Grant? anyone hear yet?

Xxhaylsxx

Yep if you qualify for a grant you will get the money back

Xxhaylsxx

Xxhaylsxx wrote: »

Yep if you qualify for a grant you will get the money back

Cheers, now to get to the bank...

pandamoanium

Well, just got a letter in the post from the VEC... *gulp*




.... GOOD NEWS! I got the full grant! Woohooo!

Such a relief now that I know for sure!

Roll on October 15th (payday!) :pac:


Btw, this was Galway City VEC for those interested

Medievalist

Congrats Pandamoanium....that's great news!

DCC gave me my reference number and told me to ring again next week. Them seem quite nice about the whole thing. Fingers crossed!

billy the squid

how do you find out when you get your money?

Anna88

Medievalist wrote: »

Congrats Pandamoanium....that's great news!

DCC gave me my reference number and told me to ring again next week. Them seem quite nice about the whole thing. Fingers crossed!

Hey Im also going to DCU nad when I talked to them they weren very nice
What did they give you a reference number for do you mind me asking??
Im absolutly terrified Ill loose my place because of stupid grant!!

crunchycorner

Anyone hear from Laois CC yet???

Medievalist

Anna88 wrote: »

Hey Im also going to DCU nad when I talked to them they weren very nice
What did they give you a reference number for do you mind me asking??
Im absolutly terrified Ill loose my place because of stupid grant!!

The council seem to give every application a reference number. The woman I was talking with on the phone told me mine...makes it easier for them to check the status when I ring back next week. Here's hoping!

Carol2057

anyone hear from North Tipp cc?

El Siglo

crunchycorner wrote: »

Anyone hear from Laois CC yet???

Yeh, rang the head knob this morning, they're sending the letters out this week, what day we get them I'm unsure, but I'd imagine by thursday or friday we'll have them (well I hope so!).

cals

Has anyone who sent back their grant renewal form to Co. Dublin VEC heard anything back yet. i sent mine back at the start of August and statring to worry it will take as long as last year. When I applied in 1st year, I sent everything in just before the closing date. They then sent everything back in October because I hadn't got a utility bill even though when I dropped in the stuff they said my bankstatement and council rent statements would do! I then got a reisssuse of my ESB bill and sent everything back mid-October. I finally reaceived my first (and second) grant installment at the end of January. I really hope this doesn't happen this year..

bethm24

they should let us know where we stand. ive heard nothing yet, im very worried i wont get it as i dont have good enough proof of residence. i shredded alot of documents before i had realised i needed them all for the grant assessement. they must think all people keep piles of useless paper work and letters containing important details about them piled up in their homes! not all people leave letters lying around. i curse the day i bought the shredder!:mad:

sfhawke7w

i have been accepted on a plc course and applied for a grant, my income from 2008 is over 22k but it includes opfa is this taken into consideration, this would mean i would be entitled to the full grant which would be a relief.

sorry if this question has already been asked.

Nihilist21

bethm24 wrote: »

they should let us know where we stand.

Ring your local council and they will give you an approximate date for when you shall receive word. I rang mine (Wexford) and told me it would be another 2 weeks, however the woman at the other end told me that I would definitely qualify.

Seanh111

Got a letter from Limerick County Council today...and iv got the full grant and registration fees so im delighted i dont have to pay that €1500!

raveni

Anyone heard anything from Meath vec?

I applied the 6th of august then got a letter the 25th asking for some stuff to allow my application to be processed. (I wouldn't mind but it was stuff they hadn't asked for on the app. form; my parents pps no.'s, a social welfare statement - which I'd already sent them! so I rang up and luckily I didn't need to send another, really can't remember what else but something I had to post them) I sent what they asked for anyway and haven't heard from them since, so I presume they have everything they need now? I'm nearly 100% sure that I'd qualify for a full grant and I really need it so I'm starting to get fairly anxious..may ring them again:mad:

Also, anyone know how much you get paid monthly and are there payments added for the start of the year, like september if I don't start getting paid til october? And how long after they send you a letter saying you qualify does it take for the payments to start?

El Siglo

raveni wrote: »

Also, anyone know how much you get paid monthly and are there payments added for the start of the year, like september if I don't start getting paid til october? And how long after they send you a letter saying you qualify does it take for the payments to start?

Three payments per annum: October, February, and April (if you're lucky and they actually can do their job that is). If you're on the 'top-up' rate, you'll get additional payments about 2 to 4 weeks after the initial aforementioned installment.

