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Medicine after a year of science?

Pamplemousse19 · 2010-10-02 22:57:15

I'm currently in 1st year of Undenominated Science in NUIG but am thinking of switching to medicine next year. I'm hoping to repeat the HPAT as that's where I fell down with points. I was wondering if doing one year of science and then switching to medicine counts as dropping out of a degree. Will that mean that I have to…

02-10-2010 11:57PM

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Pamplemousse19

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I'm currently in 1st year of Undenominated Science in NUIG but am thinking of switching to medicine next year. I'm hoping to repeat the HPAT as that's where I fell down with points. I was wondering if doing one year of science and then switching to medicine counts as dropping out of a degree. Will that mean that I have to pay the full fees for a new degree as normally happens when someone drops out of a degree?

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#2 03-10-2010 12:02AM

Roro4Brit

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I'm pretty sure you will need to pay for your first year fees if you go this route. IF you've just started 1st year a couple of weeks ago I think you can leave now, inform your co co and then it should not affect you next year - but don't quote me on that, check with them
first.

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