Summer Holidays?

Sandals

When exactly are we free for the summer holidays, is tehre anyway to get the timetable, I am doing Jf Engineering?

Nietzschean

exam timetable won't be out for ages yet.......... you can look up the college calander for the offical date of the end of exams n stuff....

europerson

You probably won't know when you're getting your holidays until April, which is usually when the exam timetables come out.

Sandals

do u thin the 24th of may would be a safe bet though, the flights are really cheap, so i wouldn't be devestated either way.

Sandals

Sandals wrote:

do u thin the 24th of may would be a safe bet though, the flights are really cheap, so i wouldn't be devestated either way.

The date when the main exam timetables (final version) are planned to be circulated to the Heads of Departments and such is the 7th of April, so they should be up shortly after that. This is all depending on the efficiency of everyone involved!

The end of term time in Trinity Term (the third term) is the 12th of May, the same day as the Trinity Ball. Then there's a week of studying, and then the exam period starts on the 22nd of May. The exams can take up anywhere from one week to 3 or even 4, depending on how you're spread out.

Usually the exam timetables are more favourable for JS and SS students. Last year for example, JF Engineering Students had 6 exams in 6 days (afaik).

So to answer your question, there is not a chance that all of your exams will be over by the 24th of May.

On a different note, the dates for when departments submit the exam papers for JF/SF is the 10th of April, with JS/SS & PG on the 18th of April. Get your shiny red apples in before then...

[edit] Oh yeah, check the exam papers from the last number of years for a very rough guide for when previous years have been finished. Linky: http://www.tcd.ie/Local/Exam_Papers/

John

Sandals wrote:

do u thin the 24th of may would be a safe bet though, the flights are really cheap, so i wouldn't be devestated either way.

No, not safe at all. That's probably around the time they start. I'd say mid-June to be safer (but not safe).

Crash

6th of June onwards is GENERALLY a safe bet (iirc i was later than most people) - Sandals what are you doing again? some people would know better from previous years if you gave info.

Nietzschean

iirc i was on till the 13th in first year, varies from year to year...

cuckoo

i'd love an answer to this one as well *sigh*, i've a cousin's wedding on the 3rd of June that i'd love to go to.

*fingers crossed and a prayer to the goddess of timetabling*

rsynnott

I was out on the 11th or so last year.

Bartronilic

Arts/Humanities course (BESS) finish first usually before June.

Bartronilic

TheGrinch_000 wrote:

6th of June onwards is GENERALLY a safe bet (iirc i was later than most people) - Sandals what are you doing again? some people would know better from previous years if you gave info.

he said what he was doing jf engineering :S

Bartronilic

Bartronilic wrote:

he said what he was doing jf engineering :S

In the first post too :v:

cuckoo

Hmmm, last year my course were finished by the 30th May. Hopefully this bodes well, i'll be awaiting the exam timetables with much interest, and check out what the deadline for RSVP-ing this wedding.

Is there any reason why they come out so late? Graduation dates for next Oct/Nov seem to be fixed already. I'm with Sandals on the flights issue - the wedding's in the US.

Btw, did i mention i could be going to a wedding? I've only ever been to two weddings, so please forgive me my excitement.

Crash

Bartronilic wrote:

he said what he was doing jf engineering :S

Your comment hurts me deeply - i am in fact illiterate. you have no idea how hard it is adjusting to a message board like this - i would like an apology

cuckoo

TheGrinch_000 wrote:

Your comment hurts me deeply - i am in fact illiterate. you have no idea how hard it is adjusting to a message board like this - i would like an apology

Thanks for sharing with the group. Now, remember, your SU should be there for you. Perhaps you could contact the Education Officer, and arrange to have all the committee minutes, etc, from the SU dictated onto tape for you? With various actors for each speaker, like Sinn Fein ppl used to have.

Crash

Can we get Colin Farrell in for the voice of Niall Hughes? maybe with Hector doing the voice of John Mannion? that'd be great...