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gosh those girls look a lil unphased after that exam; :eek: I wish my face looked like that- i just had to get outta the rds as quick as possible!
Well, it is a picture, your red headed one, looks like shes shell shocked... i think the other one was just v.happy-go-lucky!. as I said before (and many others) NO ONE came out like that (or at least i hoped no one did) would be wierd.... or just one of the people who aren't banking all their ambitions/hopes on medicine course
By the by, I'm one of those people in the mindset of medicine only 0 -
I went to one of the prep courses(don't kill me:o) and the guy somehow did it last year and got in the top 1%tile.
He reckons that they'll mark it to a bellcurve , i.e the want a big group in the middle and steep slopes with very little no of people with really high/low results.
he even said they could "tweak" the results if everyone got 1 question right they would just not count it, if hardly anyone got an answer right they could double the points:(
our answers sheeets are read by a computer so it can be really easy to fit us all into the curve....
the story gets worse cause they scrapped the UMAT in australia because of all the controversy, (even claims they "tweaked" results so boys would do better...........
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*cough* i've just notice now much all that sounds like a conpiracy theory......
They COULD tweak it, sure. But since the marking scheme is completely secret, that does sound a little bit like a conspiracy theory tbh.
Have they scrapped the UMAT? What?
I'm really confused, when did this all happen? If this is just common knowledge, then I dunno where I've been! :P
If the UMAT was scrapped then why was the HPAT introduced here when it's basically exactly the same? Huh?
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bythewoods wrote: »They COULD tweak it, sure. But since the marking scheme is completely secret, that does sound a little bit like a conspiracy theory tbh.
Have they scrapped the UMAT? What?
I'm really confused, when did this all happen? If this is just common knowledge, then I dunno where I've been! :P
If the UMAT was scrapped then why was the HPAT introduced here when it's basically exactly the same? Huh?
So many questions.
Yea i know i guy study med. in ireland atm he's from australia, wen to school there, UMAT wasn't compulsory for uni there and didn't know much about it apart from how dodgey it was.
Ireland always is abit slow on the uptake, i think(hope) they are gonna bring in interviews or personal statments to try and level off the playing field abit for the poor boys:P0 -
Yea i know i guy study med. in ireland atm he's from australia, wen to school there, UMAT wasn't compulsory for uni there and didn't know much about it apart from how dodgey it was.
Ireland always is abit slow on the uptake, i think(hope) they are gonna bring in interviews or personal statments to try and level off the playing field abit for the poor boys:P
urgh, I'd rather chew my own arm off than write another personal statement..... they suck, majorly, I hated writing one for UCAS (which i decided not to do late Dec 07. It made me sound so uptight, and look what I have done ^_^. I didn't like it I don't really like showcasing my life/hobbies/skills etc...
I wouldn't mind the interview, but my particular brand of interaction takes awhile to get used to, either I talk a thousand words a min, or rant and go off in a tangent (which most of you probably took aboard while talking to me on the boards :S
We do get an interview, and a screening, among other things.... but seeing as us boys are not doing so well, I think we needs a morale boost! ermm.... Huzzah!0 -
Anybody else finding it hard to concentrate on the actual leaving cert now?
I have a feeling of pointlessness (excuse the pun) about the whole thing knowing that the hpat has already decided whether im into medicine or not. Obviously Its not pointless too still work hard etc, but can't help have that feeling of an already determined future!
Anybody else feeling that deep down?
I think aswell the fact that the hpat was so close to mocs for me, it somehow took importance away from the mocs? i kinda felt like the mocs where meaningless in the grand scheme of things ,obvo mocs are important but again i couldn't help but have these thoughts haha.
I think its the whole uncertainty of the Hpat looming over me, like whether i done well or not....dunno maybe id prefer to have got my results on the day? 0 -
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Anybody else finding it hard to concentrate on the actual leaving cert now?
I have a feeling of pointlessness (excuse the pun) about the whole thing knowing that the hpat has already decided whether im into medicine or not. Obviously Its not pointless too still work hard etc, but can't help have that feeling of an already determined future!
