2007-2008 first years!

banana-were-cat

hey just a thread for anyone who just did the L.C , thinking (or hoping) of going to UCD next year, just say hello and what course your goin for...

Inglorious

Yeah, right here. Though I don't match your full criteria as i did the LC last year (did a brief stint in Trinity this year). I've applied for law.

Zounds

Howdy,
I've just finished the leaving and am flip-flopping between Arts and BA Computer Science

juliaakamumu

Just finished my LC, gonna do Economics and Finance in the UCD

Shox

Thinking of actuary in UCD but need to find out more info on it first!

singingstranger

Here's hoping that none of you have any nasty surprises in August and that everything goes well for you all anyway!

Red Alert

Yes, another batch of first years for us to corrupt!

Lucas10101

Pharmacology it looks to be in UCD. But would do Post-Graduate work or something after it as there is virtually no job opportunities for a Pharmacologist at all.

Either way, I'll be heading for the Pharmacology Buildings this September!!

remus808

BA in Comp. Science for yours truly! Woo!

fitzgese

it all depends on my results but i am hoping to do law

BKtje

Is it two years ago already that i was in these shoes. Where does the time go
All the best to the incomers.

Pride Fighter

Good luck to all newbies.

fatal

^^do you do MMA in UCD?

Sangre

all over 18 girls must provide pictures.

Richie15

I don't think I've anything to worry about in August, I'm applying for Arts...

BlackMamba

Hi, hoping to do arts in UCD in Sept

analyse this

fingers crossed, i'll be doing business and chinese this september...or october...which is it??

snickerpuss

September 3rd for first year registration which is mighty early!
http://www.ucd.ie/registrar/dates.htm

singingstranger

Registration week will be from Sept 3-7, and the first week of college begins Monday 10th.

missyteabags

singingstranger wrote:

Registration week will be from Sept 3-7, and the first week of college begins Monday 10th.

Hi, I applied to UCD and if I get accepted, will be abroad for the registration week. If I end up going to UCD ( I have applied to other universities too), is this week really important and would I be better off cancelling the holiday?

Jonny Arson

missyteabags wrote:

Hi, I applied to UCD and if I get accepted, will be abroad for the registration week. If I end up going to UCD ( I have applied to other universities too), is this week really important and would I be better off cancelling the holiday?

Hey, the importance of registration week really can depend for a variety of reasons. Looking back at when I started I couldn't recall anything of significant importance about registration week apart from becoming familiar with the college. Now, UCD is a very different university to the UCD when I started 3 years ago so there may be a greater importance in attending registration week now. I'm unsure of the exact timeframe of when 1st years select courses/subjects/modules but if this happens in registration week which I suspect then it could be very well advisable to be here that week if there is limited places in modules you desire.

If you can attend registration week I would recommend it. Anything that can help you adapt and familiarise yourself with such a huge university like UCD in those early days is only beneficial. At the end of the day giving up a holiday isn't an easy decision to make so you're going to have to weigh up your decision!

stolenwine

An oldie but a goodie

The 10 Student Commandments

I- Thou Shalt Nap
And God gave unto Student a great gift, the gift of napping. God said to him, you shall spend half your day napping. You shall nap in class, in your room and in your friend's room. And God said, if you don't nap, you will not be able to stay up all night drinking. And Student said, nap I shall, and it was good.

II- Thou Shalt Get Sick All the Time
Now God said to Student, you must be sick all of the time. And Student asked why. And God said unto him, you shall share drinks, stay up too late, drink too much and get off with people you don't know. Therefore, God said, you shall be sick all year round. But God said, blessed are the sick for they have partied the hardest. And it was good.

III- Thou Shalt Not Attend Lectures
And Student asked, will this sickness affect my studies? And God said unto him, yes, but thou shalt skip classes for lesser reasons. You will skip classes because it is raining and you cannot find your umbrella. You will skip classes because you are too lazy to walk across campus. You shall sleep through your morning lectures and nap through the afternoons. Blessed are those that succeed, and those who do not shall resit the year or switch to Sociology. And Student understood God’s wisdom, and it was good.

