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DT224 anyone?

  • 02-09-2009 4:23pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 36


    Ne1 goin doin optometry? Dunno wat 2 expect, really anxious. . wat if i dont like etc etc etc


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 929 ✭✭✭TheCardHolder


    Guy I know is doing it. He's a nice guy, I'm sure you will like him :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    DT224 here i come !!! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    are u a guy r a girl? hav ya dun physics b4?:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    blessed are we amongst women in optometry... A1 physics HL :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    opt wrote: »
    blessed are we amongst women in optometry... A1 physics HL :D

    WOW! Ur sorted :) it'l b much more useful than my A1 n chemistry :(hav u got accommodation yet?! hav ya alwayz wana do this course? i put it down but now i'm not 2 sure bout it. woz even tinkn of deferrn. . .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    u guy or a girl.... same here, kinda unsure but sure we'll give it a go :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    guy! hav u ne ideas how many hours we hav a wk?! hav ya ben ta dit kevin st, wats it like?! i hear da street itself ìs realy rough :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    dunno bout hours..was in kevin street for a look around a few weeks back,and got out alive..:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    opt wrote: »
    dunno bout hours..was in kevin street for a look around a few weeks back,and got out alive..:D

    well wats the college like? big/small? and what is the st like???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    its an old enough building :rolleyes:, but i hear optometry dept. is top of the range...the NOC only opened recently... seemed big enough.. it has swimming pool, and all that sort of jazz...st. seemed alright to me :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    oh rite not 2 bad. wher r u goin livin 4 d year? herberton? griffith?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 purple27


    Yup, I'm starting optometry this year :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    Yay! That makes 3 in the year! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 purple27


    Haha yup, yay! :D
    I'm a bit nervous I won't like it too, but then again it's the only course I wanted to do.:pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    purple27 wrote: »
    Haha yup, yay! :D
    I'm a bit nervous I won't like it too, but then again it's the only course I wanted to do.:pac:

    Tell me bout it! I woz half considerin deferrin the course, but only if I could sort myself with a job 1st :( which is kinda impossible when half the country hav nun!! i woz secretly hopin that the points would jump like mad so i wudnt get it!!! and like d deadline 4 droppin (without havin ta pay fees nxt yr) is oct 31st so that only gives like a 6 wk trial :( hav no idea wat ta expect


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 purple27


    simbaelmo wrote: »
    Tell me bout it! I woz half considerin deferrin the course, but only if I could sort myself with a job 1st :( which is kinda impossible when half the country hav nun!! i woz secretly hopin that the points would jump like mad so i wudnt get it!!! and like d deadline 4 droppin (without havin ta pay fees nxt yr) is oct 31st so that only gives like a 6 wk trial :( hav no idea wat ta expect

    Ah I'm sure we'll all love it...and if not we can suffer together :P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    how long ago did u get ur accom?!! everywhere seems 2 be booked up :( the only place i can find some left is in hazelwood santry? i wonder is that far out? ne idea? d other place is student gateway village in dublin 9?????


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 purple27


    I'm from Dublin, so I'm just staying at home. Haven't a clue about accommodation sorry


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    purple27 wrote: »
    I'm from Dublin, so I'm just staying at home. Haven't a clue about accommodation sorry

    oh rite i c. well wud u hav ne idea how long of a bus ride it wud be 4om santry 2 city centre?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    actually staying in hazelwood santry...really nice accom, depending on traffic :rolleyes: it takes anywhere from 35 to 50 mins, hop on the 16A in santry and it stops on aungier street, 5 min walk from dit kevin street, really handy...;), don't know much about the gateway, other than it's in the heart of ballymun..


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    opt wrote: »
    actually staying in hazelwood santry...really nice accom, depending on traffic :rolleyes: it takes anywhere from 35 to 50 mins, hop on the 16A in santry and it stops on aungier street, 5 min walk from dit kevin street, really handy...;), don't know much about the gateway, other than it's in the heart of ballymun..

    Yeah that's wher I woz lukin 2 but jese da bus journey is a real deal breaker. . 4 a 9am lecture it wud be an early start. Altho it is really really nice :) my other worry bout stayin ther is like payin 4 a taxin 2 get home at nite , how much wud it cost like?!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    I think it's around 20 eur for a taxi from Heuston on a Sunday evening... :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 purple27


    simbaelmo wrote: »
    Yeah that's wher I woz lukin 2 but jese da bus journey is a real deal breaker. . 4 a 9am lecture it wud be an early start. Altho it is really really nice :) my other worry bout stayin ther is like payin 4 a taxin 2 get home at nite , how much wud it cost like?!

