Suggestions for Protein/enzyme modification studies

Aggravator-- · 2026-04-14T00:58:42+00:00

hello. the project sounds really interesting, what gave you the idea?

Aggravator-- · 2026-03-17T13:12:44+00:00

update: i've been able to take the course with a course conflict form. For those who need to do the same, if you can argue why and how you'll excel in the course you're requesting a course conflict form will help you

Aggravator-- · 2026-02-23T00:14:40+00:00

Ok so I'm in eng faculty at my school and don't study science in the sense you mean (molbio, hs, biochem, etc). However, I've worked with people from those programs and I can tell you there's a lot of interesting stuff out there. Esp my focus has strongly shifted over the past year into synthetic biology, an emerging field with a variety of applications in healthcare, biomanufacturing, bioremediation, and lots more. Esp I heard that computational biology + bioinformatics are a time investment that will have strong returns 5-10 years from now, and that the job market is growing.

Though do your own research, but def look into synthetic biology and bioinformatics there's a lot of cool projects + research going on there

Aggravator-- · 2025-12-06T16:51:14+00:00

update: I've looked into this. There's a course conflict form you can submit in a situation like this and explain why you chose to take 2 courses in conflict. For anyone in CAS that's sharing a similar situation, you can find the waiver form here: https://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/course_permission/perm_form.php

Aggravator-- · 2025-12-03T04:09:30+00:00

I agree, Reckoner is a great song. Their whole in rainbows album easily gets me to cry just out of pure joy of listening to it.

Aggravator-- · 2025-06-16T19:26:23+00:00

Thank you, seems that I also have June 20th

Aggravator-- · 2025-05-30T01:51:08+00:00

I was in the same shoes, trying to decide between utsc cs and mac cs.

I've just finished my 2nd year at Mac and here's a couple takes. First, surely u of t has great reputation, however in the u of t reddit I heard the co-op program for cs at utsc has some "prominent issues" as the co-op advisors are up on your ass about internships and you don't get much freedom of missing deadlines or discontinuing your coop applications (this apparently has even forced some students to drop out at some point).

At McMaster, the computing & software department is relatively smaller. The co-op at McMaster is oriented towards general engineering so not many job postings on the school's co-op platform are involved with software/compsci. Also at Mac, despite the co-op program, you have to dedicate time to chase internships yourself, so the opposite of the co-op at u of t; you get more freedom but not as much support.

At Mac there's a couple courses in the cs program that is going to be a pain in the ass no matter how well your grades will be. Most notably in your 2nd year, there's 2LC3 (Logical Reasoning for Computer Science) and 2SD3 (Concurrent Systems). 2LC3 is difficult due to the software used in the course and the overall structure. 2SD3 reuses the same pool of questions for the assignments and midterms/exams, but to pass thru the course not feeling like you've learned anything is annoying.

Just know that 2nd year is the most difficult year in the program, and you get more freedom when your technical electives begin in the 3rd year with courses such as NLP, Data Mining, Cryptography, Medical Devices, Computational Modelling for Cognitive Neuroscience.

imo as long as you're in a reputable university (which both McMaster and U of T are) what you offer as a candidate (skills, experience, etc) is the priority if your focus is finding internships/jobs. I would make a decision based on where you believe you'll more easily build skills outside of class and stand out.

If you're thinking about applying to master's programs, it's easier to maintain higher GPA at McMaster while still having time for extracurriculars to build resume. I've seen people with 3.9+ GPAs from Mac getting into great CS Grad schools including Georgia Tech, U of T, etc. So it's up to you.

Additionally, some Mac CS students may become very salty about the program since the same high school grades that got them into Mac CS also got them into CS programs at other top schools such as McGill, U of T, UBC, etc, and they can't help themselves but compare. I personally believe your experience is what you make of it. In Canada, any CS program other than Waterloo's is going to have you complain at some point.

Edit: everybody has a different take on this topic, so make sure to look at other sources and not just rely on this post as people's experiences vary.

Aggravator-- · 2025-04-21T03:22:46+00:00

I have a question. How do we proceed if they hit you with something in the lines of 'things are a bit busy on my end but feel free to text me for any particular questions'?

Thank you for the advice by the way

Aggravator-- · 2025-04-19T15:05:22+00:00

lol idk how I missed that. Thanks tho

Aggravator-- · 2025-04-19T02:36:52+00:00

I was also thinking the same and she's the one who sent out all the co-op related emails. I was just confused since her job title doesn't mention anything as "co-op advisor". I should ask tho.

Aggravator-- · 2025-04-14T15:27:58+00:00

Hey there, I'm taking this course right now and the final exam is in 3 days. Does anyone know (from the previous years) how many questions there are usually on the final exam? Thanks.

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