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Originally Posted by jordan19
Can you pick your specialization after 2nd year?
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Theoretically yes, since core and specialization take the exact same courses in 2nd year. It gets tricky after third year though.
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also are you planning to take the 3rd year health science courses in immunology and virulogy?
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Biochem students take that class in fourth year
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id like to do a specialization but I'd like some room for some easy electives so that my Cgpa can be raised, but then again I don't want to take a bunch of courses which dont contribute to my degree, I am not sure what to do to consolidate these two issues....
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You said earlier that you're considering graduate school, and unless you work/volunteer in a lab outside of class you won't have enough lab time to apply to grad school in core alone. Furthermore, specialization students write an undergrad thesis which you need in graduate school anyway.
I think for second year, you should choose specialization to keep your options (specifically for graduate school) open. Specialization and core students take the same classes, so you can get a feel of the program and like zango said, it's much easier dropping down to core from specialization than the other way around.
And in terms of taking courses which 'don't contribute to your degree', it's perfectly fine to diversify your academic portfolio. That's why you're given electives to begin with; take whatever classes interest you.
