All Ireland Scholarship 2010?

Johno91

This is for anybody who was 'being considered' for this award and who got the letter last month.

Have you heard anything since you replied?
Do you know when we get told if we are successful or not?

MunchkinKid

Johno91 wrote: »

This is for anybody who was 'being considered' for this award and who got the letter last month.

Have you heard anything since you replied?
Do you know when we get told if we are successful or not?

I found out today that I got it..:o Had to send an acceptance form back to them. As far as I know you hear either way. You'll probably hear tomorrow or monday I would say!

shwagga

How well did people do in their LC that got the scholarship?

Johno91

MunchkinKid wrote: »

I found out today that I got it..:o Had to send an acceptance form back to them. As far as I know you hear either way. You'll probably hear tomorrow or monday I would say!

Ya I got it now too:D
Were you able to log into that thing that was mentioned in the letter?

shwagga wrote: »

How well did people do in their LC that got the scholarship?

I got 550, I think you also have to have a medical card to qualify.

almostnever

Did you have to apply for this or is it awarded automatically?

MunchkinKid

almostnever wrote: »

Did you have to apply for this or is it awarded automatically?

Its automatic as far as I know. I hadn't even heard of it until I got the letter in the post!:P

Ya I got it now too
Were you able to log into that thing that was mentioned in the letter?

Yea I tried logging in but it wouldn't work.. I think maybe we have to wait until they get our acceptance forms back in the post!

theowen

Johno91 wrote: »

Ya I got it now too:D
Were you able to log into that thing that was mentioned in the letter?


I got 550, I think you also have to have a medical card to qualify.

I got 560 and I've a med card

almostnever

theowen wrote: »

I got 560 and I've a med card

It might be because we're repeats, I know I was exempt from a few smaller scholarships as a result. Wah.

Edit: and before anyone jumps down my throat, yeah I can see why it might be unfair to include repeats, it's just irritating/frustrating.

theowen

almostnever wrote: »

It might be because we're repeats, I know I was exempt from a few smaller scholarships as a result. Wah.

Edit: and before anyone jumps down my throat, yeah I can see why it might be unfair to include repeats, it's just irritating/frustrating.

Doesn't change the fact I'm broke as sheet.

almostnever

theowen wrote: »

Doesn't change the fact I'm broke as sheet.

Oh don't worry, I'm the same myself. Seriously, I'm going grey worrying about money, I even have to borrow the cash for my bus ticket up! Bad times. I want to ring someone up and complain about this.

Sir Ophiuchus

almostnever wrote: »

Oh don't worry, I'm the same myself. Seriously, I'm going grey worrying about money, I even have to borrow the cash for my bus ticket up! Bad times. I want to ring someone up and complain about this.

You can afford phone credit?

theowen

almostnever wrote: »

Oh don't worry, I'm the same myself. Seriously, I'm going grey worrying about money, I even have to borrow the cash for my bus ticket up! Bad times. I want to ring someone up and complain about this.

I emailed loads of people trying to get an appeal or something. Even the tanaiste (she's officially the head of it and handles all final decisions). She gave me and email of the right person who decided to not reply!

almostnever

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

You can afford phone credit?

My phone is broken at the moment (yay more expense! Might be getting my sister's old one though), so I'd use mammy's phone I suppose.

If the grant would even come through sometime before April, it would be very helpful. Grr.

^Could you forward me the email address via PM? You usually can't expect a reply at the weekends anyway, which I always forget.

theowen

almostnever wrote: »

My phone is broken at the moment (yay more expense! Might be getting my sister's old one though), so I'd use mammy's phone I suppose.

If the grant would even come through sometime before April, it would be very helpful. Grr.

^Could you forward me the email address via PM? You usually can't expect a reply at the weekends anyway, which I always forget.

I sent it a few weeks ago:rolleyes: Yup! PM me if you get a response please:)

Craguls

theowen wrote: »

I emailed loads of people trying to get an appeal or something!

You realise they only award this scholarship to about 3 people per province right? Even at that it's given on a case by case basis and awarded from the minster of Education themselves. My boyfriend was awarded this but had 570 points and had to spend 90 minutes commuting to and from college a day per week.

The scholarship's not designed to put people through college, the maintenance grant system is, despite it's flaws. You'll also find little sympathy when you have computer facilities, a well stocked library and additional support provided by HEAR.

theowen

Craguls wrote: »

You realise they only award this scholarship to about 3 people per province right? Even at that it's given on a case by case basis and awarded from the minster of Education themselves. My boyfriend was awarded this but had 570 points and had to spend 90 minutes commuting to and from college a day per week.

The scholarship's not designed to put people through college, the maintenance grant system is, despite it's flaws. You'll also find little sympathy when you have computer facilities, a well stocked library and additional support provided by HEAR.

