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Help with course fee

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  • 05-01-2013 10:10pm
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    jeuneespoire
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    Hi, I'm applying for courses this year. around 5 years ago I started an undergraduate course but didn't finish even the first year. now I want to go back to college and I'm applying for different courses this year. will I have to pay the fees? I've tried looking at the student finance site but no info ;(

    http://www.studentfinance.ie/mp9377/course-fees/index.html

    This is My no 1 choice course here which is listed in the cao

    http://www.gcd.ie/ba-hons-in-music-production/

    edit. I wasn't a mature student when I did the first course


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    Procrastastudy
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    AFAIK all GCD courses are private so no help with fees.


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    jeuneespoire
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭jeuneespoire


    ****. I just thought since it was in the cao.... do you think I have any other options?


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    Procrastastudy
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    jeuneespoire wrote: »
    ****. I just thought since it was in the cao.... do you think I have any other options?

    Is there nowhere else that offers it? I would have thought DIT or one of the outlying ITs would offer such a course - then again that's just a guess.


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    The_Morrigan
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    You could send a query to the student finance people asking them, give them as much info about your previous education and this course.

    Also, you are eligible for tax back on tuition fees on private colleges.
    More info here http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it31.html


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    jeuneespoire
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    The only other courses are in Dundalk and Limerick which I'm applying for too. they'll have to do.


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    Annasopra
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    jeuneespoire wrote: »
    around 5 years ago I started an undergraduate course but didn't finish even the first year

    What year? This matters because if it's more than 5 years you might get free fees for the first year

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    jeuneespoire
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭jeuneespoire


    just worked it out and it's definitely over five years but i think grithith college is independent so i don't think that applies?


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,062 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    jeuneespoire wrote: »
    just worked it out and it's definitely over five years but i think grithith college is independent so i don't think that applies?

    Yeah Griffith is private but if you get one of the others this will be a help

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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