Everything HPAT and medicine for 2010 (R1 points post #1247)

Zenith23

Estimated cut-off points?

randylonghorn

You do seem a little low, qasman, if you're calculating your points correctly (I'm not familiar with the A-level equivalency).

Lowest points last year for any of the colleges were 713 if I remember correctly ... Trinity (the highest) was 728 first round, dropped one or two points subsequently.

Ofc we don't know yet what they will be this year ... but I couldn't see them dropping tbh, and certainly not by more than a point or two.

(As Owen said, that's a good HPAT score)

pr0

I got 728 , would I be guaranteed a place in one of the colleges at this stage?

randylonghorn

Welcome to Boards, pr0.

There are no guarantees at this stage, but given that 728 was the Trinity first round score last year, and it was the highest of the colleges for entry scores, you should be feeling pretty optimistic I'd say.

Did you do your LC last year?

keenaa

xdublingirlx wrote: »

I think the idea of a specialised science like genetics etc is worthwhile as in my opinion they would probably be closer in content to medicine and should hopefully stand to us when we hopefully get medicine next year.

hey thats wat i thought last year, i didnt get medicine so i did human genetics in Trinity, but it was such a waste of time, non of the modules were related to anything in medicine so i changed to speech and language therapy after three weeks which has the most modules that correspond to medicine!

Saermegil

Thanks guys, your advice really has been helpful. I'm going to change the order of my choices today - I still have until tomorrow right?
I feel really jumpy about changing my order of preference now but it has to be done - It's still ok to do that, right?

pr0

Yea , leaving cert last year. Everything seems a little ... dubious , this year.

Leah6

'Im a UK applicant, got AAA in A2 Levels and another A in a separate AS (did these in 2009, so pre-2010 points count)'.

Qasman, curious as to why you are not considering medicine in the UK. Is is because the UKCAT and BMAT are more difficult that the HPAT?Did you sit them?

Cizza

Tizy wrote: »

Cizza, i think i'll end up being in the same boat as you as my hpat did not go as well as i hoped but my leaving cert should be ok not to have to be repeated...was science the only option for you to be able to go straight into first year med after repeating the hpat?
and does anyone know whether or not doing biomedical science/ human genetics/health sciences would be a good option if i plan to repeat the hpat and try and get in next year? which one would be better ? or would i have to do premed like everyone else?

oh (sorry for all the questions) but does it seem to anyone else that the points might go down by like five this year because there seems to be much more people bunched between the 150's and 170's mark then there was last year

no science wasn't the only option, i would just never repeat cuz i feel its a waste of time if you've put your all into it already cuz u prob wont improve it by much if you have plus its exhausting. I just reapplied thru the cao this year and did my hpat again so it dusn have anything to do with the course I'm doing. I just have always loved science and i knew thats what I wanted to do if med didn't work out and I could always go for postgrad. i don't really know but I'd do whatever interests you most that's science based, whatever you think you'd be happiest with.

Ger2

Saermegil wrote: »

I dont want to do any premed! Please advise, I know UCD and RCSI have 6-year courses, but I really want to avoid any premed at any price. How could I arrange my options to minimise the chance of that?

You do know that if you get medicine in any college (well NUIG atleast) they call you up to ask you if you want to do pre-med or go straight into the 5yr course.:D

samehere

Saermegil wrote: »

Hey everybody,

I'm here for some advice or opinions!

I'm applying for medicine. I did Chemistry, Greek, Biology, Physics, Geography, Maths , and English at Higher Level. I got 213 at the Hpat. I've applied for (in order)

Trinity, UCD, RCSI, Cork and Galway.

The thing is, I dont want to do any premed! Please advise, I know UCD and RCSI have 6-year courses, but I really want to avoid any premed at any price. How could I arrange my options to minimise the chance of that?

