Help choosing a master's program

[AshCee]

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I'm 31, currently living in Toronto, applying to masters programs (with a couple acceptances). My ultimate goal is to go to medical school in Ontario (looking at Queen's, Mac, and UofT so I'll have a better chance as a non-trad/old applicant). I've already been accepted to King's and have an interview at Queen's next week.

Background: I work in tech currently for a wellness company

Here's where I'm stuck.

2) MSc Applied Neuroscience at King's College London.
Pros: online, I can keep my job, no need to relocate, if med school doesn't work out I can apply this knowledge to my job in tech

Cons: major research project to culminate but nothing hands on, concerned about faculty exposure for references

2) MSc Anatomical Sciences at Queen's

Pros: hands on anatomy lab experience, research and teaching opportunities, more faculty exposure for recommendations, highly competitive

Cons: relocating myself and my husband, will have to quit my job, job prospects in the field are likely lower in pay than what I make now if med doesn't happen

The Anatomical Sciences program seems like such a dream in terms of content and experience, but it's also a massive sacrifice. If I were single, it would be a no brainer but I'm not (and I don't want grad school to be a relationship kiss of death).

King's is a really well known school and their neuroscience department is amazing. I just don't know if I'll be able to get everything that I want to out of an online program.

 

[RocuROMANium]

If you're worried about grad school being the kiss of death then what the hell are you and your husband going to do if you get accepted to medical school which is longer and more difficult? I live in the US but if King's is all online then I would choose Queen's. Even in Canada I would imagine that medical schools would prefer in-person classes over online but, again, I am unfamiliar with Canadian medical schools.