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NUIM First Years Discussion Thread

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


    Knew this thread would catch on :cool:

    Delighted I got campus today!


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    #33
    ItsJustLaura
    Registered Users 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! :)


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    #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 :)


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


    What courses are ye going doing?


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    #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


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    #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.


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    #39
    RobertSullivan
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭RobertSullivan


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


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    #40
    Pai Mei
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭Pai Mei


    What is launchpad? :)


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    #41
    thelad95
    Registered Users 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!


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    #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.


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    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.


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    #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


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    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 :)


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    #47
    aaabbbb
    Registered Users 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


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    #48
    aaabbbb
    Registered Users 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.


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    #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.


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    #50
    RobertSullivan
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭RobertSullivan


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


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    #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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    #52
    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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    #53
    FifaPlaya
    Registered Users Posts: 406 ✭✭FifaPlaya


    Hello i am a student in fifth year who is interested in a course in nuim.I have a question. How far would the campus be from the train station?


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    #54
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    FifaPlaya wrote: »
    Hello i am a student in fifth year who is interested in a course in nuim.I have a question. How far would the campus be from the train station?

    10/20 minutes walk at the max


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    FifaPlaya
    Registered Users Posts: 406 ✭✭FifaPlaya


    XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »
    10/20 minutes walk at the max

    thanks for the reply


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    #56
    9bred4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 728 ✭✭✭9bred4


    Well I dunno about ye but I can't fooking wait.


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    #57
    TomConroy444
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭TomConroy444


    anyone with available accommodation PM me...i left it to late :(


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    #58
    uwotlad
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭uwotlad


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

    1st years really get screwed there. I wasnt sure If id make the cut for NUIM, never thought about accomodation and now I get to commute from home....


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    #59
    aaabbbb
    Registered Users Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭aaabbbb


    uwotlad wrote: »
    1st years really get screwed there. I wasnt sure If id make the cut for NUIM, never thought about accomodation and now I get to commute from home....

    I'd say learn to drive/get a car but the parking situation isn't much better than the housing situation tbh. Theres never any spaces from 09:30 - 16:30/17:00 in the college so its quite common to have to park elsewhere.

    Traffic is also a nightmare in the town. Takes 30-45 mins to get from M4 to the college if you're in for 9 likewise in the evening it takes forever also.

    But having said that commuting by car is far better than commuting by public transport.


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    #60
    Stinjy
    Registered Users Posts: 785 ✭✭✭Stinjy


    FifaPlaya wrote: »
    Hello i am a student in fifth year who is interested in a course in nuim.I have a question. How far would the campus be from the train station?

    Not far enough to be a problem, 10 minutes if you really need to make your class, probably 15 minutes if you're not really bothered.. :)


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    #61
    martol
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭martol


    Heading into first year! Anyone doing European studies? Or anyone get the scholarship grant thingie for getting a 1000Euro after getting 525 points?


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