I am entering first-year at UofT downtown. I want to do a specialist in a human biology course, either neuroscience or health and disease...but i've heard that physiology is a good course for MCAT. What do I have to do to put me at an advantage in order to enter med school? How do I get clinical experience and research experience? Where do I get a list of clubs in UofT? I know its a lot of questions ...but its good if I can get these questions cleared now and plan stuff

Like Lisa, I don't know about the rest of your questions, but the list of clubs can be found on the UTSU website.

Here is the link:

http://www.utsu.ca/club/clubslist.php

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UTSG Rotman Commerce (Victoria College) 2012

So long as you get in the med school prerequisites, take whatever you want. The MCAT covers basically first year science material. Remember that you can get into medicine from ANY program, some medical schools don't have any prerequisites at all and the rest don't have too many (Go to the OUAC site and go under professional programs, I'm pretty sure they've got all the requirements for Ontario med schools in one place there).

So specialize in whatever you're most interested in!

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Remember that it often takes just as long to do a search or two on Google to try and find the answer to your question as it takes to type it in a post here, let alone the time waiting for a reply.
If your question is "What mark does it take to get into University X", or "What are the requirements to get into University X", it's on their website and/or electronicinfo.ca (for Ontario schools). Particularly for Ontario schools, those ranges are a pretty good picture of what kind of mark will get you into the program, and if you're more than a couple percent higher it's practically guaranteed unless it requires a supplementary form.

Since there are no pre-reqs for the MCAT, don't take a course just because you think it'll be good for the MCAT/getting into med school. Take courses you're genuinely interested in-you'll do better and enjoy it more. That said, check out the MCAT prep books-if you can't afford to buy one (they are rather expensive), just flip through one at Chapters to give yourself an idea of what's on the MCAT. You're asked basic biology, chemisty and physics questions-although some of the questions can be a little tricky!

To get into med school you should focus on two things: Getting the highest GPA you can (taking whatever classes you want-just make sure you cover any pre-reqs for the med schools you want to apply to-check OUAC for a complete list, but generally it's wise to take a full years worth of chemistry with a lab (preferably organic), a full year of biology with a lab, an essay course (like English, history, etc), and some sort of physics course) and getting as involved as you can in whatever interests you (clubs, volunteering, sports, etc).

You can get research experience in your upper years, but start trying early. I started as a volunteer with my one biology prof in the summer after my first year. Just keep your eyes and ears open-a lot of times profs will announce research openings for undergrad students. You can always try emailing your prof or talking to them about helping them out with research, and check your schools job postings in the summer because a lot of paid (and volunteer) research opportunities will come up around that time.

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