What do you think of WIT?

gosimeon

Soory abou all the questions! It's just that I am currently taking a year out and was thinking of doing marketing in WIT next year.

Whats the main campus like? I think that is where marketing is thought?

Are lectures held in class rooms?

Whats the night life and social life like?

Anybody here do marketing there? If so - what do you think?

Is Cork St. near the train station?

Thanks

Baby4

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bp_me

I'll second most of that alright. I'm somewhat less impressed with the facilites though. I think langauges and marketing may have been moved up to the main campus now also, but Im not 100%.

The cork rd campus is maybe a 40 minute leisurely stroll from the train station. Slightly less from the bus station as that is on the near side of the river. College St campus is probably about a 20 minute stroll from the bus station.

If you like going out, there is probably enough going on in Waterford to keep you entertained. Live music most nights off the week. The whole social side of college is really going to depend on the rest of your class too though.

p~b

i think wit is great.

lecturers are really friendly and most go out of their way to make sure you understand the material.

Night life is great, theres always something happening either in the dome or in town.

gosimeon

Thanks for the info guys. I want to do marketing so it is really between Carlow and Waterford. I live in Newbridge. As for distance from the train station - I guess that doesn't really matter too much as I'd be making that journey just once a week. God knows I could do with the odd long walk.

So it's a cool place then? Is the Cork St campus big?

Thanks again!

bp_me

gosimeon wrote:

Thanks for the info guys. I want to do marketing so it is really between Carlow and Waterford. I live in Newbridge. As for distance from the train station - I guess that doesn't really matter too much as I'd be making that journey just once a week. God knows I could do with the odd long walk.

So it's a cool place then? Is the Cork St campus big?

Thanks again!

Cork Rd campus....

Big enough. Caters to the science, engineering and business departments (and a few others too). Not to mention the nursing building (or whatever they are calling it) and the applied tech and ETRC buildings literally across the road. Oh and the Dome of course...who could forget the dome :rolleyes:

gosimeon

The Dome?

I think I'll apply for W.I.T. so. The different campuses seem confusing, but I'm sure it aint really. Plus, the college has its own apartments and isn't in Carlow. All good.

bp_me

gosimeon wrote:

The Dome?

the on campus bar....:eek:

gosimeon

bp_me wrote:

the on campus bar....:eek:

I'm there so

Steve_o

The campus thing isnt confusing at all because your course will be based in one or the other, you wont be changing between the two.

Sully

bp_me wrote:

The cork rd campus is maybe a 40 minute leisurely stroll from the train station. Slightly less from the bus station as that is on the near side of the river. College St campus is probably about a 20 minute stroll from the bus station.

So it takes 30mins to get to Manor Village from WIT, and 10mins from there to the Train Station?! Ah now come on, be realistic! The walk from the train station to WIT is ages. Its on the other end of the city pretty much!

Anyway, I dont mind WIT. Its a bit un-organized, but the Cork Rd. Campus is pretty good too. IT Facilites are good when they work. Dome rocks. Dont like the Gallery / Canten (food places) tho. Most of the lectures are sound and very helpful. Easy to get around and walking distances from most student accommodation! Dont bother driving tho, Car Park is always full and a hazzard.

bp_me

Sully04 wrote:

So it takes 30mins to get to Manor Village from WIT, and 10mins from there to the Train Station?! Ah now come on, be realistic! The walk from the train station to WIT is ages. Its on the other end of the city pretty much!

Different routes

rogue-entity

For the most part I find WIT an okay college. There are a few issues with the IT department that I have, mostly they are too conservative and security-paranoid for my taste.
No student-accessable wireless networks (that I know of) yet so you will have to queue for ages to get onto a computer to use the internet. The college doesnt allow you to use your own computers on their network that I know of, although in some rooms you can just plug in your laptop albeit you cant get to your G drive.

bp_me

rogue-entity wrote:

No student-accessable wireless networks (that I know of)

Library basement

ec18

Sully04 wrote:

So it takes 30mins to get to Manor Village from WIT, and 10mins from there to the Train Station?! Ah now come on, be realistic! The walk from the train station to WIT is ages. Its on the other end of the city pretty much!

Anyway, I dont mind WIT. Its a bit un-organized, but the Cork Rd. Campus is pretty good too. IT Facilites are good when they work. Dome rocks. Dont like the Gallery / Canten (food places) tho. Most of the lectures are sound and very helpful. Easy to get around and walking distances from most student accommodation! Dont bother driving tho, Car Park is always full and a hazzard.

Only when your drivin heard you tried to run poor lindy off the road yesterday

mazdafarl

petty waterfords a dump- if i was u id go to Dublin

rogue-entity

Nah, Dublin is too expensive and overrated. Cork would be a much better choice, but WIT has the course I wanted, I couldnt do this in Cork or Dublin, so Waterford it is.

Must bring Mactop in tomorrow and see about browsing teh interweb in the liberary basement. I didnt think they had the wireless up that early.

Its still annoyingly restricted though, you cant SSH to external machines at all, and they have that poxy websence thing that is just an embarassment.

