to have decent education and reputation which, i believe, helps the potential candidates. This is a ranking indicator for them: http://www.uwaterloo.ca/macleans/ Waterloo ranks #1 in Maclean’sThe University of Waterloo has retained its position as the #1 Best Overall” and “Most Innovative” university in Canada by reputation in Maclean’s magazine’s annual universities ranking issue for 2005. It has captured the “Best Overall” university in Maclean’s 13 out of the 15 years that Maclean’s has issued its ranking report. Waterloo also maintained its #1 position among all Comprehensive Universities (it was a #1 in 2004). As well, Waterloo swept all four reputation categories in the Comprehensive Universities group: — No. 1 Highest Quality, No. 1 Leaders of Tomorrow, No. 1 Most Innovative