I still haven't got any communication from Trinity

OneStepMore

Starting this year. My CAO is confirmed, I've got the letter telling me so.
If I'm being over anxious here, please forgive me. But I've worked so hard to get into Trinity I really would like to just get my little card now and know all possible hiccups have been avoided. Have many of you gotten anything?

The Black Oil

I'm going to be doing Postgrad, got a letter on Monday - registration is late September. For Undergrads it seems to be early October. Drop them an email if you're worried though it seems like early days yet.

Papillon87

OneStepMore I'm starting an undergraduate degree in October and haven't received anything yet. It's a bit annoying because I'm one of those people who enjoys opening mail and devouring its content, but no one I've heard of starting in Oct has received anything either. Sooooo, relax!

dreambrook

Trinity start its information pack sending until about two weeks before term starts, I've heard, it would be nice but I'm guessing that they want to get all the rounds of offers over with and send out information all together as Trinity starts quite late compared to other universities.

I too enjoy devouring mail content but I guess I'll just ahve to sit here and twiddle my thumbs...

Dave Larkin

I'm in the same boat as you guys. Starting an undergraduate degree in October and I'd love to get my Orientation pack ASAP. We have to be patient, lol.

happydance

Same, I'm all curious about what we need to do!

sully-gormo

I was looking at the thread from this time last year and it seems that theyll probably be sent out next week- tho if u didnt get one i wouldnt worry, college dosent start for a whole month yet. (if you got a little card thingy from the CAO saying they got your acceptance then you can be sure youre in!)

BrenC

Don't worry, I was the same last year, you've weeks left,

cianclarke

In the same boat eagerly awaiting, but hey loads of time.

Dave Larkin

What exactly comes with the pack?

More importantly, does it depend on the course you're doing? I saw a UCD version, and it seems they send out information about the course in great detail.

I can't wait to get a personal TCD e-mail address. It makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Bartronilic

cos i got into trinity on the 4th round i had to wait AGES for my pack. after fresher's week. i hadnt paid the fess during registration and cos i was born in an african country (non EU) i ha to bring a passport, it was all a big big big mess

ApeXaviour

Dave Larkin wrote:

I can't wait to get a personal TCD e-mail address.

Then when you graduate they cut you off ridiculously quickly. It's quite an abandoning feeling (apparently). So don't get too attached to it. Stick with your gmail tbh.

Edwardius

July 13th. No access to computers from then but the email address works for a while after that and the swipe cards continue to work also. Still a bit **** though, It'd make more sense to have the option of a stay of execution if you're continuing on to do a postgrad, it'd probably save some hassle, but that's the last thing admin are going to consider. ***** the lot of them.

sully-gormo

whats usually in the info packs?

Info about registration, freshers' week, your tutor, faculty meet-up, that type of thing. I think the other mail out comes from CSC, SU etc a bit later. That is, if there actually IS a second mail out (or if it is chucked in with it), and that I wasn't hallucinating before.

Nietzschean

Dead Ed wrote:

July 13th. No access to computers from then but the email address works for a while after that and the swipe cards continue to work also.

Our swipes will work till oct when the new cards come out afaik. As for email, your account is deleted on july 13th with everything else, but if you have a forward to another email address setup then that works for a year iirc.

Still a bit **** though, It'd make more sense to have the option of a stay of execution if you're continuing on to do a postgrad, it'd probably save some hassle, but that's the last thing admin are going to consider. ***** the lot of them.

Its all nice and automated, it would require about 10x more work to deal with indvidual people who are continuing to do a pg(which costs money...) , only way to avoid that would be not to expire accounts till oct,but then that would go against college policies for these things [also there may be some convenice aspect, i'm not sure how the changeover from UG student number to PG student number thing goes.


You back for a pg in col ed?

Newb

I called up Admissions on Friday and I was told packs are being sent out this coming week.

Fenderhead

I got my information pack this morning!

Kurtosis

My pack arrived this morning as well. All the information-y goodness.

Dave Larkin

Just got mine this morning, too. They give you a lot of stuff to read over...

Edwardius

Nietzschean wrote:

You back for a pg in col ed?

yup, startin in october with the semiconductor photonics group, looks interestin' anyways.

ding-dong

I got my pack this morning, just finished reading it - can anyone tell me what the postcard says, the back of mine didn't print properly and it's unreadable, cheers

Attractive Nun

ding-dong wrote:

I got my pack this morning, just finished reading it - can anyone tell me what the postcard says, the back of mine didn't print properly and it's unreadable, cheers

It's about getting mail from Trinity. Apparently all the societies and things will be sending mail to everyone about events and activities etc. If you don't want to receive these mails, you have to send the postcard back within 7 days.

Nietzschean

Dead Ed wrote:

yup, startin in october with the semiconductor photonics group, looks interestin' anyways.

flat msc or msc leading to phd? sounds nifty anyway, my understanding of the area wouldn't be great but does look interesting....

ding-dong

Attractive Nun wrote:

It's about getting mail from Trinity. Apparently all the societies and things will be sending mail to everyone about events and activities etc. If you don't want to receive these mails, you have to send the postcard back within 7 days.

thanks - I'm info hungry right now so no need!

cianclarke

Just got mine today, it is quite good but nothing about halls.

Do halls send out a seperate info pack, or is there much to know? I've read the residents handbook.

Any advice re halls from those of you who have been there already? What do we need to bring, what is the kitchen stocked with?
Our own pots, pans, everything I take it?

Zoodlebop

cianclarke wrote:

Just got mine today, it is quite good but nothing about halls.

