Dropping out of college? Timing is key in avoiding costly decisions

The number of college students who left their course between first and second year increased from 9% to 15% between 2019 and 2022. Photograph: iStock

If you do decide to leave however, pay attention to the calendar. When you do it can save you, or cost you, thousands of euro.The most cost effective time to quit college is early in the first term of first year. If those lectures on the Athenian invention of democracy or stochastic differential equations are really leaving you cold, then make some calculations of your own.

The cut off dates for all of this vary by college. Usually, if you leave before the end of October, you will still be entitled to free fees in the first year of your new course, according to Students who withdrew after February 1st, 2024 will have to pay full fees for the year in any Irish third-level institution they register with in the next five years.

Students withdrawing before January 31st have to pay half the tuition fee if they return to third level education. They won’t get a refund of their student contribution from TCD.

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