notgenius wrote:do what you love to do...
dude, you are smart enough (if the courses taken & marks received are not from private school) to get into good programs.
you are smart enough to make the right decision that ... MAY determine the path to what you want to do for the rest of your life
I only say "MAY" because university programs don't always decide what you will be doing with your life.
I did go to private school for two courses... but my marks in day school are the same as they are in private school.
That's not helping though. xD I kind of wish i was stupid so that i would only get accepted to one place and have no choice as to where to go next year. It would make life easy.
That's true though. I keep thinking of this year as the "end all, be all" year - as though i'm committing myself to business/science for th rest of my life, when it really doesn't work that way. I technically can switch out to another program or university at any point (provided i get my act together, actually start doing homework and get good marks in first year).
Or I could do what you're doing. xD 8 years of undergrad, woo!
DannyH wrote:Seriously just pick whatever you want. You've made so many threads like this asking the same darn question. It's not like the responses are going to change. You're probably coming here looking for an answer that you already know. You already know what you're going to pick so stop posting identical threads and just pick one!
If you are really unsure, I would suggest Ryerson okay? Go there and have fun
Easy there, i only posted, what, two threads? This one and the schulich vs biotech/econ one. "Just pick one" sounds great right about now... if only it was down to a coin toss, lol! I actually did do a coin toss for this... ended up with 60 UW and 40 Schulich. I should do it again for schulich and hthsci, haha. xD
It was because of this forum that I posted this thread today. I was set on schulich, and then i read a bunch of threads that made me take a hundred steps back and look at everything again... So i don't "already know the answer". In fact, that's pretty far form the truth. I'm torn.
Inspire08 wrote:If you don't wanna do medicine, do you want to do any other life sciences related careers (ie. pharmacy)? I think you should decide now whether you want sciences or business, so I would take out biotech/econ from that list. Then you're left with two, and both are amazing programs (i think at least), so it's really up to what you want as a career after university. I don't really see a point of Mac HealthSci if you're not doing medicine though, but then again, my knowledge of careers in the life sciences field is very limited. Oh, but if you're a girl, take York's erm horrible safety factor into consideration.
I am a girl... but york's "horrible safety factor" doesn't bother me much. I live 10 minutes away, so i know the area. As long as you don't go asking for trouble, alone, in the middle of the night, you'd be fine. I have plenty of friends at york (though not at schulich) and they've never had any problems.
That's what i'm thinking - why go into a science program if you don't want to do anything medicine-related? But Hthsci, for all the awesomeness of their program/teaching style/etc, is a pathway to more schooling, most likely grad school or professional school.
Who knows, maybe i'll like medicine 4 years down the road?
And it is possible to switch out... although i doubt i could get the average to go from hthsci to schulich as delayed-entry.
Why is life so darn hard?
tmhlee wrote:"I want a real university experience, res and all."
-This pretty much eliminates Shulich. I think you probably applied on a whim right? Business is corrupt. You've probably never had interest in it til as of late.. just don't go into it. lol. You don't need to. There's not much 'uni life' at UW either.. seriously... think about it . and you are left with Mac BHSc.
Yeah, but I don't want to let a factor such as "student life" dictate what type of a degree I'm getting. I'm sure i'll love 4 years at schulich regardless of the fact that i'm not in res... maybe i'll fall in love with business while i'm at it.
tmhlee wrote:BHSc doesn't mean you HAVE to get into medicine. It will leave you plenty of other options, as well as electives. I applied to BHSc (though rejected) instead of Arts&Sci because I knew that BHSc had more room for electives. Doing a double major in Econ/Biotech = not much room for whatever else you wanna try out.
To some people, university is there to get you a stable, well-paying job/career. To others, its there for self-exploration, to figure out what you want to do in your life. I'd say schulich is for the first group, and hthsci is for the latter group... it's got way more electives than schulich, but doesn't get you a job after undergrad. Schulich has some electives, gets you a job, but i dunno whether i'll enjoy it.
To add another thing to the mix, bio was always my least-liked science, physics being most favourite. The only thing that made bio worth going to was the people in my class - if it weren't for them, i'd have hated it. I have to take a look at the syllabus of hthsci again - i don't remember which courses are mandatory and how many you have to take.
bacon wrote:look. you've asked the same question on this forum over and over, and so far, the members here have tried to be helpful by giving their 2 cents and I'm sure you've taken them into consideration in your decision making process. But, you're still confused as hell. I have a feeling keep asking everyone here won't help you anymore. After a while, it's just the same people making the same suggestions...and half of what they say they probably learned from this forum too.
I personally can't help you. But I have two suggestions.
Either: a) stop looking for your answer all together. go with your gut feeling (if you have one...if not, avoid this forum/talking to people about your problem and just think for YOURSELF for a few days, to clear your head so that you can listen to yourself instead of what others are saying), or b) look for advice elsewhere. maybe another forum, possibly one where there are actually alot more undergrad/grad students/adults instead of this one, which is mostly filled with high school students who are possibly as confused as you are. By asking for opinions from a completely different group, you'll be able to gain fresh new insights and obtain some new information.
Personally, I did both. And it helped alot with my decision after getting rejected from Mac. Now, I think I know where I'm heading and am confident about my decision.
Good luck.
This forum is the only thing that's keeping me sane right now, lol. xD Even though it may not seem like it. But I guess a little break wouldn't hurt. Do some more research, write down pros vs cons, rank them in order of importance, etc...
Where are you heading?
The thought process is so different for different people... I envy the people who are going to study something they love, regardless of where it'll put them after graduation. But that's not an option for me.
I think I still would rather go to hthsci than schulich, based on my current limited experience. The deadline in is two weeks! How am I ever going to decide. ;_;
I didn't go to may@mac because I figured no point in getting all excited to go there to this amazing program when rationality doesn't let me go there, since medicine+research+teaching is out of my potential careers. I am going to go to the schulich reception tomorrow, listen to some propaganda, and hopefully not feel too bad about going there.
I'm sure i'll be happy wherever I end up... I'd just rather be
than
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I'm goign to PM you about the other forum, alright? Thank you.
tmhlee wrote:I know you can have a good time at UW. I know many cool people going there now/next year. I guess I was just trying to convey the stereotypical view that even if you have a good time at UW... it will still be toned down in comparison to the wildwildwild parties at other schools. Not to say UW won't have its crazy moments.. but honestly..UW is not a 'party school'. that is not what it's known for. It's got a strong gear towards academics. You can't deny that.
LOL, i'm not sure i want to go to a school with western's party rep. xD I'm afraid i won't fit in, being a non-drinker and all of that, if everybody else is getting drunk every night. xD Or the opposite thing will happen - i'll turn into such a crazy party-er that all my studies will be forgotten.
A school like UW would be a good place for me... the coop is godly, the academic competition will force me to do well, and it won't be "let's-get-drunk-every-night". xD
tmhlee wrote:but bausman, I really suggest you to talk to teachers and friends who have an idea of what you're like.
Oh believe me, they get it way worse than you guys here on the forum. xD My teachers, parents and friends are sick of me and my indecisiveness.
Thank you all for your input! It is greatly appreciated. xD Every word matters to me right now. I feel like i'm on the edge of a knife - one word can sway me to either side. xD
Schulich BBA 2012
