Trinity Halls

shwagga

So, I've got the points for my course in Trinity and I'm considering staying in Trinity Halls modern accomm. Does anyone know if you can leave the halls after one term to move to different accomm? I've been given a house near the city centre for the next 5 years, but I think I'd meet more people if I lived in student accomm at least for the first while.

Craguls

shwagga wrote: »

So, I've got the points for my course in Trinity and I'm considering staying in Trinity Halls modern accomm. Does anyone know if you can leave the halls after one term to move to different accomm? I've been given a house near the city centre for the next 5 years, but I think I'd meet more people if I lived in student accomm at least for the first while.

As far as I know it's possible but unless someone takes your room you still have to pay the remainder of the year in fees.

Psychedelia

on the topic of trinity halls, does anyone know what time of the day the acceptance of offers will register with trinity so that we can book our accom?

shy-tall-knight

Yeah you shouldn't have a problem, there's usually a huge waiting list so there'll probably be someone there to take your place, especially at the start of the second semester. You might lose your deposit though which is 300 euro i think, although could have gone up since i was there

Laserhead

I'm trying to apply for a room in modern now, but the systems down. I don't have my statement prepared either, having only found out about its existence this morning! Any advice for what I should be writing?

WildHPR

Trinity Hall allocates rooms for the full academic year. If you leave early you could be liable for the charges for the full year and lose your deposit of €250.

I am told the the online application system will be back very shortly after data has been loaded. The supporting statement should include brief information on your interests and activities and give any other relevant information on why you should be allocated a room in Halls. Essays are not required.

Laserhead

Anyone got a reply to their application yet?

ajjmk

Laserhead wrote: »

Anyone got a reply to their application yet?

As far as I know, a list will go up on the site round 5pm on Tuesday with the Student ID numbers of those who got a room! I assume an email will be sent out too?

AnneElizabeth

Laserhead wrote: »

I don't have my statement prepared either, having only found out about its existence this morning! Any advice for what I should be writing?

WildHPR wrote: »

Essays are not required.

But do a lot of people make an essay/statement? I've never heard of that. What is it exactly?

MarielleJ

AnneElizabeth wrote: »

But do a lot of people make an essay/statement? I've never heard of that. What is it exactly?

It's just a short paragraph that's part of the application about why you should be accepted to live in the halls and a bit about yourself. I'm an American student so I applied a while ago and all I said was that I'm friendly & outgoing and then mentioned a few hobbies and interests. I ended up getting housing so I'm assuming that's all they wanted

AnneElizabeth

MarielleJ wrote: »

It's just a short paragraph that's part of the application about why you should be accepted to live in the halls and a bit about yourself. I'm an American student so I applied a while ago and all I said was that I'm friendly & outgoing and then mentioned a few hobbies and interests. I ended up getting housing so I'm assuming that's all they wanted

Thanks! Wow I didn't think any Americans came to Ireland to study.

Brunhein

AnneElizabeth wrote: »

Thanks! Wow I didn't think any Americans came to Ireland to study.

I'm an American starting this year as well....

Brunhein

Does anyone have the slightest idea when we can pay our accomodation fees?

Laserhead

I assume we pay the deposit once we get allocated a room by email.

Groinshot

Laserhead wrote: »

I assume we pay the deposit once we get allocated a room by email.

PAy a deposit when you get told you're offered a room, you do it through the same place you applied through. THen you pay from here until christmas in one go, before we go up, and then you have to pay the second one before xmas.

Laserhead

Grand so, I'll just wait and hope I get a good room then! :P

Groinshot

Laserhead wrote: »

Grand so, I'll just wait and hope I get a good room then! :P

Hope you get a disabled room, otherwise they're all the same...

Abby19

If you don't get into Trinity Hall you could try www.broadstoneaccommodation.com
It is centrally located student accommodation, only 20 mins walk from Trinity, as opposed to Halls, which are 40 mins.

digsy01

Hi, I am a postgraduate student and have accepted my course in Trinity and applied for accomodation on campus. Will I be waiting to hear along with other students in August or do they let postgraduates know earlier?

Kwekubo

digsy01 wrote: »

Hi, I am a postgraduate student and have accepted my course in Trinity and applied for accomodation on campus. Will I be waiting to hear along with other students in August or do they let postgraduates know earlier?

Did you apply for Trinity Hall or rooms in College?

AND WELL

For Trinity Halls you pay your fees by the term.

You'll get emails and a few weeks to pay the fee, so if you are leaving after the first Semester, then I assume you do not have to pay.


