Congratulations!! I interviewed the same day, and was also accepted today. Sliiightly in shock!
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Congratulations!! I interviewed the same day, and was also accepted today. Sliiightly in shock!
Hey Guys,
Congrats to those of you who heard back!! I was at the thursday and saturday interviews answering questions from an upper year student perspective. I am also the Canadian New Student Liaison so its my role to help you guys make the transition.
If you have any questions the best forum to get those answered quickly and promptly would be through the facebook group i have set up. University of Limerick- Medicine- class of 2015.
If you do not have facebook, please feel free to PM me on here and I will send you my email address so you can ask any questions you may have about UL
Best of Luck!!
And again, anytime you have a question the FB group or my email after a private message
take care
Congrats to those of you who heard back!! I was at the thursday and saturday interviews answering questions from an upper year student perspective. I am also the Canadian New Student Liaison so its my role to help you guys make the transition.
If you have any questions the best forum to get those answered quickly and promptly would be through the facebook group i have set up. University of Limerick- Medicine- class of 2015.
If you do not have facebook, please feel free to PM me on here and I will send you my email address so you can ask any questions you may have about UL
Best of Luck!!
And again, anytime you have a question the FB group or my email after a private message
take care
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Just got accepted to Limerick MD 🙂
I have a 3.2 Classics undergrad, a 3.8 Science GPA in my current BSc., and a 32Q MCAT. I have traveled the world a couple times over as well, and have been volunteering in the ER and In-patient visiting for a couple years at Toronto Western Hospital. I really do wonder if my application reached any of the other schools as I have not heard a peep from them yet.
Limerick was a fun interview and I like the spirit of the school. If I end up going to Limerick I look forward to meeting some of you.
I have a 3.2 Classics undergrad, a 3.8 Science GPA in my current BSc., and a 32Q MCAT. I have traveled the world a couple times over as well, and have been volunteering in the ER and In-patient visiting for a couple years at Toronto Western Hospital. I really do wonder if my application reached any of the other schools as I have not heard a peep from them yet.
Limerick was a fun interview and I like the spirit of the school. If I end up going to Limerick I look forward to meeting some of you.
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Congrats!! Looking forward to seeing you there if you come!
If you have facebook, join the facebook group. it's a great way to get to know some of the incoming and current students as well as get any questions you have may have answered quickly. 🙂
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I can't speak for the interview part, but a few of us are GUESSING invites are going out probably end of this week/next week. And someone correct me if I'm wrong but the latest news seemed to be UCD/UCC acceptances second round would be early May (so sometime next week).
I am sorry to hear that. Best of luck with the other schools. What course did u apply to at rcsi?
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Hey everyone,
I was waitlisted at RCSI last month, and I was hoping to update them on what I've been up to lately. Does anyone know whom I should contact? Should I go through the ABP or directly update someone at RCSI?
Thanks!🙂
I was waitlisted at RCSI last month, and I was hoping to update them on what I've been up to lately. Does anyone know whom I should contact? Should I go through the ABP or directly update someone at RCSI?
Thanks!🙂
Best route of action, in my honest opinion, is to go thru abp; they will advise you
Lurked these forums a few times, finally post-worthy
I'm from: Canada- Toronto
My country of citizenship is: Canada
My undergrad degree is: Bachelor of Science (GPA ~ 3.7)
MCAT: 28S
I applied to: TCD, UCC, UCD
I was accepted at: TCD (This morning - 26/04 )
I was rejected from: N/A - have yet to hear anything from the other schools other than ABP confirming I was not offered 1st round at any of the three schools I had applied to a few weeks back
Very likely will accept Trinity's offer. Gotta do my part to help boost Ireland's economy with my strong Canadian dollars wasting away on tuition and Guinness.
Good luck to those in limbo. Patience may be a virtue but waiting still sucks huge.
I'm from: Canada- Toronto
My country of citizenship is: Canada
My undergrad degree is: Bachelor of Science (GPA ~ 3.7)
MCAT: 28S
I applied to: TCD, UCC, UCD
I was accepted at: TCD (This morning - 26/04 )
I was rejected from: N/A - have yet to hear anything from the other schools other than ABP confirming I was not offered 1st round at any of the three schools I had applied to a few weeks back
Very likely will accept Trinity's offer. Gotta do my part to help boost Ireland's economy with my strong Canadian dollars wasting away on tuition and Guinness.
Good luck to those in limbo. Patience may be a virtue but waiting still sucks huge.