Oi! your in Waterford, right? Ahh well! I guess us Cork people can't expect the same postal service as the rest of the country.

cianclarke

Yup, got it in the post at 2pm - and our postal service is pretty sh*t...!

Papillon87

Yes I got mine this morning! Ooohh all the information! I can't pronounce my tutor's name, though, which could be embarrassing. So I think I'll just go with "Sir"

Nietzschean

no one calls anyone sir in uni...... people with hard to pronounce names just have to get used to it....

Papillon87

Nietzschean wrote:

no one calls anyone sir in uni...... people with hard to pronounce names just have to get used to it....

Lol.......it was a joke:o Sarcasm is hard to convey on this thingy!

happydance

I got mine to! it looks great!

Edwardius

Nietzschean wrote:

flat msc or msc leading to phd? sounds nifty anyway, my understanding of the area wouldn't be great but does look interesting....

Msc then PhD. The funding's there for the full thing anyways but I can call it a day after the masters if I like, but have no intention of copping out like that!

John

Dead Ed wrote:

Msc then PhD. The funding's there for the full thing anyways but I can call it a day after the masters if I like, but have no intention of copping out like that!

Good man, MSc is for the weak!

sully-gormo

Ya i got it today as well, do any of ye know who Dr. Michael Lyons is, hes my tutor. I thought they might be a teacher of yours or sumthin but hes a chemistry prof. Hes a fellow and a senior lecturer tho so thats good i suppose.

sully-gormo

sully-gormo wrote:

Ya i got it today as well, do any of ye know who Dr. Michael Lyons is, hes my tutor. I thought they might be a teacher of yours or sumthin but hes a chemistry prof. Hes a fellow and a senior lecturer tho so thats good i suppose.

There are hundreds of staff, and thousands of students. So they usually get tutors from your area. As an example, I was in Theoretical Physics, and my tutor is from Botany. Relation? Science!

sameoldname

Got my Trinners pack today aswell - no info about my tutor though. Should I contact them about this?

Off to the mature student orientation (health science) in the Hamilton Building on Mon 18th - any one else attending this?

Also, how difficult is the Chemistry pre-lim for anyone who didn't do chemistry for the Leaving?

ApeXaviour

Myth wrote:

There are hundreds of staff, and thousands of students. So they usually get tutors from your area. As an example, I was in Theoretical Physics, and my tutor is from Botany.

Mine's from geography (which comes under natural science) very offstandish man but really helped when I needed it. It's a bit of a lottery with the aul tutors to be honest.

With regards Michael Lyons, all I really know is that he has a strongish Cork accent, an oddity for lecturers. I didn't go to chemistry lectures in 1st and 2nd year much if at all.

Edit:

sameoldname wrote:

Also, how difficult is the Chemistry pre-lim for anyone who didn't do chemistry for the Leaving?

I went to it though I had done chem for leaving (went with my mate who hadn't). He didn't find it so bad. There's no homework or anything. It's just a crash course in chemistry fundamentals. Just out of curiosity what course are you entering?

sameoldname

Dental Technology - will be going into the old mans business at the end of all this. Handy having a lab nearby to practise in.

John

Lyons is a nice chap even if I found his lectures tedious as hell.

sameoldname

sameoldname wrote:

no info about my tutor though. Should I contact them about this?

There are certain types of students who don't have tutors, but I can't for the life of me remember which is which! Since you'll be heading along tomorrow, ask

sameoldname

Not going in til Monday 18th for mature student orientation week (do I qualify as 'mature' ) Anyway, I just emailed them, and will see what they say regarding my tutor.

I see that a calculator is recommended. Can anyone recommend a decent model and where to get it at a good price?

John

If it's a scientific calculator the Sharp one (whatever the latest model is) is the one that most people go for. They're easy to use and cheap enough.

Dave Larkin

I found out my tutor is a Doctor Yurii Gun'ko. Does anyone know anything about him at all? I assume he's in the area of Science, as this is the area I'm studying.

Either way, I'm doing that Chemistry course as well. The timetable seems pretty reasonable. I'll see some of you there, I hope.

John

Dave Larkin wrote:

I found out my tutor is a Doctor Yurii Gun'ko. Does anyone know anything about him at all? I assume he's in the area of Science, as this is the area I'm studying.

He's in the department of chemistry. A friend of mine had him as a tutor and he was very helpful when he wanted to change course.

Attractive Nun

Justin Doherty is my tutor. Seems to be some sort of Russian/Polish professor, which is strange enough given the fact that I'm doing History & Political Science.

Nietzschean

its all arts, doing maths my tutor (an utterly useless one) was from geography

ApeXaviour

Dave Larkin wrote:

I found out my tutor is a Doctor Yurii Gun'ko. Does anyone know anything about him at all? I assume he's in the area of Science, as this is the area I'm studying.

Yuri's a legend. Used to be a Soviet scientist "You dunt deescoverd somethink, they shoot you". He's head of the materials end of chemistry so takes good care of the advanced materials class. A good friend of mine just started a PhD with him and gets on great with him.

Crash

Heh, i got lucky with having a CS tutor and doing CS. I run into him all the time too, cept its usually in the pub

John

John wrote:

If it's a scientific calculator the Sharp one (whatever the latest model is) is the one that most people go for. They're easy to use and cheap enough.

If you're willing to spend a bit extra, you might think about getting one which converts binary into decimal, hex etc. and vice versa. Not sure whether it's needed for Dental Tech though, so you might want to check your subjects.

Crash

Ah just convert in your head.