What to bring to college

Guest

going to go to college in trinity hopefully, what should i bring with me? any suggestions?

Pet

What do you mean, like accommodation-wise? Where are you moving from?

Guest

kilkenny to halls if I can get in...

Pet

You'll need to bring some crockery, cutlery and cooking equipment (only you can judge this; if you're good at cooking bring lots, if you're ****e, bring less). Don't bring too much though; not only is it heavy, it tends to get left on the sink to pile up during the week! I'd say bring 3 of each thing. Bring one or two "specialised" kitchen gadgets if needs be - but you can always borrow from other people on your floor. Also bring cleaning equipment (lots of tea towels, cleaning cloths, gloves, Fairy) and some bin liners, and as much food as you can rob from home!

For your room, bring bedlinen, towels, stuff like that, plus whatever ornaments/CDs/books you want. Don't bother with posters, they're not allowed (and will only make your room look like a prison cell anyway). There's internet access available in all the modern accommodation, so you can bring your own computer if you have one.

Oh yes, and bring all your clothes, you don't wanna be spending half your time in the launderette (or running home to mammy every Friday like my sap of a flatmate last year..).

Oh yes, and if you think you need it at all, get your parents to teach you how to cook, clean and generally look after yourself. There's nothing worse than living with stupid dumbass helpless freshers who don't even know how to cook beans without burning down half the kitchen. Your flatmates will thank you for it.

Bartronilic

a pencil

Crash

you know, working in cineworld is doing my cleaning powers a world of good. I can now get a bar closed and spotlessly clean in roughly half an hour/45 minutes - which means cleaning the apartment next year will be a doddle.

turbot

Show up determined to meet as many different people as you can in the first 2-3 months.

Get a book on how to remember peoples names and learn the techniques.

Do this successfully and remember their names and you'll probably have loads of friends for all your time in college.

Finally - audition for the freshers co-op - it's great fun.

Awayindahils

I'm absolutely woeful at remembering peoples names:(

Edwardius

Yeah, me too. Went about two months without asking someone their name after I'd forgotten. You can get away with it by being creative or you could do the whole "look at my ID picture, it's shite" and when they decide to show you their **** picture you can get a look at the name. It works sometimes (naive 1st years) and also means you don't have to pay attention in idle conversations and devote your thoughts to more pressing matters.

punka

Clicky.

Pet

Get a book on how to remember peoples names and learn the techniques.

There are books on this?

*summons the amazon fairy*

I'm absolutely terrible at remembering names too, max I can learn in a day is about two, and I have to meet the person again within a week or it goes out the window..

GAAman

George foreman grill handy as fcuk!

ferdi

for your first week in college you will need the following:

2 bottles taquila (cheap)

1 crate beer (cheaper)

1 funnel (large)

1 1.5m piece garden hose

1 family pack of condoms (for putting on your head and using as water bombs, you wont be having any sex)

1 set swimming goggles (with anti-fog coating)

1 pair ladies stockings (dark)

1 cam-corder (with long range zoom)

1 pair handcuffs (sturdy)

1 loud portable sound system + music

1 gentlemans tophat (extra large)

that pretty much covers all eventualities for ones first week in third level education. oh yeah,obviously you'll need food, money, clothes and ID.

Nietzschean

GAAman wrote:

George foreman grill handy as fcuk!

every student needs one of these. even handier than a microwave

sarahspud

Pet wrote:

You'll need to bring some crockery, cutlery and cooking equipment (only you can judge this; if you're good at cooking bring lots, if you're ****e, bring less). Don't bring too much though; not only is it heavy, it tends to get left on the sink to pile up during the week! I'd say bring 3 of each thing. Bring one or two "specialised" kitchen gadgets if needs be - but you can always borrow from other people on your floor. Also bring cleaning equipment (lots of tea towels, cleaning cloths, gloves, Fairy) and some bin liners, and as much food as you can rob from home!

For your room, bring bedlinen, towels, stuff like that, plus whatever ornaments/CDs/books you want. Don't bother with posters, they're not allowed (and will only make your room look like a prison cell anyway). There's internet access available in all the modern accommodation, so you can bring your own computer if you have one.

Oh yes, and bring all your clothes, you don't wanna be spending half your time in the launderette (or running home to mammy every Friday like my sap of a flatmate last year..).

Oh yes, and if you think you need it at all, get your parents to teach you how to cook, clean and generally look after yourself. There's nothing worse than living with stupid dumbass helpless freshers who don't even know how to cook beans without burning down half the kitchen. Your flatmates will thank you for it.

This is all good advice. Remember to bring stuff like a colander (sp?), a bottle opener, a sharp knife (for chopping veggies,meat etc) etc -which people often forget. Also, as a female who went to Trinity, the fashion quotient is pretty high so bring a variety of clothes, not just jeans & t-shirts. I was amazed how much girls in trinity get dressed up to go to college. Sometimes its like a fashion show.

If I could do it all over again, I would go out more & join more societies.
Also, do your shopping in Lidl (Moore st) & Aldi (Parnell st, also new one opening in rathmines) & cook as much as you can. its a good way to save money & not eat sh*te Buttery food.

Anyway, hope this helps! Best of luck.

Nietzschean

i'm guessing you were an arts block student? most are more relaxed down the hamilton end.....

sarahspud

sarahspud wrote:

Also, as a female who went to Trinity, the fashion quotient is pretty high so bring a variety of clothes, not just jeans & t-shirts. I was amazed how much girls in trinity get dressed up to go to college. Sometimes its like a fashion show.

