first years?

risaphoenix

I'm going to be a first year at NUIG in the fall, I was wondering if anyone else here was.

Conqueror

Well, I was. Three years ago. What would you like to know?

risaphoenix

um...where did you stay?

genericgoon

Im most probably going to be depending on points of course. But Im 99% sure ill get in.

Just stayin Corrib village!

genericgoon

Deleted User wrote:

Just stayin Corrib village!

Same here. Shame i applied too late to get a single room

Conqueror

risaphoenix wrote:

um...where did you stay?

I was in digs. €100 a week, two meals a day, all bills covered and no chores. And I could amble into college and be in the middle of the Concourse in eight minutes flat. I timed myself using Stairway to Heaven. The downside was that I had to go home at weekends, though that wasn't a major problem because I had a job at home anyway.

Digs are handy if you like the idea of having someone else cook meals for you every day.

A word of warning about Corrib Village, and any other student accomodation: If you're not careful, the crowd in control may try to rip you off. I've heard a number of stories from friends with experience of attempts to keep large amounts of deposits because furniture was "damaged", or the floor was "dirty". It might be an idea to make a list of every piece of furniture in the house, with its condition noted, when you move in, and get the company to see it. That way, at the end of the year, you can say to the company that the chair/ table/ bed was like that when you got there.


Edit: The Accomodation Office in Áras Úi Chathail (the building near the College Bar with the green roof) has lists of places offering digs. It's free, and there's a map of the city with it. Ideal if you don't know Galway, and worth the trip alone.

Fionn MacCool

genericgoon wrote:

Same here. Shame i applied too late to get a single room

Me too, did you get yourself on the waiting list? I'm hoping for the standard single room, but a twin room could be a laugh - just depends who it is.

Bet I get put with a chain-smoking emo.

risaphoenix

Conqueror wrote:

I was in digs. €100 a week, two meals a day, all bills covered and no chores. And I could amble into college and be in the middle of the Concourse in eight minutes flat. I timed myself using Stairway to Heaven. The downside was that I had to go home at weekends, though that wasn't a major problem because I had a job at home anyway.

Digs are handy if you like the idea of having someone else cook meals for you every day.

A word of warning about Corrib Village, and any other student accomodation: If you're not careful, the crowd in control may try to rip you off. I've heard a number of stories from friends with experience of attempts to keep large amounts of deposits because furniture was "damaged", or the floor was "dirty". It might be an idea to make a list of every piece of furniture in the house, with its condition noted, when you move in, and get the company to see it. That way, at the end of the year, you can say to the company that the chair/ table/ bed was like that when you got there.


Edit: The Accomodation Office in Áras Úi Chathail (the building near the College Bar with the green roof) has lists of places offering digs. It's free, and there's a map of the city with it. Ideal if you don't know Galway, and worth the trip alone.

what exactly are digs? i'm staying in gort na coirribe, i hear its pretty good

Mawg

For gods sake people, I've said it before and I'll say it again don't stay in corrib village! I stayed there last year and the total amount in fines our house suffered was over a grand, for nothing. They're money grabbing wh*res who will try to catch you out whenever they can. You have strictly no guests allowed between the hours of 11pm and 7am. I got a fine of 125euro from them for having a guest in the house at 2 in the afternoon! (It was rag week, so they were on a bit of a frenzy) So trust me, don't stay there. If it's too late and you're already booked in, my only advice is to lay low, especially during rag week!

JIZZLORD

Fionn MacCool wrote:

Bet I get put with a chain-smoking emo.

you'll end up with peadar from longford who loves dutch gold and playing tupac at all hours

dumbyearbook

Jeez Corrib village has changed since my day 2001/02 it was great made loads of friends there I have to say it was the best way to kick off College. We had none of our deposits taken mind.

Dun na Coirbe is grand but would nt be as much craic as Corrib, if you are lookin for parties and drinking etc. and not worried about a bit of your deposit going missing! Corrib was the biz my Bro and Sister both lived there as first yrs too in 2004/5 and 2005/6 and had a ball too so dunno why its getting such bad press here...ok its no palace but who cares in first yr?

Big communal corridors = meeting 20 people in the first night try that in Dun/Gort na Coirbe.

Conqueror

risaphoenix wrote:

what exactly are digs? i'm staying in gort na coirribe, i hear its pretty good

The "na Coiribes" are pretty nice, and very popular with students.

Digs is basically where you live in someone else's house, and they give you meals, cover the bills (after you pay them) and clean the mess. If you ever stayed in a Gaeltacht summer school, it's exactly like that. Except in English. And you usually get a room to yourself. And you can go get pissed as often as you like. No parties, though.

dumbyearbook

Forget about digs, its like getting away from your parents to be greeted by new (less nice) people its sh**, if you score some nite you cant bring anyone back you can never have any friends over, you have to eat what they cook, its unlikely you'll have your own bathroom which is poss in corrib or dun/gort na coirbe. Though the en-suites would be gone by now id say.

