Speech and language therapy UL

hartmad · 16-04-2020 1:36pm

I would take it, because even if you're starting the program in Autumn, it will look good on the CV to have an upgrade to the current role!

But I know what you mean in terms of letting your employer know and also letting them down then in only a few months time is not great.

Good luck

hartmad · 16-04-2020 1:38pm

Cool, thanks Emily for checking!
What were your results in the HPAT?

EmilyO · 16-04-2020 1:41pm

I got a 64 percentile and 62 in the english part!

hartmad · 16-04-2020 2:45pm

That's a very good result in both categories, fair play. Fingers crossed for everybody

Haz14 · 16-04-2020 3:21pm

EmilyO wrote: »

Hey everyone! I emailed the postgraduate office and they said they were going through hpat results and the offers would be in early to mid May

Hey everyone! Thanks a mill for letting us know Emily

Suppose all we can do now is try and put it to the back of our minds until May comes around! Best of luck everyone!

Meggalon · 16-04-2020 4:25pm

Corkgal_____89 - I went for the University of Essex. I also applied to several others in the UK and am waiting to hear back from 4 more.
You usually need an upper 2:1 undergrad in some sort of related field (psychology, linguistics, languages, teaching...etc) . I did languages. I have also been working as an ESL teacher for the past 3 years - in Ireland, S. Korea and online.
I'm not sure how they decide who gets a place - I guess the above, why you want to work as an SLT and your personality?
Check out their websites all the info is there.

Yeah it's for the Masters too! not fully funded but 5000 per year which takes a nice chunk off

hartmad · 16-04-2020 5:52pm

Haz14 wrote: »

Hey everyone! Thanks a mill for letting us know Emily Suppose all we can do now is try and put it to the back of our minds until May comes around! Best of luck everyone!

Yes, that's true. Can I ask what you did get in your results? :pac:

MissLatchIt · 17-04-2020 4:10pm

I would firstly like to congratulate you all on completing the Hpat this year. I tried my best with the Hpat but it was not for me I went with Med Entry but the stress and work load of Hpat was far too much.

I also agree with many of your opinions its quite wrong how UL is the only university that chooses their students by means of a Hpat score, I graduated last year with a first class hons in B.Ed and had significant experience.

Luckily, I have applied to the UK instead and hold an offer to study there instead.

I wish you all the best of luck with offers and fair play for tacking the Hpat this year haha.

19-04-2020 12:22pm

Just to add, I emailed asking when they'd tell us about OT offers and the reply was "Decisions will approximately be conveyed around late may"! So either it's later than SLT or they just don't know themselves

RossMeath · 20-04-2020 2:49pm

Hey guys- i've decided not to pursue the OT course. I was only 41st percentile so unlikely of an offer anyway, but thankfully i've gotten a great opportunity within an area i'm really interested in with great prospects and money- so i'm taking my hat out of the ring! Going to focus on saving, getting a mortgage and might pursue a PhD in a few years time in Disability Studies. I hope ye all get an offer, and look if I get one- there'll be one more person given a place that really wants it! Bet of luck

corkgal_89 · 20-04-2020 3:09pm

RossMeath wrote: »

Hey guys- i've decided not to pursue the OT course. I was only 41st percentile so unlikely of an offer anyway, but thankfully i've gotten a great opportunity within an area i'm really interested in with great prospects and money- so i'm taking my hat out of the ring! Going to focus on saving, getting a mortgage and might pursue a PhD in a few years time in Disability Studies. I hope ye all get an offer, and look if I get one- there'll be one more person given a place that really wants it! Bet of luck

RossMeath, congrats on the great job offer! Hope it all goes well for you

Saving... there's something I won't be able to do for a while!!!

ahen7 · 28-04-2020 9:58am

Does anyone else feel a bit sick every morning when they check their emails? 😂 I've applied for SLT and the wait is painful.

Dara12345 · 28-04-2020 4:19pm

Painful! I thought it may have been last Friday but alas no!

hartmad · 28-04-2020 4:41pm

yes, the wait is terrible. Nothing before the week after next to be expected though I'd say. From what people found out in emailing UL, they said Early-mid May (or Mid to late may).:mad::(

hartmad · 01-05-2020 4:53pm

Hello there, I received an offer today via email, for the OT course

I wish everybody on here the same and am happy about it, but can't quite feel it yet

Ellaraunt · 01-05-2020 7:17pm

hartmad wrote: »

Hello there, I received an offer today via email, for the OT course I wish everybody on here the same and am happy about it, but can't quite feel it yet

Congrats! That’s great news. I’ve applied for SLT and haven’t heard anything yet. Did they also update your portal?

