Has Maynooth gone to sh*t?

Beau

Everyone just gets locked and stupid. Any other events are rarely attended. Its getting filthy. Vandalism is becoming more prevalent. I don't think its as friendly as it once was. The Library is always packed now! Brady's and Roost are always packed too, can't dance anywhere. ONeills is no LA. I'd love the Glenroyal to return. The reading room is stuffy and there's nowhere else to study. There are hardly any tutorials anymore. A lot of girls come in thin and healthy and get progressively bigger. Dunnes isn't 24 hours anymore. We don't make an effort with international students. The canteen and lack of a gym at the moment is a massive loss.

or is just me? I have been here for four years now.

token56

Have to agree, fourth year here too and something is missing, not sure what though.
The lack of canteen and gym is definitly taking effect and in my opinion all the new building going on is making the place look a bit more dreary especially in the winter.

Maggie.23

Beau wrote: »

A lot of girls come in thin and healthy and get progressively bigger.

Wow, impressive observation skills. Did you spend four years gazing at the girls? Anyhow, well done. We must be doing something wrong girls, because according to Beau our bodies should stay the same between the ages of 17 and 21! We're letting the college down! Ahem.

woodlands

is o neills still ****e

Beau

Yeh with the back of John Hume all dug up it just dosen't look pretty. As you say there is some spark missing this year.

I knew I'd get an angry girl with that comment! he he I'm sure there's lads out there too that have the beer bellies that I'm talking about. Just for me its just horrible and really unattractive to see a girl (because I'm a guy) lose her good looks from beer and pizza and I've seen a fair few people in Maynooth go down that road. I think thats fair enough.

LeixlipRed

I rememeber Maynooth 2002/2003ish. The roost was the place to be before they disco barred the **** out of it and every 50 cent loving twat that got the minimum required in the CAO started going there. When the SU was class craic. No longer so but Maynooth is still a special place

Rozabeez

I've never had to trekk through so much f*cking mud before in my life. Definitely not too happy with college this year, just seems dreary and depressing, but maybe it was the same last winter and I just don't remember?

The guy

It does seem pretty bad this year, maybe when spring comes around it will look better.

LeixlipRed

There's always mud in Maynooth. Spend more time on old campus. So much nicer over here

Ostrom

It is different this year....

Could by my cynical teaching head or the noisy shítheads nextdoor colouring my judgement, but something has changed since I started

lordgoat

I've prob been in May longer than most on here. Not in the college anymore but play soccer there and have lots of friends still in college. And this year is very odd. Even walking around the town it's changing, def less friendly and the canteen incident will have a huge negative impact over the net couple of months.

It's strange.

Acacia

The excessive mud is annoying me and the lack of canteen, but that's about it. People have always been getting locked here (it is college after all!). As for girls losing their looks, can't say I've noticed to honest. Were you watching the decline in looks of certain women or something? Most of the girls in Maynooth are noice (biased opinion as I'm a Maynooth girl, but anyhow! )

The reading room has always been packed, and the library is usually full too coming close to exams.

In short, I think Maynooth's great.

Though maybe I'm seeing everything through rose-tinted glasses cuz it's my last year! :pac:

Holsten

Overcrowding! And yes! The disco bar in the Roost sucks ass!

On Monday they had locked up all the pubs in the town at around 10/11... joke!

Michellenman

Holsten wrote: »

On Monday they had locked up all the pubs in the town at around 10/11... joke!

Yeah that was ridiculous. I left the SU at around 10pm to go to O'Neills (€3 drinks ftw) and the entrance doors were locked... Surely that's a fire hazard?!

whiteandlight

I'm sorry, but its christmas week, ie the week before the students go home. Most of them have deadlines just completed. Did you really think the town would be quiet?
This is my fifth year here and TBH I think it really depends on what you put into maynooth, what you get out of it. I've enjoyed every bit of those four previous years (even the weeks when I was the one with deadlines in xmas week)!

Beau

One more thing before I bring back some positivity to my posts, I do love Maynooth after all.

Having nobody to talk to in the careers office in my final year is a serious kick in the teeth! How long does it take to recruit someone.

Acacia

Beau wrote: »

Having nobody to talk to in the careers office in my final year is a serious kick in the teeth! How long does it take to recruit someone.

That I agree with. Pain in the arse, especially in final year. :mad:

r3nu4l

To be honest, the recruitment office was always piss-poor, not because of the staff per se but because the University always seemed to treat it as something they had to do rather than something they should enthusiastically foster. It was great for advice on interview techniques and CV preparation but as for helping you discover what to do with your degree...well it was never great.

