What do you think college will be like?

27-09-2006 1:57am

IzzyWizzy wrote:

If you're staying in halls and not planning to walk, you'll be spending 1.60 on the Luas or 1.30 (I think) on the bus at least twice a day....that adds up.

Cycling is cheap too, and often quicker than a bus if you're going in early!

Nietzschean · 27-09-2006 1:58am

fun too.

IzzyWizzy · 27-09-2006 2:01am

Cycling is cheap too, and often quicker than a bus if you're going in early!

...........if you have a death wish! I know a few people who were knocked off their bikes in the morning traffic........ouch. But if you decide to cycle get a good lock - my friend's bike was nicked from college last year.

Nietzschean · 27-09-2006 2:04am

one of my m8's had 2 bikes nicked within a few months from college.

.... But anyway i've been hit by some stuff, not hard yet mind, still it does wake you up in the morning!

The_Radiator · 27-09-2006 2:07am

cycling is dangerous!

Nietzschean · 27-09-2006 2:09am

ah only mildly so, if ye always take the safest option life would be boring...

The_Radiator · 27-09-2006 2:10am

Safety first, safety first.

I think 4th year is going to be majorly cool I hope I'm not wrong. It could be wack.

Danger Bob · 27-09-2006 9:44am

Completely off topic: I love how donkey, pirate and pirate donkey are tags for this. What ever happened to cakeface?

cianclarke · 27-09-2006 11:07am

IzzyWizzy wrote:

I lived off 450 euro a month/112 euro a week, which I thought was OK for covering all the essentials, but I didn't have loads left over. Not really enough for going out on a regular basis, taxis and all that. But if you save in other areas it might be.

Thanks for the figures, definetly a help.

europerson · 27-09-2006 12:00pm

IzzyWizzy wrote:

If you're staying in halls and not planning to walk, you'll be spending 1.60 on the Luas or 1.30 (I think) on the bus at least twice a day....that adds up.

The best thing to do is to buy a weekly LUAS ticket for €10.20. That way, you an go in and out between College and Halls as much as you like, rather than paying €1.70 single or €3.10 return each time. You will need the ridiculous invention that is the Student Travelcard, however.

xebec · 27-09-2006 12:06pm

Or you could get a monthly student Luas ticket for €36, only problem is looking after it and as europerson said the need for a Student Travelcard

cianclarke · 27-09-2006 4:47pm

€36, that's pretty cheap! BOI gave me the travel card.

xebec · 27-09-2006 8:33pm

cianclarke wrote:

BOI gave me the travel card.

Really? Did they print it off or was it their own version? CIE, Dublin Bus and Luas are very particular about the card so you'll have to make sure it's the correct one!

If it is, might be worth opening a BOI account just to get it

and then close account!

Awayindahils · 27-09-2006 9:17pm

xebec wrote:

Really? Did they print it off or was it their own version? CIE, Dublin Bus and Luas are very particular about the card so you'll have to make sure it's the correct one!

If it is, might be worth opening a BOI account just to get it and then close account!

BOI give first year students who open news accounts with them a voucher for a travel card to the value of 12euro. Techinically the card can then eb gotten for free, however to get a digital pohoto put on the card as opposed to using your own photos costs 3 euro.

happydance · 27-09-2006 9:21pm

I have to get my thing stamped - I'm going to send it off and avoid the photo fee (I have spare ones from me passport so I may as well use them)

Barry Aldwell · 27-09-2006 9:26pm

Just get the digital picture taken, that way it's handed to you on the spot, rather than waiting weeks for it to come back. Extra fares in the time you spend waiting for it will probably be more than the 3 euros that it will cost.

Pet · 28-09-2006 12:16am

You will need the ridiculous invention that is the Student Travelcard, however.

You don't need a student travel card for the Luas! If, on the rare occasion that you get your ticket checked, the even rarer event of the inspector asking for student ID occurs (this is a horribly phrased sentence but whatever), just give them an indignant rant about how it hasn't arrived yet. But the student travelcard is great value if you ever happen to use Irish Rail (pack of ***** they are), so you should get it anyway.

I'm not making much sense am I. Oh well. Too much drinking and eating and not enough sleep makes ronan something something.

That said, I haven't even touched my favourite of the sciences, biology, yet.

Oh, lol. Prepare to have your love of biology stamped into the ground like the wiggly parts of a masochist under the heel of a sadist escort. Or something. (again, drink, sleep, no sense make me today).

The first term is CRAP. CRAPCRAPCRAP. I hated it, and I loved LC biology. But don't worry, it gets far more interesting in the second term. Just try and stick out the first, because the exam questions are easy and predictable. And don't let it make you jaded and disillusioned, like it did to me, two years in a row. (oh yes, I repeated first year, fun but expensive)

All the fun, interesting, colourful shiny stuff comes in the second and third terms. Genetics, animal diversity, developmental biology (GO TO THESE LECTURES - paula murphy rox), ecology etc. They all make up for the ****ness that is molecular and cellular biology. (Sounds good doesn't it? IT'S NOT. THE LECTURES SUCK.)

Um.

I think I'll sleep now.

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