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Advice for first years

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  • #62
    Peleus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    Jonathan wrote: »
    You buy them when you need them or else store them in a cool dry place where they won't get damaged.

    I kept one in my passport for a while there. That was a good spot. Tho it always fell out whenever i gave my passport to a bouncer.

    Continuing students can just pay the epay thing and leave it at that right?


  • #63
    Fringe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Fringe


    Jammyc wrote: »
    So how long are lectures/labs/tutorials or whatnot on average?

    I think lectures are 50 minutes with 10 minutes for you to get around. Labs are 3 hours but if you work quickly, you can get out quicker.


  • #64
    Mark200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    Labs for Computer Science were 2 hours last year


  • #65
    starn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭starn


    mardybumbum wrote: »
    Did anyone ever see your man that wandered around the hamilton library last year.
    He was a bit of a biker.
    Long, dark, curlyish hair.
    Always carried a helmet with him.
    Leather jacket and leather trousers.
    There would always be a squelching sound as he walked passed.
    I could only imagine the levels of chafing that occured.

    Id heard all about him, but never seen him before until yesterday. He was in Hamilton libary wearing full biking leathers. It was very warm. I dont know how he manages it.


  • #66
    starn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭starn


    Craguls wrote: »
    ?
    Any and all tips are appreciated :)

    DONT DRINK THE WATER, FROM THE WATER FOUNTIN IN THE ARTS BLOCK


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  • #67
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    starn wrote: »
    DONT DRINK THE WATER, FROM THE WATER FOUNTIN IN THE ARTS BLOCK

    Why? what do you know??


  • #68
    johnl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭johnl


    andrew wrote: »
    Why? what do you know??
    It tastes like heavy metal.


  • #69
    Hamiltonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭Hamiltonion


    Metallica are bottled now?


  • #70
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    johnl wrote: »
    It tastes like heavy metal.

    Tastes fine to me!
    Metallica are bottled now?

    Zing!


  • #71
    Futurism
    Closed Accounts Posts: 553 ✭✭✭Futurism


    Hamiltonion wrote: »
    Metallica are bottled now?

    That made me laugh. Thank you.


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  • #72
    Pet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,579 ✭✭✭Pet


    The implication that Metallica are heavy metal made me laugh.


  • #73
    johnl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭johnl


    andrew wrote: »
    Tastes fine to me!
    Talking about the ones that aren't the one good one down beside the Coke machines...
    The ones on each floor, near the staircases.


  • #74
    ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI


    Pet wrote: »
    The implication that Metallica are heavy metal made me laugh.

    I don't get it?


  • #75
    Captain Flaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭Captain Flaps


    ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI wrote: »
    I don't get it?

    I pictured him wiping his hands on his megadeth t-shirt as he typed that, stroking his goatee in glee.


  • #76
    jingx3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭jingx3


    Metallica and Megadeth are overated. You should try listening to Dragonforse. :D


  • #77
    Captain Flaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭Captain Flaps


    It surprises me not one bit that a Dragonforce fan can't spell. I've heard that can happen when you listen to nothing but scales played really fast.


  • #78
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    johnl wrote: »
    Talking about the ones that aren't the one good one down beside the Coke machines...
    The ones on each floor, near the staircases.

    Ooooh, yeah, those ones are ****. The water comes out with about as much pressure as a baby's drool. The one beside the coke machines is great.


  • #79
    jingx3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭jingx3


    Captain Flaps wrote: »
    It surprises me not one bit that a Dragonforce fan can't spell. I've heard that can happen when you listen to nothing but scales played really fast.

    Dont hate on them just cause you cant hear the notes!


  • #80
    Captain Flaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭Captain Flaps


    Not hearing notes: A staple of all good metal.


  • #81
    starn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭starn


    andrew wrote: »
    Why? what do you know??

    You dont want to know. Just DONT DO IT


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  • #82
    Alexl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭Alexl


    jingx3 wrote: »
    Dont hate on them just cause you cant hear the notes!

    A good a reason as any, plus the fact that one song is not discernible from another doesn't help.


  • #83
    aine-maire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭aine-maire


    Thanks. As a first year this is great advice :o

    :p


  • #84
    papu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,356 ✭✭✭papu


    Can't wait for all of this , Tis gonna be amazin


  • #85
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    The Ussher library is the best for naps.

    Also, if the person who left a note on my desk while I napped there, saying 'While you were sleeping, America has blown itself using a new nuclear weapon. Russia has claimed the remnants. Also, I stole one of your Kidneys,' is reading this, WHO ARE YOU?


  • #86
    wantacookie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭wantacookie


    this hhas been funny and enlightening advice! much appreciated! :D


  • #87
    EGaffney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 288 ✭✭EGaffney


    Make your own food for eating in College, buying lunch from a shop or restaurant is way more expensive.

    Don't be surprised if they have a roll call for some of your classes like in school. Don't be surprised if nobody cares if you go to other classes.

    Depending on how continuous assessment is structured in your course, you may not need to buy every core text immediately. Definitely buy them if you have to answer weekly questions from a textbook. You don't want to have to borrow that from the library at the same time as everyone else, or find that the questions in the 2nd edition are totally different to those in the 3rd edition.

    When writing essays, learn to use spell check. (Or learn to spell.) This will give you a surprising edge over many of your classmates. Many people have intelligent ideas, but harm the communication of those ideas by typing up their document with spelling errors intact, and it leaves a bad impression when readers are correcting your work. Oddly enough, errors seem more common when students type than when they handwrite. People are systemically biased towards believing they can do things well and that includes spelling, so bear that in mind. Another systemic bias is when readers assume that a single spelling error means the author isn't being clear in the text as a whole. On the other hand, Boards seems to train people to check what they write before they type it, so this isn't hugely relevant here.


  • #88
    Jimdw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭Jimdw


    from my part I'll add bring your own lunch, it's 5 times cheaper.
    Everything else, you'll get fine. Stay away from foreiners there are many, especially from ME


  • #89
    gnl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭gnl


    Jimdw wrote: »
    Stay away from foreiners there are many, especially from ME

    Why? Do you mean tourists or international students?


  • #90
    Killaqueen!!!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,026 ✭✭✭Killaqueen!!!


    Would people look at ya funny if you brought your own lunch or could you get away with sitting on a bench with your lunchbox :D


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  • #91
    DemonOfTheFall
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭DemonOfTheFall


    Who gives a feck how people look at you for bringing your own food, it saves you a night out a week in rip off lunches! Also no, I dont think anyone would take any notice unless they were really up themselves, they're more likely to be jealous that you were arsed to bring food and they weren't.


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