Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland Medicine Applicants 2016 entry

I got an email from RCSI around two days ago that I have been shortlisted for interview and that I will be receiving later in the day email from Sonru with interview link. Almost 48 hours now and still no link from Sonru. Emailed RCSI, they said email Sonru. Emailed Sonru, they said couldn't find me on the system and I should tell RCSI to resend invitation. Emailed RCSI again, and now waiting for reply......Anyone else similar? Got invitation from RCSI and not Sonru?

I got the sonru link on the 18th of February and they assigned the deadline to the 7th of March. I completed my interview on the 4th of March

How long was the period between receiving invitation from RCSI and getting interview link from Sonru?

Does anyone know when RCSI gives out offers to international students who completed their interview via sonru?

Just received invitation for interview today maybe you will get yours soon

could you please tell me what kind of questions did they ask you ? I have received the invitation two days ago (

could you please tell me what kind of questions did they ask you ? I have received the invitation two days ago (

According to RCSI's interview policy they highly discourage sharing interview questions with other candidates so I'm not able to tell you any questions that came.

I can tell you that the interview questions are all about you and your motivation to study medicine, there are no tricks, ethical questions or any questions which would require any critical thinking. It's solely structured around you and why you have chosen RCSI.

All in all, the interview process is not stressful at all, you get to do it at any time of the day and there is no interaction with anybody. Also, the questions you get will most probably be the same as everyone else's so they're quite generic. You don't have to prepare for the interview but I recommend thinking about the answer to "why do you want to study medicine?". This question is by far the most common and the most difficult to answer as this question is what distinguishes you and shows your ultimate motivation.

Also, make sure you time yourself during each answer (they'll give you around 1-3 minutes to answer depending on the question). My interview process took around 45 minutes so it wont be very lengthy.

(P.S They give you approximately 1-2 minutes to plan your response before answering the question, so you'll be fine)

Good luck, I hope this helped and hopefully you'll receive an offer to study medicine!

I also received the invitation but only from RCSI not Sonru...it has been like 4 days now and still didn't get interview link from Sonru....did you get invitation from both RCSI and Sonru? I'm actually worried I won't be able to do my interview 'cuz of this........

yes, I got the invitation from both actually , why not you contact the RCSI and let them know ??

I know this is an RCSI thread, but has anyone applied to UCD, UCC or NUIG?

I applied to UCD and TCD too, but haven't heard back yet. You?

I know this is an RCSI thread, but has anyone applied to UCD, UCC or NUIG?

I was reading the through the RCSI email I got for the interview and they mentioned that they would contact us after the interview regarding dates for review and outcome of interview. Did anyone receive this?

Oh nice, I'm from toronto 🙂

Haha some more Canadians thinking of going to Europe for Med School! I live in Waterloo now, but I grew up in the GTA. I also got a RCSI offer, as well as one from St. Andrew's and Birmingham.

Did you apply anywhere else?