Hi,
I am currently doing Life Science and just selected my programs. I was wondering, what's the difference between Honours Life Science, and regular Life science. I know that honours is for 4 years; while regular is for 3 years; but whats the advantage of taking Honours degree? Does it yield better chance for getting a job or admission in Med school? What are the advantages? Wouldn't it be better to do a 3 year Bsc and do MCAT...?

Also, Is it possible to switch from a honour degree to non honours, or vice verse


ALSO: In the list of programs that we gave in from 1 to 4, are we allowed to choose any program if got selected in all of them. I mean, if i choose life sci to be my 4th option but got my 1st choice lets say honours biochem, can I still go in life sci or the computer automatically puts me in honours bio program?

Thank you Very much

BTW all of you guys here are really helpful!

There are definitely advantages to getting your degree in 4 years, rather than 3. For instance, UoT med won't count two courses from each year with the lowest mark if you have a full course load for four years. Also, some med schools (ie. McGill) requires a four year degree before you can apply.

And yes, if you get into all 4 of your choices, you can pick whichever one you want.

I've always thought of it in this way. It's easier to transfer from honours programs into non-honours.

Originally Posted by Need2knowme

Hi,
I am currently doing Life Science and just selected my programs. I was wondering, what's the difference between Honours Life Science, and regular Life science. I know that honours is for 4 years; while regular is for 3 years; but whats the advantage of taking Honours degree? Does it yield better chance for getting a job or admission in Med school? What are the advantages? Wouldn't it be better to do a 3 year Bsc and do MCAT...?

Also, Is it possible to switch from a honour degree to non honours, or vice verse


ALSO: In the list of programs that we gave in from 1 to 4, are we allowed to choose any program if got selected in all of them. I mean, if i choose life sci to be my 4th option but got my 1st choice lets say honours biochem, can I still go in life sci or the computer automatically puts me in honours bio program?

Thank you Very much

BTW all of you guys here are really helpful!

Honours does give you a better chance of getting a job related to your field, particularly since most jobs require more than just an undergrad degree. If you apply to med school in third year, and you get in, you can graduate with a BSc anyways because you completed 3 yrs of an honours science program--that way you still get a degree out of it, and at that point what the degree is doesn't really matter. However, if you don't get in, you're set to finish off your honours BSc, which will put you in a better position for pretty much everything. The only advantage I can think of for a 3-yr degree are that you're done sooner.