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NUIG Open Day for LCs

  • 27-09-2008 6:38pm
    #1
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭


    October 9th I think. €15 for myself.

    I presume most of you lot went to the NUIG open day. Is it worth going to? Did it influence your choice of NUIG at all, was it helpful? :)


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Went on two occasions! The people at the stands are enthusiastic about what they're doing and you can get the answers to any questions you have. A few competitions at the odd stand that might tempt you.

    Needless to say, you get the bag of goodies. It comes in handy with all the leaflets and sheets you'll be picking up.


  • #3
    barry181091
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭barry181091


    I hope to go too. Is it ok to go in 5th year ? I personally think going in 6th is too late.


  • #4
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    Might as well. I don't think 5th year is too early. If nothing else if can give you a feeling for what you want to do.


  • #5
    Weidii
    Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Weidii


    Ah, nevermind what you want to do, come to NUIG for the craic!


  • #6
    Conqueror
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭Conqueror


    I never went as a secondary school student, but I did work as a guide/ goodie bag packer/ human signpost on three Open Days. I'm glad they've changed the date (it used to be the first Thursday in December). Absolutely freezing if you were working (because it's December), distracting if you were studying for Christmas exams (because you've hundreds of excited school students running about the place).

    From what I've heard over the last four years, those who went to the Open Day(s) enjoyed it and found out a lot about what they might like to do after school. I often got the impression though that the Leaving Cert students took it more seriously than the Fifth Years, who enjoyed the chance to have a day off. Maybe it was the realisation that the CAO had to be done in a few weeks. :pac:


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  • #7
    Mallox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Mallox


    im goin g on thursday too .. hope to see what commerce with french is like and get the engineering tour ... anyone recommend to do anytin in particular on the day??? im from tipp so i wont be there till 11 at earliest :(


  • #8
    bUILDERtHEbOB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 787 ✭✭✭bUILDERtHEbOB


    Mallox wrote: »
    im goin g on thursday too .. hope to see what commerce with french is like and get the engineering tour ... anyone recommend to do anytin in particular on the day??? im from tipp so i wont be there till 11 at earliest :(

    Bottle of Buckie - Spanish Arch.


  • #9
    Mr Maroon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 443 ✭✭Mr Maroon


    I'm going too. Is it actually any help in deciding what to do? I haven't a notion really


  • #10
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    Mr Maroon wrote: »
    I'm going too. Is it actually any help in deciding what to do? I haven't a notion really
    I just went to the arts degree lectures and the lecturers were superb, so enthuasiastic. It made me even more desperate to do some study and get out of the never ending tide of ****e that is secondary education.


  • #11
    cautioner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 862 ✭✭✭cautioner


    Pain in the balls how the Medicine talks were handled. We wasted half the day waiting for a phantom shuttlebus only to find that it was a ten minute walk. Missed a load of talks I'd had my eye on :(


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  • #12
    Lockstep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,031 ✭✭✭Lockstep


    Anyone got any comments on the History dept?

    I always found them to be great people.


  • #13
    ZorbaTehZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭ZorbaTehZ


    cautioner wrote: »
    Pain in the balls how the Medicine talks were handled. We wasted half the day waiting for a phantom shuttlebus only to find that it was a ten minute walk. Missed a load of talks I'd had my eye on :(

    They held the med talks in the CSI? Wow, what a really stupid idea.


  • #14
    -ME-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 99 ✭✭-ME-


    I went to the NUI Galway open day and I thought it was laid out really well. The lecturers were very enthusiastic and I got a real insight into the various courses. Some of the connect courses in arts seem really interesting. I'm definitely considering going there next year... Just one important question- is the night life really all it's cracked up to be?!


  • #15
    Lockstep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,031 ✭✭✭Lockstep


    -ME- wrote: »
    Just one important question- is the night life really all it's cracked up to be?!

    Depends. For some people, it's great to head down to Spainish Arch and drink a bottle of Bucky.

    Others want to hit Cuba and get banged in the toilets.

    It's all there.

    However: if you dislike the idea of endless piss ups DO NOT GO TO CORRIB VILLAGE.

    You can always hear the same storys: first years who like the odd bit of nightlife despise living in Corrib due to the incessant partying.


  • #16
    Mallox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭Mallox


    bUILDERtHEbOB wrote: »
    Bottle of Buckie - Spanish Arch.

    haha ya i was up during the summer and a few of us went drinkin by the river .. great atmosphere there all the time .. oh i also went to d open day .. went to d engineering talk and d lecturer was a gas man haha .. im interested in dese new energy courses with engineering but day dont have any info bout them on the web??? why


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