How do I get into ucd? I have no schooling

lklklk89

I was homeschooled and as a result have no formal qualifications. Will they let me in.

Cheezoid

Only if you take the head of the first born

WolfForager

Cheezoid wrote: »

Only if you take the head of the first born

As helpful as a monkey sticking a bananna up a baboon's arse.

You'd probably have to take the leaving cert...

If this is a troll i'm going to curse my stupidity.

MagicMarker

If you're over 23 you could apply as a mature student. If you're under 23, kill your parents.

Riamfada

Fake Answer: A crowbar

Real Answer: Take the leaving cert

lklklk89

the leaving cert sounds difficult, i maight aswell wait til im 23.


cheers for the help dudes;)

machintoshlover

Sorry to veer away from the main topic - but what is a troll?

bnt

Even if you're a mature student, they're going to want some formal qualifications from you, or ask you to do an Access course of some kind, to determine whether you'd fit in. If you're under 23, it's all about the formal school results, so if you don't have them, you'll have to look in to getting them, because the CAO won't take your word for it.

edit: just saw the recent posts: um ... it's not as if your 23rd birthday means UCD drops all standards! They are going to want to know that you can hack it, and there are a limited number of guaranteed mature student places. Work experience and other industry qualifications can serve as evidence that you're not a time-waster. So if you "just wait" on the dole or a menial job, do you think you will get in to UCD Arts (never mind Engineering!) in on mature student grounds alone? You'd be competing with mature students who have actually done things over the years.

Do you know what you want to get out of university? Or has someone told you "you've got to go to university", but didn't say what for? :cool:

Jev/N

If you say "the leaving cert sounds difficult", then depending on what you want to apply for, college may not be for you

WolfForager

machintoshlover wrote: »

Sorry to veer away from the main topic - but what is a troll?

A troll is someone who basically stirs up **** on an internet forum. Example, somone creates a topic named "OMF I LOVE TRINITY!!!wOOOT WOOOTTETT!!!" in the UCD forum.

And for a visual aide...

bnt

Jev/N wrote: »

If you say "the leaving cert sounds difficult", then depending on what you want to apply for, college may not be for you

I was tempted to say something like that, but it might not be that bad, not if the home schooling was of a high standard.

On the other hand: if you really can't handle the Leaving Cert at all, you won't hack university either. It's no picnic, and the periods around exams can send some students around the bend from the pressure. It's not an extension of school - everything sits on your head. :eek:

machintoshlover

WolfForager wrote: »

A troll is someone who basically stirs up **** on an internet forum. Example, somone creates a topic named "OMF I LOVE TRINITY!!!wOOOT WOOOTTETT!!!" in the UCD forum.

And for a visual aide...

Thank you - that visual aide made it easier to digest!

I'm finding it hard to believe that this person isn't a troll - I would imagine that most homeschooled children sit state examinations as external candidates??

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machintoshlover wrote: »

Thank you - that visual aide made it easier to digest!

I'm finding it hard to believe that this person isn't a troll - I would imagine that most homeschooled children sit state examinations as external candidates??

I'm more thinking about some of his past posts.........(On this forum)