By now we all have our Results and the initial shock is all over. Whether it was good or bad we all have to think about what’s next. Will you get the course you want in college? Will you repeat? Or will you settle for a course lower down on your list of preferences? All [...]

This Blog now also appears on my new blogs: http://mthanrahan.blogspot.com & http://irishstudents.blogspot.com I started this whole blogging game back in September 2010 when I began writing for students.theleavingcert.com as michael2010. It was purely a moment of impulse that I applied to be on the blogging team for 2010/2011. I had never even…[Read more]

This blog originally appeared on my new blog site; http://www.mthanrahan.blogspot.com where you can see more Leaving Cert. Blogs as I countdown to the Results Date, August 17th 2011 . Now there’s only eight days left so I’ll cut out the waffle from this blog and get straight to the point. As my original Hpat blog has gotten so [...]

It’s getting close. Will it be good news? Will it be disappointing? Who knows. There’s no point in wondering too much about it yet. You can’t do anything to change the outcome. At least it’s all over, the exams, and most of the pressure is off. I know that for myself at least this has [...]

Last night. It’s almost exciting isn’t it? Only one day left and I’ll never have to think about English Paper 1 again. No more reading comprehensions to be done in half an hour, no more personal essays to be hashed together in less than one hour while writing so fast that it eventually becomes illegible. [...]

Yeah, weird title. Up until a few weeks ago I had this countdown widget on my desktop. 273 Days until the Leaving Cert. it used to say and I remember blogging here about how soon that was. It seems funny now. We’ve only got a little more than a week left until the exams and [...]

“I don’t have time to do that, I’m a Leaving Cert!” – It’s been the go to excuse for the last year now. We’ve gotten out of housework, and other nuisances. And I for one haven’t mowed the lawn, cooked or cleaned in months. Another good one was – “I need to take a break from study, I’ve [...]

Four days until the dreaded BMAT and I find myself desperately google-ing for anything even remotely related to the test itself. Here’s what I find: A few links to the official websites A Wikipedia page forum posts on thestudentroom.co.uk that are grossly out of date and a blog post by me. All of which are useless with regard to preparing for [...]

Hey everyone, it’s a pity but I’m home again with nothing to do but study, homework or blog. So this seemed as good a choice as any seeing as there’s still 240 days till. Loads of time in my opinion. So I back from the Institution of Education as I was there to do the [...]

So I survived the UKCAT but researching it was a pain and finding decent practice questions was next to impossible. With only a week’s practice I can assure you I was looking for all the extra advice I could get. So here are my recommendations for anyone who’s sitting the UKCAT in the next few [...]

An air of confidence has finally swept over this side of Co. Clare. One week ago the UKCAT was a scary reality. But today I kicked it’s ass! Anyone else have this feeling?? My Average score is 755/900. Broken down that’s: Verbal Reasoning – 650 Quantitative Reasoning – 790 Abstract Reasoning – 890 Decision Analysis – 690 And to that person…[Read more]

Against all good advice I fear I did the one thing we’re not supposed to do. I left it to the last minute. UCAS is a giant headache! All those apptitude tests. Why can’t they all be the same? Five letters U-K-C-A-T, this we be all I’ll be able to think about for the next [...]

A lot of you recently have mentioned that you’ve drawn up a study timetable and immediately admitted to not sticking to it. So I wonder are study timetables a good idea to begin with? Personally I don’t have one, although I do have my own system of effective study. In my opinion if you have [...]

Since I started blogging I have made it clear that I will be applying to UCAS but to my surprise so will a large number of you also. I never realised how the people who know exactly what they want to do early are the people who apply to study in Britain. More often then [...]

One of the perks associated with an application to Medicine is of course the privilege  of sitting either the HPAT and/or the BMAT. (I’m ignoring the UKCAT because I don’t know much about it) I have taken the time to try these two exams and overall I see them as friends to my future instead of sabotaging [...]

Only today have I truly realised what a great year this will be. Leaving Certificate 2011, is now a rather attractive reality with only 273 days left to go. I have now finished five days as a Leaving Cert. and the school experience is on the way up. Worst thing is though that if this [...]