Additional support? Hardly huge let's be honest. And, I'm pretty sure if it was fairly given out I'd have a good shot at it. Don't see how my repeating should influence someone's view as to whether I need extra cash or not.

ohthebaby

theowen wrote: »

Bit hard to survive on the grant and the super large 600 euro from the HEAR programme no?

It is but I mean that's student life. Learning to budget and manage your finances efficiently will hopefully help you manage on whatever money you receive. Most students are in the same boat, struggling to get by on what they've earned over the summer or whatever grant they've received. Some families that come in at just above the cut off point for the maintenance grant could do with the money just as much as some that do qualify. And €600 is a nice sum from HEAR, it's not to be scoffed at. There's a lot you can do with that.

theowen

ohthebaby wrote: »

It is but I mean that's student life. Learning to budget and manage your finances efficiently will hopefully help you manage on whatever money you receive. Most students are in the same boat, struggling to get by on what they've earned over the summer or whatever grant they've received. Some families that come in at just above the cut off point for the maintenance grant could do with the money just as much as some that do qualify. And €600 is a nice sum from HEAR, it's not to be scoffed at. There's a lot you can do with that.

Sorry if I seem ungrateful or whatever, just frustrated about the whole if you repeat you can't get any of the larger grants. Doesn't make sense...

almostnever

I can understand where they're coming from though. If you missed out on it last year, say, because a repeat student got it and there were only two available, it'd be unfair to you as they had three years as opposed to two to get adequate results. So even if it is frustrating, it's not really unfair as such.

timsnewbridge

i got one got a letter on thursday confirming, very happy:)

Mark200

theowen wrote: »

Sorry if I seem ungrateful or whatever, just frustrated about the whole if you repeat you can't get any of the larger grants. Doesn't make sense...

Yeah but I think the thing is that it is not a grant. It's a scholarship. There's a difference.

theowen

Mark200 wrote: »

Yeah but I think the thing is that it is not a grant. It's a scholarship. There's a difference.

Indeed. Would it be your tutor who you talk to about this stuff anyway?

Mark200

theowen wrote: »

Indeed. Would it be your tutor who you talk to about this stuff anyway?

I don't think the awarding of the scholarship has anything to do with trinity. At least that's the impression I got from reading the letters my friend got about it.

theowen

Mark200 wrote: »

I don't think the awarding of the scholarship has anything to do with trinity. At least that's the impression I got from reading the letters my friend got about it.

Ah alright. I meant for other scholarships though?

Mark200

theowen wrote: »

Ah alright. I meant for other scholarships though?

Probably the Welfare Officer in the students union would be the one to contact about financial aid etc

Craguls

ohthebaby wrote: »

It is but I mean that's student life. Learning to budget and manage your finances efficiently will hopefully help you manage on whatever money you receive. Most students are in the same boat, struggling to get by on what they've earned over the summer or whatever grant they've received. Some families that come in at just above the cut off point for the maintenance grant could do with the money just as much as some that do qualify. And €600 is a nice sum from HEAR, it's not to be scoffed at. There's a lot you can do with that.

This is exactly what I was trying to get at, that €600 can be used in a large manner of ways. €600 pays for your commute to college via bus for 7.5 months. I know plenty of students who're on grants/HEAR and are content with the amount they receive as the support is adequate. Myself and many other students are on grants and manage just fine. You need to learn to budget. If like myself, you find you want or need more money start looking for christmas work now.

As another poster said it's a scholarship not a grant. Appealing the process will do little to influence whether you'll get it or not.

!?!

did anyone get 540 or less and get the scolarship?

timsnewbridge

!?! wrote: »

did anyone get 540 or less and get the scolarship?

i got 525

timsnewbridge

!?! wrote: »

did anyone get 540 or less and get the scolarship?

if you read the booklet they only count your top five subjects which for me was a1 a1 a2 a2 b1, c3 in eng brought me down

KnifeWRENCH

theowen wrote: »

Additional support? Hardly huge let's be honest.

Do without it so, and see how you manage. HEAR give as much as they can; the cuts in their funding over the past few years have made that more difficult.
Besides, I'm sure HEAR would be delighted to give it someone who was a bit more grateful for their help. :rolleyes:

And, I'm pretty sure if it was fairly given out I'd have a good shot at it. Don't see how my repeating should influence someone's view as to whether I need extra cash or not.

Are you implying that it's not fairly given out just because you didn't get it? If a scholarship was given to you at the expense of someone who did their LC only once, then that wouldn't exactly be fair would it?
I'm not trying to criticise you for repeating your LC; that takes dedication and a lot of effort. The downside (aswell as an extra year of school and having to do the damn thing twice, of course) is that you've had two cracks of the whip, and therefore won't have priority when it comes to scholarships.

