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Mature Medicine Applicants 2014
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borrch,
congratulations on your interview, did you get a letter or an email from RCSI?
I also don't have a previous degree, and my HPAT score was weak, unlike yours... not looking forward to going home now
Hi Sara,
I got an email today as well as yesterday. I didn't receive anything in the post. Did you receive an interview? Best of luck with it, it really is a stressful time
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Hi Sara,
I got an email today as well as yesterday. I didn't receive anything in the post. Did you receive an interview? Best of luck with it, it really is a stressful time
No I got a letter of doom
My hpat wasn't great and I guess my PS did nothing either. Will try again next year, this was my trial run...stressful indeed
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No I got a letter of doom
My hpat wasn't great and I guess my PS did nothing either. Will try again next year, this was my trial run...stressful indeed
Best of luck with your interviews
There's still UCC to aim for :-) I didn't get any interviews last year, but I got a lot of work experience in the hospital (about 35 weeks worth)0 -
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Hey All,
Congrats to everyone offered an interview and to everyone that was unlucky, don't give up! I said a while back that I would post about my experience of the interviews. I'm finished with my exams so if you have any questions I'll do my best to help.
RCSI interview
The whole interview is broken up into 3 parts, each of which are about 10-15 mins each.
In the first room we'll meet two doctors and they'll be asking you about your medical experience, why you want to study and why you've picked RCSI. They more or less just let me talked with a few questions here and there that came up about what I mentioned. They don't make many comments or give anything away tbh but dont let this put you off . Let them see your personality and talk about hobbies you might have or what you do with your free time. I think they like hearing that you have a balanced life between work and leisure. Most importantly tell them all the experience you have had, what you learned from these experiences and how they lead you to picking medicine. They are very interested in why you choose RCSI. Research the course line out and make sure you know what makes RSCI different from the other colleges.
In the second room we'll meet two doctors that are also lecturers. They will be asking you about your grades and academics. If you have past degree that had any medical/health related modules talk about them. If your degree wasn't science or health related talk about what made you move away from that topic to medicine and perhaps how you have/or plan on preparing yourself to taking on the new subject. Don't be afraid to also talk to them about any down falls in academics you may have, tbh i think they will ask about it. I think they want to know you have recognised that down fall, dealt with it and want to see you have taken steps to make sure it doesn't happen in the future.
In the third room you will be talking to someone from the admission office. They say this is not part of the interview but I would still act as if it just to be careful. Here they will ask you straight out if you are able to fund your way through college and are able to pay for the fees. If you are not sure about this yet, just tell them that you have it sorted. They don't want to offer people places that they think will have to drop out down the road because of finances. They also asked me if I had been offered interviews at the others college. They will know about this and also about the order you have picked the colleges on your CAO so DO NOT lie about this.
Trinity interview
This was the day after the RCSI interview. I think there was about 7/8 people on my interview panel. They range from the head of the school, head of first year, professors and the med schools admin. Only three of them asked me the questions really though and the others wrote notes. They asked similar questions, why medicine, why Trinity, talk about your medical experience. They were not as forward about the finances but they did mention them. They also asked me if there was any particular area of medicine I was interested in but I think that was only because I had talked about experiences I had shadowing in hospital.
UCC Interview
This interview was the day after the Trinity interview. I had a panel of 5 doctors that were also lecturers in the university. They also asked all the usually questions. Each one then went on to ask me a question each. I can't remember all of them but one of them was about the Medical Council and what they would expect of you. They were very interested in knowing if I knew the lay out of the course so make sure to look over that.
Galway interview
I was offered my places before I had this interview but I do know that it is in the format of MMIs. As far as I know, you will be presented with a problem or situation and then have to suggest how you would deal with them.
Another thing I would say about the Galway interviews is that last year Trinity, RSCI and Cork had all offered places before the Galway interviews even took place (last year the Galway interviews were around the 10th of June). If this is the same this year this means that people who have been offered an interview may have already been offered a place and then cancel their Galway interview. People may contacted later for interviews in these cases.
For all the interviews I would say stay calm and really do your best to show them your personality and how much you want a place. Talk about all your medical experiences and how this made you want to do medicine even more. Don't be afraid to talk about things like hobbies, they want to know you have a balanced life. If this isn't your first time applying, tell them that and tell them how have tried to improve your application and that you're determined to do your best to get a place.
Even when writing my application there were a few things I thought were very important and things I noticed that were needed in medicine. They were good communication skills, team work, determination, and a balanced life style. They also want to know you know what you are getting yourself into, the long hours, personal sacrifices etc etc. Try and talk about when you used these qualities and let them know that you are ready for the long term commitment.
At the end of each interview I was asked if I had any questions. Ask a question if you have one, but make sure its not one that you could get the answer to from the website.
I hope some of this helps. If anyone has any specific questions just let me know. It's a stressful time but it'll all be worth it in the end.
Best of luck everyone
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Best of luck folks! All keyed up with anticipation waiting for TCD interview results.
I asked someone who got it last year. They were interviewed on the 14th and had heard back on the 21st. So thats 7 days.. time is ticking on the Trinity clock! Technically they'd have it Friday latest, if they were to go by last years schedule. 0
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