Thanks everyone - if anyone has any questions, eg how to get a good score at the HPAT, i'd be glad to give any advice!

i need any advice to prep for hpat as i'm thinking to redo it.............................HOW HOW HOW HOW

QueenOfLeon

theowen wrote: »

I heard you need A1s in two more more science subjects.

No, you don't. Anyone with HC3 in Chemistry and 1 other science is eligible, and then depending on places, they pick the top whatever amount to fill first med.

Ger2 wrote: »

You do know that if you get medicine in any college (well NUIG atleast) they call you up to ask you if you want to do pre-med or go straight into the 5yr course.:D

No, you have to qualify for it by having chemistry and 1 other science. Then only a certain amount of people are sent a letter a few weeks after they accept the CAO offer, offering them the 5 year course.

Allego

So, anyone got an offer or know anyone who got an offer in round zero from last year? It says 1st week of August, so its not far away! Anyone else here waiting for round zero 2010?

I'm sitting on 719 , and I'm hoping like others the points quota decreases or remains the same. Judging by the data we have received from acer it looks like it may decrease slightly! Here's hoping! Anyone have any thoughts?

samehere

hoew did u prepare for ur hpat his year ...................u got such a good result ...............i wonder how aptitude changes in a year

Junior D

Im just after finding out i was successful for HEAR application. Igot a Hpat score of 145. How many points would most likely be needed for medicine? I know the minimum entry requirements are required so would around 490-500 be enough or would more be needed

Allego

samehere wrote: »

hoew did u prepare for ur hpat his year ...................u got such a good result ...............i wonder how aptitude changes in a year

You mean me? Well I only got 159 +560 = 719. I don't think the nature of the HPAT lends itself to study. All I did was do the one measely practice test under test conditions and went through the answers in depth. It really isn't a thing you can prepare for, you just have to better yourself holistically, in order to achieve a higher score.

That's what I think anyway. I'm not a big fan of it myself, but that's a different discussion.:)

bleh!

Saermegil wrote: »

Hey everybody,

I'm here for some advice or opinions!

I'm applying for medicine. I did Chemistry, Greek, Biology, Physics, Geography, Maths , and English at Higher Level. I got 213 at the Hpat. I've applied for (in order)

Trinity, UCD, RCSI, Cork and Galway.

The thing is, I dont want to do any premed! Please advise, I know UCD and RCSI have 6-year courses, but I really want to avoid any premed at any price. How could I arrange my options to minimise the chance of that?

Thanks everyone - if anyone has any questions, eg how to get a good score at the HPAT, i'd be glad to give any advice!

A bit late on the advice here but I heard that it's very hard to get the 5 yr course in UCD in comparison to RCSI or NUIG. If you want to really get the 5 yr course, this would prob be the best order :TCD, UCC, NUIG, RCSI, UCD but then again you have to consider other stuff like location,etc.

zam

Can someone please explain to me what Round Zero is...

xdublingirlx

QueenOfLeon wrote: »

No, you don't. Anyone with HC3 in Chemistry and 1 other science is eligible, and then depending on places, they pick the top whatever amount to fill first med.



No, you have to qualify for it by having chemistry and 1 other science. Then only a certain amount of people are sent a letter a few weeks after they accept the CAO offer, offering them the 5 year course.

Before i got my hpat result I had emailed UCD to check their requirements for the five year course I asked did it depend on the chemistry grade you get but it actually depends on how many points you have. The highest leaving cert points and a-level results will be offered spaces on the five year course. So you would want to be fairly sure you got 600 points to put ucd near the top of your cao if you are adament you want to avoid pre-med.

blubloblu

zam wrote: »

Can someone please explain to me what Round Zero is...

It's for people who aren't waiting for leaving cert results. Could be HPAT repeaters, deferred applicants, mature applicants etc.

LancerBoy08

pr0 wrote: »

I got 728 , would I be guaranteed a place in one of the colleges at this stage?