The BESS birds always used to Brightn up my morning lectures

Long may it last!!

Nietzschean

lol it does make eye candy when i'd a lecture down there alright

Crash

Yes, however whoever the girl in the library who used wear an amazing cleavage top ever now and then is, damn you.

I coulda done so much better in my exams if it wasn't for you.

The_Radiator

Just wondering, what type of apparatus I'll need to connect my laptop to the tv point in goldsmith hall.

I was under the impression there's free ntl on campus (that seemed to be the way it was in the GMB) and I presume it's the same in Goldsmith. So would a normal WIN-TV usb card do the job or do I need a special "digital one". I'd also like to connect my laptop to my ps2 so could I get a card that does both?

Ian - you know anything about this?

Nietzschean

the ntl in goldsmith isn't free, you have to pay, iirc within first 2 weeks of term
you should get info about it when you get your swipe

and its analogue, so it should work fine with your win-tv card i'd say...

xebec

How much is the NTL connection? IIRC in Halls it was about €130, is it the same on campus?

It was free in Halls wasn't it? I never paid for it.

Pet

It was included in the charges I'd say. I'd love to know what other stealth charges they have, actually..

xebec

Yadiel Happy Tv wrote:

It was free in Halls wasn't it? I never paid for it.

Oh yeah, in 1st year we had to pay (03-04) and then instead of reducing the charges in 2nd year they included the NTL costs, forgot about that

Crash

Hrmmm have to figure out where I can get plugs that'll work in new square...

There are a few antiques shops around town. Or just go annoy accommodation.

Crash

Accomodation will fleece me, odds on.

Gonna check Hector Greys off Henry St. tbh.

Jim_No.6

What's wrong with/strange about them? Are they the odd 3-round-pin type?

For a good hardware shop, try Lenihans on Capel St. - I'd almost guarantee that they'll have what you're looking for.

Incidentally, I threw one of those out two days ago

Hey can you let me know where you find the plugs and how much you paid?

Crash

yeah sure i'll pass the info on I'll probably pick up a few extra if they're cheap anyhow.

James: aye, they're the 3 round pin plugs, with the top pin being larger than the other two.

The_Radiator

I've been told that about 3 years ago they changed the way the charge for NTL and it's not included in your "Rent". So there will be NTL but no connection in my room only in the common area. I've also been told cdan't collect key until 2pm on Wednesday, any truth in thaT?

Bartronilic

I wish i lived away from home

Troglodyte

Bartronilic wrote:

I wish i lived away from home

Oh well, look on the bright side, at least you're not living on a shoestring....

happydance

i find the "magic cooking sheets" brilliant, they'll save you cleaning you pans and they only need a rinse clean, I use then the whole time. they work for everything that has to be oven cooked.

thanks for all the advice, I'm supposedly moving out at christmas (finances willing) but it's good to know what to expect!

&#231

&#231 wrote: »

Hrmmm have to figure out where I can get plugs that'll work in new square...

Ha - house 35 has the modern plugs and wireless... just no bloody showers! Three showers for 18 or so people????

I have a spare 4 gang extension lead if you want it.

You should get one 'old school' adapter in your room, every I knew in New Square last year got one.

xebec

original_psycho wrote:

Three showers for 18 or so people????

That's the same as the student halls I was living in in London this summer, we had 4 showers for 24 people. Wasn't too bad then, but that's cos people were generally getting up at different times - some had to start work before 7, I wasn't in till after 8. Could be trouble if everyone has classes at 9am!

Crash

original psycho: actually in retrospect i think its one standard and one non standard plug. however, after talking to an electrician, seems the non standard ones are designed for lighting things and so run off a 5 amp fuse - weird, no?

also, extension lead shopping ahoy

edit: also, for us its 2 showers for 6 people i think - split between male and female. fingers crossed I end up on an all female floor, and so only have to fight with my roommate for the shower

snappieT

Maplin of all places have an extension lead for 3.70, neil...

Crash

Hrmm cool - what length? looking like a short metre cord and two ten metre cords might be the best way to go (also, looking forward to blowing the power :P)

snappieT

Oh, it's just a 4 gang short one, but you can pick up 10 metre ones for less than a tenner in argos at the moment too.

Did you find an extension thingy crash_000? BTW how much is safe to plug in at the same time? I've 2 sockets in my room and I'll be plugging in a TV, radio, my laptop, lamp and all that. I ask because I was drying my hair last night with nothing else plugged in and the lights dimmed :rolleyes: Is it true you can't boil a kettle?

Nietzschean

well boiling a kettle is likely to use more power than tv, radio, laptop and lamp combined. And lights could be dimming from what someone else was doing in the building.... tbh i wouldn't worry alot about it, if ye knock out the power so what, i'm sure people do it all the time...

The_Radiator

Nietzschean wrote:

well boiling a kettle is likely to use more power than tv, radio, laptop and lamp combined. And lights could be dimming from what someone else was doing in the building.... tbh i wouldn't worry alot about it, if ye knock out the power so what, i'm sure people do it all the time...

Really? Damn kettles, the number one cause of global warming.

Jim_No.6

&#231 wrote: »

James: aye, they're the 3 round pin plugs, with the top pin being larger than the other two.

Yeah - they were part of this big safety drive back in the 80s (they'd decided that bulbs blowing were starting fires, or something.) My old house had a bunch of the sockets - but they were all fused the same(!) Argh...