Arts in Maynooth vs Arts in UCD

kevogy

both colleges have the courses i want i just dont really know which college to put down first...

any ideas

degausserxo

The only thing that's making me put Maynooth before UCD is that it's a three year course instead of a four year one.

pathway33

bigger and better library in ucd

bigger and better town in maynooth

pathway33

for some courses in ucd they do these continuous assessment multiple choice questionaires which a lot of people hate. They can count for 50% of your final mark. They have negative marking also in that if you start guessing answers they give you minus 1 :eek:

dont think they do these in maynooth

degausserxo

What do you wanna do in arts, if you don't mind me asking?

pathway33

i think ucd have their semester 1 exams in december but maynooth have them in january so you get the christmas hols to study for them. Then again who wants to be swotting over christmas.

Liam O

I dunno, I don't have Arts in Maynooth down on my Cao, but I have UCD. I live in Howth and never went to the open day, how long is it from Connolly to Maynooth?

pathway33

Liam O wrote: »

I dunno, I don't have Arts in Maynooth down on my Cao, but I have UCD. I live in Howth and never went to the open day, how long is it from Connolly to Maynooth?

about 45 mins if you get the intercity train

about 25 if you get the sligo train. 1st stop is maynooth

kevogy

degausserxo wrote: »

What do you wanna do in arts, if you don't mind me asking?

most lightly:
french, computer science and physics somthing or other depending where i go

GVNDNN

Maynooth defintely

Ucd is discusting, concrete block,
And for al the reasons stated above Maynooth,
And you get to try every different subject before you even choose them, UCD you can't do this

For example you can sit into geography lectures then french etc etc then you choose your 3 after 8 weeks

K4t

GVNDNN wrote: »

Maynooth defintely

Ucd is discusting, concrete block,
And for al the reasons stated above Maynooth,
And you get to try every different subject before you even choose them, UCD you can't do this

For example you can sit into geography lectures then french etc etc then you choose your 3 after 8 weeks

Ya UCD is like a jungle apparently and I think I'd get eye strain from all the orange!

I have maynooth down first aswell. Is that true about getting to sit into all the arts subjects lectures? That's really great.

GVNDNN

Yeah my cousin started Maynooth this year because she left her old course, and she said you can, she never knew about it, she loved it, she picked 1 course she never had planned, and loved it

kevogy

kevogy wrote: »

most lightly:
french, computer science and physics somthing or other depending where i go

Apart from French, you could do the other two through a general science degree.

pathway33

K4t wrote: »

Is that true about getting to sit into all the arts subjects lectures?

I heard that as well

kevogy

K4t wrote: »

Is that true about getting to sit into all the arts subjects lectures? That's really great.

yea i think thats true aswell you can change your subject if you dont like it

GVNDNN

It's the main reason i have Arts in Maynooth number 1

K4t

degausserxo wrote: »

The only thing that's making me put Maynooth before UCD is that it's a three year course instead of a four year one.

What is the difference of the year due to may I ask? Is the maynooth degree just as valid and respected as the UCD one?

pathway33

K4t wrote: »

What is the difference of the year due to may I ask? Is the maynooth degree just as valid and respected as the UCD one?

yep. both honours degrees. both level 8.

K4t

pathway33 wrote: »

yep. both honours degrees. both level 8.

So the only difference is that we're saving money by going to Maynooth.

GVNDNN

And you need 5 more points for Maynooth

OneArt

I had Maynooth first for a while but then I changed UCD (its now third behind DCU) because a) I think a four-year degree is better than a three year one (for me personally anyway) b) UCD offers Italian, Maynooth only offers Spanish or French c) Horizons! I'll be able to do modules in subjects other than languages, stuff that I'm actually interested in like Italian history etc.

With that said I hope to God I get DCU.

KnifeWRENCH

degausserxo wrote: »

The only thing that's making me put Maynooth before UCD is that it's a three year course instead of a four year one.

If I were you I'd go with the 4 year course tbh. An extra year in college means you've another to spend living the student life and you'll be a year older and wiser before you have to face the big bad world.

Time flies when you're in college: I'm halfway through my 4 year degree and it feels like I've barely started!

K4t

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

If I were you I'd go with the 4 year course tbh. An extra year in college means you've another to spend living the student life and you'll be a year older and wiser before you have to face the big bad world.

Time flies when you're in college: I'm halfway through my 4 year degree and it feels like I've barely started!

Recession........! I think everyone matures at different ages aswell tbh. I know a lad who will be 17 going into college and they are very wise beyond their years.

randylonghorn

degausserxo wrote: »

The only thing that's making me put Maynooth before UCD is that it's a three year course instead of a four year one.

K4t wrote: »

What is the difference of the year due to may I ask? Is the maynooth degree just as valid and respected as the UCD one?

pathway33 wrote: »

yep. both honours degrees. both level 8.

Em ... where are you lot getting that the BA in Maynooth is 3 years and the BA in UCD is 4?!

Both colleges offer 3 year BAs as the default option, as far as I am aware. Both colleges offer some specialist BA's with an extra year (e.g. with a language option and a year studying abroad). As far as I remember there are similar 4-year options in the other NUI universities as well.

Has something changed and no-one told me?! O_o

pathway33

randylonghorn wrote: »

Em ... where are you lot getting that the BA in Maynooth is 3 years and the BA in UCD is 4?!

Both colleges offer 3 year BAs as the default option, as far as I am aware. Both colleges offer some specialist BA's with an extra year (e.g. with a language option and a year studying abroad). As far as I remember there are similar 4-year options in the other NUI universities as well.

Has something changed and no-one told me?! O_o

dunno why you're dragging me into this ...I never said ucd was 4 anyway maynooth still beats ucd

randylonghorn

Lol, wasn't dragging anyone anywhere, just following one particular stream of consciousness ...

K4t

K4t wrote: »

Recession........! I think everyone matures at different ages aswell tbh. I know a lad who will be 17 going into college and they are very wise beyond their years.

Yes but wait 'til he's allowed purchase booze. Then we'll see!

tootyflutty

MAYNOOTH!!!!

I'll see you there, I have Maynooth down as my 1st and UCD as my last :P

pakblue

I'm a in college in Maynooth at the moment though im studying Science but yes it is true you can swap modules, subjects even courses before a certain date which I cant remember.

I cant really speak about UCD but Maynooth is a great college also it has a great social side of it. Only very few dislike Maynooth these are normally (I find anyway) who only hang around with people they knew from outside the college before hand.

Also depending on you subjects expect to find all your lectures in JH1 lecture theater never mind John Hume Building.

Philly Notaro

GVNDNN wrote: »

Maynooth defintely

Ucd is discusting, concrete block,
And for al the reasons stated above Maynooth,
And you get to try every different subject before you even choose them, UCD you can't do this

For example you can sit into geography lectures then french etc etc then you choose your 3 after 8 weeks

Yeah you can definitley do that but you have to choose your 3 subjects after 4 weeks not 8...

Mardy Bum

kevogy wrote: »

most lightly:
french, computer science and physics somthing or other depending where i go

You won't be doing physics for your Art degree as its not a subject choice...

beautifulmeath

degausserxo wrote: »

The only thing that's making me put Maynooth before UCD is that it's a three year course instead of a four year one.

what??? UCD is 3 years!!!

beautifulmeath

GVNDNN wrote: »

Maynooth defintely

Ucd is discusting, concrete block,
And for al the reasons stated above Maynooth,
And you get to try every different subject before you even choose them, UCD you can't do this

For example you can sit into geography lectures then french etc etc then you choose your 3 after 8 weeks

not strictly true-you have a 2week trial period per semester and you don't pick you major till 2nd year

beautifulmeath

GVNDNN wrote: »

And you need 5 more points for Maynooth

actually 40, UCD has a broader range of subjects but a higher number of places. so the points are lower