I visited the blog pointed to by the first post above. There's a comment at that blog that seems to suggest that the future of life sciences students is not bright:

"i know life sciences may not have such general prospectives as compared to engineering. but u’re doing something u like when and as u graduate. the insecurities and uncertainties about not getting into post med have to be waived. u need to know ur goals and motivate urself. just as i am trying to get into vet sci. if u put ur mund to it, u’ll be fine. just make sure such occurances r possible."

How can that be? It's only be a year or two ago that every smart friend I know wanted to do a life sciences related poly course or uni degree. They all went in with their eyes open, but to come to a stage where the prospects turn from bright to dim so soon and so suddenly is something hard to swallow. I'm not sure how many of them are regretting their ill-informed decisions now.