<p>I am an international students in Canada and, honestly, I love this country. I know I am capable to university like Princeton but the point is: I love Canada. I am planning to study science/ math as, currently, I am having a job in the chemical engineer department at University of British Columbia, despite I am only sixteen. However, my focus is on mathematics and physics (i wish to be a professor and do researches) and I heard that university of waterloo has a pretty good national reputation is these fields. Also, I consider that nobel laureate Anthony James Leggett has accepted a position in the faculty of quantum computing in waterloo: which tells me this university is highly recognized in the field of modern science. Also, there are few research institutes around university of waterloo and those institutes are doing leading research in science (one such: perimeter institute for theoretical physics). Moreover, there are lots of researchers in those institues who are graduated from ivy league universities or top notch universities in UK. </p>
<p>And then, here my question comes: is it worth to go to university of waterloo instead of ivy leagua university?
(consider the fact that I hope to do my post-grad in uk/ waterloo/ivy league)</p>
<p>The university of waterloo has an amazing reputation. It's not far from Toronto or London, Ont. and in addition to the university it also has the Perimeter Institute. We've been to many lectures here as high school students which is a real perk for physics students.
<a href="http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/</a>
Many people are unaware of the huge number of inventions out of Waterloo - the blackberry is probably the most successful.<br>
If you're into computer sci., physics, maths etc. it's certainly "the" place to be. Also has an amazing co-op program so you can get a "taste" of working in your field if you want.</p>
<p>It depends. If you really like Canada, and would enjoy an undergraduate education in Waterloo (the place, not the university), then I would in fact suggest that you choose Waterloo Ivy leagues and the like. Waterloo is getting better and better, and with the enormous amount of research money going into the city through the various research institutes and RIM, it's a great place to be. Co-op, as arod mentioned, is also spectacular. It gets you great experience, and also ends up looking amazing on your resume.</p>
<p>Personally, I chose to go to Princeton over Waterloo (and a bunch of other Canadian schools) because frankly I could not stand to be at university in Ontario. I want to be somewhere far away from home and my comfort zone for university - and while New Jersey isn't as far as I could've gone (LA), it's far enough for me.</p>
<p>For you, someone who sounds very interested in science, as well as very happy to be in Canada, I would absolutely suggest choosing Waterloo over Ivy leagues, etc. On the other hand though, if you do decide to apply to US schools, I would suggest working on your grammar; from reading your post, it could hurt you in the American application process.</p>
<p>Waterloo has an awesome reputation in math. Erik Demaine, who became a prof at MIT at 21 and received a MacArthur "genius" grant, studied there.</p>