#31
Barbie wrote:
I never really considered taking a year out except if I failed my exams. The way I see it is a degree is a degree and in a years time I’ll still be as clueless as I am now anyway. I’m doing political and religious thought which isn’t as boring as it seems and it’s dead easy
Posted on Fri, 15 August 2003 at 21:29
#32
dano wrote:
I always wish I’d taken a year about before starting to try and get some money saved ( or at least a car, that would have been a godsend during my degree ), but we were the final year to go through on the old grants system, so if I’d hung on for a bit I’ve have ended up coming out of college with about £12000 debt or whatever stupid amount it is now.
Posted on Fri, 15 August 2003 at 21:45
#33
Barbie wrote:
I think the average is a bit over £12000, something to look forward to. I have no money saved whatsoever and I get the minimum loan. I also have an addiction to weekly new cds. I’m gonna have to make some rich friends
Posted on Fri, 15 August 2003 at 21:49
#34
dano wrote:
Ha ha! When I was “studying” my parents gave me a credit card for emergency puposes, after the first statement I was told that if I didn’t stop buying cd’s and..ahem, star wars toys I’d be in trouble!
When I got my overdraft I was given a right grilling by the student loans manager about the amount of money that was going out to Virgin records…gits!
There is a solution, do all your toys and music shopping at a supermarket!
Posted on Fri, 15 August 2003 at 21:54
#35
Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
dano wrote:
Ha ha! When I was “studying” my parents gave me a credit card for emergency puposes, after the first statement I was told that if I didn’t stop buying cd’s and..ahem, star wars toys I’d be in trouble!
This is why I was never given a credit card at Uni (I went just as Dark Horse started doing SW comics), well, this and a horribly expensive X-Men/Spiderman habit.
If you can take a year out, do it, and if you don’t know what to do with it, do it the year after Uni instead of before - you’ll work long enough after anyway, and soon get pretty sick of that.
Posted on Fri, 15 August 2003 at 22:11
#36
dano wrote:
Hey a year out sounds like a good option now!
Posted on Fri, 15 August 2003 at 22:14
#37
Bad Karma wrote:
Barbie wrote:
I think the average is a bit over £12000, something to look forward to.
Thats what put me off going to uni.
Posted on Sat, 16 August 2003 at 13:22
#38
Hairy Joe wrote:
I’m going!
I got BBB.
[Homestarrunner]Isn’t that great?[/Homestarrunner]
Posted on Sat, 16 August 2003 at 16:05
#39
Alex wrote:
£12K, flipping heck. Is that for everything?
Assuming you get a grant to pay your rent in halls of residence (you still get that, right?), then £12K is loads. Whilst I would struggle now, I managed to live over 3 years on much less than that (excluding rent)
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 14:52
#40
White Psycho wrote:
Alex wrote:
£12K, flipping heck. Is that for everything?
Assuming you get a grant to pay your rent in halls of residence (you still get that, right?), then £12K is loads. Whilst I would struggle now, I managed to live over 3 years on much less than that (excluding rent)
There’s roughly £10,000 student loan (depending on how much you are entitled to) then any overdraft stuff that might happen
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 15:47
#41
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Hairy Joe wrote:
Woohoo! Nice one mate :)
I only completed the first term of university but still managed to spend a years worth of loan / grant (curse you HMV). SLC haven’t caught up with me yet though and since I don’t have a job I’m fairly sure I don’t have to pay them anything right now anyway *hopes*.
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 20:26
#42
dano wrote:
No you won’t, I’ve deffered my loan since I left, I think you ahve to be earning over £1500 a month before you have to pay it back..and if I was earning that I wouldn’t worry about deffering!
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 21:00
#43
Hairy Joe wrote:
I think it’s £12000 a year you have to be earning before you start paying it back.
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 21:22
#44
White Psycho wrote:
its £15,000 a year for people starting this year. and if you haven’t been able to pay it back by the time you’re 65 its cancelled!
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 21:24
#45
Hairy Joe wrote:
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 21:26
#46
Patrik_H wrote:
wow, man, you only have to do 3 subjects?
for my leaving cert im gonna have to do
english, irish, maths (pass level) french, geography, history, economics
The system here is a total bollocks compared to the american and english systems, as anyone who just got their results will testify :/
Oh well, well done anyway.
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 21:38
#47
Hairy Joe wrote:
Some in England do up to 5 or 6 A levels.
The Irish system wouldn;t do subjects in the same depth maybe. It’s more spread out.
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 21:42
#48
White Psycho wrote:
I did 3 real A levels + General Studies I had a mate who did 4 + General Studies
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 21:47
#49
Patrik_H wrote:
No the irish system is as in depth as it gets, its notorious for being unnessecarily hard.
2nd years (out of 5 or 6) over here are sometimes given the sat’s to do.
2 more years and i’ll have to do my leaving, thank hell i did transition year! :o
Posted on Sun, 17 August 2003 at 23:00
#50
White Psycho wrote:
Aaaarrrrrrggggh!!! 2 weeks until I go to uni!!! Its too bloody soon!
Posted on Sat, 30 August 2003 at 23:01
#51
dano wrote:
You’ll be absolutely shitting your pants the day before you go, but after two or three days there you’ll be so wrapped up in drunken high jinks and top knobbing action you’ll wonder why you ever felt a bit nervous!
Posted on Sun, 31 August 2003 at 01:05
#52
White Psycho wrote:
OK I’m off to uni tomorrow, so I probably won’t be around for a few days before my internet is set up again, I’ll leave you with one word
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!”
Posted on Sat, 13 September 2003 at 22:39
#53
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Heh heh, good luck buddy - you’ll have a great time :D
Posted on Sat, 13 September 2003 at 23:02
