Stats of Applicants to Irish schools and Acceptance, Waitlist or Rejection

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I'm from: Ontario

My country of citizenship is: Canada

Degrees: Combined Hons. BSc Biochemistry & Molecular Biology & Biology

At this University: Dalhousie University

My GPA is: ~3.4/4.3

My MCAT Scores were: Taking MCAT in March

Extracurricular: Worked as student PA in rural hospital for a summer with direct patient contact, varsity rowing team for 4 years, about to publish research paper for honours project, conservation project in Costa Rica, ESL tutor, Peer mentor, Lifeguard

I applied to: All Ireland-GEP programs and 5 year, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Interviews: none yet
I was accepted at:
I was waitlisted at:
I was rejected from:

My first choice school is: NOSM

I have applied to medical schools this many times: first time

I have low GPA but how are my chances looking?
 
I applied for the 2013 application as a United States applicant. I just graduated high school and am currently in my first year of college, so I applied for the 5 year programs at RCSI/Trinity and the 6 year program at UCD. I'm anxiously waiting and hoping to get into the program. Fortunately, I graduated with a 4.0 unweighted/4.8 weighted gpa in high school, and I have good medical experience/extracurriculars. Unfortunately, I didn't do the best I could have done on my ACT (Got a 27) , so my test scores in my application worries me. I'm not really sure where my standing is in the applicant pool. Does anyone know if I would have a chance at getting in, or even be offered an interview? 😕
 
269437 said:
I applied for the 2013 application as a United States applicant. I just graduated high school and am currently in my first year of college, so I applied for the 5 year programs at RCSI/Trinity and the 6 year program at UCD. I'm anxiously waiting and hoping to get into the program. Fortunately, I graduated with a 4.0 unweighted/4.8 weighted gpa in high school, and I have good medical experience/extracurriculars. Unfortunately, I didn't do the best I could have done on my ACT (Got a 27) , so my test scores in my application worries me. I'm not really sure where my standing is in the applicant pool. Does anyone know if I would have a chance at getting in, or even be offered an interview? 😕
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Do you have any extra-curriculars? Since you are applying for medical school you would likely need health related extracurriculars. I don't know how they treat university applicants but i had an equivalent of a 33 ACT ( i took the SAT), 800 SAT subject tests, good high school grades and lots of ECs and i was still waitlisted at UCD.
 
Hey thanks for the reply! My medical extra-curriculars include shadowing 2 physicians for a lengthy amount of time(I've sent letters from these physicians to atlantic bridge), volunteering at my local hospital, and working in my fathers medical practice during the summers. Non-health related include playing the cello since 2006, piano since 2004, Varsity swim during my four years of high school, and a whole list of clubs that I don't think is worth mentioning. I believe that they treat applicants that have graduated high school with a year or less of college the same as the high school applicants in their senior year. The main difference is that there will be consideration for the removal of the first year in the program(pre-med) if certain prerequisite classes are met during the first year of college. Anyways, your scores are really high! Out of the Irish schools is UCD the only one you applied to/have experience with. Do you have any other advice about ABP in general? I'm hoping to get into the RCSI 5-year program...
 
269437 said:
Hey thanks for the reply! My medical extra-curriculars include shadowing 2 physicians for a lengthy amount of time(I've sent letters from these physicians to atlantic bridge), volunteering at my local hospital, and working in my fathers medical practice during the summers. Non-health related include playing the cello since 2006, piano since 2004, Varsity swim during my four years of high school, and a whole list of clubs that I don't think is worth mentioning. I believe that they treat applicants that have graduated high school with a year or less of college the same as the high school applicants in their senior year. The main difference is that there will be consideration for the removal of the first year in the program(pre-med) if certain prerequisite classes are met during the first year of college. Anyways, your scores are really high! Out of the Irish schools is UCD the only one you applied to/have experience with. Do you have any other advice about ABP in general? I'm hoping to get into the RCSI 5-year program...
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No problem! I applied to UCD and NUIG since i was a senior in high school. I didn't apply to RCSI because of the cost. I was accepted at NUIG and waitlisted at UCD. I ended up removing myself off the waitlist in early May since I had other offers. I actually visited UCD on a side trip to do interviews in the UK and it was a suburban university with a large wide reaching campus. The medical school was very decent but I wasn't sure i wanted to spend 6 years there, it seemed a bit too remote.

Overall my experience with ABP was good. They were very nice and eager to answer my questions. They were very helpful as well.
 
Limerick had the best match rate of north americans graduating and going back to north america last match cycle among the irish schools last year. I believe 11 of the 12 matched, about half in family medicine, one in neurology, a few in internal med, and a couple of others. If you've got questions, I'm a current student so I might be able to answer them.
 
