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JamJamJamJam wrote: »If you have a sudden change of heart, you'll still have your 758 for next year anyway!
Can't wait to see the offers... What did the Irish Times guess?
they weren't brave enough to venture a guess.. they only talked about how applications are up for pharma and dentistry and avoided the med completely!0 -
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Anyone braver than the irish times and willing to venture a guess as to points?! I know it's pure speculation and it's won't make one bit of difference but all I can seem to do is ponder over all the possible outcomes. I go from thinking the points will rise dramatically to only rising slightly. Right now I'm thinking that each college will increase by 5 or there abouts. Basing this on the fact that the majority of students - thanks to bonus maths - will be above 550 and also the fact that if I'm right I'll get my first choice
I've gone over so many different scenarios of how the points will play out I'm going insane. I thought more people would have disclosed their scores - i guess a lot of those hoping for med already had their results - which I think bodes well to keep scores down 
I don't know - roll on Monday 0 -
johnnyboy18 wrote: »Anyone braver than the irish times and willing to venture a guess as to points?! I know it's pure speculation and it's won't make one bit of difference but all I can seem to do is ponder over all the possible outcomes. I go from thinking the points will rise dramatically to only rising slightly. Right now I'm thinking that each college will increase by 5 or there abouts. Basing this on the fact that the majority of students - thanks to bonus maths - will be above 550 and also the fact that if I'm right I'll get my first choice I've gone over so many different scenarios of how the points will play out I'm going insane. I thought more people would have disclosed their scores - i guess a lot of those hoping for med already had their results - which I think bodes well to keep scores down I don't know - roll on Monday
absolute minimum for random selection nuig.. i'd say around 736/737. i'm basing this off very little though besides a number that seems reasonable in my head0 -
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johnnyboy18 wrote: »Anyone braver than the irish times and willing to venture a guess as to points?! I know it's pure speculation and it's won't make one bit of difference but all I can seem to do is ponder over all the possible outcomes. I go from thinking the points will rise dramatically to only rising slightly. Right now I'm thinking that each college will increase by 5 or there abouts. Basing this on the fact that the majority of students - thanks to bonus maths - will be above 550 and also the fact that if I'm right I'll get my first choice I've gone over so many different scenarios of how the points will play out I'm going insane. I thought more people would have disclosed their scores - i guess a lot of those hoping for med already had their results - which I think bodes well to keep scores down I don't know - roll on Monday
what score did you get as a matter of interest?0 -
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I only got 738 so im considering repeating hpat aswell might see ya
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I know how u r feeling I'm on 738 is well. I was disappointed by A2s in both English and Religion. Hopefully, i might be successful on appeal but for now I can only keep my fingers crossed that NUIG won't go up by more than 10 points. Best of luck on Monday.:)0 -
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Just as a matter of interest, is anyone willing to guess at the proportion of students getting offers for medicine who get it on the first attempt? By this, I mean Leaving Cert and HPAT both taken for the first time in 2012. I'm only asking because I'm curious, no other reason! 0
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drbtrenier wrote: »Just as a matter of interest, is anyone willing to guess at the proportion of students getting offers for medicine who get it on the first attempt? By this, I mean Leaving Cert and HPAT both taken for the first time in 2012. I'm only asking because I'm curious, no other reason!
I'm a second Med in Trinity- there are 173 of us in total- 123 or so Irish. (including Postgrad and such)
Of that 48 got in with one Leaving Cert, one HPAT.0 -
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Coffee1234 wrote: »I got 744, hoping for trinity but I say it will be tight...what do people think?
I'd be very skeptical of trinity being as low as 744 this year, probably more like 746 on random selection.
edit: sorry I'm not trying to be mean or anything, I just expect first round points to go up by more than 3 since last year but I could be wrong! you'll almost definitely get a place in some medicine course anyway 0 -
I've spent all afternoon fretting after reading these posts but at the end of the day, the points for medicine cannot keep going up by large amounts every year. If you look at HPAT and CAO stats for the past few years, around 80th percentile and 600 LC points guaranteed a place in Trinity. I'm not predicting anything and I know that the maths points have to be considered but I genuinely cannot see Trinity going above 746/747. I don't mind where I end up this year and would be delighted to accept any place whatsoever on my 740 points.
I was reading the Qualifax website this evening and this sort of (but not really) put things into perspective:
' Given that there are between 480-490 places on offer from the five medical schools this year, an applicant would have to score above the 80th percentile to be in the top 500 scores on the HPAT assessment. The overall range of scores achieved inn the assessment ranged from as low as 71 to the highest scores of around 230 out of a maximum possible score of 300 marks.'
Remember that not everyone that gets high points in the LC gets a high HPAT and vice versa. I wish all of you the best on Monday and if it doesn't work out for us there's always next year, the UK and post-grad. Fingers crossed we don't get another mammoth point jump on Monday but until then let's stay positive 0 -
If you mean a refund of your fee for applying through CAO, then no. It's an administration fee for processing your application, it's not refundable.sparky1111 wrote: »Hey guys, does anyone know how I go about withdrawing my application and if I'll get a refund? I'm from england and have just got my results and met my offer(i applied to ireland as a backup). Being a poor student I'll need every penny I can get!0 -
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Be sure that maths was originally included in your points. Not everyone counts the full 25 points. Check this link if you're not sure
http://www2.cao.ie/schools_corr/sep_2011/BonusPointsMathsWithExamples.pdf0 -
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seasonoflove wrote: »Be sure that maths was originally included in your points. Not everyone counts the full 25 points. Check this link if you're not sure
http://www2.cao.ie/schools_corr/sep_2011/BonusPointsMathsWithExamples.pdf
Thanks for your advice! I am pretty sure they all count because maths was my only A1 among all my subjects.. :S0 -
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