dubs in accomodation

conbob

i hear the accomodation for ucd is based on distance... would there be any chance a dub would get in then? i live in walkinstown in the south west and it would be awkward for me to get to ucd. i want to get the full college experience as well so moving to ucd would be great :pac:

Zamboni

conbob wrote: »

i hear the accomodation for ucd is based on distance... would there be any chance a dub would get in then? i live in walkinstown in the south west and it would be awkward for me to get to ucd. i want to get the full college experience as well so moving to ucd would be great :pac:

Get the 17 from the Submarine straight into UCD.
If you're in Walkinstown you can't be more than a 20 minute walk to the Sub?

conbob

Zamboni wrote: »

Get the 17 from the Submarine straight into UCD.
If you're in Walkinstown you can't be more than a 20 minute walk to the Sub?

heard the 17s a bit hit and miss off my mates brother who goes to ucd....whenever he's out at night he gets a lift home off his da so on campus is the best option i'd say

Zamboni

Yeah the 17 is not an ideal service to say the least.
But it is good in the early morning.

I wouldn't count on accomodation on UCD from the allocation policy.

Distance from home to UCD will be the most significant criterion when evaluating applications.

http://www.ucd.ie/residences/allocation.html

Breezer

Absolutely no chance coming from Dublin (a lot of places in Leinster are pushing it) unless:
i) You get a scholarship.
ii) You speak fluent Irish and can demonstrate in an interview how you will contribute to the use of Irish on campus.
iii) You become the auditor of a society.

Sorry! On the plus side, 2nd years don't tend to get campus accommodation anyway, so after a year of getting to know people you can rent somewhere with your mates from further afield, who'll all be getting places.

conbob

thanks for the responses everyone

Breezer wrote: »

Absolutely no chance coming from Dublin (a lot of places in Leinster are pushing it) unless:
i) You get a scholarship.
ii) You speak fluent Irish and can demonstrate in an interview how you will contribute to the use of Irish on campus.
iii) You become the auditor of a society.

Sorry! On the plus side, 2nd years don't tend to get campus accommodation anyway, so after a year of getting to know people you can rent somewhere with your mates from further afield, who'll all be getting places.

no worries. ye renting in second year sounds cool. could be an auditor but i'd need some experience. i'd rather drink than do the books anyway better get craicin on the auld irish then haha

Breezer

betafrog wrote: »

Wait auditors can get on campus accommodation?

I'm intrigued

Yep, no idea where to find the details and my mind is somewhere else (guess where) this week so not looking it up, but my friend from Dublin's been living in Merville all year because she was an auditor.

Stepherunie

There's a number of places on campus for contribution to student life.

From: http://www.ucd.ie/residences/allocation.html

Students interested in applying under this category should apply as normal through the UCD Accommodation Office and copy the application to Dr. Martin Butler, Vice President for Students, UCD, detailing the grounds upon which the student is making the application.

Pythia

My friends from Cabra and Sandyford were both living on campus so it's possible.

Theresalwaysone

Tis possible alright. I got campus in first year and Im from Naas.

aequinoctium

auditors get campus if they are in charge of a big society.

only 6 auditors got campus this year!

Brimmy

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

Tis possible alright. I got campus in first year and Im from Naas.

You do know Naas is in Kildare right?

random_banter

aequinoctium wrote: »

auditors get campus if they are in charge of a big society.

They dont have to be in charge of a "big" society. There is alot of competition between Auditors to get places, becuase you are Auditor of a bigger one does not mean you will get preference.

Bowden

I live close enough to you me thinks and I'll be driving after the summer

conbob

Bowden wrote: »

I live close enough to you me thinks and I'll be driving after the summer

thats my secondy choice...but i cant sleep in my car overnight after a drink or i'll be vewwy sore when i wake up

mloc

I know a few lads from Tallaght, a guy from Greystones and a girl from Delgany who got campus for a few years running. It's possible, though I imagine you might need to work the system a bit.

Blush_01

It all depends on who you know. Regardless of where you're from. The only people who can almost guarantee to get campus without having to be underhand are postgrads. It really sickens me.

Tá Mé Gaeilge

Má tá suim agat áit á fháil sa scéim cónaithe tá níos mó eolas ar fáil ar http://www.ucd.ie/bnag

If you're interested in getting a place on the Irish Residence scheme you can get info at http://www.ucd.ie/bnag


....then again hundreds of people apply and only 8 first years get spaces

Theresalwaysone

Brimmy wrote: »

You do know Naas is in Kildare right?

crap...really?

slevins

So considering I speak fluent Gaeilge, I should be able to get on campus accomodation? By the way I live in closkeagh!:D

Breezer

slevins wrote: »

So considering I speak fluent Gaeilge, I should be able to get on campus accomodation? By the way I live in closkeagh!:D

Technically yes but you'd have to impress them in an interview and then pay half of it anyway. And yes, some people may be a little annoyed

Raphael

You might also get banned from the UCD forum by the moderator from Co. Wexford who has to hunt for accomodation...

gubbie

aequinoctium wrote: »

auditors get campus if they are in charge of a big society.

only 6 auditors got campus this year!

RUBBISH! My friends auditor of a society which probably has a total of 40 members and he's on campus

Tá Mé Gaeilge

slevins wrote: »

So considering I speak fluent Gaeilge, I should be able to get on campus accomodation? By the way I live in closkeagh!:D

If you're the S Levins I know you shouldn't have fluent Irish! Also the interviews are tomorrow so it's actually too late to apply for next year. And trust me the interviews are pretty hard- I don't know if i'll even get it and my username is Tá mé Gaeilge!!:)

Breezer

Tá Mé Gaeilge wrote: »

If you're the S Levins I know you shouldn't have fluent Irish! Also the interviews are tomorrow so it's actually too late to apply for next year. And trust me the interviews are pretty hard- I don't know if i'll even get it and my username is Tá mé Gaeilge!!:)

Is Gaeilge thú! Good luck!

