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Chardee MacDennis · 23-04-2007 1:01pm #1

hey all, havent posted here in a bit! anyway thinking of coming back for a masters next year as working is pants. but my results were not the may west, how strict are they on undergrad results and is there any official process on getting letters of reference?

thanks guys!

btw why are 2/3 posts locked?

xebec · 23-04-2007 1:03pm

What postgrad are you thinking of doing?

23-04-2007 1:16pm

It can matter, but if you know a potential supervisor well it helps dramatically.

Chardee MacDennis · 23-04-2007 1:23pm

MSc in Multimedia Systems. Don't know any staff on the course it seems. If it helps i finished ICT last year, but the course doesnt require a technical background - i dont know if this is a good or bad thing.

Edwardius · 23-04-2007 1:42pm

in terms of results a II.1 should be more than enough and you might need to do some convincing with a II.2. The application process is a pain in the skull though. Just set up an informal meeting with a potential supervisor so you can see what's involved etc etc.

Hitchhiker's Guide to... · 23-04-2007 1:45pm

Re references: the application form includes two reference forms that you need to give to your referees to fill out. This is available from the Grad Studies Office in the Arts Block, or you can ring / email and get the form sent out to you.

Wouldn't worry too much about getting into the course. You are paying fees to a cash-poor department so there is an incentive for them to accept numbers. If you have a 2.2 in your undergrad, then you might need to show that you have relevant experience to counteract this. You would probably struggle to be accepted with a third class degree. Although, i'd say that experience is more important than exam results on a practical course like multimedia systems, so they may accept you with a third class degree (but you should give them a ring to find out).

Hitchhiker's Guide to... · 23-04-2007 1:46pm

Dead Ed wrote:

Just set up an informal meeting with a potential supervisor so you can see what's involved etc etc.

there's no supervisor for a taught masters...ring the course director

Edwardius · 23-04-2007 1:50pm

Ah, I stand corrected (eww).

ApeXaviour · 23-04-2007 2:49pm

Roundtower2 wrote:

Re references: the application form includes two reference forms that you need to give to your referees to fill out. This is available from the Grad Studies Office in the Arts Block, or you can ring / email and get the form sent out to you.

Ugh, yeah I got all that stuff the other day and started filling it out last night. I really am not liking these referee forms...

What would be the harm, do you reckon, in waiting until I've finished to fill/submit that? My motivation (or lack thereof) being I think I'm under enough pressure for these finals. If I had referees stating in writing that I'm expected to get such and such a grade. It would just be too much for me to take.

Call_me_al wrote:

btw why are 2/3 posts locked?

They're not, those are just sticky threads at the top of the forum.

Chardee MacDennis · 23-04-2007 3:01pm

ApeXaviour wrote:

They're not, those are just sticky threads at the top of the forum.

i do know what a sticky is!! earlier on it had all the other threads locked though. must have been on my side somehow!

ApeXaviour · 23-04-2007 3:05pm

Fair enough. That's an odd-one

Edwardius · 23-04-2007 5:15pm

ApeXaviour wrote:

What would be the harm, do you reckon, in waiting until I've finished to fill/submit that? My motivation (or lack thereof) being I think I'm under enough pressure for these finals. If I had referees stating in writing that I'm expected to get such and such a grade. It would just be too much for me to take.
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Do it during the summer.

Nietzschean · 23-04-2007 5:21pm

ApeXaviour wrote:

Ugh, yeah I got all that stuff the other day and started filling it out last night. I really am not liking these referee forms...

What would be the harm, do you reckon, in waiting until I've finished to fill/submit that? My motivation (or lack thereof) being I think I'm under enough pressure for these finals. If I had referees stating in writing that I'm expected to get such and such a grade. It would just be too much for me to take.

Then i guess fortunatly for you by the college rules the referee is supposed to put the reference in an envelope and seal it, and then sign the flap....
i wouldn't bother with it till the summer though as i've said before...

Nietzschean · 23-04-2007 5:25pm

Roundtower2 wrote:

Re references: the application form includes two reference forms that you need to give to your referees to fill out. This is available from the Grad Studies Office in the Arts Block, or you can ring / email and get the form sent out to you.

Also on the website, can just print them off.

Wouldn't worry too much about getting into the course. You are paying fees to a cash-poor department so there is an incentive for them to accept numbers. If you have a 2.2 in your undergrad, then you might need to show that you have relevant experience to counteract this. You would probably struggle to be accepted with a third class degree. Although, i'd say that experience is more important than exam results on a practical course like multimedia systems, so they may accept you with a third class degree (but you should give them a ring to find out).

tcd has a policy of only 2.1 or over for postgrads iirc, but the course director can petition on your behalf to be allowed in with a 2.2 . (and most of the cs taught masters filled last year i think). Depends on who's the course director ,course popularity and so on if ye can get in with a 2.2 , as someone said best to email/ring the course director, department would also be able to put you in touch if you you can't find an addy..

Tacitha · 23-04-2007 6:24pm

I think that that particular course might be quite difficult to get into. It may have changed in the last couple of years, but it certainly used to get far more applicants than it could take.

If there's anything else you're keen on, maybe you could apply for a few different courses to increase your chance of getting in?

Stargal · 23-04-2007 6:58pm

Tacitha wrote:

I think that that particular course might be quite difficult to get into. It may have changed in the last couple of years, but it certainly used to get far more applicants than it could take.

Are you sure about that? I only ask cos I know someone who got a 2:2 (or could even have been a 3rd, don't quite remember) and I'm pretty sure they're doing that course. Granted they're very good at what they do so maybe that swung it a bit, but still.

ApeXaviour · 23-04-2007 7:40pm

Nietzschean wrote:

Then i guess fortunatly for you by the college rules the referee is supposed to put the reference in an envelope and seal it, and then sign the flap....

Yeah but one of my referees being in denmark, not familiar our system will just ask me what I'll get.

Agh, irrational stressing

Nietzschean wrote:

i wouldn't bother with it till the summer though as i've said before...

Right! F.uck it

DublinWriter · 23-04-2007 7:46pm

Call_me_al wrote:

but my results were not the may west, how strict are they on undergrad results and is there any official process on getting letters of reference?

I did my postgrad in TCD part-time starting in 2004 and the official line was that you needed a minimum of a 2.1, but I'd imagine they'd be open for an approach if you got any kind of second-class degree and you knew some of the lecturers.

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