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    #2
    Sunny!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭Sunny!!


    round 3!:(


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    #3
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    No, this is making me sad already. No more Hpat :( Ever again


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    #4
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    Sunny!! wrote: »
    round 3!:(

    I was gonna PM you Sunny!! Ahh I'm upset for you. Were you far off this year?


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    Sunny!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭Sunny!!


    fewtinsoffroth wrote: »
    I was gonna PM you Sunny!! Ahh I'm upset for you. Were you far off this year?
    closer but not enough still:(


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    NoHarm1994
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭NoHarm1994


    How did you guys do? :(


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    Just Like Heaven
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    Sunny!! wrote: »
    closer but not enough still:(

    No worries bro we'll get there :) I scored 181, i'm more of a scrape 550ish in the LC than the 580+ plus range, so I reckon I won't be studying med.

    However, I'm gonna scrape 550 and go to college anyway and just repeat the hpat forever :p


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    Sunny!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭Sunny!!


    fewtinsoffroth wrote: »
    No worries bro we'll get there :) I scored 181, i'm more of a scrape 550ish in the LC than the 580+ plus range, so I reckon I won't be studying med.

    However, I'm gonna scrape 550 and go to college anyway and just repeat the hpat forever :p
    thats my plan as well:p


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    Glee_GG
    Registered Users Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Glee_GG


    Ah jesus lads its a bit early for next year :L


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    deathbythelc
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭deathbythelc


    Puke.

    Does anyone know how much the fees are if you do a year of college and then repeat the HPAT and transfer to Med? Are they astronomical? :/


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    Just Like Heaven
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    Think it's between €12k and €16k depending on which uni it is.


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    deathbythelc
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    fewtinsoffroth wrote: »
    Think it's between €12k and €16k depending on which uni it is.

    That's awful.

    But better than €100k+ for Grad Med I suppose. :/


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    NoHarm1994
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭NoHarm1994


    fewtinsoffroth wrote: »
    Think it's between €12k and €16k depending on which uni it is.

    Are you 100th sure of that? :confused:


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    Just Like Heaven
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    deathbythelc wrote: »
    That's awful.

    But better than €100k+ for Grad Med I suppose. :/

    Sure is. And college is gonna be awesome, but after 8 years I reckon even i'd begin to get fed up.

    And spending the first 3/4 years studying hard to get a degree you don't even really want must be tough.


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    Togepi
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    Could ye not just do Arts? :P


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    Just Like Heaven
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    NoHarm1994 wrote: »
    Are you 100th sure of that? :confused:

    No i'm absolutely not :p But have a read through the health sciences education forum, it's been discussed there plenty of times by people who have done this.


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    Just Like Heaven
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    Togepi wrote: »
    Could ye not just do Arts? :P

    Ya sur it'll be grand.


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    SpirantSpem
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    fewtinsoffroth wrote: »
    Think it's between €12k and €16k depending on which uni it is.

    The fees are €8,000, including registration fee, for most med (not sure about RCSI) if you have already done a year of college somewhere. This can even be waived if you do a year of a certain science degree and then use it as your premed if you switch to UCD, NUIG or RCSI. This is at the discretion of the college however so you'd have to check first. I'd say the most likely course this would count for would be switching from biomedical science to 1st Med in UCD.


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    kevhall9
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭kevhall9


    Medicine in college?! Sure arts is better craic......


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    #20
    0mega
    Registered Users Posts: 850 ✭✭✭0mega


    Already! :eek:

    I'd prefer not to think that I'm eligible for this thread for the time being. :D


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    Scarlett Scout
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Scarlett Scout


    0mega wrote: »
    Already! :eek:

    I'd prefer not to think that I'm eligible for this thread for the time being. :D

    Couldn't agree more but sooner or later reality is gonna come up and bite me in the ass:(


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    NoHarm1994
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭NoHarm1994


    As I said earlier "Optimism is key"


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    pinkballetdance
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭pinkballetdance


    SpirantSpem wrote: »
    fewtinsoffroth wrote: »
    Think it's between €12k and €16k depending on which uni it is.

    The fees are €8,000, including registration fee, for most med (not sure about RCSI) if you have already done a year of college somewhere. This can even be waived if you do a year of a certain science degree and then use it as your premed if you switch to UCD, NUIG or RCSI. This is at the discretion of the college however so you'd have to check first. I'd say the most likely course this would count for would be switching from biomedical science to 1st Med in UCD.