    I don't think you'll be able to escape an early start, no matter where you live. :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    an early start never does any harm :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    purple27 wrote: »
    I don't think you'll be able to escape an early start, no matter where you live. :pac:

    oh jesus i'm so screwed then so... i literally had 2 be dragged outa bed 4 skol! i fear wat will happen when i'm tout seul in the big smoke just havin "5 more mins snooze" b4 i get up :( so it luks like the 1st yr opometry class has a total of 3 members . . . jese i hope its not hard 2 get 2 kno ppl :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    hide the alarm clock before bed, cruel way to wake up though!! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    opt wrote: »
    hide the alarm clock before bed, cruel way to wake up though!! :D

    ha! hey did u ever check out herberton or griffith halls tingy 4 accom? is ther ne reason ya pickd santry if ya dont mind me askin?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    ya i looked at herberton and griffith but they were WAY too expensive :eek::eek::eek:.. i know a few ppl that are in hazelwood for 2 yrs now, and there is is a lad from my year staying there as well, so i won't be all alone in the big smoke :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    opt wrote: »
    ya i looked at herberton and griffith but they were WAY too expensive :eek::eek::eek:.. i know a few ppl that are in hazelwood for 2 yrs now, and there is is a lad from my year staying there as well, so i won't be all alone in the big smoke :o

    Yeah a single room is a poor rip off alritey. . . i tink i'l just live in a cardboard box at the front of DIT kevin st . . seems 2 be d easiest option :) hey r u just goin 2 dat day on d 17th sept & then just go in on d 21st 4 wen tings start or are ya hangn round d place 4 a few dayz b4 and after induction?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    as far as i know we just need to be there on the 17th, so i'll probably come up for the day then move into apt on the 20th..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    opt wrote: »
    as far as i know we just need to be there on the 17th, so i'll probably come up for the day then move into apt on the 20th..

    i think i'll do the same. prob wont be much happenin nehow. i've ben on mydit tryin 2 view our timetable but i cant get in 2 d feckin ting :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 purple27


    simbaelmo wrote: »
    so it luks like the 1st yr opometry class has a total of 3 members . . . jese i hope its not hard 2 get 2 kno ppl :D

    Oh it will be, 2 people is way too many to get to know....:p
    Isn't there only like 20 people or something in our course anyway?

    so what are your names anyway, might as well get to know eachother haha. I'm Melanie :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    Just saw our timetable! Cracked how ya get in 2 c them after all this time :) hence the crazy hour i'm up til :) ha! nehow its very confusin (gone is the simplicity of the school timetable!) they have like 2 timetables all rolled n2 1 1 4 sept ta dec and d other 4om jan ta may i tink, not sure but i tink up til xmas we have 28 hours n total between lectures, tutorials, labs (didnt kno we had them why on earth wud we like?! we're hardly goin doin titrations now are we?!) nehow mon is 7 hours 9 ta 6 with 12 ta 2 off, tues is 7 hours 9 ta 5 with 1 ta 2 off, wed is a KILLER 8 hours 9 ta 6 with 1 ta 2 off, thurs 4 hours 9 ta 1 and fri 2 10 ta 12 :) so i'm tinkn thur nite will be party nite? :D:D fri bein da l8st we start & shortest day!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    Crazy hour is right :pac:.. how did you find the timetable :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    opt wrote: »
    Crazy hour is right :pac:.. how did you find the timetable :confused:

    Go 2 mydit.ie login by poppin in ur student number and the password is ur DOB then click on timetables when ya get logged in. 4 username Student Science and 4 password science (all lowercase) then click school of physics & type in course name, code and year. Viola!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    Look at the timetable (list version)..maybe i'm reading it wrong :o... but there isn't anything down for any Friday this side of Feb 5th 2010??.. except for something on the 6th Nov this year... :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 SocoAmoretoLime


    Optometry is great even if you're unsure about it, i know i was! Kevin St is small enough so you won't get lost and because your class is so small you make loads of close friends. I'm glad I'm doing it :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    opt wrote: »
    Look at the timetable (list version)..maybe i'm reading it wrong :o... but there isn't anything down for any Friday this side of Feb 5th 2010??.. except for something on the 6th Nov this year... :confused:

    Did u look at the graphics version tho opt? I cant make head nor tale of that list one :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    Optometry is great even if you're unsure about it, i know i was! Kevin St is small enough so you won't get lost and because your class is so small you make loads of close friends. I'm glad I'm doing it :)

    Cool. Thanks for the reassurance. But ive never dun physics b4 so now i feel like an ass for pickin this course! had u dun it b4?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 SocoAmoretoLime


