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question about changing course and grant..

  • 30-01-2010 2:37pm
    #1
    croker1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭


    i am currently in first year of college and i am living off the grant.. so i was just wondering if i was to change my course next September would i lose my grant?? because if i was to lose my grant then it just wouldn't be possible for me to go to college..
    any help would be greatly appreciated..


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  • #2
    Pigwidgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,590 ✭✭✭Pigwidgeon


    I emailed my local county council about this a while ago and this is the reply I got
    If you intend leaving the course and starting a completely different one you will only recive 1/3 of your maintenance grant (if eligible) and no registration fee will be paid until you enter second year.

    Edit: You may also be liable for tuition fees for the first year too. I think you've just missed the cut off point, so it would be tuition fees for the full year, if you're going back to first year anyway.


  • #3
    croker1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭croker1


    thanks for the quick reply :D
    what do you mean by tuition fees? is that extra to registration fees?


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


    Yup, you'd be repeating first year technically so the cost would be a couple of thousand euro.


  • #5
    Pigwidgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,590 ✭✭✭Pigwidgeon


    croker1 wrote: »
    thanks for the quick reply :D
    what do you mean by tuition fees? is that extra to registration fees?

    Yeah it is, everyone here is entitled to their first undergraduate course under the free fees scheme, where the government pays your tuition fees. There's some more information on it here.
    But basically, I think it's if you're repeating any stage of a course, you have to pay the extra fees, which vary between colleges and courses. I'd contact your college about it for more specific information.


  • #6
    croker1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭croker1


    ok i get ya... but what about once i go back into second year, would i go back to receiving my original grant?


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  • #7
    Pigwidgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,590 ✭✭✭Pigwidgeon


    You should do.


  • #8
    ayapatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭ayapatrick


    kateos2 wrote: »
    I emailed my local county council about this a while ago and this is the reply I got



    Edit: You may also be liable for tuition fees for the first year too. I think you've just missed the cut off point, so it would be tuition fees for the full year, if you're going back to first year anyway.

    Would that be the same with the V.E.C's? That youd get 1/3 of the grant?


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