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CookieMonster.x

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Compared to the practise booklets sections 1 and 3 were about right except for section 2 which was much more difficult and in comparison to ME it's hard to say, cause there is sooo much material, but overall I'd still say section 2 is a lot easier on ME.

Thanks, I sorta thought that!

QueenOfLeon

CookieMonster.x wrote: »

Just a question for anyone who ha done the HPAT before, was the official sample paper 1 (the purple one) easier, harder or roughly the same as the actual exam? I thought it was a bit easier than the ME mocks.

Sections 1 and 3 were fairly similar in difficulty to the practice booklet, but Section 2 was much much harder. I can't comment on how the prep courses compare though.

CookieMonster.x

QueenOfLeon wrote: »

Sections 1 and 3 were fairly similar in difficulty to the practice booklet, but Section 2 was much much harder. I can't comment on how the prep courses compare though.

I got full marks in section 2 and I think a bit better in the other 2 although I way prefer having an actual booklet in front of me instead of staring at computer screen.

Just Like Heaven

Yeah ME is a great in that there's so much material, but it all being online is a pain.

Tanga1

Hey anyone wanna be a study buddy?

Only looking for people seriously committed to doing well in LC + HPAT. We can plan what to do each week, including HPAT questions (i'm registered with med*entry if it helps)

If you have any 4 of the subjects below and are really interested in doing this contact me:

higher level maths
physics
chemistry
applied maths
accounting
german

amicus

is the timer for the practice exams only a recent thing ye?

Just Like Heaven

amicus wrote: »

is the timer for the practice exams only a recent thing ye?

Yeah only up a couple of weeks ago.

amicus

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Yeah only up a couple of weeks ago.

thats quite silly that they wernt there before as some people could of spent ages on them

little sis...

I usually timed myself anyway with an online timer... No point spending an hour on a drill and being proud of yourself for doing well, sure we'd all do well if we had more time

Just Like Heaven

amicus wrote: »

thats quite silly that they wernt there before as some people could of spent ages on them

Better late than never I guess.

amicus

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Better late than never I guess.

Ye bro youre right but the percentiles would be even more exact like that

0mega

What's people's opinions on the results coming out in June this year rather than April?

I think it's better because now I'll be 100% motivated to work hard, if I got 150 in the HPAT I might be disheartened (or if I got 200+ I might get lazy, but that's a dream scenario :pac:)

Glee_GG

0mega wrote: »

What's people's opinions on the results coming out in June this year rather than April?

I think it's better because now I'll be 100% motivated to work hard, if I got 150 in the HPAT I might be disheartened (or if I got 200+ I might get lazy, but that's a dream scenario :pac:)

I'd prefer to know straight away tbh and just know if I'm in with a shot or not of getting. If I didn't get the score I think I'd need then at least I've more time to seriously consider what I'm going to do!

Glee_GG

*getting it

amicus

i guess you're right . id still prefer it afterwards cause a bad result could disturb ones study

CookieMonster.x

0mega wrote: »

What's people's opinions on the results coming out in June this year rather than April?

I think it's better because now I'll be 100% motivated to work hard, if I got 150 in the HPAT I might be disheartened (or if I got 200+ I might get lazy, but that's a dream scenario :pac:)

Same, I could get complacent or just not bother. Plus it could quite stressful if you are on the border Hpat wise. Although the wait will kill me!

Slow Show

Ugh hate my scores and their fluctuating ways. I'm coming to the conclusion that so much about this is going to come down to how I feel on the day...

amicus

ye that really is the main thing..dont go by scores on ME so much.the mock scores are more realistic unless uve improved loads

Hermione Granger

0mega wrote: »

What's people's opinions on the results coming out in June this year rather than April?

I think it's better because now I'll be 100% motivated to work hard, if I got 150 in the HPAT I might be disheartened (or if I got 200+ I might get lazy, but that's a dream scenario :pac:)

Well I know that last year they were delayed by two weeks cause people didn't want the results to distract them from their orals which I thought was a very good idea but when I got a very average HPAT score it didn't put me out cause I knew that it would feel even worse if I got a bad Leaving Cert ...

Skinhead Kane

What was your result ^

Hermione Granger

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Ahh that's great, only got 550 myself so need a serious enough score I assume you're living close to Galway if you're doing CS tomorrow. Is NUIG your first choice?

I only signed up for CS super recently so have only really worked through about 1/3 of the material. It seems, a lot easier than ME. But it's not necessarily a bad thing cause I'm probably paying more attention to the techniques. The solutions are good, and I much prefer that it's not online. I guess I'm worried that yeah, maybe it's unrepresentatively easy. But being able to sit another mock is one of the main reasons I chose it too, so there's that. How do you find it?

I only got my CS course the week before last too :P

With the CS I think its a lot more ambiguous in Section 2 than ME which is more like what it would be like on the day of the actual Hpat.

How did you find the course on Friday?

Hermione Granger

Anyone do the ME at both October and January?

Was there any difference between the two ?

Just Like Heaven

Hermione Granger wrote: »

I only got my CS course the week before last too :P

With the CS I think its a lot more ambiguous in Section 2 than ME which is more like what it would be like on the day of the actual Hpat.

How did you find the course on Friday?

I actually quite liked it, there was less faffing around when it came to talking about the exam, it was very technique focused. Most of the examples were a bit too easy, but I still took a few things from it. And yeah I agree after having done some of the section 2 stuff it's more realistic.

What did you think of it?

Slow Show

Hermione Granger wrote: »

Anyone do the ME at both October and January?

Was there any difference between the two ?

People do this? o_O

Just Like Heaven

Slow Show wrote: »

People do this? o_O

Doubt it. T'would be exactly the same course.

amicus

What percentage of people doing hpat are doing the online ME roughly .would anyone know?

Eurovisionmad

Well 5,000 people sit the HPAT every year, I'd say about a few hundred do ME, I couldn't be sure though!

0mega

Eurovisionmad wrote: »

Well 5,000 people sit the HPAT every year, I'd say about a few hundred do ME, I couldn't be sure though!

There was about 100-150 alone at my ME talk in Dublin, I'd say it could be 500-750

Just Like Heaven

0mega wrote: »

There was about 100-150 alone at my ME talk in Dublin, I'd say it could be 500-750

Looking at the amount of courses I'd say it's well over a thousand http://www.********-hpat.ie/workshop-dates

amicus

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Looking at the amount of courses I'd say it's well over a thousand http://www.********-hpat.ie/workshop-dates

Well just ******** like.? I didn think 5000 sat it