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* Everything HPAT and Medicine for 2011 *

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    #1472
    QueenOfLeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,109 ✭✭✭QueenOfLeon


    YodaBoy wrote: »
    What are the registration fees for the next few years like for med. (trinity hopefully) tbh, I've concentrated so much on points etc that I've no clue about fees, accommodation and so on. Pretty naive but...

    Are you an Irish student? If so, you get "free" fees, which basically means you pay the college registration fee (€2000) but don't pay for the course fees (~€9000) which international students have to pay.
    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    How many points did it go down from round one?

    I think 3, but I'm not 100% sure. That was in the first year of the hpat.


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    #1473
    Bbbbolger
    Registered Users Posts: 448 ✭✭Bbbbolger


    Wow...never thought they'd put anything up online this early though. Thanks very much for the link! Thats my hopes of Medicine radically dropping gone :rolleyes:


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    #1474
    bythewoods
    Registered Users Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭bythewoods


    YodaBoy wrote: »
    What are the registration fees for the next few years like for med. (trinity hopefully) tbh, I've concentrated so much on points etc that I've no clue about fees, accommodation and so on. Pretty naive but...

    €2000 this year anyway, and that's for every course in every college. There's add-ons too. For example, in Trinity there's like, €70 for gym membership, and UCD has €100 or thereabouts for a student centre levy.
    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    How many points did it go down from round one?

    Hmm. I think it was either 730 or 729* in the first round. I had 726, and got it on 3rd round random selection. I got a paper rechecked and went up to 728, but that was *after* I got my offer, so by the 3rd round it had gone down 3 or 4 points, and I'm pretty sure it went to a 4th round as well.

    There's a massive increase this year, but hopefully the points will drop in subsequent rounds :)


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    #1475
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    bythewoods wrote: »
    There's a massive increase this year, but hopefully the points will drop in subsequent rounds :)
    I need them to drop by 17 to get an offer from RCSI. Not very probable but still possible if I get an upgrade or two in the appeals and the points drop down by a fair bit.


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    #1476
    darling1
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭darling1


    With such a huge increase in points could definitely see points coming down in subsequent rounds however a decrease +5 is highly unlikely:(
    RCSI very mixed feelings.


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    #1477
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    Oh, a point short.

    GOOD ONE LIFE


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    #1478
    Taco Chips
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Taco Chips


    FML. 2010, short. Repeated 2011, still barely short. :(:( What a waste of a year.


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    #1479
    mmmuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭mmmuir


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Oh, a point short.

    GOOD ONE LIFE

    You're kidding! Second round offers dude, and recheck recheck recheck. I'm 12 off so... What's another year eh? :)


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    #1480
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Oh, a point short.

    GOOD ONE LIFE
    Damn it :(

    So close. You may get it in the 2nd or 3rd round. Keep hope.


    Look on the bright side, you're not 13 points off >_>


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    #1481
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Just to reiterate my previous post...taking a year out to do something different is definitely not the end of the world. I was on this very forum and wanted med just as bad this time last year, so I know how it feels. It is disappointing but you have to stay optimistic and look at your other options. I enjoyed what I did instead so much I don't even want med anymore :P

    Also, repeating the HPAT can definitely improve your score, and to anyone considering that I'll dispense my advice for it now: Relax. I did no extra prep courses or anything this year, in fact I did less work for it than I did the year before. The main difference was the first time I did it I was really nervous because I knew how important it was to me getting a place, and the second time I had already gone off med and knew my performance was not that important so I could coolly go through the questions and not panic. I know it's not that simple if the HPAT is still important to you of course you'll be nervous, but honestly, if you can work on keeping calm and relaxing as well as whatever other prep work you want to do it Will help. My score went up 24 points ;)

    As it is I have 741 so assuming I get a place in TCD tomorrow, one of you is welcome to it!


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    #1482
    Taco Chips
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Taco Chips


    I'll take that place if you're offering? :P How handy would that be? lol


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    #1483
    Ambaiste
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Ambaiste


    With a total of 720 points it seems like the chances of getting a place this year are slim to none. Which I have only myself to blame for, after an extremely lazy year.
    Most likely I'll do law in ucc and repeat the hpat if i decide i still want med. Just kinda gutted about wasting the year though.

    Anyone know how likely it is that a grade would be upgraded after an appeal? Trying to see if it's worth the 80 euro to get two appealed.. Thanks


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    #1484
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Ambaiste wrote: »
    With a total of 720 points it seems like the chances of getting a place this year are slim to none. Which I have only myself to blame for, after an extremely lazy year.
    Most likely I'll do law in ucc and repeat the hpat if i decide i still want med. Just kinda gutted about wasting the year though.

    Anyone know how likely it is that a grade would be upgraded after an appeal? Trying to see if it's worth the 80 euro to get two appealed.. Thanks
    Depends on the paper. View it first and see.


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    #1485
    kate.m
    Registered Users Posts: 574 ✭✭✭kate.m


    eia340600 wrote: »
    Well if you think it was a waste of time, maybe it's just as well you didn't get medicine. Having worked as a HCA for the last two summers I know I would love to work in the healthcare industry, whether as a doctor, a nurse or a receptionist, I don't care.I definitely won't consider my time wasted if I don't get offered med.

    Just out of curiosity, how many of you have experienced the health care industry (excluding grey's anatomy)???:D


    Wasted in terms of how I didn't apply to England it was all unnecessary anyway. In relation to how irish colleges don't require it. Unfair of you to say or comment on if i do or don't deserve medicine. I don't know you and wouldn't judge. Sorry if my original post was phrased badly but I don't appreciate your comment.

