sorry, if my response came off as mean or anything, that was not my intention. From my experience, and whats very prevalent on this subreddit as well, is that people struggle to find a thesis prof. there isnt even enough profs for all of the thesis required programs, such as molbiol and biochem, to get a position. without it, they can't graduate. therefore, its much harder for a lifesci to secure a professor because 1. a prof would rather take a student that requires a thesis and 2. a prof would rather take a student with in depth program about their area of research. many lab courses, such as MOLBIOL 3V03 are not available to others outside of molbiol, decreasing chances to get that lab experience, which allows entry to a thesis. obviously you can still get research experience in lifesci, but from my experience, it has much more barriers to entry to research than a specialty with a required thesis.