Engineering Freshers Week?

Jonathan

I'm fairly confident that I'm going to TR032 (I've got a 60 point surplus over last years CAO).

So my question is when do first years start back if they are doin Engineering?

You would start at the same time as the rest of the courses I imagine. Circa 10th October

Jonathan

Excellent.

Lectures on the 10th or so, but Freshers' Week would be the week before (which'll be full of fun & debauchery.. well, maybe).

There's a few bits of information here and beyond.

Bartron Prime

Firstly, well done on your results! Fresher's Week and registration for all first year Undergraduate students takes place on 1st October. There are different days during the week for different Faculties to register. All undergraduate teaching for first years starts on 8th October.

So, come along to FW, join some societies, go out, have a blast (and register for college!). FW is madness and is fantastic fun. Also, be sure to pick up your FREE Guidebook and FREE Welcome Pack (full of goodies) from the Student's Union.

Also, debauchery aplenty. Lots of that.

Boston

Theres a "Intro to chemistry" thing on about two weeks before the actual start.

Barry Aldwell

The introduction to chemistry week is the week before Freshers week

Here's a tip: If you've never done Chemistry before, and you want to pass the chemistry exam at the end of the year, go to the introduction thing, and don't sleep through most of it like I did.

Boston

Barry Aldwell wrote:

Here's a tip: If you've never done Chemistry before, and you want to pass the chemistry exam at the end of the year, go to the introduction thing, and don't sleep through most of it like I did.

:eek: I didn't sleep through any of it and I can tell you it was the biggest, most useless pile of ****e I've ever been involved in. In four years I don't think I've ver had a more pointless series of lectures.

Time Magazine

Bartron Prime wrote:

Fresher's Week

Lucky Fresher .

Bartron Prime

Well, one of us has to get lucky that week.......

*Resumes reading HEA Funding Report*

godtabh

Boston wrote:

:eek: I didn't sleep through any of it and I can tell you it was the biggest, most useless pile of ****e I've ever been involved in. In four years I don't think I've ver had a more pointless series of lectures.

Agreed. But i think if you did enviro in 3 and 4th year it helps

kearnsr

kearnsr wrote:

Agreed. But i think if you did enviro in 3 and 4th year it helps

He was one of those uncivil heathens.

My coat you say?

Boston

Yea, I did Computer and Electronic. I'm wary of the benifits of a series of lectures two years on. My mate summed it up nicely as "asking some chemistry professors to give random disconnected lectures in a topic of their choice."

Barry Aldwell

Boston wrote:

:eek: I didn't sleep through any of it and I can tell you it was the biggest, most useless pile of ****e I've ever been involved in. In four years I don't think I've ver had a more pointless series of lectures.

I was, as I said, asleep for a good bit of it, and didn't exactly pay heaps of attention when I was awake, but I distinctly remember thinking at one point "Organic chemistry? Sure I'm an engineer, I'll never need that! ZZZZZZZZ", which caused much self-kicking when we started organic chemistry in chemistry. Only managed 35% in the exam. Thank feck for compensation!

Gileadi

If i had the choice again i wouldnt do it either, i swear that i knew more chemistry when i left secondary school than when i finished 1st year (40% in chem, go team!).....and i didnt even do chemistry in school!

Boston

Barry Aldwell wrote:

I was, as I said, asleep for a good bit of it, and didn't exactly pay heaps of attention when I was awake, but I distinctly remember thinking at one point "Organic chemistry? Sure I'm an engineer, I'll never need that! ZZZZZZZZ", which caused much self-kicking when we started organic chemistry in chemistry. Only managed 35% in the exam. Thank feck for compensation!

The organic chemistry was a tiny part of the chemistry course, like 10%. The problem with the series of lecture is that they are akin they are really just refresher course for material. Great if you've done chemistry as it points out some vital differences disaster if you've never done it.

godtabh

Myth wrote:

My coat you say?

Its over in the corner if your still looking for it

When I did the course I was told it was for any one who didnt do it for the LC. One of the lads I meet in college got an A1 in the LC so he was all the help I needed. The course was a joke but I was lucky.

Varik

1st year engineering is great not the chemistry part but the amount of labs and reports you have to do makes meeting people easy the chem labs have notting to do with anything the mornig before you have to hand them in the computer were full of people googleing the quetions trying to find out what was goning on

Kevski

Varik wrote:

1st year engineering is great not the chemistry part but the amount of labs and reports you have to do makes meeting people easy the chem labs have notting to do with anything the mornig before you have to hand them in the computer were full of people googleing the quetions trying to find out what was goning on

Please use full stops! it makes it so much easier to read.

I done LC Chemistry and got B1 but still found Chemistry/Physics the hardest subject. In hindsight maybe it would have been a good idea to do the week long course beforehand.

enda1

Kevski wrote:

Please use full stops! it makes it so much easier to read.

I done DID LC Chemistry and got A B1 but still found Chemistry/Physics the hardest subject. In hindsight COMMA maybe it would have been a good idea to do the week long course beforehand.

Hmm.

Pot? What colour are you?

Boston

if the pot is kev, the colour has to be crazy.