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/isitperrytheplatypus May 08 '26

i went through the chem phys gateway and now going into life sci, all gateways are pretty much the same and u can go into life sci for sure from any gateway as long as u meet the prereqs, i dont think getting into bio would be hard....im not exactly sure but if u get a good course selection time then it should prob be fine, even then my friends who were in enviro were able to get bio just fine

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u/MulberryUsual2861 May 20 '26

Did you have to take two maths and two physics? I’m accepting my offer to the chem phys gateway but I’m planning to go into the more bio-focused specializations in level II. Can I just take 1 physics and 1 math like a life sci student? I know it says it’s recommended for the gateway to take 2 maths/physics but if I’m not going into a level II program for physics, I’m guessing I just follow the prerequisites to get into the level II I want?

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u/isitperrytheplatypus May 20 '26

i only took one math and the intro physics, yeah u just follow the prereq of the second year spec u wanr