r/leavingcert • u/Normal-Ad1320 • Jul 28 '25
University 🎓 You needed to book student accommodation since MAY ?!?!?!
Hi guys, so I'm from another county and going to uni in Dublin, and I'm just finding out NOT A SOUL TOLD ME that I should have organised a deposit for accommodation in Dublin since April/May. Isn't that what guidance counsellors are for? :( I did apply to schools directly since May, but with private uni accommodation, I didn't know that I'd need it then, and now all places are sold out. The direct student accommodation hasn't got back to me yet, so ...... I'm only going to Dublin Uni, so I'm mega cooked LOL. And why is it so expensive? What the hell, 1k per month are you fr rn.....
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u/bennyboocumberbitch Jul 28 '25
Looking at ur acc you first posted to about LC on reddit in may… did u really do no research about coming here? Its a very know thing you need to have accom sorted early
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
In May, the only thing on my mind was the Leaving Cert, not uni accommodation. I'm first gen going to uni in Ireland, so no, I did not know it was a common thing, nor was I told. I did research on my chosen schools and the courses, and assumed that accommodation comes after you get offers. I wouldn't have even thought I'd have to book like 6 months ahead. Now that I have found out, I'm trying to do something about it 😭 😭😭
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u/KachiggaSquigga Jul 29 '25
In your research, how could you possibly not have come across issues faced by students, and/or the fact there is a housing crisis within Ireland??? Not a crazy amount of sympathy will be gotten here - most foremost young Irish issue is housing, and if you didn't have the common sense to Google the current Irish socio economic state of affairs, can't say much but that's on you and good luck
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
I dont need symphathy lol especially not yours , i just voiced a concern so hopefully someone will see this and it may help them. my issue is not being aware of a housing crisis i dont live under a rock the problem here was just that i didnt know how early i was meant to start looking, at least i figured it out before offers were out and have been looking for accommodation for the past week, judging from your attitude you dont even sound like someone who has any symphaty to give lol, thanks for your input !!
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u/09gutek Jul 29 '25
All these people in here saying you didn't do your research etc. are crazy. I think it's a perfectly reasonable assumption to believe you don't deal with accomodation until after offers. Afterall, why would I book accomodation if I don't even know what college will give me an offer yet. Unfortunately though, the system is fucked and it's nigh on impossible to live independently as a young adult in Ireland.
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
bro, people are saying I'm blaming everyone but myself, and I should have known better. When I found out, I did something about it and have now secured accommodation. It's not a lack of common sense; it was just unfortunate that people are just hostile for no reason. I thought I wouldn't have to deal with it after, like you said. Now I know for my next few years, and other people also found out from my post and were panicking anyway, so I'm glad to have helped
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u/TallResident7465 Jul 28 '25
Search for accommodation outside Dublin and commute to campus
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
Thank you, any recommended areas specifically?
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u/TallResident7465 Jul 29 '25
Louth, Kildare, Wicklow and the midlands
If you can’t find anything within commutable distance, you could always take a gap year and begin uni next year
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Jul 29 '25
To be honest, your guidance counsellor in should have informed you on this!! We had a whole class on this before college.
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
Thank you because I basically did my own CAO and uni prep by myself, everyone acting like I'm the stupid one, but I've never heard of this before. How is it my fault now? I know ahead of other years
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Jul 29 '25
Also, email accommodation places and explain your situation (and if you’re desperate then BEG), usually they have spare rooms for things like emergencies.
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
I did just this, and now I have an accommodation single ensuite, so happy
Thanks so much
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Jul 29 '25
oh i’m so glad !!!! you deserve it and i’m so happy you got a place !!! well done, my love!!
edit: expressing happiness hahah
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u/chanelvomit Jul 29 '25
I'm confused about how you could live in Ireland and not consider the housing crisis when planning to move to another county😬
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u/batelynkuckley Jul 29 '25
I'm the first in my family to go to college and we didnt really know much about it either. I got a place in May in a shared house for Limerick but majority of places were gone. I had heard about having to get accommodation early from friends but if it weren't for them I wouldve ended up no where.
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
I'm glad you had friends to help you, so many people on here didn't know either, so I'm glad I've posted this, so they can all secure accommodation
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u/batelynkuckley Jul 29 '25
i think people just didnt like the fact of you moving here. some people just make it personal with that stuff i dont think anyone really meant that its common knowledge to get accommodation early coz it really isnt. they dont tell you that stuff in most schools. hope you get somewhere. and ignore the nasty comments some people just go to far on here.