Mashspuds765 · 01-05-2020 9:34pm

hartmad wrote: »

Hello there, I received an offer today via email, for the OT course I wish everybody on here the same and am happy about it, but can't quite feel it yet

Congratulations Hartmad! I got an offer for OT as well, big shock to the system wasn’t expecting to hear back this soon!

Mashspuds765 · 01-05-2020 10:50pm

Ellaraunt wrote: »

Congrats! That’s great news. I’ve applied for SLT and haven’t heard anything yet. Did they also update your portal?

Hi Ellaraunt, it was just an email we received with the offer but my portal still hasn’t updated. I applied for slt too I haven’t heard anything either

Ellaraunt · 01-05-2020 11:04pm

Mashspuds765 wrote: »

Hi Ellaraunt, it was just an email we received with the offer but my portal still hasn’t updated. I applied for slt too I haven’t heard anything either

Thanks a mil, Mashspuds. That’s helpful to know. Congrats on your OT offer! Fingers crossed SLT offers come soon as well.

Cait5274 · 05-05-2020 3:40pm

Hi I got an offer there for SLT (went into my junk!) Was just wondering what’s the best way for finance for it?

em98 · 07-05-2020 3:40pm

Cait5274 wrote: »

Hi I got an offer there for SLT (went into my junk!) Was just wondering what’s the best way for finance for it?

Hey has anyone not heard back from UL?

Ellaraunt · 08-05-2020 6:18pm

em98 wrote: »

Hey has anyone not heard back from UL?

Hi, I just heard today from UL that I was offered for SLT. Hope it works out for everyone else as well!

Mashspuds765 · 09-05-2020 12:11pm

Hi all, for anyone that’s going ahead with OT the Facebook group is Msc Occupational Therapy UL 2020-2022

EmilyO · 09-05-2020 3:47pm

Has anyone set up a fb group for SLT?

Haz14 · 12-05-2020 1:35pm

EmilyO wrote: »

Has anyone set up a fb group for SLT?

Hey! I actually set up a group there- I'm not sure if someone else has already, so apologies if it's already been done! The group is UL Msc Speech and Language Therapy 2020-2022 and it'll be Hazel Larkin as the admin, so if you see those two together you're onto a winner!

hartmad · 15-05-2020 1:25pm

Hello Mashspuds,
I cannot find that group on facebook!
Could you forward me a link maybe?
Thx

GreenPantsPls · 11-10-2020 10:17am

Hi lads,

Is anyone planning to apply for next years OT programme?

I'm already nervous about the HPAT especially the written component as English writing is definitely not a strong suit of mine at all.. I was planning on applying to a couple UK universities too but with Brexit uncertainty I'm concerned that Irish students may have to pay huge non-EU fees so am now undecided.

Hopefully this thread gets semi-active again this year as there was some good info posted over the last few years.

Wheretonext · 02-11-2020 5:50pm

Hi GreenPantsPls. I'm also aiming for the 2021 intake for OT! Working through HPAT at the moment and it will definitely be a struggle. The essay section is what I am dreading the most as essay writing is not my strong point and the added time pressure will be stressful.
I wonder what the cut off was for the 2020 intake? If anyone that has successfully made it into the course sees this it would be great to hear your input on the HPAT and how to strengthen the essay section. I am also hoping this exam goes ahead in person as its hard doing the practice exams online.

pink12321 · 18-02-2021 5:36pm

For anyone wondering, the cut-off for the 2020 intake for OT was around 50th percentile. Hoping ðŸ€žðŸ¼

Wheretonext · 19-02-2021 3:54pm

Thanks @pink12321. Good luck in the exam this weekend. I'm sitting it on Sunday morning, wish I went for tomorrow now as I have peaked with study and cant face it anymore.

pink12321 · 20-02-2021 4:11pm

I’m the exact same I’m at 10.20am Sunday and I’m sitting here wishing it was over already! Best of luck!

Ot2021 · 21-02-2021 12:57pm

Hi all just sat the Hpat hoping to get into OT. How did everyone find it?

Wheretonext · 21-02-2021 3:24pm

Hi, I just finished myself. I have no idea how section 1 went. Feel like I guessed a lot more than I normally would in the ******** practice ones. Felt a lot more confident with section 2 & 3. Don't know what the written part has to do with getting in as its scored separately so hopefully a weak score doesn't impact too much as that has always been my weakness.

