Leaving Cert Guidance
Guidance Counsellor, Donnchadh O Mahony, hosts the Leaving Cert Guidance Podcast. Donnchadh gives up to date information to applicants of the CAO, UCAS, PLCs, HEAR and DARE, HPAT etc. Make sure to follow @leavingcertguidance on Instagram and TikTok to stay up to date on when the latest podcast episodes come out.
Leaving Cert Guidance
HPAT: How I got 98th Percentile
Alice Byrne is in 4th year medicine in UCD. When she sat her HPAT in 2021 she scored in the 98th percentile achieving 197 points.
She joins Donnchadh in this episode to give some tips to potential HPATers.
Alice discusses:
- The importance of the HPAT
- How she prepared for it with specific strategies and resources
- Balancing the LC and the HPAT
- Importance of timing and pacing during the exam
- Advice for students who are anxious about the HPAT
- Tips for students sitting the HPAT in February
Connect with Alice via email alice.byrne2@ucdconnect.ie
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