Originally posted by bor0101
hi smartreader, are you a premed at mcgill? Could you tell me anything about anatomy major vs physiology, which is better to take for a premed? And are there any premed advisors at mcgill(since i dont know of such)?
Thanks!
Note: in the US. Premed denotes an undergrad student aspiring to study medicine. In Canada, Premed is a student who has been accepted directly out of CEGEP (Last two years of high school separated into a different institution) into a five year MD program (the first year of which is done in the faculty of science). For purposes of this reply, I will refer to myself as a premed, although technically, I am not.
bor0101, from what I have heard from other undergraduates over the past two years, physiology is the preferred undergrad over anatomy for premed students. Without a doubt, physiology is much more difficult and time consuming than an anatomy undergrad. In addition, the "Anatomy and Cell Biology" major at McGill is mostly cell biology. There are only 2 real (i.e. working with cadavers and prosections) anatomy courses you can take over the course of your undergraduate: Systemic Anatomy and Neuroanatomy. And the funny thing is that you still haven't even touched the limbs and back! The limbs and back course is only reserved for Honors Anatomy students, and even then it is limited because that course is mainly reserved for Physical and Occupations therapy students (I'm in Physical therapy). So without even being an anatomy major, I've already done more anatomy than the McGill anatomy program has to offer, odd huh? With respect to what the adcom's preferr, all I have heard is they lean towards accepting more science students over non-science students (this comming from a friend of mine who spoke to Dr Fuks, the dean of the faculty of medicine). I do not know weather the admissions commitee prefers a specific science major over another. With regards to the questions of premed advisors, there are no premedical advisory commitee as such. If you need advice regarding prereqs, your chances at getting into medical school, etc, you have to go straight to the faculty of medicine and book an appointment to meet an admissions officer/advisor, and even then, it is only specific to McGill, they can't help you with U of Toronto, or University of Lake TitiCaca. As far as Canadian premed students, where pretty much alone, no guidance, and left with nothing but ourselves when travelling the path to medical school.
