The Mess

Tree

if any of you wordy ladies would like to finish my review, it only needs another 2500 words

DubMedic

I've just noticed that this is a 'sticky' called 'the mess', tee hee.

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Jessibelle

Should I be worried that everyone seems to be getting called for interview in Human Genetics in Trinity, but not for medicine??


(KNEW I should have put down HG on the CAO!)

Larianne

Jessibelle wrote: »

Should I be worried that everyone seems to be getting called for interview in Human Genetics in Trinity, but not for medicine??


(KNEW I should have put down HG on the CAO!)

They are different courses so you might not hear back for a while. I heard back from Pharmacy and Speech & Language, waaay before Physio. And the good thing is these were applications that were turned down. So no news is good news!!

Good news - passed total b!itch of an anatomy spot exam. Yays.

Jessibelle

Larianne wrote: »

They are different courses so you might not hear back for a while. I heard back from Pharmacy and Speech & Language, waaay before Physio. And the good thing is these were applications that were turned down. So no news is good news!!

Good news - passed total b!itch of an anatomy spot exam. Yays.

Ta mrs just need to keep repeating, if I don't get it this year I'll get it next year....:rolleyes:

And fair fecks with the exam, I was looking at a mate's anatomy text for her Physio exams in RCSI over the weekend, and the level of detail was eep-some! :eek:

Larianne

That's it. But you have worked really hard for it so fingers crossed for ya. And like I said if you haven't heard anything yet, it's a good sign. They'd have quite a number of mature student applicants to go through as they've a bigger allocation for them. They only usually give you a weeks notice for interview usually so prepare for that. And Pfft, who wants to do HG anyways!

Anatomy is easy enough for me. I like it so its easy to study (maybe minus the nerve roots!) But yeah, have to learn and retain an awful lot. The exam was sooo tough.

DrIndy

Storm's-a-comin'!

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

I live in townsville!

Jessibelle

DrIndy wrote: »

Storm's-a-comin'!

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

I live in townsville!

:eek::eek::eek:
remember if you wake up surrounded by small people follow the yellow brick road.... either that or you've passed out in the Paediatric wards again...:P

Larianne

DrIndy wrote: »

Storm's-a-comin'!

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

I live in townsville!

Man, that place never gets a break. It's either a tropical storm or floodings.

Take care now.

A Neurotic

Larianne wrote: »

They are different courses so you might not hear back for a while. I heard back from Pharmacy and Speech & Language, waaay before Physio. And the good thing is these were applications that were turned down. So no news is good news!!

Good news - passed total b!itch of an anatomy spot exam. Yays.

Out of interest, was your spot the same as mine? Thorax and abdomen? Did you get emailed the results? I haven't heard anything, so maybe they're correcting them all completely separately...?

Larianne

No, mine was lower limb. They were posted outside in the window in the Anatomy dept.

I was talking to a med today and he said half the class failed so I'm guessing the results may be up on the window now too.

A Neurotic

Larianne wrote: »

No, mine was lower limb. They were posted outside in the window in the Anatomy dept.

I was talking to a med today and he said half the class failed so I'm guessing the results may be up on the window now too.

Cool, I'll check that out tomorrow, thanks.

Larianne

A Neurotic wrote: »

Cool, I'll check that out tomorrow, thanks.

I was wrong. soz about that. I thought he said he got them. Oops. Hopefully it won't be too long.

Exam timetable out! Eek!

Jessibelle

So, in a fit of confidence I decided to spent this evening preparing for the interview I haven't gotten...yet . Now stuck on the verbalisation of how/why I want to do medicine without sounding like a million clichés. (I know why I want to do it, but I think telling them all the usual reasons and the feeling in my gut tells me so may send me to a gastreo specialist faster than into school :rolleyes:)

allsaintssue

Ha, I am so far removed from the interview stage but I always imagine my answers to interview questions when I'm bored!!!:rolleyes:
To be totally honest I have no one reason for wanting to do medicine but I know without a shadow of a doubt that I don't want to do anything else. However I don't think this answer paints me as a particuarly good potential future doctor.

