How do I get them to stop celebrating?

DiscoHugh

must be getting old. In my day medicine was only 550! assumed you wanted actuarial!

I was in a vaguely similar situation when i got my results. got my 1st choice but was the only person in my year who did better in the mocks than the actual leaving, and if id even only equalled my mock result I would have gotten a 2g scholarship! I was well pissed off.

anyways you said you didnt work nearly as hard as you could have so chances are if you repeat you can most likely get it as you will be more focused.

Also repeating (e.g. in the institute) isnt as bad as it seems. I was always dead against repeating because of the feeling of being left behind as all your mates go off to college. It s only one year and a **** loads of ppl either defer a year of college,repeat a year or change course etc. so you pretty much catch up with everyone in the end!

fits

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Looks like I'll be repeating. Which sucks because it was bloody hard the first time...

Unlucky for you..:(
Do get your papers rechecked though, you've nothing to lose by it... and a lot to gain.
Also maybe consider taking a year out and applying to UCAS next year?
You could also do an anatomy and physiology course, get first-hand experience by working in hospitals and nursing homes, and then go the graduate route....

To quote the carlsberg ad, its never just a or b, theres always a 'c'

PeakOutput

570toolow wrote:

(who would give up a place in medschool?!).

i knw at least one girl who is turning down trinity med so good luck getting her place

Crumble Froo

there's always the second round offers...

Lemming

570toolow wrote:

Looks like I'll be repeating. Which sucks because it was bloody hard the first time...

I repeated my L.C. in Ashfield college. There were people there just like you, and tbh, at the results you got, you're gambling a year (not to mention €2000/€3000 in fees at a place like Ashfield) on the hope of getting an extra couple of points.

And if you slogged your ass off for this, what if a course paper next year is brutally difficult? or you find you can't handle the pressure? (in which case you're also boned if you actually GET into medicine).

I'm not trying to be defeatist, I'm just trying to give you another perspective to look at in deciding what you want to do. If you're prepared to face the above possible outcomes (and tbh I doubt you are judging by your reaction to the current situation), then sure, go for it and best of luck. But there's always an alternative even if you either can't see it or don't like the sound of it right now. And of course, as Narco pointed out - there's still a few rounds of offers to go yet.

As for your parents, let them have their moment of joy. You've achieved an oustanding result in the L.C. - 570 is a stupidly high level of points. Let me put those points in perspective for you; in 1996 the average result around the country was 250. Whilst I'm sure that's gone up a b it in the intervening years, I sincerely doubt the national average is anywhere near 400 points yet along 570.

babyhack

Medicine in TCD is 585
Medicine in the NUI Universities (UCD, UCC, NUIG (Maynooth dont do Medicine)) is 570
Also Medicine in the NUI's Recognised College (RCSI) is 570

There is also a number of back doors that can be taken

Hold out for the 2nd round of offers (early September)
There is no need to panic just yet

BH

louisecm

There are people who turn it down AND defer. A friend of mine was offered a place in Trinity drama (which is notoriously hard to get into) a few years ago after college had STARTED, miracles happen.