I'm debating whether I should go into honours life science or biopsych. If I go into life sci, I would be able to have a higher gpa as I can choose the more electives that are easy. However, biopsych does seem interesting and I liked first year psychology courses. I am planning on going into either dentistry or optometry after my undergrad. Both of which require high gpa, so Im not sure exactly what to do.


Any advice would be greatly appreciated

most of the ppl in the program want to go to professional school anyways just like the people from other programs like chembio, biochem, etc. these programs aint that hard and tons of people go to professional school from them. if youre really into biopsych then go for it. you can switch out of it and back into life sci anytime you want, but switching in from life sci into biopsych will be hard.

Do professional schools look at what program you did for your undergrad, or do they just look at if you have a bsc?

im pretty sure most dont even look at if you have a bsc. most just require a 4 year undergrad. they dont care if courses you take are hard or easy. you can have any type of undergrad.

UofT claims to take course difficulty into account during admissions for some of their professional programs. I haven't the slightest clue how they do that, though.

Even if that isn't true (and I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't), I would highly discourage you from going into lifesci just because you think you can take a bunch of easy courses and get a higher GPA.

A lot of schools in the US usually look at two GPAs Cumulative and science GPA. They may use a similar system - science GPA includes; bio, chem, physics and math courses.

If you want to get a masters in biology, can you get an undergrad degree in life science? Or will you not be accepted?

Originally Posted by ab299

If you want to get a masters in biology, can you get an undergrad degree in life science? Or will you not be accepted?

Relevant experience is the most important thing. You would certainly have an advantage coming from biology rather than life sci, but that doesn't mean you'll be automatically rejected for being in life sci, either.

Originally Posted by ab299

If you want to get a masters in biology, can you get an undergrad degree in life science? Or will you not be accepted?

For U of T grad school, there are various "biology" related departments such as physiology, cell and mol biology, biochemistry, immunology, medical science, pathobiology, molecular genetics, etc.... A life science degree will most likely NOT get you into one of these biology related programs since a life science degree is NOT specialized (even if they say a life science related degree is fine). McMaster graduate school tend to be more lenient I believe, since you can go into biology or medical science graduate program with a life sciences degree.