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General Question thread for people thinking of going to DKIT

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭cc87


    AFAIK, even if he does the 2 year course in carlow, he will still have to start the physio course from first year.

    If he wants to do physio, carlow is the better option. But he should be aware that throughout the physio course he won't have much time working with sports injuries. He won't be able to specialise along those lines until he is fully qualified. In fact, most of his hands on experience in terms of placement will probably come from working with elderly patients in hospitals.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Quick question, if i have 2 repeats, do i need to pass both to continue??


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    Quick question, if i have 2 repeats, do i need to pass both to continue??

    It depends on your other results, you can score between 35-40 percent in one subject as long as your above a certain amount in your other subjects


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Cool - and if i get below 35 in one and have the rest passed i just carry it and have to resit the exam?


  • Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭moons657


    Im starting in DKIT this september as well in electrical engineering.going back as a mature student.kind of dreading the parking situation up there.i went there a couple of years ago while doing my apprenticeship and it was grand cause ya didnt need to pay for parking.might have to organise staying up there or something:P
    anyone doing the electrical engineering course??


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  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    Cool - and if i get below 35 in one and have the rest passed i just carry it and have to resit the exam?

    I think you can carry 1 subject yes and re sit the exam at a latter date.
    moons657 wrote: »
    Im starting in DKIT this september as well in electrical engineering.going back as a mature student.kind of dreading the parking situation up there.i went there a couple of years ago while doing my apprenticeship and it was grand cause ya didnt need to pay for parking.might have to organise staying up there or something:P
    anyone doing the electrical engineering course??

    One of my best mates does that course but he is a fully qualified sparky too, he found the first yer relatively easy and found the extra dimension that the engineering aspect brought to be really interesting.

    As for the parking, I've been told if your there for 8:45 you should be ok but its a pain if your not in early some days.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭cc87


    I'd say better get in round 8 30 this year with the 1000 or so new students


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    cc87 wrote: »
    I'd say better get in round 8 30 this year with the 1000 or so new students

    Good point! :)

    Is there actually an extra 1000 students going to be in DKIT though?

    CAO figures are only up 3000 across every college in the country so I cant see DKIT taking 1000 of that, there could be a huge amount of mature students who took places through interviews rather than the CAO though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭moons657


    draffodx wrote: »
    I think you can carry 1 subject yes and re sit the exam at a latter date.



    One of my best mates does that course but he is a fully qualified sparky too, he found the first yer relatively easy and found the extra dimension that the engineering aspect brought to be really interesting.

    As for the parking, I've been told if your there for 8:45 you should be ok but its a pain if your not in early some days.


    yea Im a qualified sparks too...yea one of my mates just finished his first year doing the course and said its very good too.I cant wait.looking forward to learning more about the thoery side of things.
    yea I will prob leave early to get parking.haha.dont wanna be clamped...:P


  • Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭moons657


    oh whats the story on registering and paying of fee's??how much do the fee's be??:rolleyes:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    moons657 wrote: »
    oh whats the story on registering and paying of fee's??how much do the fee's be??:rolleyes:

    Did you apply through CAO?

    You'll get your registration pack this week or next week with Info on when you register.

    Fee's go up every year and I think it was around €1500 last year, now thats just a guess from a figure thats in my head.

    You pay in a bank by giro that comes in the registration pack


  • Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭moons657


    draffodx wrote: »
    Did you apply through CAO?

    You'll get your registration pack this week or next week with Info on when you register.

    Fee's go up every year and I think it was around €1500 last year, now thats just a guess from a figure thats in my head.

    You pay in a bank by giro that comes in the registration pack

    ah right!!!cool.must try find 1500 by then so:Pno i didnt apply through cao.i done the interview.why?does that make a difference to when you register?:)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35 SaucyB


    im awaiting my acceptance for my grant whichc i should get considering i got one for a plc last year, i know if your accepted for the grant they pay your student fee so i just wanted to know do i have to pay the registration fee myself and then i get it back laster in the year or what because i dont have 1500 euro:( :O


  • Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭moons657


    SaucyB wrote: »
    im awaiting my acceptance for my grant whichc i should get considering i got one for a plc last year, i know if your accepted for the grant they pay your student fee so i just wanted to know do i have to pay the registration fee myself and then i get it back laster in the year or what because i dont have 1500 euro:( :O

    your in the same boat as me.im hoping i get it now but i heard that sometimes they take months to come through...:eek:


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    SaucyB wrote: »
    im awaiting my acceptance for my grant whichc i should get considering i got one for a plc last year, i know if your accepted for the grant they pay your student fee so i just wanted to know do i have to pay the registration fee myself and then i get it back laster in the year or what because i dont have 1500 euro:( :O
    moons657 wrote: »
    your in the same boat as me.im hoping i get it now but i heard that sometimes they take months to come through...:eek:

    Yes if you haven't got your grant in time you will have to pay the fee and you will then get it back when you get your grant.