I was in NUIM from 1992-2004 (Degree, PhD and post-doc), it was always muddy because of all the building work going on on-campus and the new estates springing up, as well as new Hotels like the Glenroyal. When I joined NUIM the SU was a pre-fab building, there was no Callan building, no Science building and no John Hume building. The gym and canteen were new as were the first apartments.

So over the years it was just a mudbath but I loved the place As has been said, you get from NUIM what you put into it. It's exam time over there (since NUIM went into semesterisation ) so of course the reading room and library are packed!

As for girls losing their great bods...well that happens to a lot of people who leave home for the first time and:
1) go mad
2) aren't used to having to cook for themselves cos Mammy isn't around.

They get lazy, grab a quick pizza before heading to the pub to booze and maybe have a burger and chips on the way home. That's standard for a lot of people, especially if they haven't joined a sports club. I knew a girl who lived on pot noodles and supermacs for the first four months of her time at NUIM. She bloated hugely then decided enough was enough, went tot he gym, ate properly and within months was back to her svelte self once again.

Haven't been back to NUIM for about a year now but last time I was there the place was looking great! New Lidl and Aldi, Manor Mills! I hear Tesco has changed too. Honestly, if you think NUIM is rubbish now, you'd have died had you been there 10-12 years ago

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pisslips

Not to worry I might try and make a comeback for next year.
I like the honesty of this thread.Also, I would say that after four years in the one small place one just naturally needs to braoden one's horizon's.

If I'm honest I hate the place, I just like some of the people left in it.Every time I walk through certain areas I start to feel a bit sick, I want to run away or collapse and give up or something.The little things that I didn't care about or could tolerate with the end in sight before, drive me crazy when I go back, i.e. the lay out of the paths and the way they erect wooden fences and plant trees to redirect the natural path.....I can't deal with the retardedness of it.
The administration, the bull****, the people who get completely confused when asked to do something slightly irregular.
The degree factory, the pointlessness of it all, the boredom, the same**** every day, the two hours of lectures a day.
THe only good thing about it for me actually was the drinking and a few rugby matches.
The way they boast about immunology and spatial stuff and other highly specialised sciences, that very little people do.
The way security watch you and ask you questions at night.
THe way the residence officers are always cynical and bitchy and view every student as some sort of child, even the ones older than them.
The pretention i've heard from absolute retards.
The overheard retardedness most of all, the sense that everyone is wasting their time, it just makes me want to get absolutely hammered.

God, if I go back I'll cry, or I,ll just have to treat it as a job or something.

I used to love Maynooth though, I think.

I'm so depressed right now.

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pisslips

I'm actually finished, thank god but i was thinking of going back for a post grad, don't know if I could take it though.
Maybe i'll could live with older working people, never hang around campus and become really boring or something.

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pisslips

Well yeah, in a perfect world but I was just particularly interested in a subject there. Maybe the year away will re invigorate me or something.
*prays*.

I would imagine that it would be more like a job than before so maybe that would feel different.

Crowdof1

4 years at maynooth was enough for me. The grey skies, the grey buildings, the greyish/brown mud. I've only been back a handful of times but it did seem awful bleak.

monty_python

for 3rd level students you guys cant spell for your life's

Beau wrote: »

A lot of girls come in thin and healthy and get progressively bigger..

DICKHEAD!!!!

banquo

I hate this place.

I'm not joking. I do music and the standard is a bunch of crap. I feel totally taken in by the prospectus.

In 3 years I have learned nothing. Not from not paying attention, I mean they're still telling us to "remember to include the *3rd* of the chord, that's very important..."

I shall never return. Even though I'll still be living in Maynooth I won't take the shortcut to town through the college.

A terrible place.

mp3guy

banquo wrote: »

I hate this place.

I'm not joking. I do music and the standard is a bunch of crap. I feel totally taken in by the prospectus.

In 3 years I have learned nothing. Not from not paying attention, I mean they're still telling us to "remember to include the *3rd* of the chord, that's very important..."

I shall never return. Even though I'll still be living in Maynooth I won't take the shortcut to town through the college.

A terrible place.

Sounds like you picked the wrong course.

