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* Everything HPAT and Medicine for 2011 *

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    #422
    Derick990
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Derick990


    Yeah thats what I tried to do but I just didn't know where to start. Ah well, it was only a small part of the test, hopefully my guesses were good.


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    #423
    samehere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭samehere


    I think I did well but unfortunately I'm not the only one .:p :D


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    #424
    Patri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭Patri


    samehere wrote: »
    I think I did well but unfortunately I'm not the only one .:p :D

    samehere :cool: LOL


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    #425
    kellogscoffey
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭kellogscoffey


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Down in Kampus Kitchen in UCC - those freezers were annoying!

    Yeah well I was next to the row of vending machines, switching themselves on and off whenever it took their fancy :pac:


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    #426
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Down in Kampus Kitchen in UCC - those freezers were annoying!

    Section 1 was grand, easier than what I was expecting. I had a bit of a misfire at the start with some simple probability.
    Was your Q1 the one with the probability of drawing an ace from a deck of cards? It threw me off a bit. Usually the test begins with a different style of question.


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    #427
    itk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭itk


    i only answered 4 cs in the whole if section 1? am i the only one?


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    #428
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Was your Q1 the one with the probability of drawing an ace from a deck of cards? It threw me off a bit. Usually the test begins with a different style of question.
    Yeah! I did it out without looking at the question, thinking this was one shweet question, and then when I looked at the answers...only the first and last (I think...my memory is fading fast) matched up with 2 of the answers. I was like "WTF?!" and went back to my calculationz. Then eventually I just had to go for a 50/50 chance on the answers and my time was ticking so I made a stab at it.

    Looking back, I think they might've sneakily mixed up the iii and ii cards in the answer, maybe? I never looked at them, I just assumed they were in ascending order! Either that or I made some ridiculously retarded calculation error.


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    #429
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    itk wrote: »
    i only answered 4 cs in the whole if section 1? am i the only one?
    I've got a feeling that the order of answers and the order of questions differs from booklet to booklet. You might get the same questions as everyone else but the order of the answers might be different.


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    #430
    itk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭itk


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    I've got a feeling that the order of answers and the order of questions differs from booklet to booklet. You might get the same questions as everyone else but the order of the answers might be different.

    hope so. but i don see how they could do that


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    #431
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    itk wrote: »
    hope so. but i don see how they could do that
    You've to write down your question booklet number - then they'd know. I think Partyatmygaff is probably right, my answer sheet and question booklet was fairly visible and so was everyone else's, given we were all squashed together pretty much.


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    #432
    k.stewart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭k.stewart


    itk wrote: »
    i only answered 4 cs in the whole if section 1? am i the only one?

    Nope! not alone :) Most of mine were A's or D's in section 1.. kinda worried now tho:P


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    #433
    wayhey
    Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭wayhey


    How do repeats feel about it?

    I got 164 in the HPAT last year which was a nice surprise (if not good enough) after I thought the exam went sort of badly. This year I was more nervous before/during I think but I handled the timing a little better, just moving along if I got stuck and going with a decent guess. This year I felt like it went a little better, like it was a good bit easier than last year, especially Section 2. Am I alone in that or was it a bit easier?


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    #434
    k.stewart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭k.stewart


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Down in Kampus Kitchen in UCC - those freezers were annoying!

    Unlucky!:( I was in Aula Maxima in UCC and it was lovely and cosy.. I was surprised by the chairs actually! was expecting plastic ones but they were nice and cushioned :P


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    #435
    KittyCat12345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭KittyCat12345


    At the end of the test, we were told to stop, but I noticed two of my ovals in different sections were not fully filled in so I scribbled them a bit more in case the computer wouldn't accept it. Now I'm worried that maybe a supervisor saw and I'll get my score cancelled. There weren't any supervisors around I don't think, but maybe someone saw and thought I was cheating but I wasn't:( My score won't get cancelled will it??