Jessibelle

That's kind of like me, I know I want to do it, I even know why I want to do it, but the verbalisation of same tends to come out in a virtual vomit of clichés and ums and ahs and ehs... with occaisional empty fidgety spaces thrown in.... If only they'd let me explain through the medium of interpretive dance.....;)

Larianne

Well the one biggest bit of advice I can give you is - be yourself in the interview. Forget about what people have told you to say... say how you feel and why you want to do it. Tell them like you tell your friends why you want to do Medicine. Yeah, obviously you want to do it to help people and that's okay to say that but back it up with other interests. And then bring in your work experience etc.

OOoh it's so exciting!! I've my fingers crossed ya for girls! For all my maturies.

DrIndy wrote: »

Storm's-a-comin'!

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

I live in townsville!

Wonder did he survive.

Oh, and I hate Physiology. DIe die DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DrIndy

I did survive!

Struck south of me so no hurricane force winds but 200mm of rain fell the next 24 hours and flooded a lot of places!

Larianne

DrIndy wrote: »

I did survive!

Struck south of me so no hurricane force winds but 200mm of rain fell the next 24 hours and flooded a lot of places!

Phew!

Looking for a ball dress - tis quite annoying!

Jessibelle

No interview in Trinity for me I never liked them anyways (well until I rock my exams and get in the more conventional route... ) I'm getting all 'Gladiator-like', 'In this year or the next I will have my admissions...',

mrmeindl

Hey tallaght01 and folks the boardsmedics gmail has been hacked.

Larianne

Jessibelle wrote: »

No interview in Trinity for me I never liked them anyways (well until I rock my exams and get in the more conventional route... ) I'm getting all 'Gladiator-like', 'In this year or the next I will have my admissions...',

Ah man. That's a pity. It will make you more determined though!

Not everyone gets in the first time. I didn't. Just keep at it!

Jessibelle

Larianne wrote: »

Just keep at it!

Tenacious is my middle name!

My parents have a cruel sense of humour

Larianne

Finished 1st year! \0/

Jessibelle

YAY!!!!

mardybumbum

Six and a half hours until my neuroscience exam.
One and a half cans of redbull.
One packet of McVities fruit shortcake.
I can do this.....





I think.

Larianne

mardybumbum wrote: »

One packet of McVities fruit shortcake.

Whatever gets you through but that made me laugh.

DrIndy

You'll be grand!

What is always told people in the years under me - "look at me - I'm a fecking eejit - I go boozing all the time and was always late for lectures - they let me through - why the hell would they stop you?"

If you make an honest effort at the medical exams - you'll fly them and even then surprise yourself!

sam34

mardybumbum wrote: »

Six and a half hours until my neuroscience exam.
One and a half cans of redbull.
One packet of McVities fruit shortcake.
I can do this.....





I think.

we're all behind you!

hope it went well

Vorsprung

Ah, the days of 20 cups of tea a day and endless carmel chocolate McVities.

I'd turn back the clock if I could..... mainly because I can't seem to get caramel chocolate McVities in Brisbane.

Tree

Ive adopted murray mints as a new study foodstuff. Though it's not the best on an empty stomach

mardybumbum

Thanks guys.
Exams went really well so far, finishing off the bulk of them in the morning with an anatomy viva and then I have a three week break until my OSCE.
Such a relief to have most of them finished.

locum-motion

mardybumbum wrote: »

Thanks guys.
Exams went really well so far, finishing off the bulk of them in the morning with an anatomy viva and then I have a three week break until my OSCE.
Such a relief to have most of them finished.

Hi folks,

I know you want to let off steam about how exams went and so on, but this is 'The Mess', for off-topic banter.

Can I suggest you start another thread in Health Science Edcation for posts like these?

Thanks.

Piste

I have an OSCE in the morning and the most horrible sounding, hacking cough. It's going to be so hard to take a history, when I get a coughing fit I can barely talk. Let's hope the cough medicine works and I manage to hold it all in until after the exam!

