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* Everything HPAT and Medicine for 2011 *

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    #872
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    ozzz wrote: »
    Does anyone one know if applicants for medicine have increased, decreased or remain around the same this year
    Decreased.


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    #873
    leeconneely
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭leeconneely


    165 is med still possible?


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    #874
    johndoe91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭johndoe91


    ozzz wrote: »
    Does anyone one know if applicants for medicine have increased, decreased or remain around the same this year


    omg i got an overall 229 and last year trinity was 231! ****! does anyone know are the points going up?


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    #875
    Blerh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Blerh


    ozzz wrote: »
    Does anyone one know if applicants for medicine have increased, decreased or remain around the same this year

    http://www2.cao.ie/dir_report/pdf/AppStats01Feb2011.pdf

    The figures are on that (:


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    #876
    ozzz
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭ozzz


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Decreased.

    Could you provide me with a link?

    How did you get on?


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    #877
    cocopopsxx
    Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭cocopopsxx


    ddeclan wrote: »
    ohh god, 158! oh well.......

    this system is really messed up, i havnt gotten into any irish uni's for medicine with this result yet i managed to get into edinburgh?? just hoping i get those 6 a's cus otherwise it looks like a bleak year of repeating :(
    Got the same. :'(
    I thought I did better. I'm devastated! I am defo repeating, have to convince my dad. :(
    This is terrible. :( fml


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    #878
    Sunny!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭Sunny!!


    this is so hard to handle:(


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    #879
    footie10
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭footie10


    johndoe91 wrote: »
    omg i got an overall 229 and last year trinity was 231! ****! does anyone know are the points going up?


    You got 229 in HPAT or is that meant to read 729 and 731??


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    #880
    ozzz
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭ozzz


    Blerh wrote: »
    http://www2.cao.ie/dir_report/pdf/AppStats01Feb2011.pdf

    The figures are on that (:

    thanks

    does that mean points could possibly be lower than last year?


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    #881
    QueenOfLeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭QueenOfLeon


    leeconneely wrote: »
    165 is med still possible?
    johndoe91 wrote: »
    omg i got an overall 229 and last year trinity was 231! ****! does anyone know are the points going up?

    Listen, no one knows how the points will be. They might go up, they might go down, you won't know until the offers day. leeconneely...with a 600 LC you'll have 725. Again, no guarantee what that will get you. johndoe91, you may want to think about putting other unis down on your CAO form, but again, who knows what the points will be. The HPAT hasn't been out long enough to provide any form of a pattern.


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    #882
    johndoe91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭johndoe91


    footie10 wrote: »
    You got 229 in HPAT or is that meant to read 729 and 731??

    yeah ahhhh! sorry stress! yeah i got 209! and 729 overall! wanted trinity cos im already in it!


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    #883
    Blerh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Blerh


    ozzz wrote: »
    thanks

    does that mean points could possibly be lower than last year?

    Hopefully yeah!
    Exams didn't go that well for me so I'm hoping the points either stay the same or drop.


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    #884
    footie10
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭footie10


    johndoe91 wrote: »
    yeah ahhhh! sorry stress! yeah i got 209! and 729 overall! wanted trinity cos im already in it!


    No worries, understandable!


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    #885
    johndoe91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭johndoe91


    apologies being a bit arrogant with the whole not getting trinity thing. for those who didnt get the score they expected in the hpat and really want to do medicine. If you do well in the leaving I would say go to college and just re-sit the hpat next year. that way your not wasting a year and you can just spend a month studying for the hpat! I remember the feeling of not getting in last year and feeling like ther was no hope but i went on to tcd and did law and I just got a few books and got the ******** online course and went up 30 points to get 209! all i'd say is dont lose hope, you can definately bump up your hpat score by just abit of studying! :)


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    #886
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Taking an average entry points requirement of 719, how many points will you all need to have gotten in the LC? Personally, i'd need around 565-575 points to be in and around that requirement.


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    #887
    ozzz
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭ozzz


    johndoe91 wrote: »
    apologies being a bit arrogant with the whole not getting trinity thing. for those who didnt get the score they expected in the hpat and really want to do medicine. If you do well in the leaving I would say go to college and just re-sit the hpat next year. that way your not wasting a year and you can just spend a month studying for the hpat! I remember the feeling of not getting in last year and feeling like ther was no hope but i went on to tcd and did law and I just got a few books and got the ******** online course and went up 30 points to get 209! all i'd say is dont lose hope, you can definately bump up your hpat score by just abit of studying! :)

    If you don't mind me asking, what did you get in the LC last year.

    Do you know what the star beside points for college mean


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    #888
    BrendaN_f
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭BrendaN_f


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Taking an average entry points requirement of 719, how many points will you all need to have gotten in the LC? Personally, i'd need around 565-575 points to be in and around that requirement.

