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snowflakes

Hi!
There seems to be loads of posts asking the same sort of questions that I am wondering about but I cant find exactly what Im looking for.

Im just wondering what the story is on the 14th, I have to be there at 9am. How are you supposed to get your duvet, clothes..etc into the appartment and all?

Does anyone have an idea of the procedure that day?

Thanks in advance!

Liber8or

I would suggest not bringing any of your stuff up to Maynooth on the first day.
Wait until you actually get your Apartment key and have all the registration sorted. Once you have that done, then you make plans on how to get your stuff up during the remainder of the week.

Thwip!

Liber8or wrote: »

I would suggest not bringing any of your stuff up to Maynooth on the first day.
Wait until you actually get your Apartment key and have all the registration sorted. Once you have that done, then you make plans on how to get your stuff up during the remainder of the week.

but do you not get your apartment key when you go up. provided you have proof that you've the 1st semesters rent paid for ant the utilities deposit paid for too?

pakblue

Back when I was a fresher (3 yrs ago :eek:) you went into the Residence Office beside River Apartments and they gave you a key card to your apartment.

Though it could have changed by now and could differ if you are in Village or Rye.

Was there not any information on this in the starter pack they send out?

xochillixo

apartments available from the 14th onwards so even if you're not registring until that day you can still bring all your stuff up and move in!!
go to the residents office and they'l sort everything out

Thwip!

xochillixo wrote: »

apartments available from the 14th onwards so even if you're not registring until that day you can still bring all your stuff up and move in!!
go to the residents office and they'l sort everything out

coolio thanks, so you just need proof of payment of utilites and 1st semester rent to get your key yeah?

Xqzciara

do you need to bring proof of payment?
iv paid all mine but dont have any proof, i never asked for a receipt. i hope they'l let me in!!lol

Thwip!

Xqzciara wrote: »

do you need to bring proof of payment?
iv paid all mine but dont have any proof, i never asked for a receipt. i hope they'l let me in!!lol

im pretty sure you do, i think so anyway

Xqzciara

o dear..how will i get proof then?

Thwip!

Xqzciara wrote: »

o dear..how will i get proof then?

i've no clue tbh, i only paid mine today and just kept the bank receipt...maybe ring the residence office in the morning and ask?

masherella88

i don't think you need to bring proof of payment...they have it all on file on their computers although, if you have an email that has a reference number or something, print that and bring it with you just to put your mind at ease

Xqzciara

masherella88 wrote: »

i don't think you need to bring proof of payment...they have it all on file on their computers although, if you have an email that has a reference number or something, print that and bring it with you just to put your mind at ease

thanks a mill, altho im in village apartments so all of mine is done through post..no emails for some reason!
i just checked my letter and it said i had to bring the letter as proof i got offered a place, a passport photo, and bed stuff. and thats all..phew!

masherella88

ah the village apartments are great, lived there two years on the trot in leavey 3...was super! had some great times there, village apartments are the best, they feel more like homes than the others and they're the cheapest got a house this year though

Thwip!

Xqzciara wrote: »

thanks a mill, altho im in village apartments so all of mine is done through post..no emails for some reason!
i just checked my letter and it said i had to bring the letter as proof i got offered a place, a passport photo, and bed stuff. and thats all..phew!

passport photo? whats that about?

Xqzciara

masherella88 wrote: »

ah the village apartments are great, lived there two years on the trot in leavey 3...was super! had some great times there, village apartments are the best, they feel more like homes than the others and they're the cheapest got a house this year though

really? im so happy to hear that
ive been asking around on forums what they'e like but no1s been able to answer me...they just keep giving out about not having ensuites! i dont even mind sharing a bathroom...its not like i have my own one at home lol.
thanks for that!
oh is the internet in village wired like river and rye or is it wireless?

masherella88

i don't actually know why they ask for a passport photo...but i know people that never gave them in and they were never asked for 'em either

Xqzciara

jpcarlow wrote: »

passport photo? whats that about?

dont know dude, prob 4 our key card or somethin

Thwip!

Xqzciara wrote: »

dont know dude, prob 4 our key card or somethin

are our pics on keycards...like is it a photo for the size of a passport we bring..or our actual passports?


btw the internet in village is wireless, my friend is there and you will love it

masherella88

Xqzciara wrote: »

really? im so happy to hear that
ive been asking around on forums what they'e like but no1s been able to answer me...they just keep giving out about not having ensuites! i dont even mind sharing a bathroom...its not like i have my own one at home lol.
thanks for that!
oh is the internet in village wired like river and rye or is it wireless?

i loved the village apartments, rye ones look like a prison (although they're meant to be alright inside, i never spent too much time in them) and the river ones remind me of hospitals or waiting rooms or something, a very clinical vibe about them.