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Right on; thanks, Milo!
moremi, for your rejection, had you interviewed earlier on or you never got to that stage?
rcsi interviews would have to go out this week i would imagine....because the last weekend in may is memorial day and i would think there would be no way they would do it that weekend, so the 3rd weekend in may would be the only option.
rcsi interviews would have to go out this week i would imagine....because the last weekend in may is memorial day and i would think there would be no way they would do it that weekend, so the 3rd weekend in may would be the only option.
I heard back from UCD Dublin this morning Apr 27th in the mail. Rejection letter was dated on Apr 13th. I applied to Royal, Limerick, Cork and Dublin. I already received a rejection letter from Royal. Given that the interviews for Limerick were supposed to take place in mid-April, I expect to receive a rejection letter from Limerick some time soon. My only hope is Cork now. Waiting is exhausting!
Sorry to hear that. best of luck with the remaining list of schools!
please stop saying "Royal" and "Dublin," the schools have never been referred to as those names, and will most likely never be. it's RCSI and UCD. plus you sound a bit like a **** when you say it and it's quite annoying
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Well, it sounds like a number of rejections have come out recently.
I still haven't heard anything from RCSI, UCD, and NUIG. Based on rumours from these forums that ABP does not send all applications to schools, I specifically emailed to asked them, last week, whether my applications have been forwarded to all three school -- looks like they chose to ignore my question.
I still haven't heard anything from RCSI, UCD, and NUIG. Based on rumours from these forums that ABP does not send all applications to schools, I specifically emailed to asked them, last week, whether my applications have been forwarded to all three school -- looks like they chose to ignore my question.
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I also am still awaiting a call for interview from RCSI (and UCD, but not having high hopes for that)
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Well, it sounds like a number of rejections have come out recently.
I still haven't heard anything from RCSI, UCD, and NUIG. Based on rumours from these forums that ABP does not send all applications to schools, I specifically emailed to asked them, last week, whether my applications have been forwarded to all three school -- looks like they chose to ignore my question.
We're in the same boat ides, not sure I would have picked that name btw 😛 but to each his/her own. I still think they pick and choose apps to forward for Galway but not so much the others. I think it's possible they don't forward apps (unless requested) if you've already been accepted early into a school (say first round offers). That's the hypothesis I'm working off of anyways. I'm not really sure what it means not to hear absolutely anything from any of the schools by this point. I'm just feeling stressed out by the waiting, though there is that whole wedding thing going on over there to take my mind off it for a little while...
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Thought I would add that I was rejected from Limerick. Not a big deal, 'cause I wasn't going to be able to go anyway because of a family issue (a happy one, not a sad one).
And just so people with my stats don't give up hope, I really did not prep or even care that much about the interview. Kind of hard too when you are fairly certain that attending is an impossibility.
And just so people with my stats don't give up hope, I really did not prep or even care that much about the interview. Kind of hard too when you are fairly certain that attending is an impossibility.
A few of us are in this state of limbo where we do not know what our status is - no response whatsoever. Truly, I agree with you in regards to the waiting and not knowing what this all means, especially since the tentative date for the second round of interviews for rcsi is sometime in May. April is almost fin and the worry factor can only go high now. Perhaps the wedding should ease the stress 😕
I received a rejection from NUIG yesterday around 1 PM, forwarded from AB. I was rejected from RCSI and Trinity already, and received those through mail. I'm not too hopeful about Limerick, I think their interview invitations would have gone out already. I haven't heard anything from UCD or UCC. Best of luck to all who are still waiting.
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Thank you guys for sharing the info. My condolences you didn't get in, but I will keep my fingers crossed for you for UCD/UCC.
Still haven't heard anything from my end from any of the schools, and now that the wedding is over back to be stressed 😛.
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I'm from: Ottawa, Canada
My country of citizenship is: Canada
Currently studying: B. Health Sciences, 2nd year of Biomedical Mechanical Engineering
At this University: University of Ottawa
My GPA is: 3.4
I applied to: UCC, Limerick, Trinity
I was accepted at: NUIG
I was waitlisted at: Waiting to hear.
I was rejected from: UCD
Going to NUIG.
My country of citizenship is: Canada
Currently studying: B. Health Sciences, 2nd year of Biomedical Mechanical Engineering
At this University: University of Ottawa
My GPA is: 3.4
I applied to: UCC, Limerick, Trinity
I was accepted at: NUIG
I was waitlisted at: Waiting to hear.