I'm not sure what your exact cumulative GPA is but it looks like it might be below what they want at RCSI (screw-em. they're way to expensive anyway!) and UCD. You've probably got a shot at UCC and you might get an interview from Limerick esp with a Masters in Neuro. I think they do look more closely at coursework done recently which would be in your favour. GL! I think UL interview invites get sent out late march if I remember correctly, after the time that a lot of other schools has sent out acceptances.
 
Are 5 year program applicants generally successful, or is it wishful thinking? I applied to UCD, TCD, RCSI and NUIG. No MCAT, great ECs and letters, 3.4 gpa
 
Happy Friday, all. Has there been news yet, apart from interviews, for any among us? I have not heard a peep from any of the schools I applied to.
 
I'm from: New York

My country of citizenship is: USA

Degrees: BS Molecular Genetics (University of Rochester), Currently MS in Basic Medical Sciences

At this University: New York Medical College

My GPA is: 3.65 (masters)
My undergrad GPA: 3.17

My MCAT Scores were: Not Taken

Extracurricular: Shadowed a few doctors, volunteering at two different hospitals, tutoring, a year and a half of research experience, executive positions on club squash and club tennis teams, etc.

I applied to: none yet
Interviews: none yet
I was accepted at:
I was waitlisted at:
I was rejected from:

My first choice school is: RCSI

I have applied to medical schools this many times: not yet

What are my chances of getting into one of the 5 year programs?? I will be applying for 2014.
 
I'll repost mine:

I'm from: New York

My country of citizenship is: USA/Republic of Ireland

Undergraduate degree: B.S. Psychology, cum laude

At this University: State University of New York (SUNY), Cortland

My GPA was: 3.4 cumulative, 3.54 degree (concentration in neuroscience)

My MCAT Scores were: Not Taken. Took 1 year gen chem, 1 year gen bio, stats, calc, lots of english, neuroscience, psychopharmacology and other science courses.

Extracurricular/Awards: ~400 volunteer hours at community hospital, Summer internship in Psychiatry @ NY Presbyterian (for credit), 3x neuroscience studies author (2 likely to be published), inducted into tri-beta biological honor society, 4x dean's list, student observer in nuclear medicine and radiology, assisting visually impaired professor with writing a book on cognitive linguistics, secular club treasurer, teaching assistant for behavioral neuroscience, and some other things on my CV.


I applied to: Trinity, NUIG, RCSI, UCD (5 year programs)
I was accepted at:
I was waitlisted at:
I was rejected from:
 
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Why aren't there anymore posting in forum? Has anyone been to any interviews and received any offers?
 
I still haven't heard from any of the schools and I applied to each school, both 5 year and GEP. According to posts in this forum from previous years, people should start hearing back from schools this week.
 
thembert said:
I still haven't heard from any of the schools and I applied to each school, both 5 year and GEP. According to posts in this forum from previous years, people should start hearing back from schools this week.
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Good luck. I am waiting for UDC and NUI Galway. Also waiting for decision, after interview, from St Andrew's, Boston University (BA/MD program) and RPI/AMC BS/MD physician scientist training program.
 
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I did not receive an interview (1st of 2 rounds perhaps....) from RCSI. Eagerly awaiting news from the other schools, especially NUIG. Heard Óró, sé do bheatha abhaile on an Irish station I occasionally peruse and realized how much I miss the old country...
 
Most schools in North America get much more than this. For example, Norther Ontario School of Medicine received 1974 applicants, sent out 320 interviews (one of which I received) for 64 spots. If all of ABP got 1200, considering there are 6 schools for 3 different length programs with roughly 250 NA students accepted amongst, these numbers are quite low per school and just based on that work in everyones favour. It would be interesting to know the distribution of these applicants to 6 year, 5 year and GEP, just to get a better idea.
 
thembert said:
Most schools in North America get much more than this. For example, Norther Ontario School of Medicine received 1974 applicants, sent out 320 interviews (one of which I received) for 64 spots. If all of ABP got 1200, considering there are 6 schools for 3 different length programs with roughly 250 NA students accepted amongst, these numbers are quite low per school and just based on that work in everyones favour. It would be interesting to know the distribution of these applicants to 6 year, 5 year and GEP, just to get a better idea.
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How do you know ABP got only 1200 appliocations? Is that for all Irish universities and all programs? If 250 students are accepted....how many do they interview? I read somewhere that 800 are interviewed and 1/3 get in so the 250 sounds right. In my interview the ABP guy told me there were 60 were interviewed in canada for the 5/6 yr program. He wasnt clear if new york was included. Does that seem correct.
Anyway, 10days left to find out!
When do other schools respond and I hear only UL interviews.
 