    550. possible, but really that's what i feel i could get MAX in my leaving. this sucks


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    #889
    QueenOfLeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭QueenOfLeon


    ozzz wrote: »
    Do you know what the star beside points for college mean

    Random selection. Some people on that score got in on a random choice, but not all.


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    #890
    johndoe91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭johndoe91


    ozzz wrote: »
    If you don't mind me asking, what did you get in the LC last year.

    Do you know what the star beside points for college mean


    only got 520 and 183 in hpat!


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    #891
    ozzz
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭ozzz


    QueenOfLeon wrote: »
    Random selection. Some people on that score got in on a random choice, but not all.

    For example, last year medicine in Galway was 719*. Does that mean anyone with 720 definitely got in and some with 719* got in depending on luck?


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    #892
    johndoe91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 56 ✭✭johndoe91


    ozzz wrote: »
    For example, last year medicine in Galway was 719*. Does that mean anyone with 720 definitely got in and some with 719* got in depending on luck?


    thats what its supposed to mean but I a guy who got 726 and didnt get UCD which was 725* but got into RCSI so its hard to tell!


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    #893
    QueenOfLeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭QueenOfLeon


    ozzz wrote: »
    For example, last year medicine in Galway was 719*. Does that mean anyone with 720 definitely got in and some with 719* got in depending on luck?

    Yup. When the points come out, anyone with those points or higher have definitely got in. If there is a star, anyone ABOVE that score has a place, but ON that score are just a few. Sometimes in the 2nd round offers the random selection is cleared or it may go down to random selection in the score below.


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    #894
    TurkeyBob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭TurkeyBob


    What a stupid system. I applied as a mature student to TCD and my application was turned down. Got 184 with very little prep, literally just ran through a few questions for the week before the exams. Oh well...back to the gamsat study (I'm 27).

    Why is it so hard to get into med when all you want to do is help other people?

    *back to the bottle of wine*


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    #895
    iluvgreenday246
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭iluvgreenday246


    ahhhhhhhh 179 dont know whether to get excited or not??!!


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    #896
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    johndoe91 wrote: »
    thats what its supposed to mean but I a guy who got 726 and didnt get UCD which was 725* but got into RCSI so its hard to tell!
    Presumably he had RCSI before UCD on his CAO?


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    #897
    hollingr
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭hollingr


    good luck to everyone, even if you don't get what you want it's not the end of the road if medicine is really what you want.. I've been to college, studied engineering, worked for 3 years as a structural engineer, and now find myself back here with you lot! :o

    I got 174, with a L.C score of 520 my feint and fairytale hopes of getting in as an undergraduate ends here!

    I've been through the interview process as a mature student though and am confident of getting a place is R.C.S.I this way. They interview approx 31 people with 15 places, so fingers crossed...

    Did anyone else notice that the section scores don't add up to the overall score, they must be rounded up!

    Overall Score: 174 Overall Percentile: 73
    Section Scores: 1 53 2 58 3 64


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    #898
    LittleMissLost
    Registered Users Posts: 479 ✭✭LittleMissLost


    You are all going to laugh when I tell you what I got.

    My fault for only looking at the practice book the morning of the test.. I got 153! :rolleyes: Section Scores: 1: 47 2: 54 3: 52 Man that's baaad..

    That's medicine off the CAO then.. I'm such an idiot for not preaparing for the time constraints! Oh well :(


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    #899
    ozzz
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭ozzz


    iluvgreenday246 wrote: »
    ahhhhhhhh 179 dont know whether to get excited or not??!!

    If the points decrease or even remain the same as last year, a LC of 545+ should get you in.


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    #900
    hollingr
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭hollingr


    TurkeyBob wrote: »
    What a stupid system. I applied as a mature student to TCD and my application was turned down. Got 184 with very little prep, literally just ran through a few questions for the week before the exams. Oh well...back to the gamsat study (I'm 27).

    Why is it so hard to get into med when all you want to do is help other people?

    *back to the bottle of wine*


    its not just about hpat score.... the L.C score is important as well as your background, life experience, and work experience in the medical field.

    I also applied as a mature student but could only apply to rcsi and ucd due to my leaving cert subjects. ucd said no but rcsi called me for interview ehich i hear back about in a week or so.. thats my last hope for now!


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    #901
    QueenOfLeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭QueenOfLeon


    hollingr wrote: »
    Did anyone else notice that the section scores don't add up to the overall score, they must be rounded up!

    Overall Score: 174 Overall Percentile: 73
    Section Scores: 1 53 2 58 3 64

    Yes, I was wondering if I should point that out or not :P This is the reason they eventually removed the results from the CAO form the year I did it. The 3 individual scores are a rounded version of what you had, so for example, individual scores of 60+60+60 may only give you 179, not 180, if the scores were actually 59.8 for each one.


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