Tips on Preparing for the HPAT

Leaving Cert Guidance Podcast

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

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