Wellydancer

Nihilist21 wrote: »

Ring your local council and they will give you an approximate date for when you shall receive word. I rang mine (Wexford) and told me it would be another 2 weeks, however the woman at the other end told me that I would definitely qualify.

Hello nihilist, would me mind me asking when did you apply? I'm with wex cc also. I applied last week in august but didnt get final documents in till round the 7th. thanks in advance

Nihilist21

Wellydancer wrote: »

Hello nihilist, would me mind me asking when did you apply? I'm with wex cc also. I applied last week in august but didnt get final documents in till round the 7th. thanks in advance

I had everything sent in by late August I think.

blondy24

well as i'm returning as a mature student i had my grant application in very early in july.(my ref no is in the 20's) i phoned two weeks ago in the hope i wouldn't have to pay the registration fee but the girl in d council offices said it was processed but was awaiting her supervisors approval ,to go ahead pay registration and i'd hear something in next two weeks.

so i paid the fees and phoned again today out of curiosity, got a different person she said they were so busy processing the people returning to college into second yr etc's applications that my application had been received but not processed and i should not expect a letter until late oct/november because it is my first time applying for the grant. she didn't tell me if i had been granted anything whereas the first girl pretty much implied i had nothing to worry about just to pay the fee's and wait for the refund. !! hope that helps anyone waiting from cork county council!

bethm24

why does it take so long to know if your getting it? i dont want to ring in case they eat my head off like last time...i dont want to jinx it......:p:(i have a bad feeling though

El Siglo

Here's my story for today. I got my letter today, need it to register. I was in work so my brother opened the post, saw the letter and saw that it had the wrong fecking college on it! I had put down in my application: University of Dublin, Trinity College. However the foreign person in the council office (yes it was a foreign person as I found out later) had put down University College Dublin, needless to say it involved a lot of hair pulling and eventually I managed to get the right form. The lesson is KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid!;) Don't expect miracles, quadruple check every bit of correspondence between you and the council, it's worth it.

brownacid

El Siglo wrote: »

Here's my story for today. I got my letter today, need it to register. I was in work so my brother opened the post, saw the letter and saw that it had the wrong fecking college on it! I had put down in my application: University of Dublin, Trinity College. However the foreign person in the council office (yes it was a foreign person as I found out later) had put down University College Dublin, needless to say it involved a lot of hair pulling and eventually I managed to get the right form. The lesson is KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid!;) Don't expect miracles, quadruple check every bit of correspondence between you and the council, it's worth it.

Id put that down as your fault, no one really calls it university of Dublin, people know as TCD so thats what you call it. Lesson learnt eh

So today I recieved all my documents back from Meath CoCo but no application form, no letter saying whether I got it or refused it, just a little note saying with compliments. HAving said that I applyed for the grant with one fail on my results sheet, hoping they didn't see it but can be fixed fairly easily as new repeat results out tmw.


HOpefully I got as I haven't got 1500 for my reg, nor do my parents.

Anna88

brownacid wrote: »

HOpefully I got as I haven't got 1500 for my reg, nor do my parents.

I wouldn have the money for reg either so I went into my fingal county council and said plainly...

"I cant go to college without this grant" the woman looked at me and said "ah the college will understand" and I looked at her and said..."I also dont have the money to pay the fine for the reg being late." She was astonished at this info...apparently the office didn know students are being fined for late reg payment. So if you really really need this grant for REG then go in and talk with someone. I got mine that day...

For students who can afford the reg fee but are waiting on the grant, please dont go in as your in the door already, just have patients. Its the students who need this grant for reg that should get priority!

Goodluck y'all
xx

brownacid

Anna88 wrote: »

I wouldn have the money for reg either so I went into my fingal county council and said plainly...

"I cant go to college without this grant" the woman looked at me and said "ah the college will understand" and I looked at her and said..."I also dont have the money to pay the fine for the reg being late." She was astonished at this info...apparently the office didn know students are being fined for late reg payment. So if you really really need this grant for REG then go in and talk with someone. I got mine that day...

For students who can afford the reg fee but are waiting on the grant, please dont go in as your in the door already, just have patients. Its the students who need this grant for reg that should get priority!

Goodluck y'all
xx

Hmm this is interesting, I hopefully am not working on friday so I may take a trip in to the Meath CoCo and try your ploy, I've been flat out the last few eeks or so trying to get the money together aswell as pay off some more of my loans that I had to take out last year as I was a grand over the threshold and got nothing from them.