Not only is the carpark always full, but they double park the whole way down the little road as well as driving down pedestrian paths to park on the grass. Hazzard? Its just an accident waiting to happen. Especially when you are driving down the little road to come out onto the cork road, and someone decides they want to drive up. Someone usually has to reverse if their not near a space to pull into.

gosimeon

Well I am going to the open day this Tuesday and I'll check it out then.

I actually started college briefly this year. I was going to Dublin. I couldn't stand the commuting or the city, way to rushed and busy, so I figured I would take a year off and look elsewhere.

From what I remember Waterford is a nice place compared to most Irish towns and cities. Plus I would live in the student accommodation there. I've been told that when you are going there from the station it is best to avoid Bridge Street and just go all the way up the quay, and then turn at the hotel. That so?

Kalina

WIT is a cracking college, I was there from 99-04 and loved it. Even in the past 2 and a half years since I left the campus has improved a huge amount. The library and IT facilities were great when I was there, at least the library was and the IT block opened in early 04- just in time for my final exams and project.
Nightlife is great, though on a small scale. As long as you have a good group of mates around you you'll have a blast down there. Wish I was back myself!

bp_me

gosimeon wrote:

From what I remember Waterford is a nice place compared to most Irish towns and cities. Plus I would live in the student accommodation there. I've been told that when you are going there from the station it is best to avoid Bridge Street and just go all the way up the quay, and then turn at the hotel. That so?

Depends how well you know the city, but assuming you are driving and dont know it that well, then yes that would be the easiest route.

What course are you interested in?

gosimeon

I am not driving, don't even have a car! I live in Newbridge, so I am getting the train up. I'll be walking from the station to the college. And nope, I don't really know the city but I got a map off the WIT site that should help.

I am interested in the BA Hons in Marketing Course.

bp_me

You could also get a bus from the bus station on the quay out to WIT.

gosimeon

Ah aparantly the walk isn't that long and I wouldn't know what bus to get or where to get it! It's cool I will get there.

bp_me

610 or 601 will get you there (preferably 610). Just in case it rains

gosimeon

Thanks

The bus stop is on the quay then yea?

Is the Cork Rd campus big? Don'twant to end up walking past it!

rogue-entity

bp_me wrote:

Library basement

They are testing that right now and hope to have it fully operational later this year, hopefully by this friday. The catch is the network wont be accessable to Mac and Linux users so I wont be able to do much with it seeing as I own a Macbook. This is because they are not likley to allow mac and linux machines without the latest OS updates and an antivirus programme. Personally a Linux or Mac machine is probably the only one that you can get away without having antivirus software because windows viruses cannot run on the mac and there are few mac virii and thousands of windows ones. WIT should just allow mac users on the network once they login on the webpage and leave it at that.

bp_me

Well it wasnt working today...wasted half an hour and then the clean access server disapeared...I'll try again in the new year.

dlofnep

I enjoy WIT alot. Facilities are great for me in IT, the IT building is the bombay. Overall, lecturers are all very cool. Nightlife here is a student haven.

bp_me

gosimeon wrote:

Thanks

The bus stop is on the quay then yea?

Is the Cork Rd campus big? Don'twant to end up walking past it!

How did you get on after?

gosimeon

bp_me wrote:

How did you get on after?

It's tomorrow.

I'm getting a train at 7.57 ugh!! Hopefully it'll go good.

gosimeon

Well went today. Pitty I forgot about those bus numbers, it was lashing out!

What can I say. It's hard to believe WIT is an IT, as it's facilities are much better than any IT I have visited. Catering facilities are good and all. The Dome is something a lot of Irish students would go mad for. Accommodation looks nice. Course looks great. Waterford looks like a nice place to live.

I'm there.

Sully

I thought this year they did an extra special promotion for the college. I dont remember them ever doing guided tours before, or handing out "Contact Us" sheets. The talks, I remember. But I could of sworn we had to go find places ourselves!!

Excellent performance, im sure it showed a lot of people what they were asking for!!

gosimeon

Sully04 wrote:

I thought this year they did an extra special promotion for the college. I dont remember them ever doing guided tours before, or handing out "Contact Us" sheets. The talks, I remember. But I could of sworn we had to go find places ourselves!!

Excellent performance, im sure it showed a lot of people what they were asking for!!

The tour was a tad rubbish though!

I likr the Business building. And the library is cool.

gosimeon

Oh and it was a 40 minute walk from the station to the college in the end - to settle that argument yas all had

I applied for WIT on my CAO. It's a really good college compared to most other ITs.

Could yas just answer a few important questions for me!

Whats College Fields like?
What sort of crowd goes to the college?
Whats the living costs for a student living up there? (I will be)
Are there many socs?


Thanks a million in advance!

bp_me

The socs are all on the college website...somewhere..
cant comment on college fields.....

ec18

The buses you can get the wit are 3c 610 and the 5c goes near the WIT but you'd have to know where you going. There's a floodlit actroturf pitch and a fitness suite as well as the indoor hall. i don't think there's any actual playing fields on the campus. If thats what the college fields you were talking about. Good crowd goes to the college can be a bit odd at times but great laugh. All the catering facilities have daily specials with the WIT card. and there is a great pub that does lunch and have student specials as well, Paddy Browns. Theres a good amount of Clubs and socs not all of them are terribly active though