
Sometimes itโs just impossible to get studying done at home, where distractions run rampant. TV, a fridge full of food and your roommates often become excuses to put the books down and procrastinate. Sometimes you just need to get away and get work done somewhere with minimal distractions.
Wilfrid Laurier Universityโs campus has many spaces for optimal studying, however they often get cramped during midterms and exams.
Waterloo has a ton of places that are perfect for studying and arenโt nearly as busy as those campus spots.
Coffee Culture
Coffee Culture is one of my favourite places to study or just hang out with a warm drink. It doesnโt get overly busy during peak study times, so youโre not fighting for a place to sit. Thereโs a variety of seating options โ small and large tables, as well as huge leather armchairs โ and the atmosphere is very relaxed. Plus, thereโs free WiFi.
Waterloo Public Library
Somehow students always seem to forget about the public library.
Itโs quiet and thereโs a ton of seating โ perfect for solo study times. A bonus is that youโre literally surrounded by books, so you will most likely find every book you need for a paper there without having to compete with your entire class for the one copy in the Laurier library.
The one down side is the library closes pretty early, so youโll have to relocate if you want to study late at night.
Princess Cafรฉ
Itโs hardly a secret, but Princess Cafรฉ is amazing. Itโs small and cozy inside and they have absolutely delicious sandwiches for you to chow down on while you study.
The entire building has an artistic feel to it โ the cafรฉ is nestled inside the same building as the Princess Twin Cinema, the most adorable movie theatre youโll ever visit โ so itโs next to impossible to get writerโs block here.
It is possible to find places on campus to study that arenโt as packed as the solarium, concourse or library, theyโre just a little less obvious.
LSPIRG office
LSPIRGโs office is across the street from the library and has comfortable seating and a relaxed environment. The office itself is really cool and not many people know that itโs open for students to use.
DAWB quiet study rooms
On floors three through five of the DAWB youโll find small study areas that are open for students to use. When I say small, I mean small. Theyโre nice for small groups of people or even solo studying, but they tend to fill up during exam season, so get there early if you want to reserve it.
Now that youโre in the know with all the best study spaces on and off campus, youโll be more than prepared when midterms roll around.
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