<p>SO i have already made a OUAC account but when i went and browsed programs for uni of toronto there were so many options within it and many faculties and colleges that i didnt know which to select for life sciences(there website did not make it better; its only even more vague),so if i wanna do something prior medical school that is life sciences, or on that track, which faculty is the best and what program within the OUAC should i choose for uni of toronto?</p>
<p>please reply guys need to know asap...</p>
<p>apply to life sciences in the faculty of Arts and Science.</p>
<p>ok thnx a lot and if i want to go to med school in the us, since there is no premed in canada and i have to do a B. Sc, what are the best choices to choose for majors</p>
<p>At UofT you can either double major, major and minor or take a specialist (ie. like a major on steroids). Most prospective med students take a double major or a specialist. Generally pre-med students take their POST (major, minor or specialist) in one of the areas offered by the Human Biology Department, which one is up to you. First of all what major is best for you is heavily dependent on how capable a student you are. Life Sciences is not easy at UofT…at all, but in general the “easier” courses have HMB (Human Biology) or CSB (Cell and systems Biology) codes. The ones you really want to be wary of are the PSL (physiology) courses in 3rd and 4th year. ONLY take these if you are required to to complete your major or if you are very confident in your abilities, because they are brutally difficult the average for courses like PSL200 and PSL301 are in the low 60s (C-) and the 4th year PSL courses (eg. PSL444) are generally combined undergraduate/graduate student courses, meaning that many of your fellow classmates will be MSCs or PhDs and the course is really designed at their level, so again, it is really challenging.</p>
<p>You don’t declare your post to the end of first year so this isnt really relevent to you yet. For first year all the life sciences students take practically the same introductory courses in: Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math.</p>
<p>PS: life sciences is the defacto premed in Canada. Everyone going into it has the goal of eventually going into medical school or graduate school.</p>
<p>ok thnx a lot and btw, what differs from health sciences and life sciences in my case?</p>
<p>It depends what university offers it. Depending on what university it is, health sciences can either just be a carbon clone for life sciences (look to see if there is a life sciences program offered by that university, if not then health sciences is generally just their standard life sciences-esque stream into medschool degree). However it may also be something very different (ie. if both life sciences and health sciences are offered). In situations such as these (like at Waterloo University) health sciences is generally more of a major geared towards things like gerontology and kinda moving towards secondary care and closer to nursing. I believe one exception to this rule is McMaster University’s “Health Sciences” department which is really just an uber elite life sciences program, where they only ever accept a handful of 4.0 highschool students (ie. no one in my graduating class got in and even my schools valedictorian with a 96% average didn’t get in and the classes are very atypical being much problem solving and essay based ), the rest of the applicants that aren’t superstudents get streamed into their life sciences program. The moral of the story is that you should check to see what the courses offered in health sciences departments are to see if they are really geared towards a pre-med path before applying. Biological sciences or Biomedical sciences may also be names that you see. They are essentially just the alternate name some universities use for life sciences.</p>
<p>If you have an questions on specific Canadian life sci/bio/health sci programs let me know and I will try to help. Remember though you can always e-mail the admissions office for any of these universities and they will be happy to help you.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>rlly do appreciate it and u have clarified a lot for me, thnx again</p>