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What are my chances?

EdgarAllenPoo · 2006-01-31 20:38:08

I'm in year 3 of nursing and I would like to apply for medicine when I finish next year, what do you reckon my chances of getting a place are like? I have a feeling that they're not that good (in this country) my mum was actually asked if she wanted to study medicine (she's been a nurse for 25 years) she was told it would…

31-01-2006 8:38pm

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I'm in year 3 of nursing and I would like to apply for medicine when I finish next year, what do you reckon my chances of getting a place are like?

I have a feeling that they're not that good (in this country) my mum was actually asked if she wanted to study medicine (she's been a nurse for 25 years) she was told it would take 4 years for her to do it here but only two if she went to the US.

I'd be applying as a mature student but knowing the competition for places I think I may have to settle for the US option.

Any insights or advice?

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#2 31-01-2006 8:43pm

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GDM wrote:

I'm in year 3 of nursing and I would like to apply for medicine when I finish next year, what do you reckon my chances of getting a place are like? ...

from a thread earlier

GDM wrote:

Do you have this in TCD, I'm in my first year of an LLB and we were asked if we'd like to join, it only cost €5 so I thought why not? ...

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#3 31-01-2006 8:45pm

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What were your results like in the Leaving and what about the UK?

P.S. Did you post elsewhere that you were doing a Law degree?

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#4 31-01-2006 9:04pm

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Yes I did. I enrolled in the part-time LLB in Portobello College, it's an evening course. I wasn't sure if nursing was my thing but I've left the LLB because it wasn't for me.

Incidently if anyone is in the market for some first year law books I bought a few that I'm not going to use.

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#5 31-01-2006 9:18pm

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Didn't you also post about your bad Leaving Cert results over the summer?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=292381

I'm very confused now.

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#6 31-01-2006 9:25pm

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GDM wrote:

Yes I did. I enrolled in the part-time LLB in Portobello College, it's an evening course. I wasn't sure if nursing was my thing but I've left the LLB because it wasn't for me.

Fair enough, just looked funny is all. I thought you were asking for a friend and said yourself because its easier. Anyway, sorry but I've haven't a clue about your query. You might be best off just e-mailing the colleges. I don't think there are any mature student on here and only one person (DrIndy) has done or is doing medicine (as far as I'm aware). The colleges are more likely to let you know where you stand. Though I suppose they might tell you nothing, just to apply.

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#7 31-01-2006 9:37pm

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i think you have to do an admissions test to get into the one in UCD similiar to the one done in Australia, so you need to know some biology, chemisty and physics etc (but i think they do courses) http://www.gamsat.co.uk/

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#8 31-01-2006 10:40pm

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GDM wrote:

Yes I did. I enrolled in the part-time LLB in Portobello College, it's an evening course. I wasn't sure if nursing was my thing but I've left the LLB because it wasn't for me.

Incidently if anyone is in the market for some first year law books I bought a few that I'm not going to use.

Indeed I am looking for law books ...can't get enough of them (just like caffeine)! *twitches*

Onto the main issue, wouldn't studying medicine in the U.S. be horribly expensive? circa. $50,000 a year? ...it's only €17,000 here...

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#9 31-01-2006 10:41pm

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BTW what law books did you buy?

I would be interested in buying

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#10 31-01-2006 11:02pm

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It would cost about $60,000 for the two years in the US.

As I said I wouldn't say my chances are good because if that was the case I'd say more nursing students would try it.

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#11 31-01-2006 11:37pm

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It looks like you sat your Leaving Cert in June 2005 and were doing Law in Griffith so I don't know how you are in 3rd Nursing?

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#12 01-02-2006 7:34pm

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snorlax wrote:

i think you have to do an admissions test to get into the one in UCD similiar to the one done in Australia, so you need to know some biology, chemisty and physics etc (but i think they do courses) http://www.gamsat.co.uk/

that test looks tricky, not much time to answer the questions.

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#13 01-02-2006 9:35pm

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cuckoo wrote:

that test looks tricky, not much time to answer the questions.

Gamsat is grand.

They just published the Fottrell Report which I was involved in!

Graduate entry is on the way in ireland!

Woohoo!

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#14 01-02-2006 9:44pm

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Too late for moi... or is it? Can any graduate with a degree (oh hypothetically law) apply for graduate medicine?

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#15 01-02-2006 9:52pm

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GDM wrote:

It would cost about $60,000 for the two years in the US.

As I said I wouldn't say my chances are good because if that was the case I'd say more nursing students would try it.

When's it so expensive, why would you think more students would be doing it in the US?

Again, why would you not consider the UK?

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#16 01-02-2006 10:23pm

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Thirdfox wrote:

Too late for moi... or is it? Can any graduate with a degree (oh hypothetically law) apply for graduate medicine?

From http://www.ucd.ie/horizons/programmes/medgrad_overview.htm:

The Medicine Graduate Entry Programme is open to applicants who

I) Hold an honours degree (NQAI Level 8) in any discipline at the level of a 2.1 or 1st Class Honours

II) Have a minimum of 400 points in the Leaving Certificate (or 3Bs at GCE A Level)

III) Are EU applicants (i.e not deemed ‘overseas’ applicants for the purpose of fees)

That's just for UCD though. AFAIK the future Trinity graduate entry scheme is still in the early planning stages.

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#17 01-02-2006 10:45pm

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Score... so I could be a lawyer/doctor... if I make a mistake with the surgery I could help them sue the hospital... win/win for everyone (by that I mean myself )

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#18 02-02-2006 1:02am

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Thirdfox wrote:

Score... so I could be a lawyer/doctor...

Wouldn't that require like 10 years third level study?
4 years degree
4 years to graduate MD
2 years to Barrister-at-Law degree

Technically I could too. It would only require 12 years of third level study (the two extra years for the diploma in Legal Studies from the kings inn)

But jaysus it would require some amount of money. I'd prob do it though for the laugh if I won the euro-millions...

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#19 02-02-2006 1:59pm

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The BL is one year now.

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#20 03-02-2006 1:28pm

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Pythia wrote:

The BL is one year now.

Great.. So to become a phd physicist for me 8 years. But a physicist/doctor/barrister all in one only 11 years.. beast

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#21 03-02-2006 1:40pm

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Well if you were super-smart (as you probably need to be to be a physicist/doctor/barrister) you probably could do a PhD by next year or something...

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#22 03-02-2006 1:44pm

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Thirdfox wrote:

Well if you were super-smart (as you probably need to be to be a physicist/doctor/barrister) you probably could do a PhD by next year or something...

Heheh.. a physics phd? I sincerely doubt that.

I'm just messing around by the way..

Edit: man I'm still out of it from the cyclomorph and sedative

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