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  • #32
    endasmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭endasmail


    ThirdMan wrote: »
    Are we still talking about the actual TAP course, or one of the affiliated courses? It's been three years since I came through TAP, but at the time I was entitled to BTEA. I also received a very substantial bursary allowance from TAP themselves. I think it was about €800.

    An affiliated course, I cannot comment on the actual TAP course with in Trinity, but it sounds as if you done well getting that much from them.


  • #33
    ThirdMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭ThirdMan


    endasmail wrote: »
    An affiliated course, I cannot comment on the actual TAP course with in Trinity, but it sounds as if you done well getting that much from them.

    Cool. Yeah TAP have been great. I'm in my third year now, and I've received a payment each year so far. I live outside of Dublin, so I get a higher rate because of the commute. It works out at about €800 per year. That combined with the BTEA is a good few quid.

    If you're studying at Trinity next year you should see if you're entitled to anything. There's a general fund in Trinity for students that meet certain criteria. I think that's where the TAP money comes from (or maybe you're only entitled to one of them, it's something like that). The fact that you're on a TAP affiliated course means you probably meet the criteria. So make sure to look into it.


  • #34
    endasmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭endasmail


    ThirdMan wrote: »
    Cool. Yeah TAP have been great. I'm in my third year now, and I've received a payment each year so far. I live outside of Dublin, so I get a higher rate because of the commute. It works out at about €800 per year. That combined with the BTEA is a good few quid.

    If you're studying at Trinity next year you should see if you're entitled to anything. There's a general fund in Trinity for students that meet certain criteria. I think that's where the TAP money comes from (or maybe you're only entitled to one of them, it's something like that). The fact that you're on a TAP affiliated course means you probably meet the criteria. So make sure to look into it.

    I will do, ill be hoping for Maynooth or Trinity
    Out of curiosity what course did you go for?


  • #35
    ThirdMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭ThirdMan


    endasmail wrote: »
    I will do, ill be hoping for Maynooth or Trinity
    Out of curiosity what course did you go for?

    I'm studying law.

    I've heard great things about Maynooth. I do drop a guy off there occasionally. Great buzz around the place. I commute to Dublin, and I wasn't driving at the time I finished TAP, so Trinity was the easiest option. But if I had been driving back then I would have seriously considered Maynooth.

    Apparently they take attendance for all their lectures. That sounds like a pain, but trust me, you'll be glad of it come exam time. Attendance was taken in TAP, and it really does make a difference. People perform well when they're under the spotlight.


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