Mature Student interviews?

Captain Slow IRL

Does anyone know if applying mature students are being called for interviews yet?

scoob70

Hi Captain. I'm waiting to hear about the mature student interviews for Sligo IT too. All I know is that they are suppose to take place the last week of April to first week of May. I guess the letters will go out a couple of weeks before that. Please let us know on this board if you do hear anything. Thanks and good luck .

Captain Slow IRL

I will, guess I took them up wrong - thought it was end of march/start of april.

Gipo3

I would guess that the interviews will be held first two weeks of april(easter holidays).

scoob70

Spoke to Sligo IT today - the mature student interview letters will be going out in the next week or two. Fingers crossed .

HollyRichter

Hey Captain:)
I received my letter for an interview yesterday for the psychoogy course...so nervous.
Did you hear anything yet?

Captain Slow IRL

Got an email this afternoon, interview at the end of the month!

Best of luck!

scoob70

Got an email this morning inviting me to an interview.

thelongwait08

Hi Guys,
What course have ye all down as your first choice for your interview,

HollyRichter

scoob70 wrote: »

Got an email this morning inviting me to an interview.

Well done...are you psychology in TCD aswell?

thelongwait08

best of luck with the interview holly,

any idea what will be asked in the interview, i sat my LC in 2005 but am really focused about the return to education, are you employed at the moment, do you know much about what benefits are available for mature students these days

Captain Slow IRL

I've mechanical engineering down as my first choice and mechatronics down as my second.

A good resource for mature students is http://www.maturestudents.ie/

thelongwait08

Cheers mate ive sent them an email asking for information, do you know what your entitlements will be when you start, are you working at the moment

HollyRichter

Cheers...do you have an interview for TCD too, what course?
I sat my LC in 2006 and have done alot travelling since then, totally ready to go back now, just needed some time to do other stuff before starting college, best decision I ever made:)
As far as I know they ask things like what got you interested in the subject, how will you fund yourself, how will you manage the workload etc... but that's just going on what I have heard, I'm sure it varies for each course. I am so nervous, means so much to me to get this place but I am delighted to get called even, that's an achievement in itself I think:)
I don't work atm as I wont get BTEA if I take a full time job, ridiculous really...don't know too much about the mature student funding but I will be getting BTEA and hopefully a student loan...now I just need to get in lol

thelongwait08

hmm how will i fund it, well to be perfectly honest i really have no idea, a part time job is hard to find and i will be moving over from london provided i get the course, but i wont have worked in ireland since august 2011 i wonder will that stand to me at all ?

HollyRichter

thelongwait08 wrote: »

hmm how will i fund it, well to be perfectly honest i really have no idea, a part time job is hard to find and i will be moving over from london provided i get the course, but i wont have worked in ireland since august 2011 i wonder will that stand to me at all ?

Not too sure what way it works tbh, I think to qualify for BTEA you need to be on job seekers allowance for 12 months, that's why I can't get a job. You should qualify for a grant though so I'm sure you will be ok. There is a website, I think it's called studentfinance.ie that has lots of info about it. When is your interview?

Captain Slow IRL

Was anyone in yesterday or today? How'd ye get on?
Big thanks to the passerby who wished me luck

HollyRichter

Hey Captain,

I had my interview tuesday, think it went quite well:)....how about you?
Do you know how long before they let us know?

Captain Slow IRL

Within a month, I was told. I think mine went well as well, I was happy coming out!

Leeg17

Best of luck guys

dingding

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Within a month, I was told. I think mine went well as well, I was happy coming out!

I think you should hear by the end of May and the offer will come from the CAO in early July.

Good luck everyone.

scoob70

Had my interview yesterday and it went well - I think. Notification will be by letter in 3 weeks time. Fingers crossed for all on this thread .

scoob70

Has anyone heard if they've got in yet?

Captain Slow IRL

Nothing yet, will they let us know either way?

scoob70

I assume so Captain. I applied to a different IT as a mature student last year and didn't get on the course but they still sent me a letter to say I hadn't got on and why, which was helpful .

Captain Slow IRL

But disappointing!

