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Kayleigh.. wrote: »Probably like 180, depends on how the results change next year though, hard to predict.
yeah nothing's certain
I'm aiming for that so hopefully it'll happen don't really mind what college it is though at the end of the day tbh. 0 -
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You do need to be intelligent, and to have a good memory, but if you get in you've already ticked off those boxes. More than anything else though from my experience so far, you have to like it and to find something you're passionate about, or at least think you could be passionate about. Nothing's gonna motivate you to learn endless muscle origins/insertions/innervations/actions or reams of seemingly-irrelevant biochemistry if you don't find something among it all that you like and that makes you want to keep going. It's not too hard to find though once the interest is there.
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Hey guys ,
I did the hpat last year and performed poorly . I was disappointed with my score .
Despite the hpat controversy from last year.
I didnt do a particular preparation course . I'm sure you know the one I'm on about and I feel that I was at a big disadvantage .
Anyway just want to say that even though you guys should be optimistic , pick your second choice wisely . Don't just have med on your cao . The hpat is like a game of chance in a way and things can go wrong in the lc also . Have a solid number 2 choice something which you would be happy to do if you aren't successful in getting med . I was set on med and i filled out my cao In a rush one day before the deadline !
Don't make this mistake. Many of you won't be successful so don't make the mistake I made . Have a back up plan .
And also do dentistry not med :P (not biased at all).0 -
Hey guys ,
I did the hpat last year and performed poorly . I was disappointed with my score .
Despite the hpat controversy from last year.
I didnt do a particular preparation course . I'm sure you know the one I'm on about and I feel that I was at a big disadvantage .
No doubt. Anyone who doesn't do this level of prep is at a disadvantage - simply due to getting used to the time constraints and question format. So unfair that this advantage comes at such a steep cost however.
As for the controversy, that was real incompetence from ACER. I wasn't at the day course and hence didn't have that advantage, but apparently some rectification was carried out.
Anyway, working through the online stuff for said prep course can confer a 20ish point advantage I'd say - massive really. Obviously one can only improve so much however as it's not a test of knowledge 0 -
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seriouslyfunny wrote: »did anyone do it the first time and got medicine? (without any prep course
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There are several people in my year who got in without a prep course. I'd say 80-90% of the Irish students did a prep course however, generally ME. It's the online resources that really help.
Honestly unless you're incredibly smart and bound to get very high points, you'd be best off just finding the money for a course, unfortunately.0 -
seriouslyfunny wrote: »did anyone do it the first time and got medicine? (without any prep course )
Yes, and even for those who did one, its hard to contribute their success entirely to a prep course :rolleyes: Its unfair though that since most people are doing one, everyone else is feeling pressured into paying up for one.0 -
I did the HPAT last year.My score wasn't bad but it wasn't the best either , hence why I'll be doing the exam again as well as repeating the LC . I did ME last year and found the online material excellent just because there was so much in it,although some questions are extremely difficult and can be off putting (for me anyways). If you're doing it for the first time , I would recommend doing the course but not to bother with the 2day mock exam as I found it useless but that's just my opinion. I have decided not to take up a course this year as I have plenty of material from last year. Any other repeat HPATers doing the same ? is it a bad idea ? 0
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I did the HPAT last year.My score wasn't bad but it wasn't the best either , hence why I'll be doing the exam again as well as repeating the LC . I did ME last year and found the online material excellent just because there was so much in it,although some questions are extremely difficult and can be off putting (for me anyways). If you're doing it for the first time , I would recommend doing the course but not to bother with the 2day mock exam as I found it useless but that's just my opinion. I have decided not to take up a course this year as I have plenty of material from last year. Any other repeat HPATers doing the same ? is it a bad idea ?
I am tempted to repeat the hpat this year tbh.
I think I am going to stick with dentistry though because I know a lot of doctors have both degrees in medicine and dentistry . This area of medicine is called maxillo facial surgery and it really interest me.
So I don't see the point in wasting a year of dentistry if I am going to need it anyway in the Long run .
Still tempted though . Also did a mock exam (not ME but a cheap one) and also found it useless.0 -
Hi Everyone. First time posting here
I'm a gap year applicant from Wales and definitely applying for Irish Med schools this year (aswell as 4 ones within the UK via UCAS). Fortunately I carried forward all my AS subjects and did 4 A2 levels hence I'm able to apply to Irish Med schools.
I ended up with A*AAA in A levels and an A in maths so have 25 bonus points. Initially I was really confused about the CAO systemt but having rang up the Med schools and did my research, I calculated my cao points to be 580 (readjusted to 556 before HPAT) and obviously unlike the UCAS system (with all nonsense of PS/interview) my chances of getting into an Irish med school are solely dependent on the HPAT.
Just have a few questions:
How would you advise preparing for the HPAT, I'm a little confused as some are saying never to use PREP courses and some are saying to definitely use them ?
Is my points score good enough at all ?
I know it probably is too modest for Trinity and UCD but what about RCSI/NUIG/UCC. Through my calculations I'm gonna have to score ~ 74 percentile + to get in somewhere. 0 -
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