IV- Thou Shalt Wear a Hoodie
And then Student asked how he should make himself look like a university student. And God said unto student, you must wear a hoodie, for it is a useful garment. And you shall never wash it either. Student asked God, what kind of hoodie should it be? And God said, you shall own many of varying colours and creeds. And Student was pleased and God was pleased.

V- Thou Shalt Abuse the Library
And God gave unto Student another gift, in the form of the Library. And He said, fear not, Student, it will not be demanded of you that you use this gift to catch up on missed lectures. You may visit with this intention, but your time will be spent surfing the Internet. You shall speak with your numerous fellow Students, and smoke. And God said, if you do not honour this gift, and if you use the Library to further your studies, I shall smite you. And the Student saw that God was right, and it was good.

VI- Thou Shalt Respect the Cheeky One
And Student then asked of God, surely I must study sometimes, or I cannot be a true Student? And God in His wisdom replied, yes, it is true that Student must study. And Student did not like this, and began to weep, and God said unto him, Student, fear not the occasional class, for study you must. But to ease the pain, you shall honour the tradition of the Cheeky One, which will make the study more bearable, and help you to spend your student loan. God said, alcohol is another gift to you: it makes anything good better and anything bad more tolerable. And after your Cheeky One, you shall return to your home, and nap. And Student dried his eyes and thanked God for his generosity, and it was good.

VII- Thou Shalt Get Laid
Student then asked of sex. And God said, Student, you shall get laid and be happy. You shall go home with random people every weekend and forget about them the next day. You shall see them at class and be awkward amongst their company. You shall exchange saliva at bars and parties and it will be good. And Student became gleeful and God told Student to wrap it up because He knows where she has been, but Student does not.

VIII- Thou Shalt Join a Club and Never Go to Meetings
Student inquired of his spare time and God reminded him that he should be napping. But Student said he wanted to do other things. So God said unto him, you shall join a club at the beginning of the semester, but then never go to meetings. And Student asked why he should not go to meetings, and God told him, because they are gay. And Student understood His wisdom.

IX- Thou Shalt Wake Up Confused
God said to Student, there will come many a day when you shall wake up in the bed of another and not know where you are. You will not remember what you did last night and you shall be confused. You will see that you have nipple rings and a tattoo now and are covered in Marmite. You will find yourself surrounded by items that do not belong to you, and of which you do not know the provenance, such as road signs, bicycle tyres, and garden furniture. And Student was disturbed by this, but God said, you shall tell great stories about it to your friends one day, and it is not stealing if you were drunk when you did it. And Student understood and God took a sip of beer.

And God gave Student the final Commandment :

X- Thou Shalt Gain Weight
And Student wished to hear the final commandment and God said he would not like it. But Student insisted, so God said unto him, you shall gain weight. However, God said, you will not buy new clothes, so you will wear tracksuits a lot. God said, Student, you will watch a lot of TV and become fat, which caused Student to weep profusely. But God comforted Student saying, you will still get laid even if you cannot tie your shoes any more. Student felt better, and it was good.

Jonny Arson

haha, good one stolenwine

aequinoctium

i break one commandment - the hoodie!

Mushy

Yeah, applied for Arts there, hopefully beginning September. Kinda looking forward to it, know a few people applying for the same course so all is good. Yeah, the year starts early, but ends very early. What are those exam process' dates? You dont actually have to go in for them do you? Looks like I can head off to some far-flung country very early now:D

Jonny Arson

Mushy wrote:

What are those exam process' dates? You dont actually have to go in for them do you?

ah don't worry about the exam process dates, that's the period where exam papers are corrected (unless you're lucky enough to correct your own papers! )

Mushy

Jonny Arson wrote:

ah don't worry about the exam process dates, that's the period where exam papers are corrected (unless you're lucky enough to correct your own papers! )

Cool. Cheers, thought it was that, my brother told me rough dates of when exams would be finished, so the exam process wouldnt fit into it. Finish on 16th May at latest...bizarre!

griffdaddy

Mushy wrote:

Cool. Cheers, thought it was that, my brother told me rough dates of when exams would be finished, so the exam process wouldnt fit into it. Finish on 16th May at latest...bizarre!

if you think the early summer is good wait 'til you see the Christmas holidays you get in college!

