where do students get their money?

alienhead · 03-05-2006 11:00AM #1

anytime i'm out there seems to be loads of v well dressed students on the lock.

friend of mine lives in town, with students in the same building. the rent is quite expensive. she says that they're always wasted.

being one of the most expensive cities in the world........ where are they getting all this money?

part time jobs don't pay that much, except if you're a lap dancer or the like.

how much of a grant does your adverage student get?

Jonny Arson · 03-05-2006 11:13AM

Of students money...

Part-time jobs make up a percentage
Grants make up a percentage
Loans make up a percentage

but I'm in no doubt that the typical student who you mentioned is recieving most of their money from their parents.

Ag marbh · 03-05-2006 11:16AM

Alot of it's daddy

RotalicaV · 03-05-2006 11:18AM

Ag marbh wrote:

Alot of it's daddy

Bingo

SoupyNorman · 03-05-2006 11:19AM

I'm in my 3rd yr now. 10k in debt, get no money from parents, get no grant. Have worked like a dog every weekend!

Has it been worth it.......Probably!

Mimikyu · 03-05-2006 11:24AM

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RotalicaV · 03-05-2006 11:25AM

bravestarr082 wrote:

I'm in my 3rd yr now. 10k in debt, get no money from parents, get no grant. Have worked like a dog every weekend!

Has it been worth it.......Probably!

Then you probably aren't one of the people the op discribed, ie someone dressed fancy and going out every weekend getting wasted.

Its the likes of those twats that ruined the apartments in America.

I've well off student friends, they drive nicer cars than me, don't work mostly and go out at the weekends all the time.

SoupyNorman · 03-05-2006 11:29AM

RotalicaV wrote:

Then you probably aren't one of the people the op discribed, ie someone dressed fancy and going out every weekend getting wasted.

Its the likes of those twats that ruined the apartments in America.

I've well off student friends, they drive nicer cars than me, don't work mostly and go out at the weekends all the time.

Exactly....worst thing is they will also end up in a super job through 'contacts'. I'm going to California for the summer and I bet what those waste of space students did will affect my accomodation search.

KTRIC · 03-05-2006 11:31AM

Prostitution :eek:

chern0byl · 03-05-2006 11:31AM

bravestarr082 wrote:

I'm in my 3rd yr now. 10k in debt, get no money from parents, get no grant. Have worked like a dog every weekend!

Has it been worth it.......Probably!

Pretty much the same siuation here. Only 1K in debt at the moment but going for another loan very soon.

Tha Gopher · 03-05-2006 11:44AM

They can afford it by sticking to the student clubs. Few cheap cans before heading out, 2 or 3 euro per drink, fiver admission, and many of them live within walkng distance of town.

Also, the amount of drink robbing at student clubs is fcuking disgraceful. I despise student nightclubs, mainly because your drink will get robbed at least once, the place is full of rubbered country students with no idea how to behave in a nightclub as regards bumping into you, and the music is absoloutely appaling. 21 (and Spirit on a Thursday night to a slightly lesser extent) is the only decent midweek club in Dublin. Wednesdays/Thursdays there are usually suprrisingly good craic. Easy enough to pull and the music is great, alot more dance/rap and less of the cheese associated with most student clubs (Tramcos, how do you plead. That place needs its licence revoked).

Funnily enough, when 21 was called Coyote it was sh1te times sh1te. The new owners have really improved that place.

the whole year inn · 03-05-2006 11:44AM

i didnt take a loan out I just work part time and get the grant which is about 550 a month. Dont really borrow money off parents just during exams like now.I think its a part of student life to go out but i dont think I could afford Dublin , Galway is expensive but its not that bad.

Civilian_Target · 03-05-2006 11:48AM

All the well off students get their money from the bank of mammy and daddy, which offers flexible, interest-free repayment schemes.

spoofilyj · 03-05-2006 11:52AM

Well I'm a student in UCC going into final year. I am currently working for IBM on work exp in Dub. I dont get money from the parents and dont get a grant so I have always worked.
I have had a job in a bar since I was 15 so i'm fairly high up as bar tenders go so pay is ok. Every summer I got a better paying job during the week and worked in the bar weekends so earning enough money to get through the rest of the year quite comfortably.
Students who are always wasted ruin it for the rest of us. I like to go out and have a drink as much as the next person but can only do it when I have time and can afford to. Its not that expensive to drink and be wasted as cheap beer is fairly accessable in offies and Lidil and the like so these people would not have to be that well off. As regards the rent thats a different matter and must be from the parents.
On another point If these students are wasted all the time they probably will not pass their exams...
Just my 2 cents worth...

chump · 03-05-2006 11:52AM

I know of quite a few punters who get literally every penny from the parents, inlcuding top accomadation in dublin, fees for courses, and a decent lifestyle.

I also know quite a few who work 20+ hours a week, scrape by, but still manage to have a good time.

I don't think there's any rules.

There's also people who can get by on loans, odd jobs, and a solid summer of work.

phantom_lord · 03-05-2006 11:54AM

alienhead wrote:

anytime i'm out there seems to be loads of v well dressed students on the lock.

They'd be the "get the money off daddy crowd"

The full grant is three grand, which is what I survive on for the year...that and some poker winnings and a small job.

Crucifix · 03-05-2006 11:58AM

Lidl

03-05-2006 11:59AM

my mates rob drink when they run out of money
i think its disgraceful if some girl robbed my drink on a night out i'd freak :mad:

Ag marbh · 03-05-2006 12:00PM

Crucifix wrote:

Lidl

Whats this now? They all work in lidl? buy beer in lidl? steal money from lidl? buy clothes from the white thomas section in lidl?

Crucifix · 03-05-2006 12:02PM

Ag marbh wrote:

Whats this now? They all work in lidl? buy beer in lidl? steal money for lidl? buy clothes from the white thomas section in lidl?

Sorry, I just couldn't resist making a four letter post.
Buying everything in Lidl seems to be the way to survive.

Ag marbh · 03-05-2006 12:04PM

Crucifix wrote:

Sorry, I just couldn't resist making a four letter post.
Buying everything in Lidl seems to be the way to survive.

Thats what George Best thought...

rugbug86 · 03-05-2006 12:05PM

im in 2nd year and work one day a week and manage to live off that.

it means only being able to go out once every few weeks, but i still manage to have fun as a student.

i think the students that the OP is talking about are a minority, or BESS burds/Orts students. Do a proper course.

Hermione* · 03-05-2006 12:05PM

Up until final year, I worked part-time and received minimal allowance from my parents, since with two working parents there's no chance of qualifying for a grant.

This year, admittedly, my parents are paying for everything, given my need for good grades to get into a masters programme. Then again, my rent is only €380/ month and I wouldn't really spend that much on drink. Sure, I go out, but I don't really get drunk. My parents saved lots when I was little to have money to send their children to college, so I'm very lucky. Having said that, I do have debt cos I just can't ask my parents for every single thing I need.

Vulpiner · 03-05-2006 12:21PM

Not every student is a free-loader. Ive gotten by on the grant and summer work. I rarely drink as well which probably helps.

As for help from parent, Ive never asked for it.

rainbow kirby · 03-05-2006 12:27PM

I live at home, I work part time, about 18 hours a week - that pays my fees and all living expenses (technically, I'm a repeater - so paying 2/3 fees this year). I've been in the same job for 3 years. I haven't asked my parents for money since my first year registration - which I couldn't pay because I only got a job the week before the start of term. I've never been eligible for a grant either.

03-05-2006 12:31PM

Work friday night saturday and sunday during the day!Im kinda like those people you described!Although i work for all my money.i get 210euro a week from work and spend 160 euro!Although my parents are paying the rent!

Right_Side · 03-05-2006 12:36PM

rugbug86 wrote:

i think the students that the OP is talking about are a minority, or BESS burds/Orts students. Do a proper course.

What would be a "proper course" then? :rolleyes:

chump · 03-05-2006 12:38PM

Vulpiner wrote:

Not every student is a free-loader. Ive gotten by on the grant and summer work.
As for help from parent, Ive never asked for it.

You're worse than a free-loader (from parents) in that you're taking money from the State.

The grant system is a joke, why should you get a few hundred quid a month off the State and I shouldn't?

Because if I chose not to work and pay may own way with loans and the like, I'd be creaming money off my parents? - whereas you can choose not to work and not take out loans and not cream money off your parents and still get money?

Yea I'm jealous of people who get grants, because I don't see any reason why the majority of them do get them... except for clever accounting and pure skulduggery.

And of course the few from impoverished backgrounds who really need it.

Right_Side · 03-05-2006 12:40PM

chump wrote:

Yea I'm jealous of people who get grants, because I don't see any reason why the majority of them do get them... except for clever accounting and pure skulduggery.

Let me assure you the majority of students are not on grants.

Merrick · 03-05-2006 12:44PM

I've been looking for a part time job for a while, in the meantime I'm still lliving with mammy and daddy. I do have some friends though who live on tesco food and linden village and still manage to have a great time.

Hermione* · 03-05-2006 12:49PM

Most students I know, regardless of their circumstances, don't get a grant.

where do students get their money?

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