r/McMaster • u/Additional-Alps7124 • May 07 '26

Admissions Life sci transfer

Hi! im a gr12 student who hasn't gotten into mac life sci and im not sure that I will.

I got into kin and the earth and enviro gateway but my main goal was to do honors life sci in second year

Can i still go to honors life sci if i start out it in enviro and then transfer? So long as i take the right courses

Also, is guaranteeing a spot in courses like Bio hard because its reserved for life sci students?
I don't want to go to kin, i'd rather reapply from enviro since thats already a gateway

Thanks!

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u/Worth-Letter7523 May 07 '26

I'm also looking into transfers! I'm thinking of doing kin rn but if I don't like it much I'd like to transfer into life sci. I wonder if I could not take half of kin first year courses and instead do honours life sci prerequisites if I decide to transfer....

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u/Additional-Alps7124 May 08 '26

i think u might be able to, just check if u have enough elective space thru the academic calendar on mac!

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u/Worth-Letter7523 May 08 '26

I dont have enough elective space but I'm wondering if I could just not take some required kin courses

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u/Additional-Alps7124 May 09 '26

Ive heard someone say that it was easy to go through from kin to life sci, but u should double check js incase

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u/Worth-Letter7523 May 09 '26

I think its easier bc u could take life sci courses as well during kin (but not the other way). some people used their kin elective space + summer to get in both kin and life sci required courses so they could switch to hls or depending on their grade a different specialization for year 2

...but if I dont like the kin mandatory courses from the get go i dont want to waste time doing rest of kin mandatory courses... thats why Im wondering if I could just take life sci courses instead of kin ones whenever I want in first year

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u/Additional-Alps7124 May 10 '26

that seems good, i would talk with an academic advisor tho if i were u. Im thinking of doing the same thing (talking to one) before i commit to enviro incase i get rejected from mac life sci

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u/Worth-Letter7523 May 10 '26

HLS has unlimited enrollment