I'm only in second year, but I like Maynooth as much as I did last year. Sure, the lack of the canteen is a bit of a downer, but there's nothing you can do about it. And I like the references to the Universities choice of weather conditions, who've thought they could control the weath- OH wait :rolleyes:

Beau

monty_python wrote: »

for 3rd level students you guys cant spell for your life's




DICKHEAD!!!!

And you've just come across a lot better!

Pisslips give us a hug and listen to donegalfella, I wouldn't dare come back to do a post grad in the college after spending four years already doing a degree. Why slog through another level of education anyway?

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Rozabeez

monty_python wrote: »

for 3rd level students you guys cant spell for your life's




DICKHEAD!!!!

I lol'd.

banquo

donegalfella wrote: »

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Hey, I know the point you're making, and it's a good one.

The truth is I did put a lot of research into my course. But I have no sympathy for those out there who were like 'What CAO course will I apply for? I've loads of CDs, so I think I'll do music...'

Sea Sharp

I kind of get the impression that the newer students seem to be brain-washed by MTV The Hills, if ya know what I mean .
But maybe it's the same as it always was only I see it different because it's not new and exciting anymore. I'm one of the older students now.

pisslips

Beau wrote: »

And you've just come across a lot better!

Pisslips give us a hug and listen to donegalfella, I wouldn't dare come back to do a post grad in the college after spending four years already doing a degree. Why slog through another level of education anyway?

I'm genuinely afraid to get a job.
I won't be able for it. It's the routine and the rules, I can't deal with it for more than like a week. Seriously I've always found summer jobs incredibly stressfull. Sometimes I say things like,''Nay, don't think I'll gett a job might get a few more years out of the system''
But in truth i don't think I'm able to do anything else, mostly because I don't do anything...........which is nice.

Anyway back on topic, I sometimes wonder whether I should have gone to another university.On the plus side, i don't think any other university would have given me a degree, in fact I'm sure they wouldn't have. However, it might have been good to be forced to work hard and learn things but then I guess thats adult education.Definitely not a fantastic place but then there's a lot of crap colleges around, it's not so bad in comparison.

The fat girls things, is just inevitable and we've no control over it.

I hated the canteen and am happy that it's gone.

hmm...what else.

Well, the worst experience of my life was living in the river apartments. i never realised what it was to be genuinely unhappy before that.I felt like getting naked and throwing faeces at the people walking past my glass and lino cage.

Then in second year I drove straight into a bridge

Then in third year I got destructively drunk and almost fell through the roof of the roost.

Maybe I shouldn't go back.

Maggie.23

Do you really think the college is responsible for all of the above!

pisslips

Yes, sure what else could it be?!

Ha, no but the course was a bit **** for the first two years and then there was the paths, they never made sense and the people(security) watching everyone all the time, thats what bugged me most. I'm not a ****ing criminal and I don't need your protection....**** OFF!.

''So,where are ye goin'?''
''I'm off to the secret sex dungeon that was once the basement of rye hall, thats why I have the mask, obviously. Of course there may be minors present, I'm just going to investigate.I'm a reporter you see, for the hedonist weekly. Actually you look familiar, do you have a daughter?''

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brianthebard

pisslips wrote: »

I'm genuinely afraid to get a job.
I won't be able for it. It's the routine and the rules, I can't deal with it for more than like a week. Seriously I've always found summer jobs incredibly stressfull. Sometimes I say things like,''Nay, don't think I'll gett a job might get a few more years out of the system''
But in truth i don't think I'm able to do anything else, mostly because I don't do anything...........which is nice.

Anyway back on topic, I sometimes wonder whether I should have gone to another university.On the plus side, i don't think any other university would have given me a degree, in fact I'm sure they wouldn't have. However, it might have been good to be forced to work hard and learn things but then I guess thats adult education.Definitely not a fantastic place but then there's a lot of crap colleges around, it's not so bad in comparison.

fwiw I often wondered the same thing, especially since I had been offered a place in Galway after I accepted Maynooth. But now I'm in Galway and its almost the exact same as Maynooth in terms of facilities, except everything is overused cause there's twice as many students. And all the buildings are piled on top of each other cause its in the city and can't expand out the way maynooth has. I don't think there's a big difference between any of the unis except Belfast and Trinity which are something else.

As for a postgrad being like a job, I hoped it would be but the first semester hasn't been. Trying to make a more comprehensive schedule for myself for second semester. maybe if you were doing a phd it could be like a job.

pisslips

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Right so, it's not a ****hole and I should apply but I'm too immature and should get a job and some responsibility.
Jesus,I haven't come far since secondary school.
Well, in truth if I don't do education now I'll never do it. I mean is there any point in getting a job just for emotional maturity?
Oh and the parents money thing isn't true, I'm independant.Although the taxpayer might be a different story.
I was just pointing out a pattern that should make me think about avoiding the place forever even if it's the person and not the place would one really want to stick around and find out?


