NUI Maynooth - what's it like?

morning-glory

i live in dublin and i do social science, the workload is grand once theres an interest there, lovely college, great athmosphere, cant fault it

Clare Bear

John wrote: »

Or is it?

Ahhhhhhhh ya prick!!!!!!!



Scared

Xavi6

It's one of the best places to go for a solid p*ss up. I spent as much time out there in my first year as I did in my own college!

If you want a good social life, want to do feck all work, go to no lectures, and still get a degree out of it then Maynooth's the place for you. Plenty of mymates are testimony to that!

petals

at wahat Winters said

That pic with the white face is scary now I'm gonna have to turn on every light in the house thanks!

Schoolteacher wrote: »

Hi,

My daughter has put NUI Maynooth down as her second choice on her CAO form. We live in Dublin. What's this college like? The courses? The tutors? The ambience? Size? Services? Efficiency? The type of people go to it? Is it true that it's haunted?

She wants to do Social Sciences. What's this subject like? She doesn't like very hard work.

And what's the town itself like?

Concerned mother.

Seriously now. Maynooth is great!
The college is big enough to know nobody and small enough to know everybody! Some tutors are good some are bad.
The people that go to it are great mostly! There are loads of clubs and societies which are all brill (esp the self defence club )

Dunno bout Social Sciences but Music is great. Like a little family over in logic house

And I heard there was three rooms on south campus haunted!

Rosita

63587614 wrote: »

tough courses well everything besides ARTS. Sorry ARTs students.

That depends really. Some Arts courses (and I never attended Maynooth so I speak generally) are quite academic, and if you ar edoing one of these and are aiming for First class honours they are tough going.

Arts involves a lot of reading if studied properly which is often why there are not buckets of assignments. That most students choose not to do this broader reading and limp out with a pass, a 2.2. or a low 2.1 after a bout of cramming doesn't really make the subjects easy.

The real test is not can you get out with a degree (the huge majority do in all disciplines), but do you have a serious grasp of the subject at the end of it? (a significant number don't) For certain, if anyone takes a language and doesn't work it will always be apparent in their poor grasp of it at the end of their degree.

It may be possible in a subject like Maths where you either know something or you don't to buck the idea that you need fairly consistent and thorough preparation for exams if you happen to have guessed the correct areas to cover. But in other exams such as, say, literature the depth of your knowledge will inevitably be exposed one way or the other. History is a good example. A very easy subject to pass or do reasonably in but you need quite deep knowedge to excel in it.

Arts (like most subject areas I would imagine) is straightforward enough to pass. Doing really well and being on top of the subject - rather than hyper-ventilating your way through the exams because you know you are donal ducked if the couple of questions you have semi-prepared don't come up with all the buzz-words you recognise - is another matter.

LeixlipRed

Rozabeez wrote: »

Oh yeah? What about the crazy man with the glasses and the limp?

Is that the guy who's fond of wandering round in summer with only a tiny pair of shorts on? He's nuts

Rozabeez

He sang Xmas Carols to me while I was working... terrifies me.

Susannahmia

Schoolteacher wrote: »

Hi,

My daughter has put NUI Maynooth down as her second choice on her CAO form. We live in Dublin. What's this college like? The courses? The tutors? The ambience? Size? Services? Efficiency? The type of people go to it? Is it true that it's haunted?

She wants to do Social Sciences. What's this subject like? She doesn't like very hard work.

And what's the town itself like?

Concerned mother.

Maynooth is great, It's a very friendly and relaxed college with a good and relatively safe night life. I would recommend it.

I do social sciences, one thing I remember being surprised at was that the course is very acedemic, not practical. I find it very interesting myself however and am glad I did it. It's not too bad in first year (I partied hard for the majority of that year and got a 2:1), I think we had about four 1500 word essays to do that year, which isn't bad. The pace gets tougher in second year but again plenty of time for fun and relaxation. Third year is very tough as we have lots of essays and a 10000 word dissertation to do but that's only expected.:)

The department for social science isn't the most organised but they get by and seem to be improving. No one has any real complaints bar tardyness in marking papers etc.