Mature Entry Medicine 2015

Anyone heard anything from cork ?

TallGlass wrote: »

Thanks for the detailed reply. I am starting to wonder about my LC results, I am not happy with them at all. In fact I am fairly certain I could easily hit around 450/500 mark. I was so lazy and had no interest in school. Now at 25 I see the bigger picture now. In IT at the moment in a helpdesk role looking into the network role, I don't think it will be for me. The thoughts of earning a place doing medicine has me excited and if I had of thought about all this in school I wouldn't be coming back 7 years later !

I spend the years from 20/23 focusing on a career in the Garda and jointing the reserves. But didn't make it to the top tier only band 2 so I have pretty much wrote that off but I still do the Reserves. Again I feel I didn't do so well as in the back of my mind if I did do well I wouldnt get in due to LC results.

Should I resit the entire exam or just take Maths and Biology for example at HL. Which I would be certain I could do well in.

hey there, sorry about the late replay, i am in no way expert but i think you should be aiming for is at least 724 point (LC + HPAT), so if you know that you can secure top percentile in your HPAT ( anything more than 220 points ) then you should be ok for your LC, but if you are not sure about that then you may want to look at the option of repeating the LC.

TallGlass wrote: »

Guys, no one seems to want to answer my original question. But after some research. For the RCSI is this the correct requirements? English, Irish, Maths, German, Chemistry all Ordinary Level with a minimum D3 and Biology Higher Level B3.

I was thinking of going back to completely resit the LC in Plunkets in Dublin. But what's the catch? Am I missing something.

when it comes to resitting the LC, i think the greatest outcome is the boost in points, you will be more calm and easygoing than first time sitters, also your past knowledge will give you an edge and make it easier for you to go through the year with less stress.

here is a piece taken from RCSI's information sheet for undergraduate medicine:
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS - SCHOOL LEAVERS
For entry to the six year Medical programme CAO applicants
must present a minimum of six subjects in the Leaving Certificate
to include the following: Irish OD3, English OD3, Maths OD3, a
foreign language OD3, a lab science (Chemistry, Physics, Biology,
Physics/Chemistry or Agricultural Science) OD3 and HPAT.
CAO applicants presenting the minimum subjects detailed above
with Chemistry and another lab science (must be Physics or
Biology) enter the 5 year Medical programme. A HB3 in one of
the lab sciences or Maths must be presented as a minimum entry
requirement.
CAO applicants must achieve all minimum entry grades required
and the 5/6 year Medical programme requirements in one sitting
of their Leaving Certificate or equivalent (GCE A Level/IB). HPAT
scores are valid for one year only i.e. 2015 HPAT score is valid for
2015 admission only.
POINTS
As a guide, the combined Leaving Certificate and HPAT score
required for admission to the RCSI School of Medicine (RC001)
in 2014 was 724* (*random selection). The Leaving Certificate
points range (nationally) was 520–625 and the HPAT score range
(nationally) was 155 – 230



there are people here far more expert than myself so please feel free to correct me

crazystupid28 wrote: »

Jody what time was your interview today for TCD? Also did you have RCSI today and if so, how did it go? From start to finish mine (TCD) was only 20 mins and didn't get to say half of what I wanted. My money is on them thinking I'm a complete nutjob and I'm about 90% sure that TCD is out for me.

For those curious, the questions I was asked were:
Tell us about your background
Why medicine
Why Trinity
Tell us about your past employment
Why would I want to start in another field when I could achieve 'so much' in the next 5 years?
How would I go about changing someone's opinion
Any questions for us

Some of these were specific to my CV and threw me for a loop but they were all really friendly. Also, the microbiologist asked me directly how I would be funding it so be prepared for that in the future.