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    #436
    Bbbbolger
    Registered Users Posts: 448 ✭✭Bbbbolger


    I wouldnt worry about it! I'm sure something would've been said at the time. They cant be completely heartless :)


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    #437
    KittyCat12345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭KittyCat12345


    Bbbbolger wrote: »
    I wouldnt worry about it! I'm sure something would've been said at the time. They cant be completely heartless :)

    I'm just worried because I think I may have put down the pencil and picked it up, then scribbled the oval a bit more. I'm terrified they'd cancel my score:(


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    #438
    Patriciamc93
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭Patriciamc93


    k.stewart wrote: »
    Unlucky!:( I was in Aula Maxima in UCC and it was lovely and cosy.. I was surprised by the chairs actually! was expecting plastic ones but they were nice and cushioned :P

    Is that the mini?? It was so nice there too ..... There were a few who had trouble with the sun but part from that ...... It made doing exams comfortable.


    The test was ok...... I guessed half of section one and concentrated on the ones i could figure out..... Or had time to .

    Section two i thought was grand apart from some words wjich i didnt recognise.

    Section three liked it...... Part from the middle sequence ones! Hate them :(

    Ah well its one subject outta the way..... Only 8 more to go! :'(

    Four months only four months !


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    #439
    k.stewart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭k.stewart


    KittyCat12345 wrote: »
    At the end of the test, we were told to stop, but I noticed two of my ovals in different sections were not fully filled in so I scribbled them a bit more in case the computer wouldn't accept it. Now I'm worried that maybe a supervisor saw and I'll get my score cancelled. There weren't any supervisors around I don't think, but maybe someone saw and thought I was cheating but I wasn't:( My score won't get cancelled will it??

    I'd say you're safe, they probably would've said something to you if they did see. I realised the right answer to one of the last questions in section 3 two seconds after she said pens down.. I didn't change it just incase they saw me, and now I'm kicking myself :P I hope that question wont carry a lot! It was the one with the blocks.. and there was a sun in the middle with "rays". I only realised after that the triangular rays indicated the color of the shape in the box next to them.
    Did you get that one? :)


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    #440
    k.stewart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭k.stewart


    Patriciamc93 wrote: »
    Is that the mini?? It was so nice there too ..... There were a few who had trouble with the sun but part from that ...... It made doing exams comfortable.

    Yea it was quite small! There were only like 50 of us in there.. quite nice :)


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    #441
    KittyCat12345
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭KittyCat12345


    k.stewart wrote: »
    I'd say you're safe, they probably would've said something to you if they did see. I realised the right answer to one of the last questions in section 3 two seconds after she said pens down.. I didn't change it just incase they saw me, and now I'm kicking myself :P I hope that question wont carry a lot! It was the one with the blocks.. and there was a sun in the middle with "rays". I only realised after that the triangular rays indicated the color of the shape in the box next to them.
    Did you get that one? :)

    Thank you so much for your comments!! You really helped to calm me down:)

    I remember the sun question but I haven't a clue which one I went for. I only remember my answer to the second last question(quite oddly!) which was B I think!:) I really don't like the middle of the sequence questions, so I don't think I did too well there, but I was really stumped at the word 'belligerent' in section 2!! Never saw it before in all my 17 years!


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    #442
    k.stewart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭k.stewart


    KittyCat12345 wrote: »
    Thank you so much for your comments!! You really helped to calm me down:)

    I remember the sun question but I haven't a clue which one I went for. I only remember my answer to the second last question(quite oddly!) which was B I think!:) I really don't like the middle of the sequence questions, so I don't think I did too well there, but I was really stumped at the word 'belligerent' in section 2!! Never saw it before in all my 17 years!

    Oh Em Geee.. Belligerent!:P I learned that word last night!! and when I saw it I was like... woaah! I picked it :P it means unfriendly/rude.. that was the question when she was onto her sister on the phone about her son leaving for college.. it was a crazy moment when I saw it :P I was stuck on pragmatic.. and I had heard that word just couldn't get it into context :/


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    #443
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    k.stewart wrote: »
    Oh Em Geee.. Belligerent!:P I learned that word last night!! and when I saw it I was like... woaah! I picked it :P it means unfriendly/rude.. that was the question when she was onto her sister on the phone about her son leaving for college.. it was a crazy moment when I saw it :P I was stuck on pragmatic.. and I had heard that word just couldn't get it into context :/

    Pragmatism is the state of mind of believing in practical approaches.

    My main problem with section 2 wasn't so much the choice of words but the fact that two answers were obviously wrong and the other two potentially correct.

    Did anyone notice in section three that the answers to the pattern are split in to 2 + 3 for all but pick the middle? I.e. three had potential to fulfill the pattern but the other two did not.