yeah it's 2 bathrooms to 5 bedrooms. if you're on the groundfloor one is a disabled bathroom. so it's got a lower down shower. we were on the groundfloor and never really used that shower-we were 5 girls and we all shared one shower with no problems it was absolutely fine!

internet is wireless in the village, no wired access at all

village apartments are mainly kept all girls or all boys together in an apartment (although there are the few exceptions, i guess because of uneven numbers). this was because the st.patrick's part owned them-village has a separate reception to rye and river, and it's why you get post and not emails from them too i think :P

xochillixo

masherella88 wrote: »

i loved the village apartments, rye ones look like a prison (although they're meant to be alright inside, i never spent too much time in them) and the river ones remind me of hospitals or waiting rooms or something, a very clinical vibe about them.

yeah it's 2 bathrooms to 5 bedrooms. if you're on the groundfloor one is a disabled bathroom. so it's got a lower down shower. we were on the groundfloor and never really used that shower-we were 5 girls and we all shared one shower with no problems it was absolutely fine!

internet is wireless in the village, no wired access at all

village apartments are mainly kept all girls or all boys together in an apartment (although there are the few exceptions, i guess because of uneven numbers). this was because the st.patrick's part owned them-village has a separate reception to rye and river, and it's why you get post and not emails from them too i think :P

u think its better all girls and all boys in different apartments?? i havnt made my mind up about it?

masherella88

xochillixo wrote: »

u think its better all girls and all boys in different apartments?? i havnt made my mind up about it?

i don't know, i've never experienced living in a mixed apartment...but i wouldn't have a problem living with boys at all, shall be living with 2 this year. i don't think gender really matters, it's what the person's like at the end of the day. i was lucky that i lived with 4 other lovely people, they just happened to be girls

i didn't mean anything by saying that village apartments were usually kept all male or all female, was just letting y'all know is all

banquo

Wow, these new posters sure do like posting.

Veterans, we must not be overwhelmed!

/posts like crazy

masherella88

banquo wrote: »

Wow, these new posters sure do like posting.

Veterans, we must not be overwhelmed!

/posts like crazy

the more the merrier, no? :P

Thwip!

banquo wrote: »

Wow, these new posters sure do like posting.

Veterans, we must not be overwhelmed!

/posts like crazy

ah but you veterans still hold all the power of knowledge on how to navigate this forum

banquo

jpcarlow wrote: »

ah but you veterans still hold all the power of knowledge on how to navigate this forum

Hell, no. I'm trapped here!

But seriously, it's really great to see this forum so alive. Not too long ago it was almost left for dead. Great stuff.

Thwip!

banquo wrote: »

Hell, no. I'm trapped here!

But seriously, it's really great to see this forum so alive. Not too long ago it was almost left for dead. Great stuff.

really? its hard to imagine this being dead, it's great fun...i'm after talking to so many fellow freshers so its gonna make starting maynooth a hell of a lot easier

masherella88

jpcarlow wrote: »

really? its hard to imagine this being dead, it's great fun...i'm after talking to so many fellow freshers so its gonna make starting maynooth a hell of a lot easier

it would've been easy even if you hadn't found this forum...maynooth is super friendly!

xochillixo

masherella88 wrote: »

it would've been easy even if you hadn't found this forum...maynooth is super friendly!

well lets hope so... im going up monday but everyone is probably going to be registring while im left to unpack for a whole day by myself in the apartment im not regestering until wed... lets hope this does not happen

masherella88

that's what happened to me in 1st year...nobody else moved in for days, i was the only first year in the apartment!

but all you have to do is give a knock next door and join the party...there will be parties all over the shop, don't be afraid to knock and ask to be let in! best way to get to know the neighbours...just talk to everyone no matter how shy or nervous you feel! everyone's in the same boat!

alancostello

It's things like this that make me wish I was living in Maynooth for the next 4 years...I know I'm in Leixlip but it might as well me a million miles away

masherella88

don't worry alan, you can always sleep on floors and sofas of the new friends that you are gonna make from time to time!

irishlad0

masherella88 wrote: »

i don't actually know why they ask for a passport photo...but i know people that never gave them in and they were never asked for 'em either

i like, sent off a passport photo with my lease agreements and medical stuff??

so wheres everyone staying? in in apartment 8 in rye.. moving up the day b4 orientation!

Thwip!

irishlad0 wrote: »

i like, sent off a passport photo with my lease agreements and medical stuff??

so wheres everyone staying? in in apartment 8 in rye.. moving up the day b4 orientation!

it's weird i never got anything about medical stuff or photos for when i got my campus, that being said i only got offered campus late as a result of people turning down it and only got notified by email so maybe i haven't got all the information


i'm in avoca 10 in river, feel free to pop by:D

moving up this sunday

xochillixo

do you know what.. i think ive changed my mind.. iwas going to go up very early and be in maynooth on monday morning but y would i take the chance that 1. my roomates arent moving until later in the week
2. all my roomates have orientation that day
mayb i should just go up monday evening and not sit bored in my room all day as im not registering until wednesday....

unless anybody can tell me who will be in mullin hall (village)!!!