ChocolateSauce

Wait a minute, if you speak fluent Irish and can prove you'll contribute to its use you get preferential treatment? That's horrible! They can't discriminate like that. I speak a national language fluently (English, btw) and can use it to contribute to college life, but I don't expect special treatment.

Tá Mé Gaeilge

theozster wrote: »

Wait a minute, if you speak fluent Irish and can prove you'll contribute to its use you get preferential treatment? That's horrible! They can't discriminate like that. I speak a national language fluently (English, btw) and can use it to contribute to college life, but I don't expect special treatment.

Oh lord I see where this is going.

It's not discrimination! 16 People live in a house and only speak Irish for the year as part of a scolarship- they have a duty to promote the Irish language around campus and the first years even take a module to this affect.

They organise and help out at events throughout the year with Bord na Gaeilge, An Cumann Gaelach, An Cumann Dramaiocht, Oifigeach na Gaeilge Aontas na Mac Léinn and they help organise Seachtain na Gaeilge.

It's just like a sports scolarship but instead of being good at sport and promoting sport in UCD they are being good at and promoting our language. It's part of the Universities way of promoting the language more on campus.

Congratulations on being able to speak English but it is our second official langauge and this is an effort to preserve our first official langauge

Breezer

Lock it, lock it now before it gets ugly!

Pharm07

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

Tis possible alright. I got campus in first year and Im from Naas.

What! no fair. im from up north and i didnt get on campus in first year. Thats really not fair, left me in a right state trying to find somewhere and not having a clue of dublin or buses. who runs that accommodation set-up they should be sack....naas, come on its not even that far.
im applyin next year and i better get it this time :mad:

ChocolateSauce

Breezer wrote: »

Lock it, lock it now before it gets ugly!

Haha, yes indeed....

*cough* lipservice *cough*.

slevins

Tá Mé Gaeilge wrote: »

If you're the S Levins I know you shouldn't have fluent Irish! Also the interviews are tomorrow so it's actually too late to apply for next year. And trust me the interviews are pretty hard- I don't know if i'll even get it and my username is Tá mé Gaeilge!!:)

This ... by any chance? Care to elaborate on the S? And I am actually fluent in Irish, so you must have the wrong person...

Brimmy

What's the last date to apply for on campus for next year anyway out of curiosity?

Theresalwaysone

Pharm07 wrote: »

What! no fair. im from up north and i didnt get on campus in first year. Thats really not fair, left me in a right state trying to find somewhere and not having a clue of dublin or buses. who runs that accommodation set-up they should be sack....naas, come on its not even that far.
im applyin next year and i better get it this time :mad:

unlucky

Pharm07

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

unlucky

sorry for the attack. That was the exam stress talking, but they're over now! woohoo!

gubbie

Pharm07 wrote: »

sorry for the attack. That was the exam stress talking, but they're over now! woohoo!

What year are you in? I'm a third year and the year before me, they didn't do it on distance. Just the luck of the draw. But now cos I'm from Cork I'm guaranteed... kinda... it

SEE being from Cork's cool

Theresalwaysone

Pharm07 wrote: »

sorry for the attack. That was the exam stress talking, but they're over now! woohoo!

Its ok. I forgive you. Sure if yer good looking PM me your mobile number and we'll discuss your attack and stress privately.

Pharm07

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

Its ok. I forgive you. Sure if yer good looking PM me your mobile number and we'll discuss your attack and stress privately.

Pharm07

gubbie wrote: »

What year are you in? I'm a third year and the year before me, they didn't do it on distance. Just the luck of the draw. But now cos I'm from Cork I'm guaranteed... kinda... it

SEE being from Cork's cool

headin into final year now....hopefully anyway. i live bout 80 miles from ucd so hoping that'd be far enough to get a place on campus. Living with a few people this yr but they all have their own thing sorted out for nxt yr. if i dont get campus, im screwed . house hunting is not fun.

Marcus.Aurelius

What happens, happens. If you have to househunt, it aint that bad. I had lots of trouble trying to get accomodation in UCD in my undergrad. At the same time I met loads of lunatic housemates that kept a smile on my face. It's all experience Pharm07.

Pharm07

maoleary wrote: »

What happens, happens. If you have to househunt, it aint that bad. I had lots of trouble trying to get accomodation in UCD in my undergrad. At the same time I met loads of lunatic housemates that kept a smile on my face. It's all experience Pharm07.

i had to house hunt in first year and it was just horrible. some of the absolute dives we saw were unreal. Then theres the rent, it just goes up and up and up and up, so depressing. Oh yea and then you see a place on that God foresaken website daft.ie and it looks lovely, rents not bad, good location and you get "girls only," or "no students." Not all fellas are dirty, im strangely very very clean, hate dirt and girls can be just as bad as some fellas.

Pharm07

maoleary wrote: »

What happens, happens. If you have to househunt, it aint that bad. I had lots of trouble trying to get accomodation in UCD in my undergrad. At the same time I met loads of lunatic housemates that kept a smile on my face. It's all experience Pharm07.

i like your policy though, "what happens, happens." Unfortunately, i dont work like that, im a real thinker. Hate not having a bit of security and knowing where im living or living with. I like routine!

I really do think too much (and keep talking crap!)

AIR-AUSSIE

guy i lived with on campus in 1st year was from Blanch so I'd give it a shot, but yea the 17 is the bane of most peoples lives.

peachystarr

Any final year students 08/09 not get campus, im living 95 miles from dublin and i didnt get it, what a load of rubbish really, all final year students who want it should get it. Now its back to house hunting again, grrrr :mad: