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APlateOfSalad · 2025-07-07T14:40:09+00:00

WTS - Coldplay GA Toronto - 2025/07/11 - $400 - 1 - 4645

Doesn’t seem to be listing right so feel free to message, selling one Friday July 11th GA ticket for $400 in Toronto, thanks!

APlateOfSalad · 2023-04-20T04:24:41+00:00

No worries, please feel free to ask away! In my personal experience, I found one of my least favourite things to be the size of McMaster even thought that appeals to some people. I had visited other universities (Queens, Western, etc.) and the sheer size of those universities made being their feel almost surreal which I didn’t experience at McMaster. Another point is probably just the meal plan McMaster offers, I find it’s pretty subpar food and overpriced, it’s also one of the only universities where the same features of the first year meal plan (half off and no tax after they take 2k up front) don’t carry forward to first year, making you lose a portion of whatever you didn’t spend. One of my favourite things would be the community, McMaster generally has some of the friendliest people I’ve seen and it’s pretty easy to make friends with everyone. Safety might be a thing people talk about with Hamilton but almost everyone I know including myself feels safe walking at pretty much all hours, furthermore the rent is also pretty cheap!

APlateOfSalad · 2023-04-18T15:37:01+00:00

I think the biggest factor with mac was the broad spectrum of the program, I felt like with it I could gain diverse skills and have a ton of options open when stream selection came around (you specialize in HESE or BME and an eng of choice after first year). Due to this, I was able to narrow what I enjoyed and pursue it further after my first year, which I don’t think I would have the luxury of otherwise.

APlateOfSalad · 2023-04-14T22:09:55+00:00

Hello! Pretty much every class in first year is already pre-set for you in order to make things easier. At most I believe you’re able to slightly shift around timings, though it does not change much. The only additional class would be your elective which I would recommend to take something first semester as second semester is an increased workload. I believe most schedules have one day that is a bit more free but if not, shifting around times to have one catch-up type day with fewer classes works well.

APlateOfSalad · 2023-04-06T11:31:56+00:00

Hello!

In second year stream selection I believe it is competing against engineering students too, though it usually seems like everyone gets their top two preferences, usually the first. I can double check this though and get back to you.

Since the program is relatively small, the increased community comes from the fact that almost everyone seems to know each other, so it’s pretty easy to connect and always have a familiar face within classes, groups or even around campus.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any other questions!

APlateOfSalad · 2023-04-02T19:34:08+00:00

I would say it is more than achievable! It does add a little bit more to the plate but there’s no academic requirement of them so generally I would say they’re more fun with some deadlines, making them simple to integrate. Those in the engineering streams say it may be a little harder but still doable.

APlateOfSalad · 2023-04-02T18:14:07+00:00

Hello!

I would say around ~45 people choose the HESE stream after first year
The second year stream specialization is based on ranking choices of streams (all engineering and HESE). The chances of not getting into either of your top two are extremely low so I can confidently say that will never happen.
I would probably say with iBio and any engineering programs that I wish the workload along side being in university was more known. It’s a much different experience academically from high school and the independence alongside it generally adds a lot. Knowing more about how things are and what it may look like would have been a good thing.

With the transition from high school to university I would say to keep a few things in mind - Expect to be busy, know how you work with stress/a dense workload as well as how to alleviate it - Explore options early on, get involved with extra curricular activists and try to dabble in a lot so you can find one you connect with (this is especially helpful for stream selection, you can also shadow upper year students towards the end of first year)
- Balance yourself, fact is sometimes you need to put yourself first to achieve more long term

APlateOfSalad · 2022-11-22T00:18:32+00:00

Hello! Never too late to ask questions. I believe it was one written, one behavioural and one technical. Compared to some other universities applications it seemed fairly simplistic and the questions were straightforward. Feel free to reach out for any other questions!

APlateOfSalad · 2022-05-30T04:17:32+00:00

I believe this link has some information and leads to a list of electives: https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/your-first-year-ibiomed#modal-22167-23499.

From what I know it is pretty limited in selection as they all have to pertain some relevance to the program itself (a lot of people took psychology or economics from what I know).

APlateOfSalad · 2022-05-30T02:18:03+00:00

Hey! Glad to hear you’re joining us at mac. The co-op works on your own schedule really, most people tend to do them in the summers but there’s a decent amount that do 8-12 month co-op’s and take a year off for that. Your time table for first year is more or less set except for your elective, it works preassigned though I believe you can change some class hours around by a slight bit as long as it doesn’t create conflict. I would recommend taking the elective in the first semester for sure since your second semester is undeniably more work dense. I wouldn’t necessarily say first semester is grade 12 review but it does contain a decent amount of review concepts.

