Interested in applying to pathologist assistant masters

hello, I’m entering my fourth year of my undergrad and want to apply to either university of Calgary or Western University. I haven’t had much exposure to the field and know how competitive it is so I’m trying to get exposure through a research lab since, since I think that’s the most attainable. i’ve contacted the admissions office and they told me shadowing would be a great asset but Idl where to start with finding someone to shadow, I might ask this one lady who I know works at the children’s hospital hoping she knows someone.

I guess my main concern is how can I be a strong applicant when I haven’t had that much exposure to the field, knowing it’s a very competitive degree.

Any advice would be appreciated on how to strengthen my application and if anyone knows what a day-to-day of a pathologist assistant looks like, I would also appreciate more insight on the degree and what they do.

I was also interested in becoming a vet pathologist but ive seen that requires going to vet school first (which is also smthn I might be interested in)

thank you!