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Dentistry Points 2013

  • 27-06-2013 11:22pm
    #1
    IICatwomanII
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Hey .... just wondering what the predictions are for TCD Dentistry this year??

    Any Ideas??


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  • #2
    yournerd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,159 ✭✭✭yournerd


    590!


  • #3
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    TCD might go up to 595.


  • #4
    11Charlie11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 941 ✭✭✭11Charlie11


    Why are the points so high? :confused: .. Is dentistry really hard or is there huge demand?


  • #5
    Oregano_State
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭Oregano_State


    11Charlie11 wrote: »
    Why are the points so high? :confused: .. Is dentistry really hard or is there huge demand?

    Points for all courses are based purely on demand.


  • #6
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Any predictions at this stage are completely baseless and pointless. They're more guesses than predictions.


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  • #7
    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭hfallada


    There is no jobs in it anymore. Dentist can barely make a living in Ireland doing it at the moment. Have any of you considered going to study in places like Hungary? Alot of the German speakers go to medical school and dental school in Hungary.


  • #8
    yournerd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,159 ✭✭✭yournerd


    My friend is a dentist and after doing the course you can straight away go into practice. You can be private or public and it's an international degree too so I think because it's such a flexible degree it's high demanded,


  • #9
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    hfallada wrote: »
    There is no jobs in it anymore. Dentist can barely make a living in Ireland doing it at the moment. Have any of you considered going to study in places like Hungary? Alot of the German speakers go to medical school and dental school in Hungary.

    Not too many unemployed Dentists around I'd imagine ;)

    The points are so high because it's popular.
    It's popular because it's perceived to be a very well paid job.
    This would be my perception also


  • #10
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,238 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    The location in Dublin adds another dose of points to almost courses.


  • #11
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    spurious wrote: »
    The location in Dublin adds another dose of points to almost courses.

    The points for Dentistry in UCC are very high also. 575* I think.


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  • #12
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    11Charlie11 wrote: »
    Why are the points so high? :confused: .. Is dentistry really hard or is there huge demand?
    "Prestige" profession with the potential for high earnings leads to high demand, matched against relatively small number of available places, leads to high points.


  • #13
    lcer212
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭lcer212


    IICatwomanII wrote: »
    Hey .... just wondering what the predictions are for TCD Dentistry this year??

    Any Ideas??

    595 random selection:P


  • #14
    football girl
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭football girl


    Anybody heading to Trinity? I can't believe there are only 32 or something in a class!


  • #15
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    I'm planning to go Trinity next year hopefully, it will be my first choice anyway. I'm shocked the points actually dropped this year!

    Yeah class size is pretty small, that would suggest including Cork 60-70 graduates a year?


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