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GCD and grants

  • 18-04-2009 6:24pm
    #1
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    having a scan through studentfinances.ie... and can't seem to see GCD listed as a college for grant access? Anyone know why?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    GCD is private, I think? There was some court case some time about with someone who was going to a private college got a grant, but I don't know if they're openly accepting people who go to private colleges now or, more likely, you'd have to fight to get it still.


  • #3
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    so could you look at the listed colleges as provisional??? kick up a hooha and they might bend and issue a grant or two?surely the fact your required to pay full fees, leaving you 5 and a half grand in the red before you open a book or look for a place to live is taken into account?


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Well students going to private colleges were not entitled to get a grant before, so yes, unfortunately you'd have to kick up a fuss if they don't change the grant scheme. The yearly regulations are released in June each year normally.


  • #5
    Rabeile31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭Rabeile31


    Im in Griffith and i applied for a grant with my local county council...

    I was told based on my parents income i would get a grant no problem....

    when they realised it was Griffith i was attending and the fact that it is a private college i was told because of this i was not eligible for a grant!

    I think this is extremely unfair!

    Thankfully i was able to obtain a student loan


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