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yeah the most surprising ones are all section 2! em so that explains it but even for the others, like eg 29/48 in sec 1 exam 4 got 0-20! it just seems ridiculous!Getting 30-something and getting 0-20 sounds very odd, which exam was it and I'll cross-reference mine to see. Though if it's in Section 2 that you got it, it mightn't be that odd, the differences between one or two scores in that section and percentiles is crazy!
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KristineKJ wrote: »Holy f***** s***. Sat down to do test exam 2 and guess what, I have a major time problem in S1. I mean, how are you supposed to read all that info and draw a conclusion in a minute and half for each question? I got to question 26 when time was up....and even then it felt like I was hurrying through them....god, Help me.
This is probably where having English as a first language gives you an advantage.
I can't imagine trying to do the HPAT in Irish or something..0 -
This is probably where having English as a first language gives you an advantage.
I can't imagine trying to do the HPAT in Irish or something..
That's what I'm thinking too. I do have to reread some paragraphs to catch all the information, and I have a problem where I get hung up on foreign words...BUT, as I sat down to do the last half and timing that one, I did find it possible within the 25 minutes I gave myself. So, I guess it's partly about time awareness as I consider myself quite solid in english. Mehh...wish I had more S1 practice material.0 -
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EternalGeek wrote: »Ah together we'd be perfect, I do ok in section 1, usually near full marks on section 2 but section 3 is just atrocious!!
I'm normally the opposite. I've always scored well in S1, but 2 and 3 are pretty dreadful. That being said, I think recently my S3 has improved a bit. I just seem to have gotten worse at S2 though
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fewtinsoffroth wrote: »I'm normally the opposite. I've always scored well in S1, but 2 and 3 are pretty dreadful. That being said, I think recently my S3 has improved a bit. I just seem to have gotten worse at S2 though
I know you said in a previous post that you got 181 in the Hpat last year what percentile was that ?0 -
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KristineKJ wrote: »
Not a bad idea. I'll try that. Sometimes the amount of information becomes unclear before the question clears it again. I do habit to read the information two or three times before I read the question, might be a time killer right there. Thanks :-)
As someone who sat the Hpat last year, I wouldn't recommend reading the questions first, as you tend to miss some of the points of the paragraph by just looking for obvious answers to the questions. That's only my opinion
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Well if you add 181 to 565 it's 746, the way things are going points will probably rise another bit (not as dramatic as last year hopefully), and that'd get you into (I estimate, but it's unsupported!) everywhere outside of TCD/UCD and you'd still have a shot at them I'd say. Although 565 is very idealistic. I'd be overjoyed to get 180 initially but you'd be on absolute tenterhooks from June until August. 0
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Well if you add 181 to 565 it's 746, the way things are going points will probably rise another bit (not as dramatic as last year hopefully), and that'd get you into (I estimate, but it's unsupported!) everywhere outside of TCD/UCD and you'd still have a shot at them I'd say. Although 565 is very idealistic. I'd be overjoyed to get 180 initially but you'd be on absolute tenterhooks from June until August.
Well I think we can attribute last years increase to the extra 25 points for maths which I personally think the vast majority of students going for medicine had so that counts for approx 5 points and the other 5 was just plain and simple people getting better Hpat . . .0 -
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