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Dropping out

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  • 25-06-2009 12:49am
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    O'TOOLE79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭


    Do I have to tell IADT I will not be going back? I failed the summer exams and am now looking at going to another college(Yes I know I will have to pay a year of fees)


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    atgate
    Registered Users Posts: 584 ✭✭✭atgate


    You should always let them know. Just call student services and they'll talk you through the process.

    Reason 1: Your transcript will show a clean withdrawal.
    Reason 2: Your place can be offered to someone else.

    However, repeats aren't that scary.....


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    O'TOOLE79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭O'TOOLE79


    thanks, what would happen if I didn't ring them? yeah thing is the course really wasn't for me, i liked IADT fine but I can't see me lasting the next 3 years there so good time to move.


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    atgate
    Registered Users Posts: 584 ✭✭✭atgate


    O'TOOLE79 wrote: »
    thanks, what would happen if I didn't ring them? yeah thing is the course really wasn't for me, i liked IADT fine but I can't see me lasting the next 3 years there so good time to move.

    They'd send out the heavies :D Nah nothing really. But it makes a load of paper work for the exams office and student services. Your name would pop up at exam boards and as a non-presentation and eventually you'd be sent a letter out to say that you were presumed to have withdrawn. There's nothing wrong with withdrawing from a course but it's good manners to let them know (you don't have to talk to your lecturers - it can be done through student services).

    Did you fail you exams by much? I guess I'm just wondering that if you were close it might be worth sitting the repeats (even if you still leave). Then you wouldn't have failed a year totally (which might count against you if you were ever applying for a Masters or if you ever go into academia).


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    Anna Molly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Anna Molly


    I dropped outta IADT, best decision I ever made! [:


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    Hats_Off
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭Hats_Off


    If were to have, not made a clean break last year when I dropped out but wish to re-apply next year to the same college but for a different course in a different school/department would it effect my chances?

    When I say it wasn't a clean break I only mean that I didn't notify the college and did received the aforementioned letter but on doing so I sent back my student card, did the paper work and wrote an apology just stating it was a hard decision to make.


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    Rhyme
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 8,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rhyme


    It shouldn't make a difference if you're qualified for the course (CAO points and portfolio where applicable). Chances are you'll be paying fees for the years you were in the previous course for.


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    atgate
    Registered Users Posts: 584 ✭✭✭atgate


    What Rhyme said.


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    #9
    Hats_Off
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭Hats_Off


    Super Duper ;)
    Cheers


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