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So wats d deal then?

JimmNeutron · 2006-06-14 08:01:24

I need some advice about tcd nd i figured the best place t get it wud b off ppl that go there. Im plannin on doin the general science course next year, points permitting, but have heard that a large percentage of ppl drop out of it. Is that just coincidence, or is it really that bad of a course?? I presume as long as ya do…

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I need some advice about tcd nd i figured the best place t get it wud b off ppl that go there.
Im plannin on doin the general science course next year, points permitting, but have heard that a large percentage of ppl drop out of it. Is that just coincidence, or is it really that bad of a course?? I presume as long as ya do a little study ya'll b fine but is there any other reason i shud kno of??

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#2 14-06-2006 10:34am

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Science: 1, 2. Might provide some answers.

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#3 14-06-2006 11:04am

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myth, i know its your job, but please don't encourage txt-spkrs with responses! it opens a floodgate...

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Roundtower2 wrote:

myth, i know its your job, but please don't encourage txt-spkrs with responses! it opens a floodgate...

Yeah, it hurt my head reading that.

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#5 14-06-2006 12:23pm

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i got 2 words in and gave up

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#6 14-06-2006 12:27pm

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ah thanks very much for the slaggins there guys. i just asked for some help and might have been in a bit of a rush while i was typing it but there's no need to give me a hard time over it.

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#7 14-06-2006 12:32pm

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its what were here for, everyone who gets abuse over this trendy 'text speak' and then reverts to talking like a normal person as a result is a victory

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#8 14-06-2006 12:46pm

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well than i guess you won. so do you have any help that you can offer then or did you just feel the urge to take the piss out of some innocent young chap?

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#9 14-06-2006 12:49pm

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JimmNeutron wrote:

well than i guess you won. so do you have any help that you can offer then or did you just feel the urge to take the piss out of some innocent young chap?

Have a look at my post below, there were two threads that I linked to which have your questions answered.

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#10 14-06-2006 12:56pm

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ah ye i know thanks a mil for your help, im only taking out some exam stress on others again. i just cant wait until its all over and i can look back at how easy it really was.
Thanks for your help myth, much appreciated.

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#11 14-06-2006 3:36pm

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Oh and about the drop out rate, it's not that the course is bad but that it's not what a lot of people expect, science in college is nothing like science in the leaving cert. It's not a hard year in terms of learning once you go to your lectures and read the relevant books.

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#12 14-06-2006 3:49pm

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now ya see thats the plain and simple advice i need to hear right now. Its just that i've had a few people reccommending me not to do that course due to the drop-out rate. And it didnt really help that my biology teacher was one of them. Thanks for the advice, my life depends on it.
Ohhh, so dramatic!!

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#13 14-06-2006 5:14pm

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The main thing to remember is that it's not a catch-all like Arts. You have to actually LIKE science to enjoy it, because there's a lot of information to take in and if you're bored by it you just won't do well.

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#14 14-06-2006 7:30pm

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Like John2 said, a lot of the drop out rate is due to college science being different from LC science. Also, a lot of people kind of end up in science, it was the 7th or 8th choice on the CAO after medicine/OT/dentistry/MSISS/etc, and might decide after a few months/a year that it really isn't what they want to be doing. A few people i was in 1st year science with left at the end of first year, they then repeated the leaving and are now studying medicine.

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#15 14-06-2006 9:53pm

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Well i guess you could say i do love science alright. My mates often take the piss out of me for doin so well in biology and physics. I was going to apply for physio but i realised i had no interest in that field. Give me my plain old science degree and ill b happy. Its my first choice so hopefully i get it. Got 420 in my mock exams so im hoping the points are within reach.

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