* Everything HPAT and Medicine for 2011 *

SnowPretzel

190! 91st percentile! Up from 49th percentile last year! I'm soo happy i can't even describe it ...

iluvgreenday246

congrats thats amazing!

emma123abc

LittleMissLost wrote: »

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

Can't laugh.. Got 152. Devastated. That's medicine gone now...

johndoe91

randylonghorn wrote: »

Presumably he had RCSI before UCD on his CAO?

he told me he had trinity ucd then rcsi and cork....ah well doesnt really matter!

johndoe91

hollingr wrote: »

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!

do people do the hpat for graduate entry medicine?

hollingr

johndoe91 wrote: »

do people do the hpat for graduate entry medicine?

no they dont.. i got a 2.2 in my degree so i was not elegible to do the gamsats!

if you get a 2.1+, gamsats ahoy.

jumpguy

Congrats to everyone.

I got 173. 72nd percentile. If I get 550, I'll have 723, the cut-off for NUIG was 720. NUIG is my first choice, so hopefully, HOPEFULLY, I've done it. I'll be tenterhooks until August though.

QueenOfLeon

johndoe91 wrote: »

do people do the hpat for graduate entry medicine?

Graduate entry medicine is different, you need to sit the GAMSAT and have a 2.1 in a previous degree. It doesn't go on LC/HPAT points at all. Mature student entry is different as well, there are a fairly small number of places but I'm not sure of the criteria.

theowen

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!

You need to relax buddy Just be happy, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING MEDICINE NEXT YEAR! Who cares if it's in TCD, UCD or NUIG, ye got you're dream course.

Congratz to anyone who got the points, hard luck to those who didn't. Remember ye can always repeat the HPAT, many, many people in my class did and went up 30,40,50 points. I hope I see a few of ye around Trinity next year

johndoe91

SnowPretzel wrote: »

190! 91st percentile! Up from 49th percentile last year! I'm soo happy i can't even describe it ...

well done!

LittleMissLost

emma123abc wrote: »

Can't laugh.. Got 152. Devastated. That's medicine gone now...

Well in 2009 the points for NUI Galway were 712 so if you got 600 points (560) that year plus your 152 you would have got in! So there is a tiny chance, if the points come down and you get 600 points? I know how you feel though because there's no chance in hell I'm going to get 600

johndoe91

theowen wrote: »

You need to relax buddy Just be happy, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING MEDICINE NEXT YEAR! Who cares if it's in TCD, UCD or NUIG, ye got you're dream course.

Congratz to anyone who got the points, hard luck to those who didn't. Remember ye can always repeat the HPAT, many, many people in my class did and went up 30,40,50 points. I hope I see a few of ye around Trinity next year

i know was just really banking on trinity! you in trinity already?

jumpguy

Anyone know where the bull curve for this year can be found?

nikita_can_run

160...
I'm just devastated...I don't know what to do now. Trying not to cry T_T

emma123abc

LittleMissLost wrote: »

Well in 2009 the points for NUI Galway were 712 so if you got 600 points (560) that year plus your 152 you would have got in! So there is a tiny chance, if the points come down and you get 600 points? I know how you feel though because there's no chance in hell I'm going to get 600

Only thing is that I live in Dublin and can noway afford to move to Galway, so I only have TCD and UCD on my CAO
Just hope I get the points and either by some miracle get medicine or else genetics...

theowen

johndoe91 wrote: »

i know was just really banking on trinity! you in trinity already?

Yeap! Heading into second year in Sept. Give me a mail, that goes to anyone sure, if ye get in and want advice. I'll probably be a student mentor for the first years too, so I'll end up seeing a few of ye I'm sure :P

Good luck getting in, I hope ye do. At the end of the day though, UCD is arguably better than Trinity :P

jumpguy wrote: »

Anyone know where the bull curve for this year can be found?

We got it in the same email as our results last year.

QueenOfLeon

emma123abc wrote: »

Only thing is that I live in Dublin and can noway afford to move to Galway, so I only have TCD and UCD on my CAO
Just hope I get the points and either by some miracle get medicine or else genetics...