TheInvisibleFie

Going to be a first year (depending on CAO). I've got a single standard room set up in Corrib Village. I know some people have warned about it but it can't kill me. It seems ok to drink/party there any tie except rag week. I'm on the list for an en-suite single but didn't put down sharing bathroom single. Wonder if I should email and ask to put me on the waiting room for that...

risaphoenix

Conqueror wrote:

The "na Coiribes" are pretty nice, and very popular with students.

Digs is basically where you live in someone else's house, and they give you meals, cover the bills (after you pay them) and clean the mess. If you ever stayed in a Gaeltacht summer school, it's exactly like that. Except in English. And you usually get a room to yourself. And you can go get pissed as often as you like. No parties, though.

well, i'm from the US so dont know much about the gaeltacht summer school thing

dumbyearbook

If you are coming over from the US and would like a 'family unit' kind of thing then digs may suit you. This depends on the digs you get though.

Best of luck anyway !

______

:eek: really beginning to think i should do some sort of movement towards getting accomodation.


also is going to college when i'm gonna be 17 til march a bad idea?

dumbyearbook

Ah you ll be grand a friend of mine was the same as you and he managed fine.

get the accom sorted asap its a nightmare once the results are out.


___________ good name by the way

______

dumbyearbook wrote:

Ah you ll be grand a friend of mine was the same as you and he managed fine.

get the accom sorted asap its a nightmare once the results are out.


___________ good name by the way

if i applied now in corrib village or wherever and sent the deposit on the wednesday, would it be in galway before my application expires at the end of the fifth working day?

dumbyearbook

not sure what you mean there?

They will still have some places left i rem i got mine after the results were out. Give them a ring the office will be open tomorrow? they let you pay a deposit and if you dont end up going to nuig they'll give it back to you afaik anyway.

______

what i was trying to say was could i not have to pay the deposit til after i get the results?


should i only book a place if i've seen the place beforehand?

dumbyearbook

No you can pay a deposit before you get the results. You should have a look really, they are basic like. There fine for first yr though, imo what you loose in comfort you gain in banter + craic! The beds are comy enough the couches have been changed to fairly decent ones since i lived there thet used to be woeful.

Id give them a bell, some rooms go really early e.g en-suites someone posted above that they are all gone. Pepole end up pulling out though cause they dont get the points etc.

Ps NUIG frikin rules!

______

not gonna get out there before thursday at the earliest so i think i'll book...


just noticed you can do it online:)

risaphoenix

dumbyearbook wrote:

If you are coming over from the US and would like a 'family unit' kind of thing then digs may suit you. This depends on the digs you get though.

Best of luck anyway !

no, i'm in gort na coirribe, actually got a single ensuite, which should be nice (i put in my request basically as soon as possible)

Fionn MacCool

______ wrote:

:eek: really beginning to think i should do some sort of movement towards getting accomodation.


also is going to college when i'm gonna be 17 til march a bad idea?

17 in march, how did that work - were ya put forward a year?

Suppose you won't be able to go out on the lash much, personally I'd take a gap year and get some work experience under my belt. But then again I'm a bit of an alky ¬_¬

______

Fionn MacCool wrote:

17 in march, how did that work - were ya put forward a year?

Suppose you won't be able to go out on the lash much, personally I'd take a gap year and get some work experience under my belt. But then again I'm a bit of an alky ¬_¬

i'd spend the year scratching my arse

witnessmenow

Its not uncommon for some one to be turning 18 in the middle of college, hell if i didnt do ty i wouldnt have been 18 for any of first year! Maybe consider taking the year out and maybe work for the year, then you should (in theory) have a good bit of money to enjoy the rest of college with out having to worry to much about working. Not esential to be 18 in my opinion though all the same.

I presume risaphoenix your from villanova, they get prefrence to a certain % of the rooms in gort so there will be loads of americans around, i lived with 2 last year actually, great fun! If you are only here for the semmester, pick classes that give you friday and monday off(if you can get it) Apparently according to the my former house mates thats the way to go!

Personally i didnt like gort , for so many reasons that i ranted on here before about! Mainly the thin walls, mould on the walls, dirty appartment while moving in, broken imerrision (which took them 3 weeks to fix!) and really un-friendly receptionists(they will be forever known as the b*tches from reception between me and my friends!)
EDIT: an american friend of mine lived in a single room for first semester , then in second semester a guy in my class moved into that room , I visted that american friend last week and was telling him this and he produced a deposit refund cheaque for the guy in my class which they mailed to the U.S ... so they aint that bright either!
I did however like the freedom the gave, you can have people stay over no bother so thats pretty cool.

