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*Everything HPAT and Medicine 2015*

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  • #1252
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,264 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    In fairness, not knowing how people will obsess over numbers, in the real world many people would say 2650 was 'about 2500'.


  • #1253
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    Guys, I also emailed Acer and they told in both 2014 and 2015 there were roughly 2650 candidates who applied to the HPAT in both years.


  • #1254
    7continents
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭7continents


    hey everyone,

    just wondering what would you think my chances are with 723?

    i am hoping against hope that the points don't rise

    anyone else in the same situation?


  • #1255
    vladd25
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭vladd25


    7continents wrote:
    hey everyone,

    just wondering what would you think my chances are with 723?

    i am hoping against hope that the points don't rise

    anyone else in the same situation?

    I have have 722 and really hope that the points would stay the same so that I could go to Galway.


  • #1256
    Murphy3
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Murphy3


    vladd25 wrote: »
    I have have 722 and really hope that the points would stay the same so that I could go to Galway.

    Hey guys :) I'm on 724, same boat. Feeling pretty good about our chances though! Last year, 720 final offers Galway, 722 cork and 724 RCSI so that gives us three pretty good options, it's a range anyway so you're not just hoping to get into one college! :) obviously I hope that points don't increase but I can't see it, possibly 1 or 2 but unlikely I feel. Same bell curve leaving cert so points there won't be drastically different and we have seen that the HPAT results are nearly the exact same! I expect points to stay nearly the exact same as last year- that's what I keep telling myself anyway ;)


  • #1257
    iwillarise
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭iwillarise


    Hi everyone,

    I know points are just speculation at this stage, but what are the chances of getting medicine in RCSI with 725 combined LC and HPAT?

    Thank you


  • #1258
    7continents
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭7continents


    Murphy3 wrote: »
    Hey guys :) I'm on 724, same boat. Feeling pretty good about our chances though! Last year, 720 final offers Galway, 722 cork and 724 RCSI so that gives us three pretty good options, it's a range anyway so you're not just hoping to get into one college! :) obviously I hope that points don't increase but I can't see it, possibly 1 or 2 but unlikely I feel. Same bell curve leaving cert so points there won't be drastically different and we have seen that the HPAT results are nearly the exact same! I expect points to stay nearly the exact same as last year- that's what I keep telling myself anyway ;)

    I really hope so too!! I am repeating this year so I think this will be my last go at undergrad medicine if I don't get in. I am thinking the points will stay the same too. The points going up slightly for GEM makes me slightly nervous though that undergrad medicine may also rise this year:/ hopefully i'm wrong about this though!!


  • #1259
    iwillarise
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭iwillarise


    7continents wrote: »
    I really hope so too!! I am repeating this year so I think this will be my last go at undergrad medicine if I don't get in. I am thinking the points will stay the same too. The points going up slightly for GEM makes me slightly nervous though that undergrad medicine may also rise this year:/ hopefully i'm wrong about this though!!


    Would GEM points have any effect on undergrad though?


  • #1260
    7continents
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭7continents


    iwillarise wrote: »
    Would GEM points have any effect on undergrad though?

    It wouldn't have any effect on undergrad but I think there was a slight increase in applicants this year for GEM which may have also occurred for undergrad medicine. I'm not sure how much of an increase in GEM applicants there was however...GEM may have seen a much larger rise in applicants this year than undergrad I don't know. I still don't think undergrad should rise by much this year.Fingers crossed by no more than 1-2 points. I'm just saying if there was a similar percentage increase in applicants in both GEM and undergrad then we may see a similar points rise for undergrad. For example in 2014 to get into UCC GEM a 55* in GAMSAT was needed but in 2015 56* is needed, for UL in 2014 53* was needed but in 2015 54* is needed, for UCD in 2014 57* was needed but in 2015 58* is needed ,and in RCSI in 2014 56* was needed but in 2015 58* is needed. It's just an observation and hopefully the points will remain the same this year for undergrad!


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  • #1261
    LauraKc
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭LauraKc


    7continents wrote: »
    It wouldn't have any effect on undergrad but I think there was a slight increase in applicants this year for GEM which may have also occurred for undergrad medicine. I'm not sure how much of an increase in GEM applicants there was however...GEM may have seen a much larger rise in applicants this year than undergrad I don't know. I still don't think undergrad should rise by much this year.Fingers crossed by no more than 1-2 points. I'm just saying if there was a similar percentage increase in applicants in both GEM and undergrad then we may see a similar points rise for undergrad. For example in 2014 to get into UCC GEM a 55* in GAMSAT was needed but in 2015 56* is needed, for UL in 2014 53* was needed but in 2015 54* is needed, for UCD in 2014 57* was needed but in 2015 58* is needed ,and in RCSI in 2014 56* was needed but in 2015 58* is needed. It's just an observation and hopefully the points will remain the same this year for undergrad!

    Actually it is the opposite. The figure for the total medicine applicants (undergraduate and graduate) stayed roughly the same from last year to this year so if there was an increase in GEM applicants there may have been a slight drop in undergraduate applicants.