I had the mother call up the college the other day and she was told categorically I need a letter from the council saying thatg I have the grant of they're to waive the few otherwise im liable and liable for the late few also as the council wont pay that.

blondy24

bethm24 wrote: »

why does it take so long to know if your getting it? i dont want to ring in case they eat my head off like last time...i dont want to jinx it......:p:(i have a bad feeling though

wasn't sure if that was for me but i said i'd reply anyways... don't knowfor sure if i got it the first sounded v positive but second negative so i suppose nothing is definite till i get a letter in the post, like you said not going to ring anymore though for fear, just play the waiting game like the rest of the country now i'd say! but if it takes this long to get a letter imagine waiting for the money,torture!!!

manutd4life

got a letter off dublin city council and my application for a grant was accepted as an a1 maintenance grant.

what does a1 maintenance grant mean?

kenon

manutd4life wrote: »

got a letter off dublin city council and my application for a grant was accepted as an a1 maintenance grant.

what does a1 maintenance grant mean?

Full adjacent grant I think.

€1370.

Medievalist

manutd4life wrote: »

got a letter off dublin city council and my application for a grant was accepted as an a1 maintenance grant.

what does a1 maintenance grant mean?

Do you mind if I ask you when you sent in your application? I haven't heard back from them yet.

Congrats on getting it!

manutd4life

sent it in around the end of august

Medievalist

manutd4life wrote: »

sent it in around the end of august

Me too. Apparently my application is only in the initial stages though:(

shift

manutd4life wrote: »

sent it in around the end of august

sorry if this is a bit off topic but what happens if its sent in late- i only sent mine in this week. does this mean i mightnt get a grant at all?

thanks

Hoopstudent

Im due tt in DCU on Monday for orientation week, i stil have heard nothing back from the VEC but a guy in 3rd year told me to apply to the college themselves for reg fees and they pay until your grant comes through if your really stuck..

El Siglo

brownacid wrote: »

Id put that down as your fault, no one really calls it university of Dublin, people know as TCD so thats what you call it. Lesson learnt eh

Actually, that's it's proper legal name (i.e. the name they use every where in the place) and it turns out it happens a lot of the time, people see 'University' and think UCD, but it worked out in the end anyway!;)
I'll put down it's legal title next time:
"Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near Dublin.":pac:

Does anyone know, how late the grants will be this year, I'm hearing December for the first installment.

El Siglo

shift wrote: »

sorry if this is a bit off topic but what happens if its sent in late- i only sent mine in this week. does this mean i mightnt get a grant at all?

thanks

No, it means (if approved) you'll get your first installment some time in March!

Anna88

First payment of grant is in October people!!
Heard it straight from the horses mouth today so stop worrying

Chwilly

I got my verification in the post today if that helps!

Byron85

I phoned up today, i'm based in Cork City, and they said that they have had a cursory glance over my application but it has yet to be processed. I asked did this mean everything was ok and the woman replied that it just means that all the initial documentation seems to be in order but that they have yet to take a look at the figures in it and go over it in depth. She said I should know in 2 weeks to a month. I'll just play the waiting game from here on in but the woman on the phone seemed very nice and was as helpful as she could be.

I also asked where abouts my application stood in the order of things and she said she couldn't tell but that they had two big steel cases or cabinets of applications to get through still.

the wait is killing me

blondy24

i know its painful isn't it, well if anyone from cork county hears i'd appreciate it if you'd post it, cheers!

Ricky91t

Has anybody heard from Kerry CC yet?And if so when did you apply?Cheers

seithon

I have and I applied in June, they got back to me in august confirming it all

sells

any idea on what date in october we get the grant???

kenon

Got my confirmation today from CODVEC.

Wellydancer

Nihilist21 wrote: »

I had everything sent in by late August I think.

Cheers for info. Rang wex co co and they say they a month behind in accessing grants this year!! good luck in getting yours on time

dlofnep

Didn't get my grant

Byron85

dlofnep wrote: »

Didn't get my grant

If you don't mind me asking, what was the reason? If you know that is. You can also appeal the decision.

sillymoo

I rang Galway Co Co today and was told it will be 4 weeks anyway before my application is assessed. I had it all in before the deadline and im starting back to college on Monday

blondy24

well got my letter from cork coco today didn't get the grant because i undertook first year of an undergrad course six years ago, it doesn't matter that its nothing like the course im doing now or that i failed my exams its level 8 and thats it( i have never applied or received a grant before) . this country is a joke you work for years pay taxes try to go back to college and educate yourself and you only get penalised. so cross right now!!!!! Is there any other type of funding available besides BTEA?

Carol2057

anyone hear from north tipp cc???:(