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Any current medics at Irish Medical Schools here?

As mentioned in other threads I'm looking at applying to Ireland for either 2015 or 2016 entry alongside my UK applications.

I'm keen to get the views of current students particularly at UCD, Cork, RCSI and Limerick especially on the Graduate Entry Programmes. I may look at applying to Trinity or Galway for the Mature Entry route.

What is the course like in your opinion? Also what is the assessment process like i.e. how often are you examined, what format, what are the pass marks etc?

I have been hearing some rather negative things about RCSI in terms of the way the course is structured and delivered and stories of regularly cancelled lectures, tests being given at short notice, exams every 2 weeks etc. Is it like this at the other Irish schools?

I'm quite attracted to the programmes at Cork and Limerick which though intense do not seem as intense as say UCD and not as much as RCSI though the latter have the name recognition.

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