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  • 27-04-2015 03:04PM
    #1
    arthurlima
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi,

    I'm an international student looking for a good college to apply and although I dont need a visa most of the named colleges like TCD, UCD.. would charge me for international fees what is a rip off! The colleges I could really afford are NCI, DBS, GCD among other private ones or DIT part time(is a part time course the same as the full time but longer? would it change something on my CV whether its full time or part time?). Particularly I liked NCI but I dont know what reputation it takes, could you guys give me some advice?

    Thanks a lot!!! :)


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,202 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    arthurlima wrote: »
    I'm an international student looking for a good college to apply and although I dont need a visa most of the named colleges like TCD, UCD.. would charge me for international fees what is a rip off!

    It's hardly a rip-off when you are paying for a decent education in some of the top universities in the country.
    arthurlima wrote: »
    The colleges I could really afford are NCI, DBS, GCD among other private ones or DIT part time(is a part time course the same as the full time but longer? would it change something on my CV whether its full time or part time?). Particularly I liked NCI but I dont know what reputation it takes, could you guys give me some advice?

    If I were to offer a personal opinion, I would rate DIT first, NCI 2nd, followed by the others. Part-time vs. full-time shouldn't matter to your CV that much.

    Either way, all of the above offer qualifications based on the national qualifications framework, so should, in theory, be comparable.


  • #3
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    I'm currently in NCI studying computing. I have to say, I find it a brilliant college. The classes are small in comparison to bigger colleges(Around 80 per class). It's a small enough college, so you get to know a lot of people really fast. Your class becomes like a second family, as everyone looks out for eachothers. There are two schools in the college. The school of computing and the school of computing. I don't know about business, but the school of computing as a 98% employment rate from past students. Go to NCI if you like it. You'll get a good education, and make plenty of new friends.


  • #4
    arthurlima
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭arthurlima


    Thanks a lot guys!!


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