Advanced entry to college?

happyviolet

I know this is not a personal issue as such, but it is a problem I need help with but mods can move this if they wish.

I am currently in 1st year in my current IT college, but due to personal reasons, I would like to transfer to different college for the rest of my degree. But I had a few questions:

Do all modules have to be the same in each course for a transfer to happen?

Can you apply for advanced entry for one college only or can you apply for multiple colleges?

How strict are some places on entry requirements when it comes to transfers? Would they be willing to accept new people for different places, or would some colleges like to keep their year as small as possible?


Any advice is appreactied, thank you.

ahnow

Hey! You'll have to go to a guidance counsellor in your college to ask them those questions, and get onto the colleges you want to apply to and ask them the same.
Usually you can transfer, you just might have to switch a couple of modules here and there to catch up or skip what you've already covered. That's usually how it works.

blatantrereg

The Bologna Process has been implemented in Ireland which means that transfer between equivalent courses should be as easy as possible - not just within Ireland but within any country that has implemented it (most EU countries - all of them are required to implement it to facilitate free travel within the EU but not all of them have completed doing so).

If a college does not have space then they might not be able to accept you, but there are always some students who won't return in second year so this is not that likely.

JumpShivers

I think it depends whether or not the degree you're doing atm is similar to the degree you want to do in the new college. For example,. business to science is not possible, and vice versa.

Also, if it is a similar degree, make sure you pass your Winter and summer exams, cuz they'll look at grades.

Please talk to a college councillor or try student services/registrations office.. They know best!

happyviolet

ahnow wrote: »

Hey! You'll have to go to a guidance counsellor in your college to ask them those questions, and get onto the colleges you want to apply to and ask them the same.
Usually you can transfer, you just might have to switch a couple of modules here and there to catch up or skip what you've already covered. That's usually how it works.

Thanks. But I have few more questions, do you have to pay normal fees and tuition fees when you transfer college, or is fee price still the same?
Do grades from 1st year have to be at a certain standard, or can colleges accept you as long as you are somewhere over the pass mark?

happyviolet

JumpShivers wrote: »

I think it depends whether or not the degree you're doing atm is similar to the degree you want to do in the new college. For example,. business to science is not possible, and vice versa.

Also, if it is a similar degree, make sure you pass your Winter and summer exams, cuz they'll look at grades.

Please talk to a college councillor or try student services/registrations office.. They know best!

Could it work if you were able to go from Media to Computing (Media is what i I am doing atm), because I am doing a lot of computer-based modules for media, like web design, graphic design, etc, so i was wondeirng if it was possible?

pockets3d

Even though you are using a lot of computers it is not necessarily what 1st year students would have done in the college you are moving to . They most likely have covered discrete mathematics, programming and computer architecture+logic by the end of first year which I can't see you being allowed to skip.

But as was previously said only you're college and the college you want to move to can give you a definite answer

happyviolet

Sorry to bring this up again, but if you transfer colleges to you pay full fees, tuition and student services, in 2nd year??? :eek:

Reason I ask if because I assumed because you are transfering into a different college into the 2nd year, you just pay whatever fees they have for that year, rather than pay full fees if you repeated 1st year.

happyviolet

Also how serious can they be when looking at Leaving Cert points and Further Education distinctions? I heard some colleges look at the original entry requirements before looking at the grades of a 1st year degree, and I am really not confident about my points and PLC. I really think it was just luck and a vacant place that got me into my degree in the first place, and I am not sure if they will go easy on me for 2nd year if they feel my requirements are not up to a good standard.