RCSI?

jumpguy

theowen wrote: »

We got it in the same email as our results last year.

Really? Nothing in my email about it...

fk44

Hi Guys I know it's the middle of the night but correct me if I'm wrong points will prob go up sky high I got 181 82% this year, last year 181 was 91% so do the maths! sorry

johndoe91

theowen wrote: »

Good luck getting in, I hope ye do. At the end of the day though, UCD is arguably better than Trinity :P

Ha yeah sure! hopefully the points drop by 2! :P how many points did you get last year?

emma123abc

QueenOfLeon wrote: »

RCSI?

I was a complete tool and thought "oh with just UCD and TCD I'll be grand, don't need to put RCSI down" I know it was really stupid of me.. And could be paying for it now... I'm hoping on doing a genetics course and getting into medicine that way now though I think based on my HPAT results

dubelj

emma123abc wrote: »

I was a complete tool and thought "oh with just UCD and TCD I'll be grand, don't need to put RCSI down" I know it was really stupid of me.. And could be paying for it now... I'm hoping on doing a genetics course and getting into medicine that way now though I think based on my HPAT results

you can still change your CAO until the 1st!

theowen

jumpguy wrote: »

Really? Nothing in my email about it...

We didn't get one the year before I don't think. There will be one up somewhere I'm sure. Ye can usually work out by people on this how many points were needed to get 100% and so...

johndoe91 wrote: »

Ha yeah sure! hopefully the points drop by 2! :P how many points did you get last year?

I got 130 last year, 154 the year before. Hpat never treated me well. I got in on the HEAR programme, 708 or so over all. One of the best in my class now though, so don't know what that says about the Hpat.

QueenOfLeon

emma123abc wrote: »

I was a complete tool and thought "oh with just UCD and TCD I'll be grand, don't need to put RCSI down" I know it was really stupid of me.. And could be paying for it now... I'm hoping on doing a genetics course and getting into medicine that way now though I think based on my HPAT results

I may be wrong, but once you have 1 restricted course down already can you add more colleges?

theowen

dubelj wrote: »

you can still change your CAO until the 1st!

Ye can't put down restricted courses after the 31st of Feb or so. Ye can change your restricted courses until the 1st, but they have to have been down by the 31st or whatever.

LittleMissLost

emma123abc wrote: »

I was a complete tool and thought "oh with just UCD and TCD I'll be grand, don't need to put RCSI down" I know it was really stupid of me.. And could be paying for it now... I'm hoping on doing a genetics course and getting into medicine that way now though I think based on my HPAT results

CAO doesn't close until Friday so you can still put RCSI down! GO DO IT!

Bbbbolger

Got 183. 85th percentile. I'm happy with the result but I have a feeling my L.C let me down. I was just so lazy throughout the year and I think I'm going to pay the price. Congrats to everyone who did well. To anyone who didn't do as well as they wanted don't lose heart. You can always try again. Many people's results drastically improve with an extra year!

emma123abc

LittleMissLost wrote: »

CAO doesn't close until Friday so you can still put RCSI down! GO DO IT!

theowen wrote: »

Ye can't put down restricted courses after the 31st of Feb or so. Ye can change your restricted courses until the 1st, but they have to have been down by the 31st or whatever.

QueenOfLeon wrote: »

I may be wrong, but once you have 1 restricted course down already can you add more colleges?

dubelj wrote: »

you can still change your CAO until the 1st!

Ok, totally confused now! Can anyone clear this up?...
I know by now you MUST have the restricted course on your CAO, that they can't be added in now, but if I have medicine in TCD and UCD on my CAO, can I add RCSI in?

Maestoso

fk44 wrote: »

Hi Guys I know it's the middle of the night but correct me if I'm wrong points will prob go up sky high I got 181 82% this year, last year 181 was 91% so do the maths! sorry

Aren't there less applicants this year, though? I know that there are 3,010 this year. How much were there in 2010 and 2009?

Bbbbolger

Why don't you just go onto the CAO website now and try? I'm sure if you're not allowed it will stop you?