  • #1262
    7continents
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭7continents


    LauraKc wrote: »
    Actually it is the opposite. The figure for the total medicine applicants (undergraduate and graduate) stayed roughly the same from last year to this year so if there was an increase in GEM applicants there may have been a slight drop in undergraduate applicants.

    that's great i didn't realise that figure was for the total medical applicants. We might have some luck this year then! Thanks Laura:)


  • #1263
    Arthur B
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Arthur B


    Guys, I know that with over 720 you are quite safe here and hoping for the numbers not to change this year so that you can go to RCSI. I'm curious what would be your top 10 choices if HPAT and LC points wouldn't matter?


  • #1264
    vladd25
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭vladd25


    Arthur B wrote:
    I'm curious what would be your top 10 choices if HPAT and LC points wouldn't matter?

    RCSI was my first option anyway even when I hoped to get more than 722 points.


  • #1265
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    Arthur B wrote: »
    Guys, I know that with over 720 you are quite safe here and hoping for the numbers not to change this year so that you can go to RCSI. I'm curious what would be your top 10 choices if HPAT and LC points wouldn't matter?

    TCD is my first preference. With 730 it's probably too hopeful, but I have HEAR so maybe with a bit of luck :).....I don't mind where I go tbh....as long as I go somewhere....


  • #1266
    Gallagher1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 276 ✭✭Gallagher1


    Arthur B wrote: »
    I'm curious what would be your top 10 choices if HPAT and LC points wouldn't matter?

    MUP GALWAY


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  • #1267
    7continents
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭7continents


    Cork first choice for me

    Really though if I can get in anywhere I'll be over the moon


  • #1268
    iamtheonewho
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭iamtheonewho


    Does anybody think it's realistic for me to have a little bit of hope for HEAR to pull me through with 706 points? :/


  • #1269
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    iamtheonewho wrote: »
    Does anybody think it's realistic for me to have a little bit of hope for HEAR to pull me through with 706 points? :/

    You never know, I have a friend who got into TCD with 715 in 2013 so you never know! Good luck! :)


  • #1270
    LC15
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭LC15


    Hey Everyone.. what do you all think the likeliness of UCD going up is? and what would the likeliness of Trinity being lower then it?


  • #1271
    Arthur B
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Arthur B


    Anyone going over to Bydgoszcz, Poland? There is a debate in a different thread on this. See **HPAT and Medicine 2016**. It seems some guys are still applying this week.


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  • #1272
    LC15
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭LC15


    Gabrielazap wrote: »
    You never know, I have a friend who got into TCD with 715 in 2013 so you never know! Good luck! :)


    what do you all think the likeliness of UCD going up is? and what would the likeliness of Trinity being lower then it?


  • #1273
    Doctorhopeful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭Doctorhopeful


    LC15 wrote: »
    what do you all think the likeliness of UCD going up is? and what would the likeliness of Trinity being lower then it?

    Honestly I'd find it unlikely that Trinity will be lower points than UCD. Based on general preferences of everyone I know (for every course not just med), people, rightly or wrongly, view trinity as the pinnacle for most courses and so most people place trinity options above UCD.

    I'd say the points will be similar as it normally is, but after the 2nd round UCD's points will be lower than trinity.


  • #1274
    LC15
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭LC15


    Doctorhopeful wrote: »
    Honestly I'd find it unlikely that Trinity will be lower points than UCD. Based on general preferences of everyone I know (for every course not just med), people, rightly or wrongly, view trinity as the pinnacle for most courses and so most people place trinity options above UCD.

    I'd say the points will be similar as it normally is, but after the 2nd round UCD's points will be lower than trinity.

    But will the points go up do you think?


  • #1275
    Arthur B
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Arthur B


    I think they will as there seem to be more people sitting the LC each year. I'm not too sure if more places will be offered though.


  • #1276
    philipphilip
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭philipphilip


    Guys, just to let you know, I'm going for an interview for 6y MD at Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz here in Dublin in a week's time. The guys who run it in Dublin, Medical Poland, get the papers sorted and give hints for the interview. It's on Friday 14th, so not too much time left. MP run info event again on 13th, 5pm and say they still have places. We had discussion about that in a different thread but you may want to cover your back too.


  • #1277
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    Arthur B wrote: »
    I think they will as there seem to be more people sitting the LC each year. I'm not too sure if more places will be offered though.

    There's roughly the same amount of people applying for medicine as there was last year...:)


  • #1278
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    LC15 wrote: »
    But will the points go up do you think?

    As there's only less than 2 week until cao offers are released, it's not much use worrying/speculating about it now :D


  • #1279
    LC15
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭LC15


    Gabrielazap wrote: »
    There's roughly the same amount of people applying for medicine as there was last year...:)

    so what would that mean point wise?


  • #1280
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    LC15 wrote: »
    so what would that mean point wise?

    If you didn't mind me asking, how many points are you dealing with in total?


