You will receive an overall score, and an overall percentile rank to give you an indication of how well you performed against other HPAT – Ireland candidates.
The HPAT – Ireland score is valid for two years. If you have more than one valid score (i.e. you take HPAT – Ireland two years in a row) you may use whichever score you prefer.
Under no circumstances will results be released over the telephone, by fax or by email. This is to protect candidate confidentiality.
Please note that results are released after careful calculation and extensive checking, and errors in scoring are highly unlikely. However requests for re-checks can be submitted online by 5pm on 11th May 2012. A fee of €80 is payable for this service. It is not possible to give special consideration for impaired performance on the day of the test caused by illness or unexpected personal situations.
In 2011, a score of 169 appeared to be the cut-off point in the HPAT for entry into Medicine. Candidates below this score did not get a place in Medicine.
While 2012 is a different year and will have its own cut-off point especially considering the increase in points awarded for grade D3 or above in Higher level Maths, it would still be wise to use 168 as a yardstick and if you are below this score, it would be imperative that you consider other options on your CAO form.
Please, please do not put Medicine choices only on your CAO form. This is short-sighted and unwise. By all means keep Medicine as your first 5 choices but have other options as well.