<p>I was thinking about going to Trinity College of Dublin, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY love to study there and I have all of the grades etc. Only one problem; $$$$$$$. Is there ANY financial aid offered there? I saw online that there is a test you can take in your sophomore year to get costs down to a european student and you can take two years of leave, living in Ireland, to do that too. Am I missing anything else? Thanks.
Just a little back story if it helps: My parents Immigrated from Ireland, I've always wanted to live there ergo I have Irish Citizenship.</p>
<p>May I ask why why you have always wanted to live in Ireland? Just curious :)</p>
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It seems that in order to qualify for EU rates on the basis of residence, as long as you are under 23 years old, your parents must have been resident taxpayers of an EEA country for the past 3 out of 5 years in addition to yourself residing in the EEA for 3 years. See here: [Fees</a> and Grants Office - EU Fees](<a href=“http://www.ucd.ie/registry/adminservices/fees/eu_fees.htm]Fees”>http://www.ucd.ie/registry/adminservices/fees/eu_fees.htm)</p>
<p>After you turn 23, only your own residence counts.</p>
<p>If you were both a citizen and a resident of Ireland, there’d be plenty of financial aid opportunities for your first college degree: you’d get reduced tuition (to a student contribution of currently 2,000 Euros per year), and if you demonstrate financial need, complete tuition remission and a “maintenance grant” for living expenses of up to 5,915 Euros.</p>
<p>Ive always wanted to live in Ireland, since I was five years old, because when I went over the first time I fell in love with the culture.Its really difficult to articulate but my parents just call it the ‘‘graw’’ when im there (we visit often and most of my relatives are over there) it literally has physical effects on me. I guess the richer history, the rain, and the culture is really what makes me want to live there. My dream job is to teach mathematics at trinity college of Dublin, so I thought attending might be a good first step. How do they check if you are a resident, could I give them a relatives address? </p>
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You’d need tax statements from your parents showing that they had their principal residence in Europe. The standard way to document the student’s presence is through secondary school attendance. If you moved to Europe after you finished school elsewhere, the burden of proof is on you.</p>
<p>Oh okay! Community college to uc Berkeley it is!</p>
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<p>Berkeley is a pretty good school too… you could do worse! :)</p>
<p>Too bad that the CC-to-UC transfer route doesn’t leave much space for a study abroad experience, but there’s always grad school!</p>
<p>If you’d like to study in Europe, you may want to consider some liberal arts colleges/universities as well. Off the top of my head, I know that Bard has a program with ECLA in Germany. Williams with Exeter College, Oxford.</p>
<p>Again, im sure there are plenty of people interested in studying in Germany, or other European countries just I am pretty biased to Ireland. Haha! Im sure it would be a fantastic experience, its just not for me. Dont get me wrong, im looking forward to visiting other countries when I get out of uni often. And, trust me, I know Berkeley is a great school. It normally ranks in the top five in the world for maths!</p>
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<p>For what it’s worth, I’d rather do maths at Berkeley than anywhere in Ireland. Heck, I’d rather do maths at any large state U in the states (provided it has a PhD program - ensures that I have grad courses to take once I use up all the undergrad ones + research) than in Ireland. But that’s just me.</p>
<p>Well youre entitled to your opinion, just as I am to mine 
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<p>US colleges allow more flexibility. If one is well prepared, one can test out of courses. If one is overwhelmed by their amount of courses, they can drop down. If they don’t feel challenged, they can take some more or take an upper level course.</p>
<p>There’s people who start taking grad courses as early as their freshman year. You can’t do that in the UK.</p>
<p>My $0.02</p>
<p>@sombre</p>
<p>Depends on what college you go to. Also, the Brit system provides much more knowledge in one’s major</p>
<p>Cokelly has made quite clear that Ireland would be his first choice and the US his second. Can we please respect his preferences? (It doesn’t matter which universities are “objectively” better for an undergraduate student. Even if Chinese universities were better than universities anywhere else in the world, I still wouldn’t want to live in China!!!)</p>
<p>Sombre has a point that European universities are not equipped to challenge the top American high school students: those who have already taken advanced college classes in high school and would like to start their college career at the appropriate level. However, American community colleges are not equipped to handle such students either. If Cokelly would be happy at a community college, that’s clearly not a concern for him.</p>
<p>Cokelly, my apologies if I guessed your gender wrong. I picked one because avoiding pronouns would have sounded too awkward.</p>