  • #1281
    LC15
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭LC15


    Gabrielazap wrote: »
    If you didn't mind me asking, how many points are you dealing with in total?

    around 730 733


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  • #1282
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    LC15 wrote: »
    around 730 733

    Did u do the LC last year or are u a mature student?


  • #1283
    Ericaosull
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭Ericaosull


    iwillarise wrote: »
    Hi guys,

    Do you have to sit your leaving and take your HPAT in the same year?

    Also, is there a limit on the amount of times one can sit it? Ive already taken it twice (With a deviation of two marks!)

    Thanks

    As far as I know, from the year I did it,
    You have to sit the HPAT in the year you apply to medicine but the LC can be from the previous years.


  • #1284
    LC15
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭LC15


    Gabrielazap wrote: »
    Did u do the LC last year or are u a mature student?

    repeat LC! Its just ucd points i'm worried about! what would an estimate be?


  • #1285
    mlfaw
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭mlfaw


    LC15 wrote: »
    repeat LC! Its just ucd points i'm worried about! what would an estimate be?

    Wait a week and see.


  • #1286
    Kadiv
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Kadiv


    Hi, I was following posts here and was wondering what my chances are of getting in Galway with 615 leaving cert and 155 (57 Percentile) hpat this year and I don't fall under any of the HEAR or DARE schemes, giving me a grand total of 718?

    Also did anyone get an email from NUIG about important registration dates and then a retraction email few mins after it? I've no idea what to make of it....


  • #1287
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,264 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I think that email was sent to everyone by mistake. It probably should have been held over and only sent to those who get offers from Galway.


  • #1288
    Doctorhopeful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭Doctorhopeful


    Kadiv wrote: »
    Hi, I was following posts here and was wondering what my chances are of getting in Galway with 615 leaving cert and 155 (57 Percentile) hpat this year and I don't fall under any of the HEAR or DARE schemes, giving me a grand total of 718?

    Also did anyone get an email from NUIG about important registration dates and then a retraction email few mins after it? I've no idea what to make of it....

    Hi i don't mean to be a debbie downer but i think you should prepare yourself for just missing an offer from nuig. If points drop by 1-2 like everyone is predicting you have a chance but i imagine you'll have to wait for roud 2 offers and even then maybe only random selection. :/

    That being said no one knows how it will play out util next monday so Best of luck! :)


  • #1289
    LC15
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭LC15


    What would the factors be for bringing the points down?


  • #1290
    Doctorhopeful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭Doctorhopeful


    LC15 wrote: »
    What would the factors be for bringing the points down?

    Comparing percentiles from this year and 2014 points were down roughly 2-3 for each percentile. So it's not incredibly significant but i imagine it'll at least stop points from increasing if not lead to a points decrease. Also i believe there was a large discussion a while back in this thread about the number of applicants dropping this year but i might have gotten that completely backwards and it's actually raised.


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  • #1291
    Gallagher1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 276 ✭✭Gallagher1


    LC15 wrote: »
    What would the factors be for bringing the points down?

    1) Change in number of applicants
    2) Change in HPAT scores/percentiles
    3) Change in LC scores(almost negligible as this should remain constant)


  • #1292
    Gallagher1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 276 ✭✭Gallagher1


    Best of luck to everyone on here getting results tomorrow. It may sound horrible but if things don't go your way you can always give it a second shot, be it LC, HPAT or both.


  • #1293
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    Good luck with results tomorrow! And remember, life goes on! :)


  • #1294
    Iamtheduchess
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Iamtheduchess


    Guys I got 725 combined any slim tiny teeny chance of hope of UCD or TCD?


  • #1295
    Gallagher1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 276 ✭✭Gallagher1


    Iamtheduchess wrote: »
    Guys I got 725 combined any slim tiny teeny chance of hope of UCD or TCD?

    Hate to break it but I cannot see it happening at all. Could easily get RCSI with that though.


  • #1296
    Iamtheduchess
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Iamtheduchess


    Gallagher1 wrote: »
    Hate to break it but I cannot see it happening at all. Could easily get RCSI with that though.

    Don't have RCSI down but thanks anyway for the reply!


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  • #1297
    Doctorhopeful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭Doctorhopeful


    762, UCD here I come :)


  • #1298
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    Gallagher1 wrote: »
    Hate to break it but I cannot see it happening at all. Could easily get RCSI with that though.

    Unless she has HEAR/DARE would there then be a chance? :)


  • #1299
    Embem95
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Embem95


    Combined 714. Gone. Dead. Dusht. Heartbroken.


  • #1300
    Iamtheduchess
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Iamtheduchess


    Gabrielazap wrote: »
    Unless she has HEAR/DARE would there then be a chance? :)


    Again not HEAR/DARE but I'm sure Galway will be lovely anyway.

    And hard luck to anyone who's didn't work out.


  • #1301
    Gabrielazap
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Gabrielazap


    Iamtheduchess wrote: »
    Again not HEAR/DARE but I'm sure Galway will be lovely anyway.

    And hard luck to anyone who's didn't work out.

    Enjoy your day and celebrate your results! :)


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