So you're a bit short of money - welcome to 3rd level. You have to learn to deal with it. Lots of students are in a similar position to you.

theowen wrote:

just frustrated about the whole if you repeat you can't get any of the larger grants. Doesn't make sense...

Why doesn't it make sense? You've done it twice. If you're up against a student who's only done it once, it's only fair that they would get priority.

At the end of the day, the most important thing is that you got your course. Do well in that and I'm sure there will be plenty of financial rewards later in life. You can get by without a scholarship - learning to budget and be wise with money is all part of student life.

theowen

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Do without it so, and see how you manage. HEAR give as much as they can; the cuts in their funding over the past few years have made that more difficult.
Besides, I'm sure HEAR would be delighted to give it someone who was a bit more grateful for their help. :rolleyes:



Are you implying that it's not fairly given out just because you didn't get it? If a scholarship was given to you at the expense of someone who did their LC only once, then that wouldn't exactly be fair would it?
I'm not trying to criticise you for repeating your LC; that takes dedication and a lot of effort. The downside (aswell as an extra year of school and having to do the damn thing twice, of course) is that you've had two cracks of the whip, and therefore won't have priority when it comes to scholarships.

So you're a bit short of money - welcome to 3rd level. You have to learn to deal with it. Lots of students are in a similar position to you.


Why doesn't it make sense? You've done it twice. If you're up against a student who's only done it once, it's only fair that they would get priority.

At the end of the day, the most important thing is that you got your course. Do well in that and I'm sure there will be plenty of financial rewards later in life. You can get by without a scholarship - learning to budget and be wise with money is all part of student life.

I regret that rant fest now actually. The initial lack of money that comes with student life was looming over me. Sorry if I annoyed anyone etc:rolleyes::)

timsnewbridge

HI I was just wondering has anyone received the money yet or does anyone know when we are going to get our first payment?

MunchkinKid

I was wondering this too! I haven't got any payment yet.. Really hoping it will come soon tho..!! In dire need!:rolleyes:

littlegalwaygal

Has anyone got any money from them yet? or any ideas when its gonna come?

Warrior011

It came in the last two weeks of october last year

timsnewbridge

Warrior011 wrote: »

It came in the last two weeks of october last year

oh ok sounds good!was that before the ceremony?

Warrior011

i think so, can't really remember to be honest with you

littlegalwaygal

hmm I remember getting it last year early october? ah well sure, least its comin! And yeah twas before the ceremony!

timsnewbridge

littlegalwaygal wrote: »

hmm I remember getting it last year early october? ah well sure, least its comin! And yeah twas before the ceremony!

ok sound ouvit thanks

timsnewbridge

hey its november now and still no payment, anybody else the same?

blaithin91

ye me nether:( i rang them last week, they said not all the colleges have confirmed that the students are registered so thats slowing things up apparently. really hope it comes soon, grant money just isn't enough and i quit my job in september when i heard i'd be getting this scholarship lol

timsnewbridge

blaithin91 wrote: »

ye me nether:( i rang them last week, they said not all the colleges have confirmed that the students are registered so thats slowing things up apparently. really hope it comes soon, grant money just isn't enough and i quit my job in september when i heard i'd be getting this scholarship lol

If you go to TCD this should cheer you up,

David

There was a delay in Trinity confirming registration. However we received that this week and all Trinity payments have now been processed.

The amount of € 1,500 will be lodged electronically to your bank account on 8th November. This will cover Sep & Oct. We will start making the payments for November next week.

Regards

Fiona

blaithin91

I do go to TCD! Wow that's a lot of money, just in time too my car insurance is up the end of this month! yay:D thanks for that information. really made my day

timsnewbridge

blaithin91 wrote: »

I do go to TCD! Wow that's a lot of money, just in time too my car insurance is up the end of this month! yay:D thanks for that information. really made my day

no problem , good stuff

Warrior011

Scholarship payment has come through

blaithin91

Anybody know is the scholarship revoked if you fail an exam? or is it just if you don't get pass the year?

timsnewbridge

where did you hear that it was? Just email them and ask. I just asked on their facebook i'll post a reply with what they said.

blaithin91

There was something about keeping your academic grades up in the offer letter,it said that they'd keep in contact with the college and the scholarship could be revoked if they weren't up to sandard! I took that as failing! Cool thanks!

littlegalwaygal

hi guys, just wondering have they gotten back to ye about getting it again next year?

Warrior011

littlegalwaygal wrote: »

hi guys, just wondering have they gotten back to ye about getting it again next year?

Last year they didn't actually get in touch with you to tell you it was being continued, if i were you i would get in touch with them