I was rejected from: UCD
Going to NUIG.
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ABP just informed me today that 6 NUIG offers had gone out earlier in the month -- I'm assuming they're second-round, but I could be mistaken. They also mentioned that things are taking a while because 1) schools in Ireland have been on spring break recently and 2) many applications are being processed, including those not only from North America but also from Asia, Europe, etc. Finally, RCSI invitations for interviews have still not gone out, and interviews may take place from mid May to the beginning of June.
Finally, I was able to confirm that, in my case, my application was forwarded to all three schools to which I had applied, including NUIG.
Finally, I was able to confirm that, in my case, my application was forwarded to all three schools to which I had applied, including NUIG.
Thanks for the news. I was hoping to get a response bk from them but they must be very busy at this moment in time. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
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I emailed AB in late march and they told me that Limerick would be conducting first round interviews in mid-April. I am not sure when second round invitations go out. Im sure that they will. Im a little hesitant to bother AB these days what with everything thats been said in the forum.
Just FYI they also told me in the same email that The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland will be conducting a second set of interviews in late April/early May. And you will receive 3 weeks notice beforehand if called.
I was already rejected from RCSI, NUIG, and Trinity in April. 3 down, 3 to go for me.
Hopefully you'll have better luck than me!
I emailed AB in late march and they told me that Limerick would be conducting first round interviews in mid-April. I am not sure when second round invitations go out. Im sure that they will. Im a little hesitant to bother AB these days what with everything thats been said in the forum.
Just FYI they also told me in the same email that The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland will be conducting a second set of interviews in late April/early May. And you will receive 3 weeks notice beforehand if called.
I was already rejected from RCSI, NUIG, and Trinity in April. 3 down, 3 to go for me.
Hopefully you'll have better luck than me!
Limerick doesn't do more than one round of interviews as far as I know. I was interviewed last year, and a friend of mine also interviewed the year before. Both times all the students that were accepted came from the only round of interviews. Also, they send out a few extra acceptances to cover for those that decline the offers, information that was provided to me by Peter Nealon after I found out of my rejection.
Do you guys think that it is a possibility they would do the RCSI interview over Memorial Day weekend (since it is an American public holiday....)? If we have to have 3 weeks notice then thats the only option for May unless it goes into June...
I assume that the interviews for RCSI are over, as they were supposed to take place in mid-April. That's what Finbar told me. He also mentioned that you would be notified 3 wks in advance prior to the interview.
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It is weird that ABP tells us RCSI keeps delaying the second interview date! when I applied the interview was March/April... then it was April... then it was May... now somebody just said Late may early June?!
I wonder if they had some sort of serious issue... or are just having scheduling problems.
I mean I understand it's not the easiest thing to coordinate but my anxiety is going up daily 😛 not to mention I need to follow through with some contingency plans!!
I guess I'm just frustrated......
I wonder if they had some sort of serious issue... or are just having scheduling problems.
I mean I understand it's not the easiest thing to coordinate but my anxiety is going up daily 😛 not to mention I need to follow through with some contingency plans!!
I guess I'm just frustrated......
I totally understand how you guys feel; how long can we play this waiting game? I just received an email back from the office this morning stating that the second set of interviews from RCSI have been sent out last week. Therefore, if you had not received one (like myself), you are not invited to this round. The admin also stated that there may be a third round of offers. I can't help but feel like this was an indirect rejection. What do you guys think? 🙁
Hmm...I wonder if you can get an acceptance without an interview. As the last date for the MCAT is April 29th, and they clearly tell you you are not at a disadvantage by taking it later than someone else (which is hard to believe), that means people would be getting scores all the way until May 29th...which means there either has to be a 3rd set of interviews or people that get without interviews, otherwise they wouldn't set the date that late in the year....and if that is not the case then that is pretty ridiculous....
Odd, seems like ABP was pretty adamant that RCSI second round interviews have not gone out. I also confirm that ABP has emailed me with a response stating second round interviews at RCSI has not gone out. Either way, just relax. Come what may.
argh, this is bonkers. I just received the notice this morning. But, you are right, at this point, there is so much inconsistency with the updates that perhaps it's just best to wait, as usual. Thanks for the news!
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Well technically most people were off from Easter to this morning due to the 2 Bank Holiday Mondays in a row. And now UCD exams started today till next Saturday.. So Id say you wont hear much with exam scripts coming into med school office for next two weeks either. Just speculation of course!
