bruce college

D!ve^Bomb! · 30-12-2003 11:50pm #1

hi,, i'm 20 and want to do my leaving again as i want to go to college but i dont have the points to do wot i wanna do..

i wanna go to bruce college, can anyone give me details on the fees for full time one year repeat leaving cert.. thanx

Atreides · 30-12-2003 11:57pm

Why can't you wait a year and go as a mature student?

Sangre · 31-12-2003 1:09am

Mature student is over 21 if I recall correctly.

D!ve^Bomb! · 31-12-2003 11:39am

as far as i know as a mature student u have to be over 23, or so i've heard. plus i want to go to trinity, or dcu, and they would probably only have 2 or 3 places on the course i wanna do for mature students,

on wot grounds would a college take a mature student, wouldn't i have to have some experience in the field of the course i wanted to do??

does anyone have info on fees for bruce

PHB · 31-12-2003 3:44pm

Mature student is 23 and you want to have lifelong experience in the field or have another degree to do it.

Go to the institute, its much much better

D!ve^Bomb! · 31-12-2003 3:48pm

thanx,, but does anyone have know how much it costs.there's no info on the website... i would go to leeson street but unfortunatley i dont have 5,000, please dont tell me its the same kinda price range
for bruce

seamus · 31-12-2003 4:51pm

Originally posted by PHB
Mature student is 23 and you want to have lifelong experience in the field or have another degree to do it.

Go to the institute, its much much better

You don't necessarily need to be in that field (why would you bother getting a degree in a subject if you had years of experience in it?

), just need to show that you have an aptitude for that kind of area, usually through another qualification. My brother for example, got accepted as a mature student for a cert in Construction Technology, a year after qualifying form FAS as a Cabinet Maker (carpenter for the lay person

). From that cert then, he's entitled to go on to complete a degree, as is anyone in college

D!ve^Bomb! · 31-12-2003 5:03pm

PRICES PEOPLE PLEASE!!

31-12-2003 5:21pm

Mature students are gas. A load of old people sitting up the front of all the lectures paying mad attention...

BTW expect to pay the same for the institute as you would for bruce. I was gonna go to bruce for my LC and it would have cost 4000£ if I remember correctly. So your lookin at roughly 5000€ I reckon

D!ve^Bomb! · 31-12-2003 7:13pm

thanx.. is it worth that much?, are they super powered teachers or somethin

PHB · 01-01-2004 4:32pm

I can't speak for Bruce, but the institute is worth paying the 5000 quid.

It totally breaks down the system and tells you how to get A's. It doesn't give you a well rounded education but you aren't looking for that, you are simply looking to get the points, so go to the Institute

Kold · 01-01-2004 4:54pm

I go to Bruce Cork, Fee for one year is 5100euro if you pay in one go. Don't worry bout your age, a good of my friends r 19 and over

D!ve^Bomb! · 01-01-2004 5:15pm

unfortunately, i wont be going to either for the simple reason, i cant afford it, i shall have to just go to cdvec college and do it there for bout 4900 cheaper,, it may not be as good but i dont really have much of a choice

Atreides · 01-01-2004 5:44pm

What course are you thinking of doing. You could always try IOE on saturdays for one or two subjects.

eth0_ · 01-01-2004 10:31pm

Originally posted by Skanger
What course are you thinking of doing. You could always try IOE on saturdays for one or two subjects.

good idea. newground - you can also do leaving cert correspondance courses, I can't remember the name of the college that does it though

utility_ - yeah, and the mature students up the front will be the ones coming out with much better grades than you, mate.

Atreides · 01-01-2004 10:33pm

Originally posted by eth0_
utility_ - yeah, and the mature students up the front will be the ones coming out with much better grades than you, mate.

Doesn't matter, his daddy plays golf with the dean.

richindub2 · 01-01-2004 10:58pm

If it takes them thirty years to get the grades they want then yea gluck to them...

Bruce Dublin is meant to be **** now anyway, half the teachers left and the sixth year numbers are only 33% of last year and such

D!ve^Bomb! · 01-01-2004 11:14pm

i was just wonderin how i would be accepted into trinity after doin a plc course..

would the course have to be related to music?

i was thinkin bout the rock school in ballyfermot, does anyone know any other course that would be relevant so i could be accepted in trin, or dit etc etc.................................

correspondance?

wots involved with this?