I'm getting antsy now, just want to know where I stand!

Captain Slow IRL

I received 2 letters today, both in reference to the 2 courses I applied for there. They're near identical and both start with "thank you for choosing xxx......" and end with "I wish you well with your career and look forward to welcoming you to the Institute"

Is this an acceptance letter?

scoob70

Mmmm - that's odd. Could be just an admin error but with both letters ending in ...... welcoming you to the institute, it sounds good news to me. But I'd ring on Monday and just ask and they'll clear it up for you.

dingding

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

I received 2 letters today, both in reference to the 2 courses I applied for there. They're near identical and both start with "thank you for choosing xxx......" and end with "I wish you well with your career and look forward to welcoming you to the Institute"

Is this an acceptance letter?

You might be successfull for both courses, the one you get depends on the order you put them in the CAO system.

When interviewed you were probably interviewed against all your CAO choices.

Just make sure you have the courses in the correct order in the CAO as you will only be offered your highest successful course at L7 and your highest course at L8.

Captain Slow IRL

Ah, they were both in the same vein so that might explain it. I'm gonna give a ring next week just to clarify.

T-Bird

I got same last year for the courses I went for. One more exam to go before summer... :cool:

dingding

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Ah, they were both in the same vein so that might explain it. I'm gonna give a ring next week just to clarify.

Are you celebrating you.

Captain Slow IRL

I've been too busy! I want to ring the section head tomorrow to get a little more info.

scoob70

I called Sligo IT yesterday, as I haven't heard anything yet, and admissions said the offers go out on Friday by e-mail.

annacanna

has anyone recieved an offer by email today?

annacanna

just got an email. ive being accepted on my course early childhood care and education

Captain Slow IRL

I received my email today, went to my spam folder and I just noticed it as I hit "empty folder":mad:

Rang up the IT and got the good news!

scoob70

Got my email today and I've got on my science course - yipeeee, so happy. Congrats guys.

T-Bird

Congrats! Make sure if needed, that you start all the paperwork for VEC as a lot is needed for it and it is a long process.

scoob70

thundermuppet wrote: »

Congrats! Make sure if needed, that you start all the paperwork for VEC as a lot is needed for it and it is a long process.

Hi thundermuppet . I will be relocating so do I apply to the VEC where I am currently living or to the VEC where I will be studying?

dingding

http://www.studentfinance.ie/mp9542/how-do-i-make-my-grant-application-/index.html

Some information here.

T-Bird

More here.
Highlights.
Applications are online only!!! Starting from 11th June 2012.

"Please apply for your grant early; you do not need to know the exact course you will be attending in order to make an application."

Captain Slow IRL

I think the online applications are for standard students, seems to me you have to apply via the normal form for BTEA - http://ym.adnet.ie/mp7717/how-to-apply/index.html

T-Bird

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

I think the online applications are for standard students, seems to me you have to apply via the normal form for BTEA - http://ym.adnet.ie/mp7717/how-to-apply/index.html

Its both.

You need to apply for BTEA if you are unemployed and qualify etc.
See Post #16.

You also need to apply to VEC to get grant approval to pay for course.

I went through the same process last year, it was quite a chore.

scoob70

Woops, deleted, wrong info

scoob70

Just found this link today:
http://news.ie.msn.com/online-grant-system-introduced

Captain Slow IRL

Has anyone gotten anything through their letterbox in relation to the course's you've been successful with?

Henlars67

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Has anyone gotten anything through their letterbox in relation to the course's you've been successful with?

No, all I've gotten is an email telling me that I've been accepted, that was on June 1st, have heard nothing since.

Captain Slow IRL

My mistake, it's CAO that I was thinking of

Went down for a mini tour of the engineering dept yesterday, very impressive!

ITS_A_BADGER

Henlars67 wrote: »

No, all I've gotten is an email telling me that I've been accepted, that was on June 1st, have heard nothing since.

Ya i got an email a while back and was a little confused is it an offer and they are saying that it will become offical when offers are out in the post in july?

Captain Slow IRL

They are the offers from CAO they were referring to.