OMG: I lost my Watcard recently and am still taking an online course at another university which is being counted towards my waterloo degree. I went to the Watcard office today to get a new one and they refused to give me one. They say I'm no longer a UW student and can only give me a guest pass which is for $35.00. My original watcard was expiring in 2017 and now I can't use any of the student benefits even though I'm still a student. I despise the watcard office and their rude staff.
That's harsh. Talk to Feds to see what can be done? UW's admin is complete and utter shit.
ReplyDeleteYou'd have to go to the registrar's office to get them to change your status to "student" again. Watcard doesn't control who is considered a student - that comes from registrar/gso
ReplyDeleteDo this.
DeleteJust went in and asked, they refused to give me one too, and were extremely rude about it. Can't believe I gave this university 60K.
DeleteThat's UW for you. It's a privileged to attend and pay tuition in their eyes.
DeleteWere you on of the 2011 ish frosh with a May 2016 expected graduation that had one of the old blue and yellow cards with the extra year before expiry?
Deletei think the watcard thingy is kinda sketchy. i mean u can't just walk right on to the bus without paying.
ReplyDeleteBus passes are included in tuition for UW students. So we use our Watcards as bus passes, since we've already paid for it
Deletei feel angry at the service. No tip for the bus driver
DeleteTo be fair, you aren't paying for any of the student benefits UW offers right now. People abusing the system are the reason our fees are so bloody high.
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