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STUDYING MEDICINE IN IRELAND? (please read)

My current situation is that i've gotten 2 rejections from manchester + oxford.

I still have yet to hear from Newcastle + Leeds. but since there is a possibility i might get rejected from both..i'm thinking to apply to universities in Ireland.

Does anyone know anything about Trinity College Dublin /University College Dublin and their reputations? Are they equally competent with Medical Schools in the UK that are under UCAS?

it just seems that the registration fees are really expensive so i want to make sure i'm doing the right thing. I apply through the CAO, but do they base their decision mainly on my grades? What about my personal statement?

Also, when would they give me their decision? (i.e. an offer/rejection) because i have to reply to ucas by around may?

Please help!!! :frown:

NB: My grades - 10A*S for GCSE, 4A for AS, predicted 3A for A2

Reply 1

Audax

Trinity College, Dublin is supposed to be excellent for social sciences and arts isn't it? Nevertheless, it might be good for Medicine as well. :unsure:

Reply 2

FTC199

13

one is meant to be better than the other, but i cant remember which, sorry! their decision comes after you have your grades in august

Reply 3

SatSep12

12

Rigth Trinity college Dublin is ranked highest in all of Ireland and has a ranking of 49th in the world, it would be considered the Imperial college of Ireland ok. UCD or the University College Dublin would be considered like Manchester. Both are excellent for Medicine however Trinity would be higher classed. They are both teribly difficult to get into however... Go to the CAO.IE website for more details. PS anymore help private message me as im actually from Ireland and have a far idea of the system here.

Reply 4

TheNightmareSSJ3Broly

medicine is good everywhere
i dont think you can get a 'rubbish' university for medicine as they are all regulated by the Medicine Authority or something like that.
Best of luck.

Reply 5

roxy potter

13

Yeah it really doesn't matter where you study medicine, you'll still be a doctor at the end of the day. Cork, Galway, Dublin, Trinity, it's all the one really as to where you study it.

Untill this year medicine depended solely on grades now it's changed and you must also do the HPAT. You still need good grades but nowhere near what you used to need.

http://www2.cao.ie/otherinfo/2009UGMedEntry.pdf

Reply 6

AnonymousPenguin

16

You'll need AAAA at A-level to get into an Irish Uni.

Reply 7

**R**

1

I don't know much about Medicine as a course, but both trinity or UCD would do you for Medicine, I don't think there is much between them really just based on which you would prefer. I went to Ucd , not for medicine though, so if you need any advice on there il try help.

as for cao, its based purely on listing your choices in top 10 order, no personal statement needed or references or personal info really needed. The offer you get will be based on your grades, this will happen in late August though, so it's hard make a decision between ucas and cao as time frames will be different. You will only get one offer , if you have the grades for your first choice, then that is the offer you will get, and then all other choices below it are no longer open to you to pick so make sure you put them in correct order of your personal choice. if you miss out on grades required for your first choice, then they will work the way down your choices til you meet requirements.

Reply 8

shamrock92

15

I see - do it Clinton Morrisson style: get rejected from England, go to Ireland. :rolleyes:

Reply 9

username43584

8

AdamWalsh

Rigth Trinity college Dublin is ranked highest in all of Ireland and has a ranking of 49th in the world, it would be considered the Imperial college of Ireland ok. UCD or the University College Dublin would be considered like Manchester. Both are excellent for Medicine however Trinity would be higher classed. They are both teribly difficult to get into however... Go to the CAO.IE website for more details. PS anymore help private message me as im actually from Ireland and have a far idea of the system here.

Students I know there seem to disagree. UCD has a better reputation for the actual teaching of medicine. It's not more prestigious...but I've heard that UCD's seems to be better run than Trinity's.

The OP should bear in mind that Trinity/UCD/RCSI are hard to get into if you're not international, and usually require AAAA including three science/maths subjects. And Dublin is bloody expensive :eek:

Reply 10

roxy potter

13

Guys you don't need AAAA anymore. You need 480 leaving cert points plus a good score in the HPAT.

Reply 11

SatSep12

12

Look by the way!!! Dublin aint to expensive any longer with a current exchange rate of 98P/1 Euro

Reply 12

roxy potter

13

That makes it more expensive for people from the UK.

Reply 13

SatSep12

12

Oh God that rit sorry!!!!

Reply 14

Lucy_van_Pelt

I'm from the UK and applying to medicine in Ireland and am in the middle of filling out my CAO application. I'm having trouble over "exams taken" and "exams yet to take."

I put my 3 A level subjects that I'm taking in June in the exams yet to take section. BUT.....
1) Does my 4th AS subject that I'm RETAKING next week go in this section too? (I haven't "cashed in" and got my certificate yet, so I'm assuming no, and that I don't need to post my results sheet to them either).
2) Can I include general studies.... I know it isn't counted.... but just for the hell of it?
3) I'm taking NUFFIELD edexcel chemistry.... I just put edexcel right?
PLEASE HELP! :confused:

Reply 15

logic123

Im a british student and ive applied to Trinity college Royal college of surgeons Dublin and Dublin university college for medicine :smile:

trinity said they would like 4 A'S LOL!!!!

Reply 16

logic123

I really want to go to Ireland just wonderingb why Ireland ask for crazy high requirements for medicine, even though im predicted 5 A's thats still high tbh lol

Reply 17

ozd

universities in the republic ask for AAAA, or they did last year anyway.
these grades are all they look at, on results day they see how many people with AAAA have applied for the number of spaces available for overseas students, then they pick by random that number of people from the pool.

Reply 18

logic123

dam thats harsh lol any particular reasons why they do this method? or is it just because the places over there are tighter then over in Britain.

Reply 19

roxy potter

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ozd

universities in the republic ask for AAAA, or they did last year .

That was what happened last year. But there was a major overall in the medicine applications process for EU applicants this year

http://www2.cao.ie/otherinfo/2009UGMedEntry.pdf

I don't know why everybody just won't believe what I'm saying.

The more A's you get the more it'll help you, but it's not purely about the grades the way it used to be (or the way it still is with almost every course)

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