Dropping out and reapplying to the CAO

NADA

Hey. I am currently doing CSLG. Really thinking of dropping out and transferring to Science or just pure Computer Science. Has anybody ever done this. I will reapply through the CAO. Heads in a bit of a mess. Any advice. How will it work out with fees and all that stuff. I'm in first year by the way.

You don't need to re-apply if you're thinking about transferring within Trinity, however, you have missed the deadline for transferring in a different JF course (that was last Friday) for this year unfortunately.

Go meet your tutor as soon as you can. If you really really want out, you could fill out a form and drop out, but then re-apply through the CAO. I assume you've already re-registered, but if you drop out before the end of January (or some time like that, I can't remember exactly but your tutor will know) you should be able to only pay for one half of fees instead of having to pay the full €5000 or however much it is. There's a form to fill out, so don't just feck off and not look back!

If you want to finish the year, you could apply internally without going through the CAO, but you would be paying for the entire year. It's up to you, really. Either way, go meet your tutor as soon as you can.

If you want to talk to a student about it, pop up to the Students' Union (House 6, first floor, follow the signs at the top of the stairs around to the corridor) and go have a chat with Rob Kearns. He's the Education Officer and can give you your options in less confusion than I can. Just pop up - you've nothing to lose. If he's not there, his e-mail address is sueducat@tcd.ie.

And hi, I dropped out of my course which I got through the CAO one week and 4 years ago

Good luck with whatever you choose!

cunnins4

as said above, you really need to talk to your tutor ASAP. I dropped out of DCU and re applied through the cao and ended up paying a whopping 9 grand in fees. It would've been closer to 12 had i have finished out the year. (it was my second year, so i had to pay full fees for first year and half for second year) I dropped out just before the 31st of january which is the cut off for all colleges - after that you have to pay a full year in fees, which is closer to 6k now (depending on the college and the course). Did you re register in week 10?

Seriously though, you're almost out of time if you want to save some cash, so get talking to your tutor. If you do decide to drop out, go to the careers advisory service. When i left dcu, i made an appointment with the guys here in tcd, and they went through all of my options and showed me around. Well worth it, and now i'm in the right course and delighted.

It's a horrible decision to make when you decide to change course, so make sure you get all the information you possibly can before you make the decision so you don't end up in the wrong course twice.

Good luck with it. Best thing I ever did.;)

Crash

If you're planning on transferring to CS, as well as talking to your tutor (who is it by the way? some of the CS tutors are fantastic) you should also talk to 1)Dr. Kenneth Dawson Howe, who's the head of the CS degree at the moment, and possibly 2)Mike Brady, who's the head of teaching. Both are quite approachable and very easy to talk to, and would be quite understanding of the situation.

talking to Rob would be a very good idea.

If you want to drop me a mail about it (I'm the Computer Science and Stats Convenor, so at the mo I half represent you ) i'd be more than willing to sit down and have a chat with you, or anything else if its of any use, as I know the department and the layout of the full CS course quite well, so can give you a bit of advice on what you expect from the course should you want to transfer into it and what the course is actually like.

my mail is mcgoughn(at)tcd.ie

-Neil