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**HPAT and Medicine 2016**

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    #752
    Throwaway25
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Throwaway25


    Someone start a TCD Class of 2021 Facebook group.

    Dibs not me.


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    #753
    Whitestrand97
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Whitestrand97


    David1997 wrote: »
    So who's joining me in NUIG for 6 year Med? :p

    Me too 🙌🻠hopefully I won't get shoved into the 5 year cause I got a1's in my all my sciences! Any idea when we'll find out?


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    #754
    nandoslover
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭nandoslover


    Whitestrand97 wrote: »
    Me too 🙌🻠hopefully I won't get shoved into the 5 year cause I got a1's in my all my sciences! Any idea when we'll find out?

    I got an e-mail saying next week so next Monday I'm guessing :)


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    #755
    medhopeful16
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭medhopeful16


    nandoslover wrote: »
    I got an e-mail saying next week so next Monday I'm guessing :)

    Does anybody know how they decide who goes into the 5/6 year?


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    #756
    WorthlessPeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭WorthlessPeon


    What does everybody think the points drop will be for NUIG?


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    #757
    Gallagher1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 276 ✭✭Gallagher1


    WorthlessPeon wrote: »
    What does everybody think the points drop will be for NUIG?

    There were no second round offers for NUIG, TCD, RCSI and UCD last year..


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    #758
    TSMGUY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 855 ✭✭✭TSMGUY


    medhopeful16 wrote: »
    Does anybody know how they decide who goes into the 5/6 year?

    egg and spoon race:P


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    #759
    nandoslover
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭nandoslover


    medhopeful16 wrote: »
    Does anybody know how they decide who goes into the 5/6 year?

    I think if you've got higher than a C in HL Chem for LC and you do well in another science then you're probably considered for 5 year.


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    #760
    nandoslover
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭nandoslover


    WorthlessPeon wrote: »
    What does everybody think the points drop will be for NUIG?

    In 2014 there was a big points drop for med and so there were many second round offers, RCSI went down 3 points I'm pretty sure!

    This year there was also quite a point drop for some courses so there could be a possibility of a 1-2 drop maybe for second round? Taking a wild guess here


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    #761
    Pharmacy
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Pharmacy


    Congratulations all who got medicine!!
    I'm about 10 points off my first choice (gutted) and have decided to take the year out to repeat the HPAT
    Just wondering do people who repeat the HPAT get their results before the end of June? And also with this new CAO points system (utter bollox) if I save my points from this year will they be altered next year?
    Cheers 😊


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    #762
    WorthlessPeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭WorthlessPeon


    Pharmacy wrote: »
    Congratulations all who got medicine!!
    I'm about 10 points off my first choice (gutted) and have decided to take the year out to repeat the HPAT
    Just wondering do people who repeat the HPAT get their results before the end of June? And also with this new CAO points system (utter bollox) if I save my points from this year will they be altered next year?
    Cheers 😊
    Your points changing depend on your grades, what are they like?

    I'm in the exact same spot, 5 points off, it hurts. Have you considered doing a health science course while repeating the HPAT?


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    #763
    David1997
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭David1997


    nandoslover wrote: »
    I got an e-mail saying next week so next Monday I'm guessing :)

    What email was that? I didn't get it :/

    Has anyone else registered with NUIG?


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    #764
    Whitestrand97
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Whitestrand97


    David1997 wrote: »
    What email was that? I didn't get it :/

    Has anyone else registered with NUIG?

    I didn't get an email either and I was talking some of my friends who have accepted other courses in NUIG and they've heard nothing either about theirs!


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    #765
    medhopeful16
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭medhopeful16


    Whitestrand97 wrote: »
    I didn't get an email either and I was talking some of my friends who have accepted other courses in NUIG and they've heard nothing either about theirs!

    I didn;t receive anything either but when I was nosing through the NUIG site I saw that you could register online and I said I'd give it a shot and it worked. They had my details on their system already.

    Also says in their calendar that orientation for everyone starts 30th


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    #766
    Pharmacy
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Pharmacy


    WorthlessPeon wrote: »
    Your points changing depend on your grades, what are they like?

    I'm in the exact same spot, 5 points off, it hurts. Have you considered doing a health science course while repeating the HPAT?

    It's a sickener!
    I got offered biomed in NUIG which was my second choice but just didn't see the point in taking it for the year, felt it would be better to concentrate on the HPAT
    What's your plan?
    I've used the new points calculator and it's gone down by about 7 points


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    #767
    WorthlessPeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭WorthlessPeon


    Pharmacy wrote: »
    It's a sickener!
    I got offered biomed in NUIG which was my second choice but just didn't see the point in taking it for the year, felt it would be better to concentrate on the HPAT
    What's your plan?
    I've used the new points calculator and it's gone down by about 7 points
    Yeah I'm down by 8! What an absolute joke!

