*Everything HPAT and Medicine 2013*

conradmurph

I have 556 points from the LC last year so on the fence. . . Hurry on June 24th!

amicus

conradmurph wrote: »

I have 556 points from the LC last year so on the fence. . . Hurry on June 24th!

How did hpat go in comparison to last year?

0mega

conradmurph wrote: »

I have 556 points from the LC last year so on the fence. . . Hurry on June 24th!

Good position to be in, 185 in the HPAT and you're pretty much guaranteed a place (assuming you've applied everywhere! 185 is what.. about 83rd percentile this year!

Good luck!

conradmurph

Thanks guys! This might sound silly but I didn't even do the Hpat last year didn't expect those points! And yes cork is my no.1 , Galway second!

Danielle2695

need some advice

Im a sixth year student and for the last 2 years i was almost certain i wanted to do general science preferably in UCD or TCD. I'm quite good at bio and chemistry and id expect to get around 540 points in the LC considering i got 520 in the mocks

My problem is i actually think i should do medicine. The course just looks so exciting and i love the clinical aspect which is missing from doing general science but i just dont know if im capable of those points...

is it worth repeating or perhaps taking a year out to do the hpat ?? or should i play it safe and take general science ??

thanks guys

Just Like Heaven

Threads merged

Of course you should re apply and do medicine if it's what you want. Remember also that if you get the points you can take science this year anyway sit the hpat during first year, as many students do. If you get an offer for medicine the following year it's often the case that fees can be waivered and your year in science to count as your pre med year. New thread about it here.

If it is what you decide to do get in touch before you accept the offer, but I know a few people personally who have done it and haven't had to pay the fees.

Eurovisionmad

Danielle2695 wrote: »

need some advice

Im a sixth year student and for the last 2 years i was almost certain i wanted to do general science preferably in UCD or TCD. I'm quite good at bio and chemistry and id expect to get around 540 points in the LC considering i got 520 in the mocks

My problem is i actually think i should do medicine. The course just looks so exciting and i love the clinical aspect which is missing from doing general science but i just dont know if im capable of those points...

is it worth repeating or perhaps taking a year out to do the hpat ?? or should i play it safe and take general science ??

thanks guys

Absolutely, if you get the points then as the above poster said, do the science course for a year and the the HPAT, if you don't get the points repeat if you really do.want it, its worth it in the end! Of course there's always grad Med also! But the worst thing would be to spend your life going "Well what if I……", if you want to do it, put yourself out there for it!

woopah92

amicus wrote: »

Well how did the mocks go? And how more prepped do you feel now compared to days leading up to mock

585 in mocks, feeling alot more prepared now than I did a month before the mocks. I ended up just putting in 1 physio and leaving the 2 pharmacy options, and adding in a food science course. At least I have one option down that isn't over 500 points now :pac:

amicus

woopah92 wrote: »

585 in mocks, feeling alot more prepared now than I did a month before the mocks. I ended up just putting in 1 physio and leaving the 2 pharmacy options, and adding in a food science course. At least I have one option down that isn't over 500 points now :pac:

with 585 (557) plus 185 wud prob guarantee you a place.defo put physio down..your not gona go down from your mocks .i felt i was unprepared in mocks and i did really well.so in a months time , oh **** a month , i shud be super prepared

KristineKJ

sooo I finished biomed exam today and I think it went quite alright. And partying tonight I convinced four medical students here in Bergen (Norway) that I was an exchange student from Ireland. We had the longest most serious talk I've ever had drinking and I left them genuienly thinking I'd had a blast year and picked up some norwegian.

oooh yeah. that was fun.

spurious

amicus wrote: »

with 585 (557) plus 185 wud prob guarantee you a place.defo put physio down..your not gona go down from your mocks .i felt i was unprepared in mocks and i did really well.so in a months time , oh **** a month , i shud be super prepared

Please leave the Txtspk elsewhere.

From the forum charter: "No txt spek pls. it suxors."

SueGrabbit

Anyone hear anything about mature interviews, other than RCSI? Any word from TCD yet?

EternalGeek

SueGrabbit wrote: »

Anyone hear anything about mature interviews, other than RCSI? Any word from TCD yet?

Yeah, I've interviews for Tcd and UCC next week.

SueGrabbit

EternalGeek wrote: »

Yeah, I've interviews for Tcd and UCC next week.

How did you do in the HPAT?

EternalGeek

SueGrabbit wrote: »

How did you do in the HPAT?

167 and I've an interview for RCSI. I think the hpat is just a very rough way of sorting applicants

SueGrabbit

EternalGeek wrote: »

167 and I've an interview for RCSI. I think the hpat is just a very rough way of sorting applicants

Bad sign then if I didnt get an offer for an interview. Had 176 in Hpat, thought Id deffo get an interview.

EternalGeek

SueGrabbit wrote: »

Bad sign then if I didnt get an offer for an interview. Had 176 in Hpat, thought Id deffo get an interview.

I'm sorry you've not heard back. TCD did say they might invite more people to interview after the first round of interviews. Perhaps request feedback from UCC and RCSI as that was a great hpat score!

SueGrabbit

EternalGeek wrote: »

I'm sorry you've not heard back. TCD did say they might invite more people to interview after the first round of interviews. Perhaps request feedback from UCC and RCSI as that was a great hpat score!

Only applied to Trinity. Have Schols and cant afford it elsewhere.

EternalGeek

SueGrabbit wrote: »

Only applied to Trinity. Have Schols and cant afford it elsewhere.

Argh, that is a pity but if you've not heard a direct no then you're still in with a chance

SueGrabbit

EternalGeek wrote: »

Argh, that is a pity but if you've not heard a direct no then you're still in with a chance

Yeah, gotta have some kind of hope eh?

EternalGeek

SueGrabbit wrote: »

Yeah, gotta have some kind of hope eh?

Exactly!!! Positivity all the way

Goin90

Keep having a dream that I get 186 in the HPAT, when 190-ish is what I'd need Really hope this isn't a premonition of what's coming down the line!

meleanor

I feel like i'm doing nothing

outnumbered

This may be a rather stupid ceist but when does one actually start "Learning off" stuff for the Leaving cert. Like I just am doing exam questions and writing out notes and it doesn't stick..... When do I actually start learning the stuff off so i will remember it for the exam day?

amicus

outnumbered wrote: »

This may be a rather stupid ceist but when does one actually start "Learning off" stuff for the Leaving cert. Like I just am doing exam questions and writing out notes and it doesn't stick..... When do I actually start learning the stuff off so i will remember it for the exam day?

Now. These next three weeks are vital! Dna has been isolated , cut with restriction enzymes..I think you know what the third stage is .(weird analogy) je sais bien

Eurovisionmad

Saw this today on Twitter, I got some Medentr¥ Section 2 cartoon flash back!

amicus

Hah thats brilliant

Goin90

I really wish they had released the results the same time as last year; I'm sick of waiting.. and studying!

amicus

How good would you feel if you got 210 or 220.You could just stop studying

Goin90

Well I'm not doing the leaving this year, so if they were out a month or so ago I would have just become a full time alcoholic. Unfortunately I'm stuck studying for college exams for lectures I've never been to! Oh well, finished in a week