I only mention it here because I'm sure someone will empathise with the horror of being sick during an OSCE

PhysiologyRocks

Piste wrote: »

I have an OSCE in the morning and the most horrible sounding, hacking cough. It's going to be so hard to take a history, when I get a coughing fit I can barely talk. Let's hope the cough medicine works and I manage to hold it all in until after the exam!

I only mention it here because I'm sure someone will empathise with the horror of being sick during an OSCE

Hope you're feeling better (the same thing happened to me, I sounded like there was a cat in my throat).

Anyone with any tips on passing the driving test in Cork, please do share.:)

Jessibelle

PhysiologyRocks wrote: »

Anyone with any tips on passing the driving test in Cork, please do share.:)

Do you know which route you're being taken? If it's the Blackrock/Mahon route, just make certain when you're going up the hill that you're in 3rd the whole way up, and that you give way (if possible) to any cars coming down. Also there's a really badly marked 'STOP' sign and line at the top of the hill, so remember to come to a full stop there for as long as necessary. A friends a driving instructor down there so if you've questions on any other routes, sure let me know! Good Luck

PhysiologyRocks

Jessibelle wrote: »

Do you know which route you're being taken? If it's the Blackrock/Mahon route, just make certain when you're going up the hill that you're in 3rd the whole way up, and that you give way (if possible) to any cars coming down. Also there's a really badly marked 'STOP' sign and line at the top of the hill, so remember to come to a full stop there for as long as necessary. A friends a driving instructor down there so if you've questions on any other routes, sure let me know! Good Luck

Thanks, it's Wilton I'm doing it in. Very frightened, not ready and only a few weeks to go!

One minute I'm good and the next I'm like a complete beginner all over again.

How did the interviews go?

Jessibelle

PhysiologyRocks wrote: »

Thanks, it's Wilton I'm doing it in. Very frightened, not ready and only a few weeks to go!

One minute I'm good and the next I'm like a complete beginner all over again.

How did the interviews go?

I'm shortlisted for UCC and waiting to hear back for UCD, all the nice lady in Cork would tell me is 'you're high on the shortlist but I can't say where but less than 7 possibly less than 5...' made me snort over the phone that

I'll get on to herself so and find out about Wilton, and seriously worry not! they passed me despite the fact I thought my outside voice was my inside voice and threatened to mow down a little boy who kept jumping on and off the curb I was trying to reverse around (it was during the morning school run )

Larianne

locum-motion wrote: »

Hi folks,

I know you want to let off steam about how exams went and so on, but this is 'The Mess', for off-topic banter.

Can I suggest you start another thread in Health Science Edcation for posts like these?

Thanks.

Could there maybe be a "how ya getting on?" thread stickied in there then?

locum-motion

Larianne wrote: »

Could there maybe be a "how ya getting on?" thread stickied in there then?

You start it, I'll sticky it, and we'll see how it goes from there. If it's not getting used I'll un-sticky it and let it sink into the mists of obscurity.

(Pop a link up here when you've done it)

Tree

Can i discuss my delicious cup of coffee and peanut caramel slice here?

locum-motion

Tree wrote: »

Can i discuss my delicious cup of coffee and peanut caramel slice here?

Absolutely!

Tree

It was awesome

Jessibelle

Tree wrote: »

peanut caramel slice here?

There are peanut caramel slices???? Where would one procure such a delicacy?? *drools*

Tree

I got mine in the cafe attached to the gym on the greenhills road.

Jessibelle

Tree wrote: »

I got mine in the cafe attached to the gym on the greenhills road.

so because it's attached to a gym it means all the food in it is calorie and fat free???*

**leaves hopeful dreams forum and attempts reentry to world of science facts*

Any other students bored this summer?

mardybumbum

Yup yup.
Went to barcelona there for a few days which managed to keep me occupied but now I don't know what to do with myself.

sam34

make the most of it, as ye'll be working plenty summers


(god, i sound just like my father used to when i was a young wan!)

Larianne

mardybumbum wrote: »

Yup yup.
Went to barcelona there for a few days which managed to keep me occupied but now I don't know what to do with myself.

BEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!