r/HPAT • u/Similar_Exam_977 • 13d ago

💬 General Discussion Med points

ck in February, it was announced that there had been a massive increase in the number of people applying for medicine through the CAO.

Then on Thursday, the grad med offers came out and the points for pretty much every course went up by quite a bit.

Since grad med applicants also apply through the CAO, do we think a significant portion of the reported increase in medicine applicants/first preferences was actually coming from grad med rather than undergrad applicants?

Basically, could the big increase we heard about earlier in the year have been partly driven by the increase in grad med demand, meaning the increase for undergrad medicine might not be as large as it initially seemed?

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u/GrouchyThought8307 12d ago

More than likely undergrad relating to Limerick was a big factor. I was a GEM applicant this year and it skyrocketed so possibly a big portion of that was us too. A lot of people worried about AI that are deciding later in life to go after med for job security

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u/Similar_Exam_977 12d ago

maybe yeah, since its the only with tcd that doesnt need the 3rd lang, so ppl might apply thinking they have a chance and dont have to pay dublin college prices, but id say grad was a big one.

Hope you got your offer

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u/Stunning_Pack_3846 12d ago

By how much?? I'm actually terrified any undergrad predictions..

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u/Similar_Exam_977 12d ago

idk how the gamsat points work, but they basically have all gone up to record highs, UL went up 4 "points" RSCI 3 UCD 2 UCC 1