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NUIM First Years Discussion Thread

  • 15-08-2014 4:49pm
    #1
    9bred4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 728 ✭✭✭


    I dunno is this a done thing, but I'd like to see who else is going in this year. Anybody?! :pac:
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  • #2
    banquo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    Just don't forget that roll call for all first years is at 8:30 every morning outside Logic House.


  • #3
    JellyBeans92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 489 ✭✭JellyBeans92


    banquo wrote: »
    Just don't forget that roll call for all first years is at 8:30 every morning outside Logic House.

    Funny I thought it was at Lower Loftus.. :pac:


  • #4
    9bred4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 728 ✭✭✭9bred4


    Is this AH? Looks different. :rolleyes:


  • #5
    blackkeyes
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭blackkeyes


    Maynooth here I come!


  • #6
    FatherlyNick
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭FatherlyNick


    Congrats to everyone who got an offer from NUIM today!

    Is your liver ready?


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  • #7
    Emily_H
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Emily_H


    did anyone else miss out on on campus accomodation?


  • #8
    Dermot77531
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Dermot77531


    YES!!!!!........ gunna have to go into digs now...


  • #9
    Emily_H
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Emily_H


    would you be interested in a house share?


  • #10
    Shano1996
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Shano1996


    Anybody here get into MH210 Pharmaceutical and Biomedical science?


  • #11
    Dermot77531
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Dermot77531


    cant seem to find many houses... biotech btw...


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  • #12
    Emily_H
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Emily_H


    There's one in pebble hill, looks to be good banter but we'd need 4. don't wanna end up in digs!


  • #13
    Pai Mei
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 240 ✭✭Pai Mei


    Incoming first year too, can't find any houses or digs that are less than 80€ a week :( And I didn't get campus :(


  • #14
    Emily_H
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Emily_H


    its €425 a month if that helps?


  • #15
    Dermot77531
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Dermot77531


    that just for rent alone?


  • #16
    Emily_H
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Emily_H


    Dermot77531 wrote: »
    that just for rent alone?
    think so, or you pay a deposit that you get back


  • #17
    uwotlad
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭uwotlad


    in need of accommodation, do not wanna commute from home


  • #18
    Emily_H
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Emily_H


    uwotlad wrote: »
    in need of accommodation, do not wanna commute from home

    me too have you found anywhere?


  • #19
    uwotlad
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭uwotlad


    Emily_H wrote: »
    me too have you found anywhere?

    nah not a thing. Missed out on the campus lotto.
    Am i the only one who thinks living with some family whos rentin out a bedroom is weird as hell?
    Not too fond of the poverty palaces I've seen so far.


  • #20
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    If you go to the Accomodation thread , I have a room available. Its in leixlip so 10 mins down the road but its better than living in digs ha


  • #21
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    Eric Cartman wrote: »
    If you go to the Accomodation thread , I have a room available. Its in leixlip so 10 mins down the road but its better than living in digs ha

    You'll also be forever scarred and corrupted


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  • #22
    uwotlad
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭uwotlad


    XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »
    You'll also be forever scarred and corrupted

    shteep price on it too


  • #23
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    uwotlad wrote: »
    shteep price on it too

    €300 p/m would be pretty decent actually. Almost nothing compared to what's going these days.


  • #24
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    300 a month is the going rate for a double room I'd say. IT'd probably be on the cheap side actually.


  • #25
    uwotlad
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭uwotlad


    donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »
    300 a month is the going rate for a double room I'd say. IT'd probably be on the cheap side actually.

    but then ya gotta take the distance and digs into account


  • #26
    blackkeyes
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭blackkeyes


    Who is excited?!!


  • #27
    uwotlad
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭uwotlad


    blackkeyes wrote: »
    Who is excited?!!

    I'd be more excited if I had accommodation.

    anyone else doin Multimedia, Mobile & Web Development?


  • #28
    blackkeyes
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭blackkeyes


    uwotlad wrote: »
    I'd be more excited if I had accommodation.

    anyone else doin Multimedia, Mobile & Web Development?

    Luckily I booked mine in January. It seems like a bit of a disaster alright. .


  • #29
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    uwotlad wrote: »
    but then ya gotta take the distance and digs into account

    Very true , but a monthly student rail card is 93.50 , so 393.50 for a double room (and all the trains to and from dublin you can handle), and probably the largest double room in the largest house in the area is still quite reasonable, im just putting it up as an option, ive seen people pay 400 a month for single rooms in maynooth, and this is only a 15 minute train away, youd be there in the same time as walking from the back of castle dawson


  • #30
    JuniorMint
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭JuniorMint


    Does anyone know the best route from Templeogue to Maynooth? I went on Google Maps and it said the shortest bus journey was nearly 2 hours.


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  • #31
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    JuniorMint wrote: »
    Does anyone know the best route from Templeogue to Maynooth? I went on Google Maps and it said the shortest bus journey was nearly 2 hours.

    used to do terenure , the 16 or whichever bus leaves you on westmorland street, then a 66 from there, itll take about 2 hours though. Cycling to pearse street and getting the train is probably the cheapest but itll take about the same time.