    Ya it's about that, I know of people who've done pharmacy, dietetics, physio, undenominated sci, biomes science and genetics who've all had their fees wavered! :)


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    reznov
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    After Togepi's post I've realized where my future belongs. No career guidance counsellor had ever offered me insight into fascinating Arts courses. Time for some Film Studies!


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    DepoProvera
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    Is it true that you can't use the points if you're doing both Biology and Ag Science?


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    pinkballetdance
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭pinkballetdance


    DepoProvera wrote: »
    Is it true that you can't use the points if you're doing both Biology and Ag Science?

    Lies!!!! :)


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    NoHarm1994
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭NoHarm1994


    DepoProvera wrote: »
    Is it true that you can't use the points if you're doing both Biology and Ag Science?

    Nope, as far as I am aware you can still use the two of them together. However to get Medicine you need two Lab sciences and the Medicine courses don't accept Ag Science as one of them I think?


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    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Hey guys, this is going to be an extremely long post. Stick with me if you want to help a suffering Leaving Certer out! :P

    So, I always thought I wanted to study Law. Because of this, in 5th year I decided against studying Science and studying subjects such as Business, Economics etc. All was going fine up until last week, when both my Parents and my Career Guidance Teacher asked me about repeating and trying to get into Medicine. I had never really considered Med before, as I thought it was out of reach academically for me. Lately however, i'm beginning to wonder could Medicine have been the career for me?

    As I said, Law was originally my choice. From discussing my options with my career guidance Teacher, I am still applying for Law and seeing how I feel after the Leaving Cert. What was suggested to me, if I still felt the same way after June, was to repeat next year and attempt to get Medicine whilst doing 7 subjects in School.

    The slight issue is, I don't do any Science subjects now. My Teachers advice me, if repeating was on the cards to do the following:
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Geography
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Music
    • Ag-Science.

    If I decide Medicine is the career I want to really do, honestly, do you think it would be possible to take up those 3 subjects (Biology, Chemistry and Ag-Science)?

    I got 510 in the Mocks this year, which I know would not be enough for Medicine. However, if I was able to drop a lot of minor subjects, in my case (Maths, Irish, French, English) I feel I could achieve 550/560 points. I also would be eligible for the HEAR scheme if I wanted to study Med. which would possibly give me a little breathing room as regards points.

    If you have time, give me a reply back whether you think my idea is crazy/possible/or completely impossible. All opinions are greatly welcomed! Thanks!


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    FaoiSin
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭FaoiSin


    Hey PictureFrame :) I'm doing the Leaving this year and I do those 3 subjects. Tbh I think that it would be quite the workload to take on all three.

    There is a nice overlap between Ag and Bio but there both pretty large courses.

    Chemistry is a different beast. It's more about understanding what's going on.

    If I were to be honest I think I would pick Bio and Chem and ignore Ag unless you need the extra subject because the workload in those two would be more than enough to worry about.

    Edit: Just seen what subjects your dropping and I think you could definitely do it if you're interested in them. You need to kind of obsess yourself with them. Not all the time but occasionally :p


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    partyatmygaff
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    PictureFrame wrote: »
    If I decide Medicine is the career I want to really do, honestly, do you think it would be possible to take up those 3 subjects (Biology, Chemistry and Ag-Science)?
    Very doable if you're willing to put in the work.
    I got 510 in the Mocks this year, which I know would not be enough for Medicine. However, if I was able to drop a lot of minor subjects, in my case (Maths, Irish, French, English) I feel I could achieve 550/560 points. I also would be eligible for the HEAR scheme if I wanted to study Med. which would possibly give me a little breathing room as regards points.
    You can't drop any of the matriculation subjects. You need to get your points and matriculation requirements from the same sitting of the LC. I.e. You need English, Irish, Maths, Chemistry/Biology and for most colleges French.


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    FaoiSin
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭FaoiSin


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Very doable if you're willing to put in the work.

    You can't drop any of the matriculation subjects. You need to get your points and matriculation requirements from the same sitting of the LC. I.e. You need English, Irish, Maths, Chemistry/Biology and for most colleges French.

    Wait so if I resit I'll have to do English!? I can't learn a whole new course :(


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