    Sure I had fun, great experience, met amazing people ( Didn't get paid (before you jump on me about doing it for financial gain - I wasn't; purely experience)
    Just made me sure about really liking it as a career.


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    #1486
    Sunny!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭Sunny!!


    Ambaiste wrote: »
    With a total of 720 points it seems like the chances of getting a place this year are slim to none. Which I have only myself to blame for, after an extremely lazy year.
    Most likely I'll do law in ucc and repeat the hpat if i decide i still want med. Just kinda gutted about wasting the year though.

    Anyone know how likely it is that a grade would be upgraded after an appeal? Trying to see if it's worth the 80 euro to get two appealed.. Thanks
    which subjects? Sorry to hear:(


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    #1487
    YodaBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭YodaBoy


    How reliable is that Irish times piece or are we still jumping up at 6??


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    #1488
    Ambaiste
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Ambaiste


    Sunny!! wrote: »
    which subjects? Sorry to hear:(

    French definitely, I got a B2 which really surprised me as it was the exam I felt most confident coming out of. Same goes for chemistry..

    I read in the appeals booklet that results wont come out till mid october. Does anyone know if your appeals were successful and you then had enough points for medicine, could you get a place at such a late stage?


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    #1489
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    YodaBoy wrote: »
    How reliable is that Irish times piece or are we still jumping up at 6??
    Probably spot on accurate save for random selection.


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    #1490
    Sunny!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭Sunny!!


    Ambaiste wrote: »
    French definitely, I got a B2 which really surprised me as it was the exam I felt most confident coming out of. Same goes for chemistry..

    I read in the appeals booklet that results wont come out till mid october. Does anyone know if your appeals were successful and you then had enough points for medicine, could you get a place at such a late stage?

    i think youll get offered a place next year if your brought up, id look at french alright, the chemistry paper was marked well for me, but go and have a look at it


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    #1491
    mmmuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭mmmuir


    Ambaiste wrote: »
    With a total of 720 points it seems like the chances of getting a place this year are slim to none. Which I have only myself to blame for, after an extremely lazy year.
    Most likely I'll do law in ucc and repeat the hpat if i decide i still want med. Just kinda gutted about wasting the year though.

    Anyone know how likely it is that a grade would be upgraded after an appeal? Trying to see if it's worth the 80 euro to get two appealed.. Thanks

    Ah you're not wasting a year you're not in a coma sure, the year in law might be really good for you. Thinking of accepting Mathematical Sciences in UCC and hitting med next year...


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    #1492
    JamJamJamJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭JamJamJamJam


    Well done to everyone who looks like they've secured their place. It's a massive achievement. And I know luck doesn't have much to do with it, but from my perspective, you're all really lucky to have got in...

    'Everything HPAT and Medicine for 2012' anyone...?


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    #1493
    darling1
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭darling1


    Hpat sure is one volatile component:(


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    #1494
    Ambaiste
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Ambaiste


    mmmuir wrote: »
    Ah you're not wasting a year you're not in a coma sure, the year in law might be really good for you. Thinking of accepting Mathematical Sciences in UCC and hitting med next year...

    Yeah, I'm not sure if I was referring to wasting my 6th year doing nothing or wasting a year that could be spent doing medicine. I'm sure I'd love law, but not having to change course If I decide I really wanted medicine.


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    #1495
    Sunny!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭Sunny!!


    JamJamJamJam wrote: »
    Well done to everyone who looks like they've secured their place. It's a massive achievement. And I know luck doesn't have much to do with it, but from my perspective, you're all really lucky to have got in...

    'Everything HPAT and Medicine for 2012' anyone...?
    yes haha, but wouldnt it be great if the hpat bit could be left out :p


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    #1496
    YodaBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭YodaBoy


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Probably spot on accurate save for random selection.
    that's what I like to hear!! :D


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    #1497
    JamJamJamJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭JamJamJamJam


    Sunny!! wrote: »
    yes haha, but wouldnt it be great if the hpat bit could be left out :p

    :pac: Medicine 2012! Can't wait!

    But seriously, yes. Yes that would be great, because the HPAT is an evil creation, and one which (crucially) I'm not very good at.














    Yet!


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    #1498
    em93
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭em93


    Hey everyone, just saw this on the Irish Times website and I'm sure you're all eager to find so thought I'd post it here...Hope ye all get what ye want! :)

    Medicine – the points requirement for undergraduate medicine is up again, but graduate entry requirements for medicine are down. Trinity is up 10 to 741, Royal College of Surgeons is also up 10 to 733, UCD is up 13 to 738 and NUI Galway and UCC are up nine to 729 and 734.


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    #1499
    Sunny!!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭Sunny!!


    JamJamJamJam wrote: »
    :pac: Medicine 2012! Can't wait!

    But seriously, yes. Yes that would be great, because the HPAT is an evil creation, and one which (crucially) I'm not very good at.








    Yet!

    an evil creation indeed, we'd never be as lucky that theyed scrap it next year, id rather have to get 590 tbh :D


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    #1500
    mmmuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭mmmuir


    Ambaiste wrote: »
    Yeah, I'm not sure if I was referring to wasting my 6th year doing nothing or wasting a year that could be spent doing medicine. I'm sure I'd love law, but not having to change course If I decide I really wanted medicine.

    Yeah I'm trying to console myself here really :)


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    #1501
    darling1
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭darling1


    The chances of someone getting in with under 550 points are relatively slim unless they possess 200+ hpat basically undermining the whole thought process behind implementing this wildcard of a test, coming from someone who last year had diaster of a hpat and with MUCH less effort this year got 87th percentile, funny way of measuring a candidates 'natural apptitude'.


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