All in all, a pleasant enough interview but very annoyed that I didn't get to give them everything. Live and learn lads :-)

it was late enough! i am not going to say it, but late enough! i am generally very unofficial person and therefore made a mr bin of it hahahaha.
i didnt have rcsi yesterday, i had it today and it was very official, serious ppl barely laugh! and mean and also knock on door too when u are in middle of talk.
did u have your rcsi interview yesterday or is it today?

jody24 wrote: »

it was late enough! i am not going to say it, but late enough! i am generally very unofficial person and therefore made a mr bin of it hahahaha.
i didnt have rcsi yesterday, i had it today and it was very official, serious ppl barely laugh! and mean and also knock on door too when u are in middle of talk.
did u have your rcsi interview yesterday or is it today?

Today in RCSI. literally about to walk out the door. Jesus Christ I'm absolutely dreading this. I wanted TCD but after my sub par display yesterday the pressure is on for today. Ooooohhhh the joys...

jody24 wrote: »

good luck to all of us. i think this year a lot of applicants have both tcd and rcsi, which is really good. i hope things go well for all of us. now the waiting for offers to begin!!

Here's hoping :-) I don't think I can do all this again. But I say that now...

Healium wrote: »

I had a great interview experience yesterday. Carmen was outside the interview room keeping time and keeping anyone walking past quiet so as not to disturb those in the interview room, as well as stopping any interruptions. She then knocks on the door when your 20 minutes are up.

I had a completely different experience to you, found all staff and interviewers lovely

i found what you are saying with trinity interviewer.
i didnt mean that bad, but i felt better with tcd ppl!
how do u feel about tcd interview?

Well done to all who had interviews for TCD and RCSI this week!

Does anyone know how many NUIG are interviewing?

Caolan wrote: »

Expect 12-15 (last year they invited 15, but a couple didnt show on the day and ended up with about 12 people vieing for 2 places.

Thanks Caolan, did you attend interviews last year if you don't mind me asking?

for those having interviews at both rcsi and trinity, if u get offers from both which one do u prefer?
i am still uncertain my self! i like rcsi becuase it much more international and very mixed school, but trinity less fees!
i know its not the time to ask this question but it would be nice to know which college we like to get in ?
btw for those of us who are going to be successful it would be nice to write a description of statement and interview and life experiences,, etc. for next year applicants.

Based solely on fees, I'd lean toward TCD. If money were no object it'd be RCSI. Carmen let me go in to the grand hall and sweet baby Jesus it is fabulous. Plus I heard they give a decent education too ;-)

A friend of mine just finished the day before the interviews and had absolutely nothing negative to say about RCSI and he got a lot of opportunities to research and publish so I find that very appealing. Both schools have student run medical journals but TCD isn't accessible online since 2013? Although the interviewers did say that it was still going strong and was always looking for contributions.

Caolan, did I meet you before the interview? If it was you who was there when Carmen was talking about running, that was me! Internet and real life collide!!! :-)

Ah that sucks. But at least with the undergraduate entry you're fees will be substantially lower than matures, so a bit of a silver lining.

Interviews went well (I think!) but the woman in the second room asked about my masters thesis and kinda questioned whether the data set I used was actually the dataset as that information hadn't been published yet. It was a loooonnnggg story but definitely didn't lie about it. You really never know in these situations, job interviews you get somewhat of an idea but as all applicants for med differ sooooo drastically its anyone's guess. I have a feeling it'll be a waitlist for me too.

From previous years threads and what Celeste said, the initial successful applicants will be offered a place. Then a couple of things may happen:

-Those eligible for GEM may choose that route
-Those who initially accepted a place will decline as they got an offer elsewhere
-Successful applicants will have to decline a place because of the lack of funds. Apparently this happens fairly frequently and they may offer places to those on the waiting list until August

If anyone has anything else or if any of that is incorrect, feel free to correct me :-)

I've applied to both, heard nothing from either. Although last year UCC sent out the interview invites on 20/06/14 and interview was held on 27/06/14. So if they're following the same pattern as last year there will still be some waiting I'm afraid.

Outright rejection for me. Fun times all around :-) Although surprisingly I'm not actually that cut up about it? Ah well, live and learn.

Aaaahhhh congratulations!!! Sincerely, you must be absolutely delighted. Nah, I don't think TCD went as well as RCSI and that didn't exactly pan out Seriously though, massive congrats again. And you still have TCD to play for too so you never know!