I don't want to get your hopes up prematurely, or offer any undue optimism, but......YES!:cool:

keenaa

Allego wrote: »

Judging by the data we have received from acer it looks like it may decrease slightly! Here's hoping! Anyone have any thoughts?

where did u get the info from acer that would indicate a decrease??

pr0

LancerBoy08 wrote: »

I don't want to get your hopes up prematurely, or offer any undue optimism, but......YES!:cool:

haha nice wan :D:D

Allego

keenaa wrote: »

where did u get the info from acer that would indicate a decrease??

Acer website has all of the statistics and graphs, basic comparison with last years data appears to yield this conclusion. I won't post the mathematics, but direct percentile comparisons are providing a strong indicator of a potential decrease. However, it is also reliant on other variables such as LC results, demand for the course and much more. However, using the HPAT in isolation is why I've made the comment earlier. Seems to be the general consensus right now.

Zenith23

Allego wrote: »

Acer website has all of the statistics and graphs, basic comparison with last years data appears to yield this conclusion. I won't post the mathematics, but direct percentile comparisons are providing a strong indicator of a potential decrease. However, it is also reliant on other variables such as LC results, demand for the course and much more. However, using the HPAT in isolation is why I've made the comment earlier. Seems to be the general consensus right now.

Hey Allego. I just looked at the %ile graphs you mentioned and I thought, if anything, they show that the points go up.

I got 77th %ile this year which was 167 points. I took a estimate of 4000 being the number of applicants. I realised that 167 last year was 89th %ile. Using the graphs and some maths, it seems that last year 440 people beat me but this year there where 1080 people who beat me. This seems that the points will go up.

I hope to god I made a mistake somewhere though...

QueenOfLeon

Zenith23 wrote: »

Hey Allego. I just looked at the %ile graphs you mentioned and I thought, if anything, they show that the points go up.

I got 77th %ile this year which was 167 points. I took a estimate of 4000 being the number of applicants. I realised that 167 last year was 89th %ile. Using the graphs and some maths, it seems that last year 440 people beat me but this year there where 1080 people who beat me. This seems that the points will go up.

I hope to god I made a mistake somewhere though...

I don't think 167 last year was 89th percentile. I was in the 96th with 194...don't think there was such a huge gap. I'll try find out the actual one....

QueenOfLeon

Zenith23 wrote: »

Hey Allego. I just looked at the %ile graphs you mentioned and I thought, if anything, they show that the points go up.

I got 77th %ile this year which was 167 points. I took a estimate of 4000 being the number of applicants. I realised that 167 last year was 89th %ile. Using the graphs and some maths, it seems that last year 440 people beat me but this year there where 1080 people who beat me. This seems that the points will go up.

I hope to god I made a mistake somewhere though...

From last years thread:

84th percentile: 173
73rd percentile: 164

So, going by that, the 77th percentile would be in or around 167/168ish. Theres only a very small variance in the scores between this year and last year, or so it seems

Allego

Hey Zen, I'm posting this using my mobile, but earlier I checked the graphs and I thought it was the opposite! I'll check again later after work, but unless I checked the wrong graph, I thought it looked good. Anyone else got the figures?

Edit- yea so there we go should slight decrease based on hpat alone...

greenbetty69

Allego wrote: »

Acer website has all of the statistics and graphs, basic comparison with last years data appears to yield this conclusion. I won't post the mathematics, but direct percentile comparisons are providing a strong indicator of a potential decrease. However, it is also reliant on other variables such as LC results, demand for the course and much more. However, using the HPAT in isolation is why I've made the comment earlier. Seems to be the general consensus right now.

could you post a link to that page coz i cant seem to locate the stats on the acer website!

Zenith23

greenbetty69 wrote: »

could you post a link to that page coz i cant seem to locate the stats on the acer website!

2010: http://www.hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au/images/documents/2010performance.pdf

2009: http://www.hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au/images/documents/2009performance.pdf

That's what I thought, QueensOfLeon. Looks like ACER's 2009 graph is inaccurate then...