Can I get accepted into waterloo even though I haven't taken any extracurriculars?
For context I am in g11 and I have not participated in any extracurricular activities since I started highschool (including activities outside of highschool). Now from what I have been told and seen online Waterloo really wants people with lots of ECs because they don't want people who are just mark grinders and don't really socialize. The problem is that I am not a mark grinder and am a very social person, I just simply don't find anything interesting and didn't think ECs were important. Literally the only thing I like doing is socializing and you could also probably say working out (though I only do it for the results it has giving me and the pump I get after it). My entire day schedule is wake up, go to school, come home, do school work, work out, sleep, and thorughout that time I talk to people in school and through social media at home.
My question is can I still get into Waterloo (it's my dream uni) even though I haven't taken any extracurriculars. I am planning on taking co-op this summer, so I can talk abt something on my sup-app. If your wondering what program I want to apply for it's AFM as well as other business programs. I was hoping engineering, but realistically I don't think I'll be able to get in.
Thankyou!
Posted Jan 11, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC