Most rewarding college courses/places to study?

Rob!

With the CAO deadline next week I'm making my final decisions with regard to college course choices. Any suggestions with regard to courses which you would consider to be rewarding?

Currently i've a bit of everything down; engineering, science, business, politics etc. I'm really trying to focus my choices at this stage though rather than playing russian roulette with regard to the next 4 yrs of my life.

From one perspective I want a degree that is useful when I'm finished but also I want something that is genuinely enjoyable and challenging. Of course I'm also looking at which uni to choose; UCC, NUIG or UL?

Just wondering what you would do/are doing in this situation. Posts from other LC's/college students would be most helpful! Dang its just hard to choose!

AMixedBag

Rob! wrote: »

With the CAO deadline next week I'm making my final decisions with regard to college course choices. Any suggestions with regard to courses which you would consider to be rewarding?

Currently i've a bit of everything down; engineering, science, business, politics etc. I'm really trying to focus my choices at this stage though rather than playing russian roulette with regard to the next 4 yrs of my life.

From one perspective I want a degree that is useful when I'm finished but also I want something that is genuinely enjoyable and challenging. Of course I'm also looking at which uni to choose; UCC, NUIG or UL?

Just wondering what you would do/are doing in this situation. Posts from other LC's/college students would be most helpful! Dang its just hard to choose!

UL, sports, sports, sports!
damn, MJ's dead, hard to think about sports to be honest..

pathway33

Rob! wrote: »

engineering, science, business, politics etc. ........ From one perspective I want a degree that is useful when I'm finished but also I want something that is genuinely enjoyable and challenging. Of course I'm also looking at which uni to choose; UCC, NUIG or UL?

engineering/science V business/politics .......what are you predicting in maths?

1. nuig
2. ucc
3. UL

Gavin "shels"

Personnally I'm going for Computers/IT, over 3,000 vacant IT jobs in Ireland every year and the rest that are filled are half filled with foreign graduates from abroad as there isn't enough qualified Irish to fill them.

brazilicious

UCC in a word = unreal

pathway33

ya ucc is better than nuig but galways a better city

christina_x

the way i would of thought about it, which college you prefer is going to depend on the people there

mink_man

ennis community college is better than all of those!

KnifeWRENCH

This is going to sound awfully trite but the best course is the one that you will enjoy studying most. It's all well and good picking a course that will give you great career options,but if you don't enjoy the course and become fed up of college it's not worth it.

On the other hand, if you find yourself willing to get out of bed to walk in the rain for a 9am lecture, you're definitely doing the right course!

As for the best place to study, picking the right course should be your number 1 priority. This should take privilege oer picking the "right" place to study. Hopefully you'll enjoy the student life regardless of where you end up.

geurrp the yard

Gavin shels wrote: »

Personnally I'm going for Computers/IT, over 3,000 vacant IT jobs in Ireland every year and the rest that are filled are half filled with foreign graduates from abroad as there isn't enough qualified Irish to fill them.

I very much doubt many of these are graduate positions. Just as well your going into college during a recession.

geurrp the yard

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

This is going to sound awfully trite but the best course is the one that you will enjoy studying most. It's all well and good picking a course that will give you great career options,but if you don't enjoy the course and become fed up of college it's not worth it.

On the other hand, if you find yourself willing to get out of bed to walk in the rain for a 9am lecture, you're definitely doing the right course!

As for the best place to study, picking the right course should be your number 1 priority. This should take privilege oer picking the "right" place to study. Hopefully you'll enjoy the student life regardless of where you end up.

Couldnt have said it better meself. Brilliant advice.

randylonghorn

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

This is going to sound awfully trite but the best course is the one that you will enjoy studying most. It's all well and good picking a course that will give you great career options,but if you don't enjoy the course and become fed up of college it's not worth it.

On the other hand, if you find yourself willing to get out of bed to walk in the rain for a 9am lecture, you're definitely doing the right course!

As for the best place to study, picking the right course should be your number 1 priority. This should take privilege oer picking the "right" place to study. Hopefully you'll enjoy the student life regardless of where you end up.

What she said! ^^

Ok, maybe choosing a degree in the Existentialist Philosophy of Basket-weaving may be a bit OTT, but it's absolutely silly picking a course in say Mechanical Engineering "coz there's jobs innit!"

Firstly, as we have clearly seen over the last couple of years, the jobs won't necessarily be in the same area when you graduate.

Secondly, if you hate the course and have to constantly force yourself onward, the chances of you graduating, or at least graduating with a good result, are greatly diminished.

Thirdly, even if you do, and end up getting a job in the field, and you hate it, what's the point?

Fourthly, many people only specialise / target for employment at post-grad level ... and post-grad will become even more important for any decent job over the next few years. Get an education first, then worry about getting a training.

All that said, if you know that there are two things you will definitely enjoy: 1) Languages and 2) Existentialist Philosophy of Basket-weaving ... it might be worth considering putting Languages first!