  • #32
    9bred4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 728 ✭✭✭9bred4


    Knew this thread would catch on :cool:

    Delighted I got campus today!


  • #33
    ItsJustLaura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭ItsJustLaura


    Anyone get their course through the hear scheme and going up next week for the introduction week thing? I'm kinda nervous about it. Also got on campus! Delighted! :)


  • #34
    RobertSullivan
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭RobertSullivan


    ItsJustLaura wrote: »
    Anyone get their course through the hear scheme and going up next week for the introduction week thing? I'm kinda nervous about it. Also got on campus! Delighted! :)


    I got it through the HEAR scheme and I'm going up for the Launchpad. It's going to be weird :)
    I didn't get on campus, hoping I'll get it on the 29th :)


  • #35
    9bred4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 728 ✭✭✭9bred4


    What courses are ye going doing?


  • #36
    RobertSullivan
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭RobertSullivan


    I'm doing arts :) What about yourself?


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  • #37
    9bred4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 728 ✭✭✭9bred4


    Finance and economics. Though I think it's arts :P


  • #38
    koptart
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭koptart


    What date is launchpad. Have debs on Monday 1st sept. Wouldnt want to miss out too much. Arts here too.


  • #39
    RobertSullivan
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭RobertSullivan


    It's the 31st to the 3rd I think. Looking forward to it :)


  • #40
    Pai Mei
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 240 ✭✭Pai Mei


    What is launchpad? :)


  • #41
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    Any fellow Kilkenny people here planning on going to Maynooth? Buzzing to start but not sure what to do about transport or accommodation.. :(


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  • #42
    FatherlyNick
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭FatherlyNick


    RobertSullivan wrote: »
    I got it through the HEAR scheme and I'm going up for the Launchpad. It's going to be weird :)
    I didn't get on campus, hoping I'll get it on the 29th :)

    Nothing to be nervous about, trust me. Its going to be 3 days of awesome!


  • #43
    FatherlyNick
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭FatherlyNick


    Pai Mei wrote: »
    What is launchpad? :)

    It is a 3 day 'welcome to NUI Maynooth' event. It happens about a week before registration. It is only avaliable to people who came to NUIM through the HEAR or DARE schemes.


  • #44
    FatherlyNick
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭FatherlyNick


    koptart wrote: »
    What date is launchpad. Have debs on Monday 1st sept. Wouldnt want to miss out too much. Arts here too.

    31st to the 3rd of August. You might want to contact someone from HEAR about your situation.


  • #45
    Stinjy
    Registered Users Posts: 785 ✭✭✭Stinjy


    As an out going fourth year, good luck to all of you. - you'll all love it eventually, commuting or not! :P


  • #46
    Physick
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Physick


    JuniorMint wrote: »
    Does anyone know the best route from Templeogue to Maynooth? I went on Google Maps and it said the shortest bus journey was nearly 2 hours.

    There are a few options available.

    1) slevins coaches (slevinscoaches . com) has details for a private coach that goes from around south Dublin to Maynooth every day (except for exams, see method 2). Price is 35 euro per week, then there is a price per trip and per trip return if you'd prefer, but obviously the weekly is cheapest if you're coming in every day. This is the method I use. It goes there twice and returns twice, goes to be there at 9 and 12, and leaves Maynooth at 3 and 6 (2 on a Friday!). Takes an hour and twenty minutes for the start point to end point, sometimes more sometimes less.

    2) A bus into town and then the 66 or 67 to Maynooth

    3) The M50 by car is surprisingly quick but requires an automobile.

    If you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask :)


  • #47
    aaabbbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭aaabbbb


    JuniorMint wrote: »
    Does anyone know the best route from Templeogue to Maynooth? I went on Google Maps and it said the shortest bus journey was nearly 2 hours.

    Theres a college bus that goes from Templeogue each day:

    https://www.nuim.ie/sites/default/files/assets/document/Dundrum%20to%20Maynooth%20Slevins.pdf


  • #48
    aaabbbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭aaabbbb


    uwotlad wrote: »
    nah not a thing. Missed out on the campus lotto.
    Am i the only one who thinks living with some family whos rentin out a bedroom is weird as hell?
    Not too fond of the poverty palaces I've seen so far.

    At this stage you'd be blessed to get anything better than a soggy wet, mouldy cardboard supermacs box in Maynooth to rent.


  • #49
    simsha
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭simsha


    I got accommodation on campus through the lottery draw, anyone know if its possible to request them to give me a place with females? Or is it impossible to find to just females in on campus accommodation..? I'm just curious.


  • #50
    RobertSullivan
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭RobertSullivan


    It's impossible to find anywhere! If anyone has a room let me know.


  • #51
    blackkeyes
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭blackkeyes


    Arts! I've kinda always wanted to do anthropology so I think I'm going to do it with computer science and Chinese


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