Mushy

Oh I found out last year with my brother being there. You get about a month off, maybe a small bit less. Then just under 4 months for summer, its nearly a joke some would say(the people who arent in college anyway:D). All I know is I'll have plenty of time to save up to head off somewhere fun next year...and I already have plenty saved up now. All this time to mess around, doesnt seem right

the flananator

Could someone please tell me when the term starts for 1st year Arts students? Thanks

the flananator

Whoops double post

Mushy

Theres a link in the post. Reg week starts the 3rd September, first lectures start from the 10th. Same for everyone. I'm just not sure when Arts students finally choose their subjects. How many in this thread are doing Arts?

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Hey

I'll be doing Actuary and Finance come september...I hope. If not then it's Ec&Fi

Sean

TellingTim

anybody who is doing human science in here ?

I come to ucd the first of september for doing my last bachelor in Sociology , and I'd like to meet some people. Free free to e-mail me

Red Alert

Anyone go to the postgrad ball last night? It was a damn class night I thought!

Riveta

Applied for general nursing! Really hope i get it.....

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

applied for arts, did the leaving about 6 years ago.

only got 375 points though, so I may not get in at all.. and if I do, it will likely be later rounds. debating going to dublin now to get a place early, be a bit of a waste if I don't actually get in

Riamfada

Mord : Can you not enter as a Mature student. Anyway arts last year was 306 afaik

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I could have, but I didn't know I needed letters from all the colleges I've attended to send in with my cao if I applied as a mature student.. found this one at 5pm on the last day of applications, feb 1st I think it was.

so I'm just throwing my hat in with all the leaving cert students.. hopefully I'll get in.

Riamfada

what subject are you coming back for?/

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

philosophy and math in first year anyway, not sure what other two I'll do.. maybe psychology and something partly interesting.. Hoping to get in to single subject philosophy in second year.

pretty*monster

Mordeth wrote:

. Hoping to get in to single subject philosophy in second year.

It's not terribly hard to get into since very few go for it.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Really? I'd heard from a few people that it was pretty hard to get into because lots of people applied to it every year..

now I don't know what to think

--edit

lol, look at the times of both our posts

awesome

pretty*monster

Mordeth wrote:

Really? I'd heard from a few people that it was pretty hard to get into because lots of people applied to it every year..

No, that hasn't been my experience.
Some single subject majors are hard to get into maybe the people you were talking to were thinking of psychology which is very difficult to got into, but in the three years I did philosophy only a handful wanted to do mode 1 in any given year and I never heard of anyone who didn't get it.

StevoPS

The first 4 choices on my CAO are courses in UCD so I bloody hope that I'm going to end up in there. 1st choice is Forestry

I'll be looking to play tennis and darts in UCD but I noticed on the website that there is no darts league, if I do get accepted to UCD will it be a simple matter of setting one up?

Pythia

StevoPS wrote:

The first 4 choices on my CAO are courses in UCD so I bloody hope that I'm going to end up in there. 1st choice is Forestry

I'll be looking to play tennis and darts in UCD but I noticed on the website that there is no darts league, if I do get accepted to UCD will it be a simple matter of setting one up?

Nothing is simple in UCD!

Pythia

StevoPS wrote:

The first 4 choices on my CAO are courses in UCD so I bloody hope that I'm going to end up in there. 1st choice is Forestry

I'll be looking to play tennis and darts in UCD but I noticed on the website that there is no darts league, if I do get accepted to UCD will it be a simple matter of setting one up?

Nothing is simple in UCD!

panda100

Pythia wrote:

Nothing is simple in UCD!

Cept sangre

DtotheK

got 500 points there and last yrs gen engineering was 495
it will be close... very close... possibley... too close...


... fingers crossed i'll get it!

snapjiggyfluff

got 515 so i'll be doing law next year!! Can't wait!!!!!

lemon_sherbert

I got 600, so I'll be starting Business and Law!