First years, live in corrib village, as simple as that! its the best craic ever, especially the first few nights, meet as many people as you can!
Cons about it are no guests after 12, not exactly easy on the eye or the wallet, they put in a new key card system when i was in first year and its the worst system ever! If some one locks the front door from the inside even if you have a key you cant open it! Doors lock automatically when the close, kinda of annoying if you go for a shower and forget your card!

Squeeonline

I have been ringing around all the student accomm today. There are NO single rooms left anywhere and a few places dont even have shared rooms. I left it this late on the advice of my aunt who said that there would be no rush until after the offers come out.

just as a PS, if anyone discovers they arent going to NUIG and have booked accomm already (single room please), give me a pm and maybe i can steal it from you!

Thanks very much

JIZZLORD

none of the student accom places would prob allow that, they'd all have waiting lists. the best thing is to go down to galway next wed and get the accom list from the advertiser.

genericgoon

Squeeonline wrote:

I have been ringing around all the student accomm today. There are NO single rooms left anywhere and a few places dont even have shared rooms. I left it this late on the advice of my aunt who said that there would be no rush until after the offers come out.

just as a PS, if anyone discovers they arent going to NUIG and have booked accomm already (single room please), give me a pm and maybe i can steal it from you!

Thanks very much

Youll be lucky to get single rooms at this stage. But GL regardless.

risaphoenix

I presume risaphoenix your from villanova, they get prefrence to a certain % of the rooms in gort so there will be loads of americans around, i lived with 2 last year actually, great fun! If you are only here for the semmester, pick classes that give you friday and monday off(if you can get it) Apparently according to the my former house mates thats the way to go!

naw, i'm going for the full three years, getting an Arts degree.

Fionn MacCool

JIZZLORD wrote:

none of the student accom places would prob allow that, they'd all have waiting lists. the best thing is to go down to galway next wed and get the accom list from the advertiser.

I think they do allow it, seem to remember reading something along the lines of how to transfer your room to another resident.

Also, I just got a call from Corrib Village and they said I've been upgraded to a Single room (had a Twi nbut was on waiting list). Oh and I got my NUIG palce this morning. Happy days

dapto1

Gort is ok, I'm staying there again this year. As someone said earlier make a list of everything in the house and it's condition, I wish I'd done it last year.

kevmy

______ wrote:

also is going to college when i'm gonna be 17 til march a bad idea?

I wasn't 18 till the following August tis no bother there will be plenty in the same boat

JIZZLORD

JIZZLORD wrote:

you'll end up with peadar from longford who loves dutch gold and playing tupac at all hours

That is so bloody true!:D

witnessmenow

witnessmenow wrote:

Its not uncommon for some one to be turning 18 in the middle of college, hell if i didnt do ty i wouldnt have been 18 for any of first year! Maybe consider taking the year out and maybe work for the year, then you should (in theory) have a good bit of money to enjoy the rest of college with out having to worry to much about working. Not esential to be 18 in my opinion though all the same.

I presume risaphoenix your from villanova, they get prefrence to a certain % of the rooms in gort so there will be loads of americans around, i lived with 2 last year actually, great fun! If you are only here for the semmester, pick classes that give you friday and monday off(if you can get it) Apparently according to the my former house mates thats the way to go!

Personally i didnt like gort , for so many reasons that i ranted on here before about! Mainly the thin walls, mould on the walls, dirty appartment while moving in, broken imerrision (which took them 3 weeks to fix!) and really un-friendly receptionists(they will be forever known as the b*tches from reception between me and my friends!)
EDIT: an american friend of mine lived in a single room for first semester , then in second semester a guy in my class moved into that room , I visted that american friend last week and was telling him this and he produced a deposit refund cheaque for the guy in my class which they mailed to the U.S ... so they aint that bright either!
I did however like the freedom the gave, you can have people stay over no bother so thats pretty cool.

First years, live in corrib village, as simple as that! its the best craic ever, especially the first few nights, meet as many people as you can!
Cons about it are no guests after 12, not exactly easy on the eye or the wallet, they put in a new key card system when i was in first year and its the worst system ever! If some one locks the front door from the inside even if you have a key you cant open it! Doors lock automatically when the close, kinda of annoying if you go for a shower and forget your card!

I only got 120 euro back from Gort na Coiribe for the deposit.The bastards.

UnitedIrishman

Any other first year Arts students get a letter from NUI about what date they start or when admission is?

Still haven't received anything although I've got confirmation that my course offer has been accepted.

genericgoon

UnitedIrishman wrote:

Any other first year Arts students get a letter from NUI about what date they start or when admission is?

Still haven't received anything although I've got confirmation that my course offer has been accepted.

I think I read on the LC board that we dont get that stuff til next week.

ZorbaTehZ

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