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[atran017]

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Have any of you guys started to consider health insurance for Ireland? I've looked at a few companies and VH1 appears to be good value but covers only public hospitals (can't imagine this being a problem since some of the UCD affiliated hospitals are public).... Payment is direct debit - I presume this is from an bank in Ireland and doesn't apply for those in the US or CAN like Chase and Royal Bank...Is this correct?

See everyone in a few weeks! 👍

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Also, after logging onto the SIS site, I noticed there is still a 12.60Euro balance outstanding for tuition...even though my payment through Royal Bank was for the exact Euro amount quoted by ABP and UCD - I presume this is due to the exchange rate....how is everyone handling this? Additional payment? Personally, I think since I have the receipt from the bank making the full payment at that time, exchange rate or not, the full payment was made.....

 

[kermicrzy]

As for health insurance, VHI can cost at lease 550 euro per year. Dont know if you got the UCD email but if you non-EU student you can get insurance through MediCover (O'Driscoll O'Neil Limited) as a UCD student for 120 euro. My jaw dropped when I saw this since I assumed to be paying insurance up to 600 euro (plus the rates keep increasing every year..).

Now I can use that extra money on my liver 😉

 

[atran017]

As for health insurance, VHI can cost at lease 550 euro per year. Dont know if you got the UCD email but if you non-EU student you can get insurance through MediCover (O'Driscoll O'Neil Limited) as a UCD student for 120 euro. My jaw dropped when I saw this since I assumed to be paying insurance up to 600 euro (plus the rates keep increasing every year..).

Now I can use that extra money on my liver 😉

Unfortunately, only got the email last evening....and welcome packet is currently sitting at UCD for pickup. So.... I'm going to try and cancel my VHI insurance and see if I can avoid penalty fees 😡 Seeing as how I only purchased it less than 48 hours ago....

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[IamSuperDoctor]

i found quinn healthcare for 418 euro/year. Do you guys know if medicover applies to rcsi students as well? (the discount)

 

[kermicrzy]

Nah think its only for UCD since they require student number. Anyway give them a ring and maybe they can do a deal. I would assume they can do something for cheaper than VHI, Aviva and Quinn if they giving UCD students such a discount. Needless to say the people beside me in the office are very jealous that I can get such a great deal as non-EU student 🙂

Sorry again about posting late A, I was busy finishing the thesis so I got rid of my bookmark so I wouldnt be distracted! But Id say you can cancel without much problem.

 

[atran017]

OK, so all cancelled with VHI and purchased ODON - literally a chasm difference in price 👍, now comes the waiting and follow up


SuperDoc, I don't think ODON has a formal agreement with RCSI (noticed that the url for UCD is odon.ie/ucd, tried substituting with odon.ie/rcsi and came up with an error). You could always do as kermicrzy and give them a ring...

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[IamSuperDoctor]

I called ODON and they told me they dont have RCSI in their file and cannot give me any student discount. So I guess its 418euro/year for me.

 

[kermicrzy]

Thats mad, so sorry to hear that 🙁

 

[Arb]

Just buy insurance in Canada.

 

[IamSuperDoctor]

I checked some of the plans and they are pretty much the same price. Are there any specific ones you know of that will be cheaper?

 

[Arb]

Try Cooperators and Blue Cross. I had Cooperators which about $1/day.

 

[Facebookaddict]

what are some interesting/easy-ish electives? I wanted to take spanish but it's the same time as all of my classes 🙁 what are some that you guys took? Thanks in advance.

 

[kermicrzy]

Edit: sorry I saw you were doing 6 year program, not grad entry.

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[xadmin]

Guys, I plan to apply to this school this year, but I noticed tuition is around 40k euro a year. I live in the US and that is like 70K USD for tuition. How do you guys afford that?

 

[emighb]

With serious bank loans and the bank of mom & dad.

 

[atran017]

Guys, I plan to apply to this school this year, but I noticed tuition is around 40k euro a year. I live in the US and that is like 70K USD for tuition. How do you guys afford that?

If you have an EFC of 0 - the Fed gov will cover all expenses roughly 85K-USD/yr worth. Albeit, only 8,500 of that is subsidized till after graduation...the rest has a nice hefty apr of 6.8% (i.e. in Illinois).


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[Facebookaddict]

Guys, I plan to apply to this school this year, but I noticed tuition is around 40k euro a year. I live in the US and that is like 70K USD for tuition. How do you guys afford that?

student loans, fafsa. yeeppp. Definitely apply though!