Hi there, I am living in the UK and took A level qualifications and GCSEs here but I was born in Ireland with Irish parents and have an Irish passport so I would consider this to be Irish citizenship if that’s the case, does this mean I have to apply as an EU or Non-Eu student or international, also I was wondering how the general application and points system work, I want to apply for Dentistry or Optometry but the points seems to be quite high for dentistry even if I were to get A*A*A* it would be (185x 3) add 25 points for maths a level and 26 points for A in EPQ this would be equal to 606, and the entry requirements for UCC is 625, I am most likely to get A*AB which is 523 points, is the points entry requirements a cut-off? Or are you likely to get in if you apply with lower points, Optometry seems to be 532 points also which is higher than I would be expected to get.
I am also going to apply to UK unis through UCAS system and have to write a personal statement/ provide work experience/ interviews and have done UCAT test for medicine/dentistry. Would Irish unis be given the scores of UCAT and my personal statement? Also would I have to sit an entry test for Dentistry in Ireland too and would I be expected to travel to an Irish uni to complete interviews. Would I also have a different application date to apply to Uni considering I am a UK student? And how would I go about applying for finances?
Any help with any of these questions would be appreciated, I understand I have written quite a lot down, please let me know if it would be possible to apply to these courses or similar courses with lower requirements- on UCC dentistry it says course entry requirements are C in A level chemistry and C in A level physics or biology which doesn’t make sense considering I would need to get A* grades if I were to get anywhere close to the points, does this mean points are disregarded if a student were to apply with foreign qualifications?