Ronaldo7 · 01-01-2004 11:27pm

Bruce is the best school ive ever went too. The teachers were ****ing brilliant. I left there two years ago. They are fired if they dont produce results. When i was there, we went through about 3 french teachers and a few honours maths ones. It was superb cos the students have the power. Its a great school and the teachers work their absolute balls off.

The instititute is a good school if you dont need a push to do your work. I did. I needed a kick up the ass and i got it too. They sorted me out. I got 150% from the teachers whenever.

02-01-2004 1:21am

Originally posted by eth0_
utility_ - yeah, and the mature students up the front will be the ones coming out with much better grades than you, mate.

/me gasps!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Nobody even goes to college to get good grades. It's all about the party if you ask me.

Pacifico · 02-01-2004 12:54pm

Bruce is crap. Was there for 4 years. What a waste of money

Jim · 02-01-2004 1:28pm

Originally posted by Henry_14
Bruce is crap. Was there for 4 years. What a waste of money

dito. was there 2 years, and didnt pay off. turns out im still a lazy git.

seriously though, it went to sh|t last year with changes in admin etc... dont know if its picked up again this year. imo it wasnt worth the money, but as far as i know they've reduced their rates by a good bit this year.

PHB · 02-01-2004 4:53pm

If you told us what subjects you were doing and what you're aiming for we could help you

If you can't afford it, which is common unfortunately

, you could always just go their for grinds on the weekends, but if you went to grinds for 4+ subjects then you'd be paying nearly the full fees anyway.

You could always get a loan or something? Its a big investment but its your education

Kold · 02-01-2004 6:25pm

The people who were sent to Bruce are the ones who are saying it's crap. However if YOU want good results, YOU'll put your head down and get them. You can sit listening to the greatest teacher and not learn anything if you don't want to. I went to Bruce because I felt that I needed it and they are providing me with the means.

Bruce wants your money, you want results. It's a mutualistic relationship.

If you genuinely want to learn then you will. Sure you can get an education with a library card but I doubt many people could do that. Bruce lays the course before you and if you make good use of what they have to offer then you're sorted and it's money well spent.

Unfortunately, you shouldn't have to pay 5grand for it and for what it is, it IS steep. But that's a reflection of how stupid the education system is. The points system is fúcking retarded. The people who get to become doctors are the people who can put their head down at 18 years of age- not necessarily the most intelligent but the biggest swots who want the course for "prestige".

I regret not having put a little work in a little earlier.

D!ve^Bomb! · 02-01-2004 7:23pm

well i only barely passed in the first place, so i'm lookin to do bout 7 subjects, english, maths, geog, art, and music, business and home ec, these 3 i haven't done before..

i could get a loan but i'd be payin that back all year and probably wouldnt have the money to go to trinity then..

i do agree that if you were to put your heaqd down then u can get the results, but the fact of the matter is, bruce has some of the best teachers in the country, thats most likely why its so expensive, they get the job done! i dunno wot i'm gonna do for certain yet, i'd have a mch better chance at bruce than any other college cos the teaching standard is alot higher

Kold · 02-01-2004 7:40pm

Well then I'd suggest approaching them. Which Bruce anyway? I think there are 4 around the country.

D!ve^Bomb! · 03-01-2004 12:46am

dublin, does the fee have to be paid up front or can ya pay in instalments, or is there less to pay if u have the med card etc.. i really cant afford 5000

PHB · 03-01-2004 1:21am

You should go ask them, I'm sure they'll help you out.

Try find something you really want to do, its important. It'll give you a goal to aim for, otherwise its very hard to do the work

Kold · 03-01-2004 6:22pm

if u pay in one go it's a single payment of 5100, they do take instalments, but it adds about 100-200 onto the complete price

d4r3n · 18-01-2004 12:25am

i do some of the friday/saturday classes in the institute. i think its definitely worth it, not too expensive for the friday/saturday stuff either, teachers are really good.

things are a lot easier and id learn more in one class than an entire week in my old school, the teachers break everything down so well and just tell you what you have to do and thats it. if you can you should try it, ive done the LC before like and just want to redo a subject or two and think its ideal.

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