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Gamsat 2012
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I will be doing cartwheels, singing songs, dancing around and rejoicing if I get a score that gets me into Limerick! Fact! Let's get real here!
Anybody saying they would never go to Limerick obviously doesn't want to be a doctor very badly!
Just saying
I reckon limerick would be fantastic(ally challenging) and brilliant!
Wooop Wooh! roll on gamsat results
more cations-less anions please!0 -
declanmoffit wrote: »Anybody saying they would never go to Limerick obviously doesn't want to be a doctor very badly!
Just saying
There are at least 10 people in my class who had the points to go to UL either last year or the year before but choose to resit the GAMSAT. To do this some took career breaks, others spent money on prep courses, one went to England to sit the exam there. These people will all tell you straight up they would never go to UL - in your eyes they obviously don't want to do medicine very badly?
Or on the other hand they made an informed decision based on the information that was available. They felt that long term the cons of going back to study and get in somewhere else were far less than the cons of accepting a place in UL.
I consider myself very lucky to be in UCD. I remember when I was waiting for results I was in the exact same mindset i.e. I'll take anywhere just let me get in! but when you actually have the offer in your hand is when the penny will really start to drop and you will have to consider your decision. I cant speak for myself but when my sister got offered a place in UL it was one of the hardest decisions she has ever had to make (after the initial joy had worn off of accepting a place). Im not trying to make anyones decision for them but if she had the chance to go back she has said she would have resat the exam.
Just bear in mind the info that has been provided here (aside from the odd dope intent on trolling). Not that it will matter because I hope everyone here blitzes the exam and gets their pick of colleges
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There are at least 10 people in my class who had the points to go to UL either last year or the year before but choose to resit the GAMSAT. To do this some took career breaks, others spent money on prep courses, one went to England to sit the exam there. These people will all tell you straight up they would never go to UL - in your eyes they obviously don't want to do medicine very badly?
Or on the other hand they made an informed decision based on the information that was available. They felt that long term the cons of going back to study and get in somewhere else were far less than the cons of accepting a place in UL.
I consider myself very lucky to be in UCD. I remember when I was waiting for results I was in the exact same mindset i.e. I'll take anywhere just let me get in! but when you actually have the offer in your hand is when the penny will really start to drop and you will have to consider your decision. I cant speak for myself but when my sister got offered a place in UL it was one of the hardest decisions she has ever had to make (after the initial joy had worn off of accepting a place). Im not trying to make anyones decision for them but if she had the chance to go back she has said she would have resat the exam.
Just bear in mind the info that has been provided here (aside from the odd dope intent on trolling). Not that it will matter because I hope everyone here blitzes the exam and gets their pick of colleges[/Quote]
While I admire the tenacity of your colleagues, in pursuing the flavour of medicine best suited to them, I stand firm on my original statement. Anyone who wants to be a doctor, more than anything, would pursue an accredited medical degree anywhere they could: be it UCD, Limerick or Kathmandu (crosses fingers hoping medical study brings me to Kathmandu and the Himalaya at some point). Never is a very long time.
However I do recognise that the PBL syllabus may not fit everyone-so perhaps knowing you could ne'er complete a course is reason enough not to pursue it. But that is the only valid reason I can comprehend for "never" studying at X,Y or Z. This is a point which could not have been more EMPHASISED by the faculty at UL during the last open evening. A medical degree is a massive commitment ín every sense of the word.
So, if someone really wants to get somewhere, they will take any stepping stones along their path to get there. ANY.
"My foothold is tenon'd and mortis'd in granite." Walt Whitman
Remember: it's nothing new to be scared of what's new. But you probably already knew that
Let's remember too: UL won the tender for these medical school spots. There was uproar among the already existing medical schools. They won because they offered the judging panel the best solution to bridging the gaps ín medical education in Ireland.
Per ardua ad astra
Thanks for the well wishes with the results.
And if anybody gets bored waiting-check out the "Stanford" channel on youtube. Their mini med school lecture series is full of gems!0 -
Hi guys - Forgive me for not reading through all 24 pages of this thread :P
Im an Arts Grad 2:2 - and tried the HPAT route this year as a mature applicant.
Will be sitting the GAMSAT in March for the GEM programs Im eligible for with a 2:2 in the UK (Notts/St Georges/Peninsula)
Id love to sit September as a practice but i just cant afford the £222 plus flights and accom in London to do it - specially sine i havnt started studying yet and would be wayyy underprepared.
I wish they'd have a centre in the North were you could do the exam
Anyway looks like GAMSAT 2013 for me! 10 months should be enough for a science virgin - I hope!!
Ill be doing HPAT/Mature entry for here again next year as well as the UK uni's.
Be nice if more schools looked at you with a 2:2.0 -
For anyone interested, the UL website has changed its tune with regard to the GAMSAT release date.
It used to say that the results would be released to the CAO no later than the 11th and to candidates no later than the 18th.
Now the CAO comment has been removed and the release date for us is changed to the 21st. Doesnt seem to make much sense to me since theres only a weekend (a non working one for ACER?) in between!
This is feckin awful, I havent a fingernail to call my own
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Was pretty laid back about it (well more putting it to the back of my mind) but having a bit of a freak out about it now. ITs gonna be 4 long days.
As regards results day, it was on a friday last year which would have equated to the 18th. Also they were speculating on newmediamedicine.com that it was on the 18th as well.
Think Im getting drunk thursday night anyway 0 -
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Good luck all, and remember... http://whatshouldwecallmedschool.tumblr.com/post/22316873603/when-medical-school-begins
Haha what a great site! It's quite annoying to hear a few days before the end of our two month wait that the release date of the results has been pushed forward, but maybe it will be worth that wait?! I hope everyone has something to pass the time, no one deserves to be sitting at home, aimlessly refreshing pages! Best of luck to everyone, I hope with less people sitting the exam, everyone that has been a part of the Boards.ie Gamsat forum for Gamsat '12 gets what they want! (including the people who just read/observe) Maybe it will be Friday at 9:01am? :P
http://whatshouldwecallmedschool.tumblr.com/post/21387788728/when-exam-grades-arent-up-when-theyre-supposed-to-be0
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