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*Everything HPAT and Medicine 2012*

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    #1742
    DepoProvera
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭DepoProvera


    CM182 wrote: »
    That's how I feel too :/ What did you get?

    I have no second choice as of yet!

    179 :(


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    #1743
    hollingr
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭hollingr


    Post hpat i "thought" i'd nailed section 1 and 2, and done only alright in section 3.

    I went up marginally in s1, down 8 pts in s2 and up loads in s3. just shows how unpredictable this bloody test is!


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    #1744
    jenny18
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭jenny18


    DepoProvera wrote: »
    I don't want to do anything else :'(

    you can just do a 3 r 4 year course and do grad entry whats an extra 1 or 2 years if you look at it meds like what 9 years min


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    #1745
    jenny18
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭jenny18


    DepoProvera wrote: »
    179 :(
    what percentiles that? its 80 anyway so relax probably not getting trinity but definitely great chance of nuig rcsi


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    #1746
    hollingr
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭hollingr


    cocopopsxx wrote: »
    But I went down so much from last year. I feel so sick. I disappointed myself, my parents. Don't know what to do anymore. But thanks.

    don't be so hard on yourself. this test is not a true reflection on how good a doctor you would be if you are motivated, and there is not a hope in hell you've let your parents down - you did your best, that's all they can ask of you. This test suits some people better than others.

    If you gave 50 top consultants in Ireland the same test you did right now, I would venture to guess most of them wouldn't even breach the 60th percentile.


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    #1747
    DepoProvera
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭DepoProvera


    Very unlikely but thanks :(


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    #1748
    Cond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Cond


    174....any chance? repeating this year and am seriously heartbroken right now!


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    #1749
    kellogskelly
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭kellogskelly


    The email went into spam so only got it now!! :O don't lose heart guys went from 167 last year to 204 this year (with a lot of practice) which it proof that things get better!


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    #1750
    jenny18
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭jenny18


    DepoProvera wrote: »
    Very unlikely but thanks :(

    what percentile is 179? please. this year i got 169, got that last year and went down this year so using 179 if i go for med need to know %


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    #1751
    skinny malinky
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭skinny malinky


    To anyone whose not happy today, please remember this is not the end of the world. As a 26 year old I can tell you life goes on after the LC, and you'll look back thinking, "what was I so stressed about". Chins up


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    #1752
    Cond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Cond


    jenny18 wrote: »
    what percentile is 179? please. this year i got 169, got that last year and went down this year so using 179 if i go for med need to know %

    it seems to be 80th if u go onto the acer website u can check ur score on the percentile curve!


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    #1753
    Kanva5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Kanva5


    jenny18 wrote: »
    what percentile is 179? please. this year i got 169, got that last year and went down this year so using 179 if i go for med need to know %

    179 is about 80-81%

    i got 181 so 83% not too shabby but physics is my 1st choice :L


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    #1754
    jenny18
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭jenny18


    Cond wrote: »
    it seems to be 80th if u go onto the acer website u can check ur score on the percentile curve!

    i did but 178 is 80th definitely and 181 is 83rd so 179 might be 81st.
    i know who cares, but i said i'd only do med if i got 81st + like a dear universe if i should be a doctor give me 81st% + wierd i know but what can ye do.


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    #1755
    DepoProvera
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭DepoProvera


    80th... awww **** and here comes the tears


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    #1756
    JamJamJamJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭JamJamJamJam


    Cond wrote: »
    174....any chance? repeating this year and am seriously heartbroken right now!

    Ah, up to 739! That's good enough for everywhere this year, was it not? 10 points above Galway, too! Of course you have a chance!


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    #1757
    jenny18
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭jenny18


    DepoProvera wrote: »
    80th... awww **** and here comes the tears

    calm down if you keep working you can still get it, and even if you don t theres grad entry, dont panic you got 80th percentile thats what everyone wanted you beat 2700 people aprox be happy


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    #1758
    Cond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Cond


    JamJamJamJam wrote: »
    Ah, up to 739! That's good enough for everywhere this year, was it not? 10 points above Galway, too! Of course you have a chance!

    really?? what way do u think points are going to go because im not doin honours maths this year :confused:


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    #1759
    jenny18
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭jenny18


    Cond wrote: »
    really?? what way do u think points are going to go because im not doin honours maths this year :confused:

    should only change like 5-10 max as its 1 for every 5 after 550


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    #1760
    JamJamJamJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭JamJamJamJam


    Cond wrote: »
    really?? what way do u think points are going to go because im not doin honours maths this year :confused:

    They've gone up every year, and with the bonus points for honours maths and the sliiight change in percentiles they seem likely to rise again this year, but the points can only go so high before they start levelling off, y'know! You're not in a bad place :)


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    #1761
    Cond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Cond


    JamJamJamJam wrote: »
    They've gone up every year, and with the bonus points for honours maths and the sliiight change in percentiles they seem likely to rise again this year, but the points can only go so high before they start levelling off, y'know! You're not in a bad place :)

    hmmmmm i cud scrape it if they only rise by 5 points .... but they are gonna hav to stop raising them soon or noone will be able to get the points!