    I think there were 5 or 6 of us who had physics out of 27, so you definitely won't be alone. Physics can be a bit hard to get your head around, I had it, so I was ok but I didn't have biology and I wish I had. See they tend to go slower for physics and chem and just cover the leaving cert syllabus more or less, but they assume everyone has biology so they cover waaaay more in that! Don't worry though, not having physics definitely shouldn't put you off and if you have any trouble the lecturers are happy to help :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    I didn't do biology for Leaving so will it be tougher than picking up physics??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 SocoAmoretoLime


    opt wrote: »
    I didn't do biology for Leaving so will it be tougher than picking up physics??
    If I had paid more attention it would have been fine! You should be alright, I think they move a bit faster in biology than physics, so in my opinion its harder to pick up the biology. In saying that its not too difficult, go in with an open mind, read over the notes and look up anything you don't understand (not trying to be a smartarse, wish I had done that!). All in all remember the lecturers aren't out to get you, they don't want to have to correct repeats in the summer as much as you don't want to have to sit them :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 opt


    Thanks for the help!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    I think there were 5 or 6 of us who had physics out of 27, so you definitely won't be alone. Physics can be a bit hard to get your head around, I had it, so I was ok but I didn't have biology and I wish I had. See they tend to go slower for physics and chem and just cover the leaving cert syllabus more or less, but they assume everyone has biology so they cover waaaay more in that! Don't worry though, not having physics definitely shouldn't put you off and if you have any trouble the lecturers are happy to help :)

    How many places are there in the course? I know in the prospectus it says 25 but i woz told they only take in like 20 or so coz its expensive 2 run. Is that true? woz also wonderin how many exams will we hav for 1st year xmas? i believe ther n jan so xmas will be RUINED :(:(:(:(:(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    opt wrote: »
    I didn't do biology for Leaving so will it be tougher than picking up physics??

    hey i did biology for the LC and its grand. really simple 2 understand ya just gotta keep on top of it & learn as u go along otherwise it can get very overwhelming


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 SocoAmoretoLime


    simbaelmo wrote: »
    How many places are there in the course? I know in the prospectus it says 25 but i woz told they only take in like 20 or so coz its expensive 2 run. Is that true? woz also wonderin how many exams will we hav for 1st year xmas? i believe ther n jan so xmas will be RUINED :(:(:(:(:(

    They take in 25 each year, and if there are any repeats you could have a few more in your year. 3 exams at the end of semester one in january (which is such a bad idea, i agree :() and then 6 at the end of semester 2 at the end of may. So 9 altogether! You get review weeks and stuff during the semesters and tutorials before the exams so you're not completely thrown in the deep end for the assessments :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    They take in 25 each year, and if there are any repeats you could have a few more in your year. 3 exams at the end of semester one in january (which is such a bad idea, i agree :() and then 6 at the end of semester 2 at the end of may. So 9 altogether! You get review weeks and stuff during the semesters and tutorials before the exams so you're not completely thrown in the deep end for the assessments :)


    uhhhhhh nooo. . . wat 3 exams are after xmas??? are they tough 1s?? how the hell are ya supposed 2 study over xmas with all ur pals at home socialisn :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 SocoAmoretoLime


    simbaelmo wrote: »
    uhhhhhh nooo. . . wat 3 exams are after xmas??? are they tough 1s?? how the hell are ya supposed 2 study over xmas with all ur pals at home socialisn :(
    After christmas you'll have maths, geometrical optics (thats physics based, its to do with lenses) and cell biology. Maths is easy, geometrical optics if fine once you attend the lectures (definitely go to the tutorial lectures before the exams, and run through past papers, the questions are very similiar), and cell biology is ok if you keep on top of it. It is kinda annoying going home to see all your friends from UCC/UL/TCD have finished their exams and you have to study but on the bright side you get a week/a week and a half off after exams . . . just give yourself a break for going out christmas/new years and cram cram cram before the exams ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 simbaelmo


    After christmas you'll have maths, geometrical optics (thats physics based, its to do with lenses) and cell biology. Maths is easy, geometrical optics if fine once you attend the lectures (definitely go to the tutorial lectures before the exams, and run through past papers, the questions are very similiar), and cell biology is ok if you keep on top of it. It is kinda annoying going home to see all your friends from UCC/UL/TCD have finished their exams and you have to study but on the bright side you get a week/a week and a half off after exams . . . just give yourself a break for going out christmas/new years and cram cram cram before the exams ;)

    wats maths like 4 sum1 who only has dun pass:(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 SocoAmoretoLime


    simbaelmo wrote: »
    wats maths like 4 sum1 who only has dun pass:(
    Its grand, we had a few that did pass and no-one failed. You get 'homework' which counts for 20% of your mark, so if you have any trouble you can get help from someone that did hons. Another 20% is a class test, and the remaining 60% is from the end of semester exam. And in the library there is a maths learning centre, you can go there and get help from maths lecturers, and its free you just go along. No need to worry :)


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