2nd December 2024
Why You Should Be Studying For the HPAT Right Now
Are you all aboard the express train to Procrastination Station? Are you experiencing a motivation crisis? Are you just about ready to give up? There may be many reasons why you’re feeling this way and they may be impacting on your will to study and prepare for HPAT. You may be feeling tired, overwhelmed, stressed. You may have many other social, academic and extra-curricular com ...
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21st November 2024
Timeline for Medical Entry 2024-2025
Getting into medicine is a complex process. It’s not just about your academic performance, you also need to succeed in HPAT. There are many important deadlines that you must not miss if you are to enter your dream course. This blog outlines the key dates and tasks so you can ensure you keep on track! ...
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15th November 2024
Mind Games: Motivation for HPAT Study
Yes, we’d all rather be on TikTok or Instagram or YouTube, but before you pick up your phone to scroll through social media, read this! Motivating yourself to prepare for HPAT can be difficult. You should not expect to always feel motivated to prepare for HPAT – no-one feels motivated all the time. However, there are proven methods to help boost your motivation for HPAT prep. ...
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8th November 2024
Managing HPAT With Other Commitments
As many of you would have noticed, HPAT preparation takes time. And I mean a LOT of time! It’s often overwhelming trying to get those HPAT practice exams you’d promised yourself to get done as well as study for that first chemistry quiz if you’re in 6th year, or keep up with your GAA training. In many cases, students often lose time, confidence and their interest in ...
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5th November 2024
HPAT 2025 Test Session Bookings Now Open! Here Are 3 Tips
Test session bookings for HPAT 2025 are now available! Full instructions on how to register and book a HPAT 2025 test session are available in the 2025 HPAT Information Booklet. HPAT 2025 will take place online from Friday 14 February to Monday 17 February, over various timeslots. Students with technical issues will be able to test after this testing wi ...
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21st October 2024
HPAT 2025 Will Run ONLINE! Here’s What You Need to Know
HPAT historically took place in paper and pencil format. However, due to the COVID pandemic, HPAT ran online for the first time ever in 2021. In following years, HPAT also ran online, and ACER has confirmed that HPAT 2025 will run online as well. This blog summarises what you need to know. HPAT 2025 will take place online HPAT 2025 will take place online. Th ...
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21st October 2024
How I Scored 100th Percentile in the HPAT
I am now a medical student at university, but I remember being in exactly your position, desperate for tips that would help me perform well in the HPAT. So, here you are – the five most important practices that helped me score 100th percentile in the HPAT. Found my ‘Zone of Excellence’ Finding my ‘zone of excellence’ was life changing for me. I f ...
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18th October 2024
4 Ways to Prepare for HPAT Online
As you may be aware, the HPAT exam next year will proceed as it has in recent years, taking place online. This means that you will take the HPAT exam in your own, predetermined environment at a time chosen by you (within the given window). You will have a proctor overlooking your activities as you complete the HPAT exam, which you will be taking on your own laptop or computer. Having sat th ...
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16th October 2024
Why Group Study is Effective for HPAT
There is a fundamental difference in how you need to study for exams which test knowledge (such as school and university exams) and for high stakes tests such as HPAT which assesses generic thinking skills. For the former, a lot of memorisation and recall are involved so studying alone can be effective, and even preferred by motivated students who do not want to be distracted by less moti ...
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10th October 2024
4 Steps to Balancing the HPAT – the Extra Subject
We are all too aware of how busy sixth year can be. However many don’t consider just how much busier it gets when you decide to sit the HPAT on top of that. Suddenly you have a whole lot more study on top of your expected workload and it can really be like taking on a whole other subject (or two!). Look at HPAT as a subject for which you have no teacher, no homework, and no dea ...
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