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    #444
    doctorg
    Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭doctorg


    partyatmygaff wrote: »

    Did anyone notice in section three that the answers to the pattern are split in to 2 + 3 for all but pick the middle? I.e. three had potential to fulfill the pattern but the other two did not.

    Yup I noticed that too.I think Section 3 was very manageable, section 1 was a bit long and section two was grand.

    How many test centers were there in total?


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    grrrrrrrrrr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 635 ✭✭✭grrrrrrrrrr


    KittyCat12345 wrote: »
    At the end of the test, we were told to stop, but I noticed two of my ovals in different sections were not fully filled in so I scribbled them a bit more in case the computer wouldn't accept it. Now I'm worried that maybe a supervisor saw and I'll get my score cancelled. There weren't any supervisors around I don't think, but maybe someone saw and thought I was cheating but I wasn't:( My score won't get cancelled will it??


    This is a joke right? Do you honestly think that they would take up your page and not even tell you about it. Gs some people are naive...


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    #446
    Borger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭Borger


    KittyCat12345 wrote: »
    At the end of the test, we were told to stop, but I noticed two of my ovals in different sections were not fully filled in so I scribbled them a bit more in case the computer wouldn't accept it. Now I'm worried that maybe a supervisor saw and I'll get my score cancelled. There weren't any supervisors around I don't think, but maybe someone saw and thought I was cheating but I wasn't:( My score won't get cancelled will it??

    You are after getting me worried now :S when she said pens down in my test room i scribbled in like 5 answers for section 3...... no one said anything to me though.. surely they would say something before they cancel your test?


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    #447
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    KittyCat12345 wrote: »
    At the end of the test, we were told to stop, but I noticed two of my ovals in different sections were not fully filled in so I scribbled them a bit more in case the computer wouldn't accept it. Now I'm worried that maybe a supervisor saw and I'll get my score cancelled. There weren't any supervisors around I don't think, but maybe someone saw and thought I was cheating but I wasn't:( My score won't get cancelled will it??
    Borger wrote: »
    You are after getting me worried now :S when she said pens down in my test room i scribbled in like 5 answers for section 3...... no one said anything to me though.. surely they would say something before they cancel your test?
    Nah, ye're being paranoid! :P They'd tell you if you did something wrong, invigilators aren't out to get you. :)


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    #448
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    doctorg wrote: »
    Yup I noticed that too.I think Section 3 was very manageable, section 1 was a bit long and section two was grand.

    How many test centers were there in total?
    At least 74 anyway. I was in centre number 74.


    Did anyone else get a question about a king and his six Councillors in section 1? That question was a bit worrying, it was flowchart based and the questions made no mention whatsoever of the right hand side of the flowchart. The answer was blatantly obvious too which makes me think there's something I missed in the question.


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    #449
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Did anyone else get a question about a king and his six Councillors in section 1? That question was a bit worrying, it was flowchart based and the questions made no mention whatsoever of the right hand side of the flowchart. The answer was blatantly obvious too which makes me think there's something I missed in the question.
    Oh yeah, nah I remember being a bit put-off that the right side of the chart wasn't being used either but I think they throw in all them extras to distract people! There was a similiar flow-chart question in one of the practice tests (it was about 3 pegs) and you didn't have to use all of it either (if memory serves!). :)


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    #450
    grrrrrrrrrr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 635 ✭✭✭grrrrrrrrrr


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    At least 74 anyway. I was in centre number 74.


    Did anyone else get a question about a king and his six Councillors in section 1? That question was a bit worrying, it was flowchart based and the questions made no mention whatsoever of the right hand side of the flowchart. The answer was blatantly obvious too which makes me think there's something I missed in the question.

    To be honest I don't think there's any reason at all to go through specific questions. Just saying for your own benefit like.


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    #451
    Toastghost
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭Toastghost


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    At least 74 anyway. I was in centre number 74.


    Did anyone else get a question about a king and his six Councillors in section 1? That question was a bit worrying, it was flowchart based and the questions made no mention whatsoever of the right hand side of the flowchart. The answer was blatantly obvious too which makes me think there's something I missed in the question.

    Minimum amount fo meetin to find the culprit
    2

    Culprit in even 1
    councellor 1

    Culprit in ever 2 or 3 not sure but it was the 3rd question anyway
    councellor 2 i think :/

    I'm full sure i got it right but not sure which counceller it was
    2 or 3


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