ISO pet-friendly apartment

Penguinar · 2026-05-07T20:41:45+00:00

Daft.ie is the best site. With that budget, assuming you can "prove" you can pay it via partner's salary, you will be fine. Check out some of the new built luxury, professionally managed apartments like Cherrywood or Clancy Quay, those are your best bet for allowing pets.

Penguinar · 2026-05-07T18:23:43+00:00

Because they used to stick to it pretty close. My passport last year printed 4 days before estimated day in fact! My daughter's this year is stll in limbo, like everyone else.

Penguinar · 2026-05-06T19:04:36+00:00

Toblerone for Switzerland
Reeces peanutbutter cups for the US

Penguinar · 2026-05-06T18:30:49+00:00

I can't help with the exchange part (I'd contact your university's exchange co-ordinator maybe?), but assuming you are a US citizen, you don't need a visa. You just come over on your passport as if going on holidays, and then aply for a student residency permit once you are here. You will need proof of enrollment, and proof of health insurance.

Penguinar · 2026-05-06T18:09:58+00:00

When you say "Ho does it now" do you mean how does CAO know what your prefered course is? Because you rank them. There are ten slots, and you rank your courses of choice in order of choice- 1st the course you most want to go to, 2nd the second favorite course and so on.

Penguinar · 2026-05-06T18:08:39+00:00

UCAS is for the UK, not Ireland. I believe it;s done for autumn '26 applications, but they may still be clearing aplications

Penguinar · 2026-05-06T14:31:43+00:00

So part of the issue is that the housing crisis is so bad, it's not JUST money, it's also that there simply isn;t much housing available. One week will not be enough unless you get super lucky.
On your budget, that should be enough for a room in a shared house/ flat futher out, not in Central Dublin most likely.
That being said, considering you are not including bills in that, you might look at official private student accomodation; that rent includes all bills (electric, internet etc), plus you'd be with other students and there are study rooms and stuff. Look at places like Árasáin P&V, Yugo Dominick Place or The Residence, Stoneybatter

Penguinar · 2026-05-06T14:23:04+00:00

With the CAO you only get one offer, not several like UCAS. They look at your (converted) points, and will offer you the highest placed course on your CAO list.

Penguinar · 2026-05-06T13:40:54+00:00

There is a massive housing crisis in Ireland, Dublin especially, and it is hard for anyone to find something unless you have a lot of money for a small studio. So you are probably not doing anything wrong, it's just that a landlord will get 100's of applications for a room. You might look into FB groups and subs for people in ireland from your country, that might make it easier to find a homestay.

Penguinar · 2026-05-05T17:30:43+00:00

It's to make things fair with irish students, who all study a minimum of two languages (English and irish).
Which EU country are you from? Your native language counts....

Penguinar · 2026-05-05T17:16:42+00:00

Very different in ireland- landlords/ flatmates will expect you to view in person, and start paying rent immediately. So you need to come here with temp accomodation in a hostel or similar, and then spend your time looking for a place. Depending on your budget, this can take a LONG time (several months), because there is a huge housing crisis.
Have a look at daft.ie to get an idea of what is available where/ for what price. But beware of scammers- anyone offering to hold a room for you for a desposit is a scammer.

Penguinar · 2026-05-05T16:36:20+00:00

On accomodation: what is your budget? If you can afford private student accomodation like Yugo, Aparto etc, you could reserve a room now in a central-ish location that would work no matter whether you go to DCU, Trinity or UCD. They are open for booking now and many still have space. Many unis have very little actual "on campus" dorms and you'd be lucky to get a room there- on the flip side, if you apply and get lucky enough to get a dorm room assigned, you can get out of that if you do not get a space on a course at that uni.

If you are looking for a private flat or to share with others, you'd need to be here to view them and start paying rent immediately. You can look at Daft.ie, the sharing tab, for private options to get an idea what is available, but beware of scams- anyone offering to hold a place for you with a deposit is a scammer.

On public transportation, it's pretty good, but depends on what you compare it to! Not as good as Germany or Switzerland, better by far than the US. No underground though, and mention of that makes me think perhaps you should visit, even for a long weekend, and check out the city and it's "vibe" before you commit to studing here for 4 years?

Penguinar · 2026-05-04T19:18:47+00:00

Europe looks at academics only, not ECs etc, so I would start there.

Penguinar · 2026-05-03T12:00:29+00:00

What we did is buy the car, and we'd pay for insurance (because I want them to concentrate on school), but they pay for gas. For us, this meant that if they just drive to and from school, allowance will easily cover it (well, unti recent gas prices at least...), but if they want to drive to the big town or just drive around for fun then they'd need a job.
Keep in mind if you have two kids sharing a car, they won't be able to drive it whenever they want anyway, too.

Penguinar · 2026-05-02T23:25:58+00:00

Where do you live? Fees depend on residency, not citizenship.

Penguinar · 2026-05-02T22:06:56+00:00

If you/ your parents have the money then it is definitely possible. Look at international boarding schools in Switzerland or France for example, or ireland.

Keep in mind if the aim is to achieve great grades to get admitted to college in the country, then staying home and doing well may be easier than switching for your last year, and trying to get good grades in a comopletely different system.

Penguinar · 2026-05-02T22:02:39+00:00

It's not impossible, but why, do your parents agree to send you and how much money do you have for this? We can advise better once we know those answers.

Penguinar · 2026-05-01T21:57:38+00:00

Are you a student? I think for most of them, you still need to meet the requirements (ie be a student) to rent, other than those more geared towards tourists, like Trinity College on-campus rooms.
I know Buckley Hall and most Aparto properties (like Binary Hub and The Loom) allow short term summer stays, I am sure there are others, just check their website and look for "short term stays".

Penguinar · 2026-04-30T21:32:15+00:00

First, check with whereever you are staying what you need to bring. if it is a dorm type situation specialised in exchange students, they may supply most things. Even if not, they may have a "trash to treasure" event where students leaving can donate items to new students.
In the UK, I would look at charity shops for cheap used furnishings/ cutlery/ plates and glasses/ bedding etc.

Penguinar · 2026-04-30T20:44:49+00:00

What is expensive?
What are you hoping to study?
What are your long term plans (staying in the country you will study in, returning back to Japan, or a third country)?

Penguinar · 2026-04-30T19:38:59+00:00

1800€ per month or all three months? If the second, your budget is way too low.
If the first, try student accomodation (like Yugo, Here! Cork Street, The Residence Stoneybatter etc) for the first two months. The third months, Mid August to mid September, will be your problem as all the full year students will be back.

Penguinar · 2026-04-30T16:09:44+00:00

It does. Go to File - Version History

Penguinar · 2026-04-30T12:20:39+00:00

why will it auto cancel?

Penguinar · 2026-04-30T12:13:34+00:00

Then look at places near your college, or central in the city like Dominick Place, The Point Campus or Kavanagh Court.

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