Anyway, this thread is about Maynooth.Maybe it's not so bad except for the paths, security,campus and arts block.I did have a lot of fun there also, it was actually class but now I guess it just seems smaller, there's nowhere i haven't been in that town at this stage. Going out there now is almost....dare I say it.....boring, I mean what can you do that hasn't been done. Maybe I did achieve something, I'm pretty sure I'll never have as much fun as I did in Maynooth unless i win the lotto or something.It's not the same anymore though.

pisslips

brianthebard wrote: »

fwiw I often wondered the same thing, especially since I had been offered a place in Galway after I accepted Maynooth. But now I'm in Galway and its almost the exact same as Maynooth in terms of facilities, except everything is overused cause there's twice as many students. And all the buildings are piled on top of each other cause its in the city and can't expand out the way maynooth has. I don't think there's a big difference between any of the unis except Belfast and Trinity which are something else.

As for a postgrad being like a job, I hoped it would be but the first semester hasn't been. Trying to make a more comprehensive schedule for myself for second semester. maybe if you were doing a phd it could be like a job.

I knew in primary school that I just wanted to go to school forever. It's ****ing hard to organise yourself, I'd say the hardest thing by far.I guess the only thing anyone has to learn to be successfull at anything is self discipline. It's actually a really difficult ongoing task, it's not simple at all.I don't really care about facilities, I just want to sit in lectures and tutorials all day and get handed books and do a few exams, thats all I want, you just need one room with about 15 students and one teacher for that, thats all I need a college to deliver.Obviously it doesn't work like that though.

brianthebard

Not sure how a postgrad would work for you so tbh, there's a lot less involvement from lecturers.

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neil_hosey

im doing a phd in maynooth.. and done 4 years in it for a degree. Am still loving it though!!

The thing that gets me though is the LA is no more ..

The roost isnt as good anymore

The SU hasnt been the same since it got its make over about 4 years ago. It was the place to be before that, well for me anyway.

RAG week is different. Maybe its just all the old ppls are not here anymore.

The glenroyal is full of fookin scum bags and is gone to crap.

Never seen so many scum bags in one place than last night outside Supermacs, it was ****in mad.


The lack of the hall and gym is killing me at the moment cant wait till it gets sorted.

neil_hosey

...oh and if you want to stay in college after your degree do it.. and dont let anyone tell you you are being 'immature' or something just because you enjoy the college life.

I went working for a year before going back to may after my degree. Was only then i realised that i should of just stayed on.

pisslips

I was always of the opinion that I chose to learn because I enjoyed it. I've had guidance councellors say things like,''don't worry about employment just do what you want to do most''
And so I did
And here I am
Simple as that
Fact is I have to get a job now anyway be it research in persuit of a post grad or whatever else, there's noone giving me hand-outs(anymore).
I'm just not sure if I want a ''real job'' as some people might say.In fact it would probably mean a lot more work but at least I think I could do it and it might be interesting unlike the other option.Again though I would do it because I want to, not because of career development, in fact I've never even thought about career development. What the hell would I do with a career?Go to well-to-do bars and talk to ladys about my impressive c.v.?

And if you think I'm strange I know a few others in the same mind frame except some of them manage to fixate on something and convince themselves that it's very important and they would love to get the oppertunity to do that. It's what they always wanted really. And fair play to them. I'm just not bothered brainwashing myself so that I feel more comfortable with my choices.It's an absolute random occurance that I'm here now in this situation, there was no choice, people always take the easiest route......and then convince themselves otherwise.

neil_hosey

ur quite similiar to me in some respects pisslips.. I worked for a year in industry and realised the rat race was not for me. Ive no problem with working, but whole up at 7 in the morning back at 7 at night done my head in. Had no time to myself.

The vast majority of phds are funded or you can apply for funding through a number of routes so its not like you wouldnt have money, also you can do labs and other things depending wat dept your in.

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funky penguin

Sure Maynooth is lovely.

mp3guy

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happyoutscan

Beau wrote: »

I have been here for four years now.

Maybe you just need a change?

randylonghorn

mp3guy wrote: »

Now, now ... just because it burned down 3 weeks ago!!