    I'm gonna do Human Health and Disease then repeat the HPAT. Hopefully I'll go up in rechecks


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    #768
    JC43
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭JC43


    WorthlessPeon wrote: »
    Yeah I'm down by 8! What an absolute joke!

    I'm gonna do Human Health and Disease then repeat the HPAT. Hopefully I'll go up in rechecks

    I've the opposite prob to you . Hpat 95 and went down in lc so will have to repeat both.


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    #769
    TSMGUY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 855 ✭✭✭TSMGUY


    JC43 wrote: »
    I've the opposite prob to you . Hpat 95 and went down in lc so will have to repeat both.
    Goddamn, you must be pissed! Must've gotten an insanely high LC the first time though.

    I'm sorry to all of you guys who didn't get medicine but there's something inspiring (and comforting) about you aspiring docs being so hell-bent on becoming doctors that you'll repeat again and again, even with very high points. You definitely deserve the 6 figure salaries! Good luck worthlesspeon and JC43, I'm sure you'll get it next year.


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    #770
    nandoslover
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭nandoslover


    Anyone starting first med in NUIG? :)


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    #771
    Mr Rhode Island Red
    Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭Mr Rhode Island Red


    Say you were offered 5 year medicine, could you take the 6 year instead?


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    #772
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Yes, as far as I know.


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    #773
    Mr Rhode Island Red
    Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭Mr Rhode Island Red


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    Yes, as far as I know.

    Good to know. I'd much prefer a year to adjust rather than being thrown into the deep end, but that's just me.


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    #774
    aleatorio
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭aleatorio


    This might answer a few of the questions being asked; http://www.nuigalway.ie/admissions/documents/allocation_of_places_in_medicine_gy501.pdf


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    #775
    IrishLassie26
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭IrishLassie26


    Just discovered how the points will be adjusted for 2017 leaving cert students applying to medicine.

    The points above 550 will be rounded off to the nearest 5 and be adjusted as usual e.g 562 points changes to 560 and this is adjusted by the usual method to 552.

    Found this information on the ucc website if you want to see it for yourselves!
    https://www.ucc.ie/en/ck701/


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    #776
    F.Grimes
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭F.Grimes


    IrishLassie26 wrote: »
    Just discovered how the points will be adjusted for 2017 leaving cert students applying to medicine.

    The points above 550 will be rounded off to the nearest 5 and be adjusted as usual e.g 562 points changes to 560 and this is adjusted by the usual method to 552.

    Found this information on the ucc website if you want to see it for yourselves!
    https://www.ucc.ie/en/ck701/

    Best of luck to those poor people trying to calculate this on the day they get their LC results!


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    #777
    WorthlessPeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭WorthlessPeon


    I saw somebody leave a place in NUIG for RCSI today. Does that mean there'll be a points drop come round 3?


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    #778
    Boo102
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭Boo102


    So how will our Leaving Cert points be changed next year ? I missed out by 8 HPAT points this year and I'm only going to repeat the HPAT. Will my LC points be readjusted under the new scheme or will they stay as they are ?


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    #779
    WorthlessPeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭WorthlessPeon


    Boo102 wrote: »
    So how will our Leaving Cert points be changed next year ? I missed out by 8 HPAT points this year and I'm only going to repeat the HPAT. Will my LC points be readjusted under the new scheme or will they stay as they are ?
    They'll be readjusted next year, it's kinda unfair really


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    #780
    nandoslover
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭nandoslover


    Guys I need some advice! Really stuck here :(

    So I accepted my offer for med from NUIG but just found out today that I got a place RCSI and not too sure what to do now. I'm from Dublin.

    Like I'm loving it in Galway so far but I'm just thinking of the future. I haven't heard lots of great things about RCSI around here but its teaching hospitals are all the main Dublin ones which are better than the ones here in the West.

    Does anyone have any pros and cons of either places vs the other?

    Thanks!


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    #781
    F.Grimes
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭F.Grimes


    nandoslover wrote: »
    Guys I need some advice! Really stuck here :(

    So I accepted my offer for med from NUIG but just found out today that I got a place RCSI and not too sure what to do now. I'm from Dublin.

    Like I'm loving it in Galway so far but I'm just thinking of the future. I haven't heard lots of great things about RCSI around here but its teaching hospitals are all the main Dublin ones which are better than the ones here in the West.

    Does anyone have any pros and cons of either places vs the other?

    Thanks!

    Just curious how that worked out, did you appeal a result or something? Do you actually have to make a choice? I would have thought that you would have have to accept you're highest placed choice.


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