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    #1762
    DepoProvera
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭DepoProvera


    Omg the absolute thought of having to study for the HPAT again haha : /


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    #1763
    Taco Chips
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Taco Chips


    This thread is very quiet. I'm going to assume it's because everyone is in school. :P


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    #1764
    RADON99
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭RADON99


    215 99th percentile couldn't be happier


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    #1765
    cocopopsxx
    Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭cocopopsxx


    Thanks Jenny and hollingr. :)

    I'm absolutely devastated at the mo, all I've been facing since last year is rejection and now my hpat's gone down as well. I don't think I can take in anymore disappointment. I can't bring myself to face anyone, I feel like such a loser and failure at life- why can't I do well on the hpat ever? :'( may be med is just not for me. :( I'm going to work towards a better LC this time 'round, might make me feel a bit more confident about myself. :/ this is terrible, my second chance and I still couldn't do it. How will I go to school tomorrow? It's hard repeating knowing that you aren't gonna get what you want. But c'est la vie I suppose. Thanks for your kind words. :)


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    #1766
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Marginal again but meh. There's a very realistic chance of my getting an offer and an equal chance of not. All in all, I'm surprisingly nonchalant about it (Just absolutely ACED my biochemistry exam so It's a strange mix of emotions).

    I'm just going to focus on my exams and acquiesce. I'd highly recommend you all to do the same for your own sake.


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    #1767
    jenny18
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭jenny18


    cocopopsxx wrote: »
    Thanks Jenny and hollingr. :)

    I'm absolutely devastated at the mo, all I've been facing since last year is rejection and now my hpat's gone down as well. I don't think I can take in anymore disappointment. I can't bring myself to face anyone, I feel like such a loser and failure at life- why can't I do well on the hpat ever? :'( may be med is just not for me. :( I'm going to work towards a better LC this time 'round, might make me feel a bit more confident about myself. :/ this is terrible, my second chance and I still couldn't do it. How will I go to school tomorrow? It's hard repeating knowing that you aren't gonna get what you want. But c'est la vie I suppose. Thanks for your kind words. :)

    thanks but seriously you aren't a failure, most doctors can't even do that exam its evil. but dont freak out, the only person whose opinion you should care about is your own.

    and for school repeat after me 'i scrapped a pass but i'm really not sure if i'm ready to do 9 years in university. i think i might do something that gives me more options, and that way if i do still wan't medicine, i can do it but if not then i have more options.''

    only tell people who actually like you ie care about it i'm only telling one friend what i got this year not even my parents like.

    and look at it this way do 3 years in a course get second or first class honours to gmat 4 years grad entry thats 7 years most places are 6 years for normal entry.

    and stop insulting yourself you tried most people are happy with mediocrity you tried to better yourself and have, just because a aptitude test made up by people who aren't doctors says you cant go straight in doesn't mean you can't be a doctor eventually


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    #1768
    jenny18
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭jenny18


    ok so i have no idea what i wan't to do so for the crac lets play a game suggest a course/ field of study and the best 10 i'll put in a bag and pick 1.
    this seems stupid but by picking 1 your immediate reaction tells you if you want to do it.


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    #1769
    Evaa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭Evaa


    Hi guys. Does anybody know someone who got into medicine with the help of HEAR scheme? How many points did he/she obtain in the hpat? Thanks


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    #1770
    dynamot
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭dynamot


    Hi guys, can someone clear this up for me. I was gutted with my Hpat score of 159 (an increase of 2 points from last year!) but when i totted up my points they seemed too high

    LC score 560 ----> 552 med points
    Hpat score ----> 159
    bonus for higher maths
    > 25


    totaling 736


    That is higher than galway last year isnt it?


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    #1771
    Duffman'05
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Duffman'05


    dynamot wrote: »
    Hi guys, can someone clear this up for me. I was gutted with my Hpat score of 159 (an increase of 2 points from last year!) but when i totted up my points they seemed too high

    LC score 560 ----> 552 med points
    Hpat score ----> 159
    bonus for higher maths
    > 25


    totaling 736


    That is higher than galway last year isnt it?

    Every 5 points you get from HL maths above 600 only counts for 1 point when applying to medicine.


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