[MtHanrahan]

I reckon points for med will increase by 5 - 15 points at least. Saying this because of the bonus points in maths, increased numbers sitting higher level maths and irish and this will effect medicine because traditionally these were the go-to subjects to drop down as well as English when under pressure.

[Wobbledeeboop]

Originally Posted by MtHanrahan

I reckon points for med will increase by 5 - 15 points at least. Saying this because of the bonus points in maths, increased numbers sitting higher level maths and irish and this will effect medicine because traditionally these were the go-to subjects to drop down as well as English when under pressure.

I would argue that an average A1 ordinary level maths student could manage at least a C1 pretty easily in higher level

Lost all credibility right here, should have had someone proof read your blog first

[SdoowSirhc]

Is there a way of getting into medicine post grad after doing a B.Sc without a Hpat?

[MtHanrahan]

Originally Posted by Wobbledeeboop

Lost all credibility right here, should have had someone proof read your blog first

why not? under the presumption that the student did higher level from 5th year and actually tried. Obviously i didn't mean teach a student in pass and then make them sit the higher level paper on the day. That would be stupid. Also I thought C1 was pretty conservative, seeing as Project Maths dummed it down for ye

[MtHanrahan]

Originally Posted by SdoowSirhc

Is there a way of getting into medicine post grad after doing a B.Sc without a Hpat?

Yes but there is a different entrance exam for that

[Canard]

Originally Posted by MtHanrahan

why not? under the presumption that the student did higher level from 5th year and actually tried. Obviously i didn't mean teach a student in pass and then make them sit the higher level paper on the day. That would be stupid. Also I thought C1 was pretty conservative, seeing as Project Maths dummed it down for ye

Lawl, just butting in to say I probably could have gotten an OL A1 after seeing the exam and got a HC3, project maths is not dumbed down - it just has less material but it's more interlinked and you have to be creative with it.

[SdoowSirhc]

So if I missed by a few points on medicine and I got into a biology course could I then enter med?

[MtHanrahan]

Originally Posted by Patchy~

Lawl, just butting in to say I probably could have gotten an OL A1 after seeing the exam and got a HC3, project maths is not dumbed down - it just has less material but it's more interlinked and you have to be creative with it.

Patchy, generally I like what you say so please don't be offended but less material + creativity = dummed down in my view, that along with writing in the question paper. Maths doesn't require 'creativity' it requires you to know what you are doing and why and what will happen as a result! Perhaps I overestimated the abilities of irish students.

Btw, and sorry to use you as an example like this but if you got a C3 that means you got about half the paper wrong, didn't know what you were doing and more than likely would not have gotten a A1 in pass. I'm looking at this as a med student who saw so many people in medicine with pass maths who would have been well able for higher level but didn't do it to focus on other subjects.

[MtHanrahan]

Originally Posted by SdoowSirhc

So if I missed by a few points on medicine and I got into a biology course could I then enter med?

Best to go into first year biology, repeat the Hpat in that year and reapply for undergrad medicine for 2013.

[Canard]

Originally Posted by MtHanrahan

Patchy, generally I like what you say so please don't be offended but less material + creativity = dummed down in my view, that along with writing in the question paper. Maths doesn't require 'creativity' it requires you to know what you are doing and why and what will happen as a result! Perhaps I overestimated the abilities of irish students.

Btw, and sorry to use you as an example like this but if you got a C3 that means you got about half the paper wrong, didn't know what you were doing and more than likely would not have gotten a A1 in pass. I'm looking at this as a med student who saw so many people in medicine with pass maths who would have been well able for higher level but didn't do it to focus on other subjects.
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Fair enough, I'm not offended I never claimed to be a maths prodigy, I only did it for the points. I didn't mean creativity as in "lets make things up" or something, it's more logical thinking on the spot rather than learning "when I see this I must do this" which would have worked for a lot of things (thats why I'm almost certain my P1 brought me up, but I had no idea what any of the stuff I was doing meant in real terms). The only removed section I've heard of is vectors which are supposed to be tedious but easy.

I didn't really know what I was doing, partly because the exam was completely different to what I expected, but after seeing my sister's OL P1 I know I would have gotten a very high score if not an A1 because I had 7 of those questions done at HL (just not complex numbers) and I did have some understanding of the concepts, so it wasn't totally alien to me. I looked at P2 and it actually had one question we got at HL too, which really required thinking and spontaneity, not rote-learning - hardly dumbed down.

I don't know or care if I'd have gotten an A1 in pass because maths doesn't interest me or anything, but I do know that I wouldn't have done badly, even if I got half of HL wrong.

[randylonghorn]

Originally Posted by SdoowSirhc

So if I missed by a few points on medicine and I got into a biology course could I then enter med?

Originally Posted by MtHanrahan

Best to go into first year biology, repeat the Hpat in that year and reapply for undergrad medicine for 2013.

Bear in mind that if you do that, you will most likely be paying *full* fees for your first year in medicine (rather than just the "Student Contribution Fee" or whatever they're calling it now) as you will have already done first year once.

[MtHanrahan]

Ok patchy, maybe you could have got the A1 in pass. Fair enough and good response.

But I just want to make the point (to everyone not just you) that what you see in project maths is not creativity. In maths, creativity is doing something in a way that it would not normally be done or seeing something which is not obvious. Such creativity is found in competitions such as the maths Olympiad. one would be lucky to get 40% in any of these papers under exam conditions. Every year we send our best and brightest to get at most 6 or 7 points out of 42. And thats brilliant. Most come back with just 1. If creativity was in the leaving cert. then A1s would not be as common!

[MtHanrahan]

Originally Posted by randylonghorn

Bear in mind that if you do that, you will most likely be paying *full* fees for your first year in medicine (rather than just the "Student Contribution Fee" or whatever they're calling it now) as you will have already done first year once.

Ya but you'll pay monster fees if you do 4 years of grad med.

[QueenOfLeon]

Originally Posted by barry_murphy

Hey guys,

Now I've got 752 in hand and my first choice is RCSI. I am so worried if I fail to get a place. Would my results in college from last year affect my CAO application? I'm asking because I did really badly in the pharmacy course of RCSI.. Also, I wonder if not doing Irish be a concern since it is in the requirement. But I came to Ireland in 2009, so do I get an exception?

Your college results will have no effect, you're applying on the basis of your LC & HPAT. I'd also assume that if you've already been offered a course (pharmacy last year) without Irish, then you're obviously exempt, so you'll be ok!

As regards your maths result, don't just put the 25 points on at the end of your points. Add it to your maths result first, then add your top 6 subjects.

Originally Posted by Hermione Granger

Also does anyone know is it possible to repeat your Hpat without repeating your leaving and vice versa.

Yes, you can repeat either. The HPAT result lasts for 2 years.

Originally Posted by SdoowSirhc

Is there a way of getting into medicine post grad after doing a B.Sc without a Hpat?

If you get a 2.1 in a degree and sit the GAMSAT exam, you can apply for graduate entry medicine. It is a very competitive programme, and the GAMSAT is a very tough exam - most people take a few months to study for it. There is a forum specifically for GAMSAT and Graduate Entry Medicine on boards which has all the information you need.

Bear in mind, you have to pay fees per year of a graduate programme, so it will work out much more expensive than the undergraduate programme.

[SdoowSirhc]

Originally Posted by MtHanrahan

Best to go into first year biology, repeat the Hpat in that year and reapply for undergrad medicine for 2013.

I haven't done the leavng cert yet, I'm just being a shhhnake to see what's the story with doing medicine in the future