thembert said:
Most schools in North America get much more than this. For example, Norther Ontario School of Medicine received 1974 applicants, sent out 320 interviews (one of which I received) for 64 spots. If all of ABP got 1200, considering there are 6 schools for 3 different length programs with roughly 250 NA students accepted amongst, these numbers are quite low per school and just based on that work in everyones favour. It would be interesting to know the distribution of these applicants to 6 year, 5 year and GEP, just to get a better idea.
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The GEP program only has 60 in a class as opposed to 200 in the undergrad 5/6 yr program, so the 250 must be weighted in favour of the 5/6 yr applicants. But then we dont know the applications ratio so it means nothing.
 
pree123 said:
How do you know ABP got only 1200 appliocations? Is that for all Irish universities and all programs? If 250 students are accepted....how many do they interview? I read somewhere that 800 are interviewed and 1/3 get in so the 250 sounds right. In my interview the ABP guy told me there were 60 were interviewed in canada for the 5/6 yr program. He wasnt clear if new york was included. Does that seem correct.
Anyway, 10days left to find out!
When do other schools respond and I hear only UL interviews.
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I'm only going by what jenl said. No clue about any of the specifics, I was just speculating. Why do you say 10 days left to find out? I was under the impression first round acceptances went out this week.
 
thembert said:
I'm only going by what jenl said. No clue about any of the specifics, I was just speculating. Why do you say 10 days left to find out? I was under the impression first round acceptances went out this week.
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interview was on 4th. they said 3 weeks. so that means 10days left approx
 
I applied for 5 year and GEP and I haven't written MCAT yet but I will in April. Do you think I could still get acceptance to 5 year programs, or will they only consider me for GEP since I've indicated that I will be writing the MCAT?
 
Have you folks started to track your credit card authorization to watch for FedEx courier charges?
 
I haven't heard anything or have had anything charged on the ol' CC.

How do you know they're incoming? and what does "incoming" mean? They've been sent out or are expected to? Or, people have been receiving acceptances?
 
I called UCD to see if I could receive an update, as I applied late and wanted to ensure my application was complete and being assessed. They said first round notifications will be sent out tomorrow, from Dublin I presume.
 
Hm, interesting. Well, I guess we better keep an eye on those CC statements tomorrow!
 
You need to watch the outstanding authorization on the CC as it might take the charge over a week to show on the online transactions. The oustanding authorization is real time.
The outstanding authorization is = [the credit limit] - [online available credit] - [the online posted balance].
For example, if the credit limit is $2000 and the online banking shows the balance at $1000, and the available credit is at $900 means that there are outstanding authorizations totalling $100. If you call your credit card company, they can tell you the name of the merchant(s) that made the authorization. Good luck to all. Really exciting time to say the least.
 
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MikeGir said:
You need to watch the outstanding authorization on the CC as it might take the charge over a week to show on the online transactions. The oustanding authorization is real time.
The outstanding authorization is = the credit limit - online available credit - the online posted balance.
For example, if the credit limit is $2000 and the online banking shows the balance at $1000, and the available credit is at $900 means that there is outstanding authorizations of $100. If you call your credit card company, they can tell you the name of the merchant that made the authorization. Good luck to all. Really exciting time to say the least.
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How much would the FedEx charge be? I have a discrepancy of $34.00 in my outstanding authorization on the CC. 😕
 
That is about right. Pick up the phone and call your CC company. If the merchant is ABP or FedEx then congrats.
 
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Good advice- thanks. GL everyone! Let's keep each other posted.
 
Congrats, I'm very happy for you.
Did you get into the regular 6 year program at St.Andrews?
 
MikeGir said:
Congrats, I'm very happy for you.
Did you get into the regular 6 year program at St.Andrews?
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Yes, so it is unlikely that I will go to Ireland if I am offered a place in UCD or NUI Galway. Still waiting for the decisions, after interviews, on my applications for BS/MD at RPI/AMC and BA/MD at BU.:laugh:
 
Hey SJLIM, were you accepted to the A100 program or the A990 program? i.e. are you guaranteed Edinburgh or Manchester for your clinical years? and Congrats!
 
Medstart108 said:
Hey SJLIM, were you accepted to the A100 program or the A990 program? i.e. are you guaranteed Edinburgh or Manchester for your clinical years? and Congrats!
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Medstart108, thank you. Because I am from the US and not Canada, I could only apply to the A100 program. So, if I accept the offer, I will be doing my clinical years at Manchester. Hope all is going well with you and we may see each other this Fall. 🙂
 
Hi,

Do you know if UCD, UCC and Trinity also send their acceptance letters thought Fedex?

Thank you
 
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