Ot2021 · 21-02-2021 5:01pm

I found section 1 very difficult similar to you found myself guessing a lot. I am fairly confident in section 2. Section 3 was okay pick the middle was difficult. I don’t think the written essays have any impact on the percentile so at least that’s something!

Peppa Cig · 21-02-2021 5:04pm

The was a lot of sharing of questions and answers on discord chat yesterday!

This will give advantage to some sitting Day 2 and 3.

Discord chat has since been closed.

It was reported to Hpat Ireland but the horse has bolted.

GreenPantsPls · 21-02-2021 5:11pm

Well done to those that have sat it and good luck to those who are due to sit.

I just finished it there. Quite manageable overall compared to the different sample tests out there. I felt section 1 was a bit easier than the sample exams (still challenging ofc, just not as challenging), section 2 was around the same as most samples but with less tricky/unusual vocab but I dont feel like I did well in this section unfortunately and section 3 was hard but that's my weakest section anyway.

Written english had as good prompts as could be hoped for imo but I'm still concerned because it's hard to know what standard will be expected especially considering we had to type it rather than write it.

GreenPantsPls · 21-02-2021 5:20pm

Peppa Cig wrote: »

The was a lot of sharing of questions and answers on discord chat yesterday!

This will give advantage to some sitting Day 2 and 3.

Discord chat has since been closed.

It was reported to Hpat Ireland but the horse has bolted.

Is it the same exam? I would have thought there would be different ones for different days.

Peppa Cig · 21-02-2021 6:09pm

GreenPantsPls wrote: »

Is it the same exam? I would have thought there would be different ones for different days.

Online chat suggested same questions were appearing today.

Open to correction.

Wheretonext · 21-02-2021 6:27pm

Interesting about the discord chat. Hopefully those of us that didn't know about it aren't at a disadvantage. I can't imagine where were enough people sitting that were part of the chat that it would overly impact the percentiles. Fingers crossed anyway.

Peppa Cig · 21-02-2021 6:39pm

Hopefully.

Is it anticipated that there is a significant increase in numbers sitting HPAT?

Especially overseas participants that could sit test for first time online without the significant cost of travelling to Ireland.

Wheretonext · 21-02-2021 7:15pm

I can't see there being a significant increase, an increase yes but not a significant increase and even so it might be of benefit to people as the additional people may not have been as prepared. Let's just see how this plays out, no point in coming with information after the fact that people have sat the exam, it doesn't help anyone and only stresses people out.

Peppa Cig · 21-02-2021 7:24pm

Wheretonext wrote: »

I can't see there being a significant increase, an increase yes but not a significant increase and even so it might be of benefit to people as the additional people may not have been as prepared. Let's just see how this plays out, no point in coming with information after the fact that people have sat the exam, it doesn't help anyone and only stresses people out.

I’ll post what I choose to post!

Ciecor · 21-02-2021 10:50pm

Hey, just wondering if anyone could give me any advice on the essay section. Even to know roughly how long it should be. I've done the practice test but got a brutal score. Anyone any idea of what score was needed last year for the essay section?
Any help would be brilliant!!!
Thanks

Ot2021 · 22-02-2021 9:45am

Hey, my essays were not long at all if I had to guess they were less than an A4 page each! They can’t expect a lot in an hour ðŸ˜‚ I know the essay score doesn’t contribute to the percentile so I don’t think it has too much influence. Well I hope it doesn’t ðŸ˜‚

KTOT · 22-02-2021 12:31pm

I am also looking to get into OT 2021, found the essay titles good. I really don't know how I did in the HPAT so very nervous now waiting for results

Ot2021 · 22-02-2021 12:56pm

Anyone know when in April we might find out?

GreenPantsPls · 22-02-2021 1:45pm

Ot2021 wrote: »

Anyone know when in April we might find out?

No official date given as far as I know. I went through this thread back the last few years to 2017 and each year I checked it's always been the 2nd Thursday of April when they were released, in 2021 that is the 8th of April.

Ciecor · 22-02-2021 2:13pm

Ot2021 wrote: »

Hey, my essays were not long at all if I had to guess they were less than an A4 page each! They can’t expect a lot in an hour ðŸ˜‚ I know the essay score doesn’t contribute to the percentile so I don’t think it has too much influence. Well I hope it doesn’t ðŸ˜‚

Thanks for your reply that really helps I appreciate it!!!

noobsnow95 · 07-04-2021 1:57pm

Is it tomorrow we are expecting hpat results for UL applicants?

Ot2021 · 07-04-2021 2:12pm

Hopefully based off the last two years it’s been the second Thursday of April!

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