Ok this is a throwaway because I don’t wanna get slimed out for this and it’s gonna be a long rant so bear with me. To start I know your yelling at me that this is an obvious answer, and I also know how many people would do anything to be in my position and get an offer for mac health sci but I digress…
Basically I got an offer for hs and I was planning on going to life sci so now I have to pick between the two. I remember when I was submitting my application I was 100% sure I wasn’t gonna get in and that it wasn’t even a possibility for me. Throughout my research over the course of about a year I’ve read a lot of conflicting things about health sci. let’s start with the good:
It is the best premed program in Canada and it will make my chances of getting to med school astronomically higher. Med is my dream and this feels like the best way to facilitate that. Now this is basically just one good thing but it’s the most important thing all things considered. It is a huge deal and this program is perfect for my future goals. This one point might just be enough to override every other negative if I’m being honest. But now for the bad:
I have anxiety/social anxiety and I’m a big introvert so it'll already be a big adjustment. For the longest time, I was betting on going into life sci and having a large group of people to kind of blend in with if that makes sense. This is gonna sound horrible but I feel like in life sci there’s this collective feeling of disdain or contempt (respectfully and jokingly ofc) for health sci’s and i feel like that’s a nice collective thing to bond over or feel like a community because of ig???
I know that health sci kids are generally looked down upon and if you tell someone you’re in health sci they will start seeing you differently. Now I’m just gonna be honest I don’t know if I can handle being in a situation where everywhere I go, people have an automatic reason to hate me. Right now I feel like I need to be as neutral as possible.
Now above I was just talking about how health sci kids are perceived, but I’ve also heard a lot about how they act. I feel like a lot of health sci kids are rich and spoiled and very very competitive and cutthroat. And I’m just not like that. I’m dirt poor, I don’t like being competitive or gatekeeping things, and I can’t stand being around people like that. Because of that I just don’t know how much I’ll like the program.
Another thing is that I know bhs is very small class sizes and very personal if that makes sense. And I’ve always liked big class sizes so that I don’t have to really participate. Im just kinda scared of being in a class with like 25 people and there being a spotlight on me. The only experience I have with that is my grade 9 language class which had like 18 people and I surprisingly really liked it after I got comfortable with the group of people but yeah I’m just not sure.
If you’re in the program I would really appreciate your perspective. I will admit that I don’t know much about the program because I knew I wasn’t getting in so I barely did any research. Most of what I know is about life sci so please tell me if what I said is wrong and how you like health sci. also be nice because I’m scared. 🙃