    I have heard some people not getting them until the second semester!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35 SaucyB


    I'm not happy at all. Got my grant this morning. 1300 for the year. Thats a joke I pay 100 a month of a loan i had to get last year beause my grant was late coming in. So i get bou 120-130 a month from this grant which leaves me wit 20-30 euro to get through a month?? and i can't seem to get work anywhere.

    College doesn't look to appealing now since i cant afford to live if i go to it!


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    SaucyB wrote: »
    I'm not happy at all. Got my grant this morning. 1300 for the year. Thats a joke I pay 100 a month of a loan i had to get last year beause my grant was late coming in. So i get bou 120-130 a month from this grant which leaves me wit 20-30 euro to get through a month?? and i can't seem to get work anywhere.

    College doesn't look to appealing now since i cant afford to live if i go to it!

    Are you sure thats for the year?

    They usually give you the grant for the first semester and then you get approved for the other half if your still in college for the second semester


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭MonkeyTennis


    SaucyB wrote: »
    I'm not happy at all. Got my grant this morning. 1300 for the year. Thats a joke I pay 100 a month of a loan i had to get last year beause my grant was late coming in. So i get bou 120-130 a month from this grant which leaves me wit 20-30 euro to get through a month?? and i can't seem to get work anywhere.

    College doesn't look to appealing now since i cant afford to live if i go to it!

    talk to the SU about hardship fund

    http://www.studentfinance.ie/pca7235.html


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35 SaucyB


    Il check the hardship fund out now thanks. yes thats for the year i phoned my local vec and they told me. Il check student finance to see if i can find anything.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    draffodx wrote: »
    Good choice :D

    Thats what I done and look at me now! :D:D:D

    EDIT: Have you any ideas which strand you'll prefer?


    I'd really like to give the Software Development strand a go. However, I have a notion that it's going to be difficult!

    From reading this thread I see you picked that option. Is the SD very mathsy? Maths wouldn't be my strong point!

    I believe the job prospects in the IT sector are decent at the moment. Can you shed any light on the software development sector?

    I'm interested in music technology so I'd like to be able to do some DSP programming, building software synths and effects, that sort of thing. That's why the software development appeals.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    flyswatter wrote: »
    I'd really like to give the Software Development strand a go. However, I have a notion that it's going to be difficult!

    From reading this thread I see you picked that option. Is the SD very mathsy? Maths wouldn't be my strong point!

    I believe the job prospects in the IT sector are decent at the moment. Can you shed any light on the software development sector?

    I'm interested in music technology so I'd like to be able to do some DSP programming, building software synths and effects, that sort of thing. That's why the software development appeals.

    No I wouldn'y say it is very heavily maths based, you do have maths modules in there but they are relatively easy with a lot of it being refresher stuff from secondary school.

    The only module I found hard with regards to the maths side of things would be computer graphics in 4th year but that was it and I would not be great at maths either.

    I'll get back to you with regards the industry later, just going for some pints :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭ANXIOUS


    SaucyB wrote: »
    I'm not happy at all. Got my grant this morning. 1300 for the year. Thats a joke I pay 100 a month of a loan i had to get last year beause my grant was late coming in. So i get bou 120-130 a month from this grant which leaves me wit 20-30 euro to get through a month?? and i can't seem to get work anywhere.

    College doesn't look to appealing now since i cant afford to live if i go to it!

    Did you get a grant last year? Also seen earlier on mothercare are looking for someone in the marshes part time.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    draffodx wrote: »
    I'll get back to you with regards the industry later, just going for some pints :)

    The industry at the minute does seem pretty healthy although wages have dropped a good bit across the board.

    It also depends on what area you want to get into, the consultation, support side of things seems to have gone to the dogs with many people with years of experience unable to find a job.

    But the programming, development side of things seems to be holding up.

    Having said that getting your foot in the door to start wait can be tough at the minute and it was for me, the best advice is to keep doing your owning personal projects along the way so you have stuff to show at interviews and if possible keep up to date with new and upcoming technologies and show an interest in them.