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u/lk847 Jul 29 '25
I’m also curious, how do you know you’ll need accommodation in Dublin when LC hasn’t been sat and offers aren’t even out? You might end up in a different part of the country and then what? Do you just cancel your booking?
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u/Cherry_Foxer Jul 29 '25
If youre an incoming fresh year, a lot of places/companies give refunds on deposits if you provide them with a rejection letter from a university if you dont get in
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
For me I only applied to unis in Dublin, so I know that’s my only destination. Right now it seems like if Dublin is top of you list on the CAO you should still secure early in the year so you don’t end up like me
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u/PlutoHulk789 Jul 29 '25
You may get a cancellation closer to the time/ after results come out but you’ll have to keep checking websites/ringing and be fast
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u/AardvarkBig5306 Jul 29 '25
It’s not sure if it’s the same for Dublin but in Maynooth they open up the accommodation again for anyone who got on campus accommodation in Maynooth but didn’t get into college or got a different college, I think it’s the same week as the CAO offers! I would ask the university about that too
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u/Aki_the_violinist Jul 29 '25
There are places still available
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
Yes I finally found them thank you so much
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u/Aki_the_violinist Jul 29 '25
Youre welcome. I am also looking still, where have you found so i can look too please?
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
I found mine with “ uniaccom “ I put my number so one called me and sent available places . They’re single and shared rooms
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u/silverbirch26 Jul 29 '25
Have you not done a basic Google about moving city?
Accomodation is not a guidance counsellors job
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u/mjgjm7 Jul 29 '25
Did you go to the uni open day? Usually pretty up front about it.
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 29 '25
Nope, I didn't go to the open days because I was too busy, all the info I needed about my course was online, and I spoke to students doing my course there and even asked about accommodation. They told me to apply to Trinity and UCD in May, which I did. They never said anything about applying to other private accommodations; if I had known, I would have secured it. I know, and I'm prepared for other years. I now have accommodation, thank God
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u/oreo4197 Jul 30 '25
i saw a new place called ‘the residence stoneybatter’ recently that still seems to have places available. i know nothing about them i just saw it when looking for a place myself but they seem to be one of the only ones with places left
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u/ewpicolo Jul 30 '25
girl.. guidance counsellors are not there for that. it just looks like you did no research
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u/circul_jerk Jul 30 '25
Did you not have a single career guidance class?😭
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Jul 31 '25
Believe me when I tell you accommodation was never mentioned; in fact, the only help we got was just how to fill out our CAO, and they said make sure you fill it up and add level 7's and i was okay, i then went on to do my research and just said maybe in June/july ill secure accoodation before offfers just incase i go to dublin. My situation was just that I didn't know how early. Apparently, it was supposed to have been since March, mind you, I'm booking, not even knowing if I'll end up in Dublin. People said I wasn't prepared, but I just wasn't aware of this. Now I am, and I'll be prepared for the years
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u/circul_jerk Aug 01 '25
Okay I'm glad you are. It really is surprising you weren't made aware. You should have been and honestly I think that was on your teachers. I would know nothing if it wasn't for my careers teacher. good luck for the next few years
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u/Rare-Criticism1059 Jul 31 '25
Ok low-key while yeah you should've researched, I also think if you posted back in May asking if you should put down a deposit for accomodation for a course you haven't gotten yet, the answer would've been more mixed.
This is something that should've been told to you. I'd expect your guidance counselor to bring this fact up with you immediately upon stating you were coming to Dublin for Uni.
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u/Normal-Ad1320 Aug 01 '25
The problem isn't even that I didn't research; I did, apparently. I was supposed to apply for private accommodation since March, and I didn't know. I only applied to the unis directly and my guidenace councellor didnt even tell me that i found that out from my own research on careers portal or the uni site i think and thought it was reasonable to wait till offers were almost out, so it's not even that I never secured any accommodation, I just felt like the support system I was meant to have in school wasn't there, and like I said before, my parent didn't go to uni here, I have no aunts or cousins or uncle or siblings that are familiar with the system, none of my friends are going to dublin so the converstaion never came up about accomodation there was no way i would have known so it was just a wierd sitiation, but people are jusyt being nasty acting like im so stupid and ots all my fault. it was tiktok that hlped me through the whole process tbh
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u/n4m3n1ck Cooked 🍳 Jul 28 '25
I keep being surprised at the lack of research that people do concerning some of their most important life choices.