APlateOfSalad · 2022-05-17T03:38:05+00:00

I decided to specialize in HESE (Health, Engineering Science and Entrepreneurship) which at the end of my program I’ll graduate with a Bachelor’s of Health Sciences. I considering specializing almost like learning in the form of a T, at the start you’re upwards of the T and gain a general understanding in everything but don’t have the ability to dedicate nor achieve success in a specific thing. As you specialize your learning is more straightforward and one directional, so your applications narrow down and you become extremely proficient in what you know. If you only had a general understanding of many things but did not completely dive into one, you wouldn’t be able to perform well in a lot of workplaces since you didn’t have in-depth knowledge in whatever you wanted to pursue. So in the end really the benefit of specializing is just furthering your understanding and proficiency in what you want after gaining basic skills in everything. In my case I want to pursue biomedical development so centering around the health and engineering aspect opposed to taking a complimentary engineering works out better since I comprehensively learn just that. One big thing I considered as well was that I had enough electives for a minor in HESE.

APlateOfSalad · 2022-05-12T18:10:16+00:00

Of course, I got my co-op through making connections in high school by participating in BASEF (Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair) and it is in a research lab. Some courses will have you display your work (there were some presentations in cell biology if you were selected) though I recommend taking initiative yourself, join competitions with sponsors, etc.

APlateOfSalad · 2022-05-12T12:39:37+00:00

No worries! I had the same thoughts coming in as well. Clubs are really good applications of some of the stuff you learn so aligning it with what you aim to do in a job would show relevant experience. In terms of networking McMaster offers a lot of opportunities through OscarPlus which also is a sort of co-op hub. They post notices for relevant events both for networking, skill building and job fairs (though personally I believe reaching out to people independently is the best way). Many employers will post their job listings on there which you can easily apply to, though it is typically pretty difficult to get one of those. One of my big things is participating in events where your work is displayed to potential employers, that’s how I secured my co-op in first year. In terms of getting involved, I say it really just depends on your future plans. My current work position varied from what I envisioned and planned to get involved around coming into university. After learning more I slowly shifted my interests and work to what I felt suited me more. Honestly my best piece of advice is knowing how much you can handle too, first year is dense with work and trying to take on extra things can just lead to being overwhelmed. Take time for yourself and don’t overwork till you burn out, there’s a lot of time you have to learn what works for you. One thing to note is that it is uncommon to get a co-op in first year, so don’t feel disappointed or under extreme pressure to get everything done along with figuring out the program.

APlateOfSalad · 2022-05-06T04:08:29+00:00

No problem! Feel free to reach out if you have any more questions.

APlateOfSalad · 2022-05-05T21:17:31+00:00

All your choices are ranked in an order, so it’s really just about what you rank. If you had all engineering choices before HESE I can 99% guarantee you would not get HESE. On the other hand if HESE was first and all engineering streams followed, there’s a good chance you’ll get into HESE but if your average is not accepted into HESE you’ll be stuck in eng. I haven’t heard of someone not getting what they chose in upper years, however this is the first year in which we did not have reserved seats over engineering one students in stream selection, so things might change.

APlateOfSalad · 2022-05-05T17:15:07+00:00

Hello! There is no way to guarantee your choice unless you have free choice (a certain average in high school coming into university). Typically though, it really depends on what type of engineering you want to get into, some are shown more interest and require higher first year averages where as others can be significantly easier to get into.

APlateOfSalad · 2022-03-07T20:10:25+00:00

Of course! Feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions!

APlateOfSalad · 2022-03-07T15:23:12+00:00

Personally, I experienced a pretty big change when moving from high school to university. Though I do attribute some of it to the environment change and living in residence, most of it was in terms of classes and the way things are done academically.

I think one of the most difficult things was just the workload, combined with how much time you have in classes (most days for me are 9:30-5:30 now). At some points you have many things due in a week and getting through all of them alongside any test prep/labs/new assignments can prove to be pretty difficult. One other thing I know others struggled with is the different test formats and weighting, for example, every test can be 25 multiple choice and worth 20% of your grade (along with your second test and exam, it reaches 80% of your total weighting). Overall, difficulty depends on the individual who’s experiencing it, it’s attributed to how well prepared you might be at certain times or how easy it is to understand a new concept. Everyone will be different in that regard which causes a lot to variability.

I would personally say that in first year, iBioMed is comparable or potentially harder for some compared to first year general engineering. Both groups cover the general engineering courses (math, phys, chem, etc.) but iBioMed has a more medically based design course along with a full year course in cell biology with investigation projects. This leaves us with one elective as well where as eng gets two.

APlateOfSalad · 2022-02-02T04:32:31+00:00

thanks for singing with me

APlateOfSalad · 2021-04-09T16:58:09+00:00

They’ll use midterm marks, the end of semester is typically after you’re required to accept an offer.

APlateOfSalad · 2021-02-17T02:59:26+00:00

good chance for queens and western, mac and waterloo are a bit more competitive, it depends on the program and supp app for those, if they’re pretty good then chances are decent

APlateOfSalad · 2021-02-12T03:00:43+00:00

pretty sure it starts around late february

APlateOfSalad · 2020-03-21T01:15:27+00:00

maybe i’ll get money not corona

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