{"id":1288,"date":"2008-12-02T12:16:32","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2008-12-02T12:16:32","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T17:16:32","slug":"sorry-askastudent-is-currently-on-jelly-doughnut-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=1288","title":{"rendered":"sorry, askastudent is currently on jelly doughnut break"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, I wanted to go into life sciences and was wondering weather you can choose a major in life sciences from the first year. Also, is it difficult to get accepted? thank you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ah, the end of the semester, quite a gruesome time for us all. Therefore, I’ve decided to economize the replies. That way I can answer all of your enquiries, AND have enough time to attend the UC Hanukkah party! (Disclaimer: askastudent is an unaffiliated, non-denominational entity, with no specific religious tendency other than a severe weakness for latkes).<\/p>\n

So the answers to your questions are:<\/p>\n

1. no<\/p>\n

2. yes<\/p>\n

Just kidding, I wouldn’t do that… after all, why am I here, if not to wildly inflate otherwise straightforward responses with mindless babble?! Yeah, I love you too…<\/p>\n

So, for the life-science-major question, students at the faculty of arts & science usually choose their program of study (major\/minor\/specialist or some combination of the three) at the end of the session in which they’re expected to complete 4 FCE’s (full course equivalents; which means 4 full-year courses, or 8 half-year courses or something in-between). Usually that means the end of the first year of study. If you have transfer credits from another university that may be a different story… But let’s not get into the murkier areas for now.<\/p>\n

Is it difficult? Well, that depends on which specific program you desire. See, life science is an umbrella term for a whole lotta programs ranging from the mundane (biology<\/a>), to the more intricate (molecular genetics and microbiology<\/a>). Even though many of the life science programs have the same first-year requirements, there is quite a lot of variation between them. So when you get your admission letter from UofT, you can pick up the A&S calendar<\/a>, where you can find all the offered LifeSci programs and their respective first-year reqs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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