Anybody else feeling that deep down?
I think aswell the fact that the hpat was so close to mocs for me, it somehow took importance away from the mocs? i kinda felt like the mocs where meaningless in the grand scheme of things ,obvo mocs are important but again i couldn't help but have these thoughts haha.
I think its the whole uncertainty of the Hpat looming over me, like whether i done well or not....dunno maybe id prefer to have got my results on the day?
I'm there with ya brother! (or is it sister?) alias' are hard to tell. I had my mocks start on the Wednesday before the HPAT, had non-stop exams, thank god for the mid-term break I'm getting.
I do agree the mocks seem so meaningless, I just want to prepare for my LC so I'm taking my study block by block not freaking out like everyone is most likely doing at this time. I just want to get straight B's or at least in or around there in most of my subjects, then I'll be most likely fully prepared for my LC (If i keep it up) hopefully -crosses fingers-
I doubt we would get our results on the day, I kinda like not getting them straight away, kinda takes our minds out of it, prevents us becoming complacent if we do really well and at the same time doesn't discourage us from sitting the LC if we did badly, but this is all just mindless ranting from me, so ermm... ya! 0 -
By the by, I'm one of those people in the mindset of medicine only
Ya me too....arghhhh it really sucks when people ask "so...whats your back-up plan?"...im tempted to throw a massive tantrum and tell them to f*** off!! Cos i dont have a clue what ill do if i dont get medicine...and that seems more and more likely considering how i think i did in the hpat
:( suppose ya never know tho...We do get an interview, and a screening, among other things....
An interview for medicine? in ireland? or were you talking bout something completely different!! :P:P0 -
Anne-Marie!! wrote: »Ya me too....arghhhh it really sucks when people ask "so...whats your back-up plan?"...im tempted to throw a massive tantrum and tell them to f*** off!! Cos i dont have a clue what ill do if i dont get medicine...and that seems more and more likely considering how i think i did in the hpat:( suppose ya never know tho...
An interview for medicine? in ireland? or were you talking bout something completely different!! :P:P
Ya, I have no backup plan like i put stuff down on my CAO just so my careers teacher doesn't bug me about it anymore, 'backdoor' ways but I wouldn't take them if i got in.
Ya garda vetting (interview) isn't it?0 -
O ya...who sorts that out for us if we're offered a place, is it the college or do we have to do it before that? i thought it was just signing some forms or something about criminal records i dunno i never really thought about it!! and dont we have to get some kind of vaccinations or something? kinda remember reading something about that ages ago....god im not really too well informed!!
Ya ive got science down after medicine on the cao, but i dunno if i can sit through 3 or 4 years of science...unless it really interests me like medicine would i can see myself droppin out of it :mad:0 -
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Im considering repeating if i dont get it...sounds really arrogant but up until the last few weeks or so i never even thought id have to have a back up plan..til i saw the amount of people applying, amount of places available, and the fact i havnt really started studying properly but i think it would be awful...i did TY so 7 years in secondary school? nightmare!! :mad::mad: 0
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bythewoods wrote: »
I've had this funny feeling in my left elbow for a while actually, now that I think about it.
Thats obviously an aneurysm* or hyperthyroidism!
(*Had to check itunes for the spelling of that) 0 -
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You could become a serial hypochondriac, so you'd get to spend all your time in hospital, which is almost as good:pac:
I honestly believe studying medicine brings out the hypochondriac in me.
So far this year I was adament that I had the early signs of MS.
I also had anaemia and diabetes for a while too!
Just watch out for that one folks!
http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/11/1130738.aspx0 -
mardybumbum wrote: »I honestly believe studying medicine brings out the hypochondriac in me.
So far this year I was adament that I had the early signs of MS.
I also had anaemia and diabetes for a while too!
Just watch out for that one folks!
Isnt that a classic thing, that when med students start reading med text books they start getting serious hypochondria...........0 -
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