    On the music technology side of things there wasn't anything involving that in the course when I done it but what you learn would easily allow you to do a personal project like that either outside the scope of the course or for your 4th year project if you plan on going that far.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    draffodx wrote: »
    The industry at the minute does seem pretty healthy although wages have dropped a good bit across the board.

    It also depends on what area you want to get into, the consultation, support side of things seems to have gone to the dogs with many people with years of experience unable to find a job.

    But the programming, development side of things seems to be holding up.

    Having said that getting your foot in the door to start wait can be tough at the minute and it was for me, the best advice is to keep doing your owning personal projects along the way so you have stuff to show at interviews and if possible keep up to date with new and upcoming technologies and show an interest in them.

    On the music technology side of things there wasn't anything involving that in the course when I done it but what you learn would easily allow you to do a personal project like that either outside the scope of the course or for your 4th year project if you plan on going that far.


    Thanks for the info. Do you have any idea what the general wage structure for IT is at the moment?

    As for the music technology, I believe there is a Masters on it in DKIT so that could be of interest.

    I see how getting your foot in the door could be a problem. Most of the jobs I've seen offered required 3-4 years experience!


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    flyswatter wrote: »
    Thanks for the info. Do you have any idea what the general wage structure for IT is at the moment?

    As for the music technology, I believe there is a Masters on it in DKIT so that could be of interest.

    I see how getting your foot in the door could be a problem. Most of the jobs I've seen offered required 3-4 years experience!

    The average graduate wage is about €25k in Dublin these days a little less in other parts of the country. I cant comment on non graduate wages as I'm only working 9 months and I'm still on my graduate wage.

    Also it depends on what type of company you end up in, I'm in a small independent Irish software house, so my wage is a little lower and I've no benefits but I am getting much more hands on experience in the deep end than the training and mickey mouse programming a graduate would be doing in say IBM for the first 6 months or so.

    Most jobs advertised are advertised with higher requirements than the actual job requires, I found applying for positions advertised as 1 - 2 or 2+ years experience still got me interviews even though I only had college experience.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    draffodx wrote: »
    The average graduate wage is about €25k in Dublin these days a little less in other parts of the country. I cant comment on non graduate wages as I'm only working 9 months and I'm still on my graduate wage.

    Also it depends on what type of company you end up in, I'm in a small independent Irish software house, so my wage is a little lower and I've no benefits but I am getting much more hands on experience in the deep end than the training and mickey mouse programming a graduate would be doing in say IBM for the first 6 months or so.

    Most jobs advertised are advertised with higher requirements than the actual job requires, I found applying for positions advertised as 1 - 2 or 2+ years experience still got me interviews even though I only had college experience.


    Thanks. I'd imagine the top companies would be paying the best wages but only if you're a Senior Software Developer?

    Would a Masters/PHD be of benefit in securing a job in the current climate or is a degree enough in most cases?


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    flyswatter wrote: »
    Thanks. I'd imagine the top companies would be paying the best wages but only if you're a Senior Software Developer?

    Would a Masters/PHD be of benefit in securing a job in the current climate or is a degree enough in most cases?

    A lot of people told me experience is more important than a masters in the IT industry and it seems to ring true for most cases, however if you want to specialise in something specific a masters seems to be a minimum.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    draffodx wrote: »
    A lot of people told me experience is more important than a masters in the IT industry and it seems to ring true for most cases, however if you want to specialise in something specific a masters seems to be a minimum.

    Thanks draffodx. Anything else I should know about the course or the college from your experience?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35 SaucyB


    Yes i got a grant last year but i was travelling to dublin so thats why they told me it was more. Ive applied to st vincent de pauls, and partnership in dundalk to see if they can help out but if they can't i dont know what I'l do. I might have to give up my spot. Ive applied for loads of jobs but some of them need times and i wont know times till i get my timetable. Aww just a bad time, can't believe this grant.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭KoKane


    Hey whats the craic, I've applied and I'm accepted in Dundalk IT doing Computing and Software development...
    On the day I asked about the tour (we're in the new refurbished PJ Carrol building or something). I went over there and there was noone doing any tours :/
    I also asked about what class I'm in and timetables and was told to check out the website with them.

    I had a look and its all very good and well but I dont know what class I'm in and I cant find it anywhere and wasnt told.

    Never asked specificly either when I was up there, which is my bad anyway but I had to head off.


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