Halls is a great place to make new friends, it really is. JCR do some good work.

digsy01

I applied for Botany Bay, on campus but ticked the box saying I would accept another place if Botany Bay was not available

Groinshot

digsy01 wrote: »

I applied for Botany Bay, on campus but ticked the box saying I would accept another place if Botany Bay was not available

The second and third year offers go out sometime around now, so I would imagine the postgrad ones would go out around the same time if you've already been accepted.

ps315

Hi, I'm an American coming to TCD in the fall as a postgrad. I was offered a room in Trinity Hall, but I'm not sure if living there would be better than an apartment closer to campus. Is the location inconvenient? I'm also a little weary about living with so many "junior freshman" as I think they are called over there. Is this a good place for a post grad in their late 20s to live?

Groinshot

ps315 wrote: »

Hi, I'm an American coming to TCD in the fall as a postgrad. I was offered a room in Trinity Hall, but I'm not sure if living there would be better than an apartment closer to campus. Is the location inconvenient? I'm also a little weary about living with so many "junior freshman" as I think they are called over there. Is this a good place for a post grad in their late 20s to live?

Can't comment on the postgrad thing really, depends on what you want to do/. I've mostly kept to myself this year and found it fine there. I lived here for two years, and last year was great fun as a JF, this year is a little different. There's almost a full house worth of postgrads every year, so about 70-80 living in the same building.

Distancewise- I don't know what people complain about. I live farther away from town in my home town than I do in halls. If you don't mind the exercise, it's a 15 minute cycle into trinity (at a leisurely rate) or a 20 minute bus ride (half an hour in the mornings)
The single rooms are a little expensive, but bear in mind that does include all your utilities for the year.

Sir Ophiuchus

Groinshot wrote: »

The second and third year offers go out sometime around now, so I would imagine the postgrad ones would go out around the same time if you've already been accepted.

Postgrad applications for new postgrads are accepted till August, according to an email I got. Y'see, first-year postgrads can't apply for accommodation until they've formally accepted their offer. Which they can't do till they get their results.

Lisandro

shwagga,

The other people in this thread have given useful information and some of them have experience of living in halls, whereas I do not. However, if you have the opportunity to live near city centre, I'd take it.

I don't know on what conditions you'd be living in this house, but it'd eliminate the commute and mean you don't have to pay money for semi-daily bus trips. That, and you won't have the concern of having to pay extra money for a taxi if your night out extends beyond half past eleven.

While you will undoubtedly make friends at Halls, it's nothing you can't do on campus. Your social life at this level is defined by your openness and willingness to interact and engage with people from all over the campus. If you're ready to step into college social life and get you know people beyond your coursemates, I would say that living in Halls is relatively a minor advantage.

I've probably missed out on a few practical aspects there, for example, I don't know your living costs nor how you came to be able to live in a city centre house for five years. However, what I've said is how I see it, and I myself would much prefer to live near city centre.

Ahoyhoy

shwagga wrote: »

So, I've got the points for my course in Trinity and I'm considering staying in Trinity Halls modern accomm. Does anyone know if you can leave the halls after one term to move to different accomm? I've been given a house near the city centre for the next 5 years, but I think I'd meet more people if I lived in student accomm at least for the first while.

Not a chance, halls is nowhere near full these days and I've been hearing horror stories of people who had to leave and the Halls accommodation staff treating them like crap. They'll make you pay for the whole year and whats more is the lease you sign says you're willing to do it. Plenty of people meet loads of other students without living in Halls, it's very rare to find a house near the city centre, take it and stick with it.

Abby19 wrote: »

If you don't get into Trinity Hall you could try www.broadstoneaccommodation.com
It is centrally located student accommodation, only 20 mins walk from Trinity, as opposed to Halls, which are 40 mins.

Also I think this ^^^ is almost definitely SPAM.

Maybe_Memories

Ahoyhoy wrote: »

Not a chance, halls is nowhere near full these days and I've been hearing horror stories of people who had to leave and the Halls accommodation staff treating them like crap. They'll make you pay for the whole year and whats more is the lease you sign says you're willing to do it. Plenty of people meet loads of other students without living in Halls, it's very rare to find a house near the city centre, take it and stick with it.



Also I think this ^^^ is almost definitely SPAM.

If halls is nowhere near full could you possibly get in even thought the deadline is gone for applications?

Ahoyhoy

I'd say you can get in there pretty much any time of year. But my point is that you'll end up having to pay the whole way through the rest of the year whether you stay or not and the person who started this thread won't end up being able to do what s/he has proposed doing.

gamma23

If your a returning student and want to live in halls I would try just walking into the accomodation office and asking, they will probably say no the first time, then they will send out the offers to people who applied for campus but got halls, who will reject them. Then when you go back in your that nice person who came in before and they now have a room for you.

If your going to be in 1st year then the deadline hasnt gone yet. And dont worry about the 'horror stories' for everyone of them there are hundreds of people who love it.