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Americans at DIT

  • 08-06-2010 4:25pm
    #1
    rowshi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    I'm an American living here in Ireland who just can't find a job to save his life, and my wife is starting to get a little stroppy. :o

    I'm looking into the BSc of IS/IT and I've heard good things about it, both here on boards.ie and from my Irish friends.

    What I want to know is if there are any other American's at DIT that are taking this course and what they think. AND if there are any Vets at DIT using the GI Bill. I'm having a devil of a time figuring out if the VA will pay for school or not with this programme.

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    discus
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    Jaysus, paying for DIT via te GI bill? And looking to find any more?!?

    There's a user on here - Manic Moran. He's an Irish lad serving as an officer over in the US. It might be worth PM'ing him to ask him about it, he might have an idea.

    What's your total value allowable? A US citizen will be paying ~20,000 a year to attend DIT, simply because of your citizenship.


  • #3
    rowshi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭rowshi


    The payments are by "credit hour." For those of you out there that haven't gone to school in the States, a credit hour is the most common means of determining course-load. Near as I can figure a credit hour is worth anywhere from 2 to 3 ECTS.

    The new Post-9/11 GI Bill will pay $408.09 per credit hour and up to $10,502 for fees for a uni outside the US. And a grand for books. At the most optimistic, that's € 4,100 per semester in tuition and €8,800 in fees. The programme coordinator e-mailed me saying the typical fees for the year are €2,500. So if I can get the VA to pay there should be no worries there.

    Of course the big problem is the GI Bill uses the American way of figuring out how many classes you're taking and not the European. This means that I have no real way of figuring out how much I'll be paying.

    Since I'm a mature student married to an Irish national looking to get into a "part-time" programme, the fees are different from a full-time student. So hopefully I won't be shelling out twenty grand a year.


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