Thwip!

xochillixo wrote: »

do you know what.. i think ive changed my mind.. iwas going to go up very early and be in maynooth on monday morning but y would i take the chance that 1. my roomates arent moving until later in the week
2. all my roomates have orientation that day
mayb i should just go up monday evening and not sit bored in my room all day as im not registering until wednesday....

unless anybody can tell me who will be in mullin hall (village)!!!

they mightn't be busy they could be there with you, and there's always neighbours, and i know a pile of people who are going to be going up sunday/monday morning so if you need a group to keep you occupied just holler, more than welcome to join

xochillixo

jpcarlow wrote: »

they mightn't be busy they could be there with you, and there's always neighbours, and i know a pile of people who are going to be going up sunday/monday morning so if you need a group to keep you occupied just holler, more than welcome to join

but are these people doin arts?? they will b in lectures all day
wel i supose you arent GO SCIENCE!!!

Thwip!

xochillixo wrote: »

but are these people doin arts?? they will b in lectures all day
wel i supose you arent GO SCIENCE!!!

i'm doing arts....but the lectures are optiional, you go to the ones you want to. if you liek you dont have to go to the lectures

Xqzciara

unless anybody can tell me who will be in mullin hall (village)!!![/quote]

ill be in village but im not in mullin, im in hargadon. im gonna go up monday mornin, for 9ish?

xochillixo

Xqzciara wrote: »

unless anybody can tell me who will be in mullin hall (village)!!!

ill be in village but im not in mullin, im in hargadon. im gonna go up monday mornin, for 9ish?[/quote]

will u be attending lectures???
ah yes we are not too far from each other....
b expecting a house party in mullin bottom floor soon!

xochillixo

jpcarlow wrote: »

i'm doing arts....but the lectures are optiional, you go to the ones you want to. if you liek you dont have to go to the lectures

oh.. thought u were doing arts for some reason ya i supose il think about it some more!!! mayb its the thought of geting up early for a 3 hour journey!!
i want to save my energy for that night!

Xqzciara

no sure lectures dont start till d 21st.iv orientation mon an tues tho!

oo a party,excellent!!i might attend if my housemates arent there yet!

o i had a very strange dream that my housemate was a little 4 year old boy called colin with something wrong with his legs..freaky stuff

Thwip!

xochillixo wrote: »

oh.. thought u were doing arts for some reason ya i supose il think about it some more!!! mayb its the thought of geting up early for a 3 hour journey!!
i want to save my energy for that night!

yeah i am doing arts, but ove pretty much decided on my subjects already from talking to 2nd and 3rd years

as for the house party, count me in;)

xochillixo

Xqzciara wrote: »

no sure lectures dont start till d 21st.iv orientation mon an tues tho!

oo a party,excellent!!i might attend if my housemates arent there yet!

o i had a very strange dream that my housemate was a little 4 year old boy called colin with something wrong with his legs..freaky stuff

wel intro talks ud call them!!
omg thats weird i had a dream about who i was living with too (4 girls and a freaky guy with hair down to his ass) but village is rarely mixed.... so that dream isnt going to come true!
u know many people coming to maynooth?/

xochillixo

jpcarlow wrote: »

yeah i am doing arts, but ove pretty much decided on my subjects already from talking to 2nd and 3rd years

as for the house party, count me in;)

as long as one of my roomates have a good idock because mine isnt brill!
souns so not many people will be going to the arts talks!
i literally cant wait!! ive been counting down the weeks since the beginning of the summer wonder what the ratio of girls to boys is maynooth?? just a random pointless question

Thwip!

xochillixo wrote: »

as long as one of my roomates have a good idock because mine isnt brill!
souns so not many people will be going to the arts talks!
i literally cant wait!! ive been counting down the weeks since the beginning of the summer wonder what the ratio of girls to boys is maynooth?? just a random pointless question

well at the most i'll be going to one talk ha

same here moving down sunday and been counting the hours...im in a twin room so im dying to see who im sharing with

i'ld say the ratio is bout 50:50

Xqzciara

xochillixo wrote: »

omg thats weird i had a dream about who i was living with too (4 girls and a freaky guy with hair down to his ass) but village is rarely mixed.... so that dream isnt going to come true!
u know many people coming to maynooth?/

thats so funny, it must be an anxiety thing or something. in my dream my other roomate was a grumpy old woman!! strange stuff.

yeah i know a few people, not many who are staying on campus tho. a load of people in my year are doing arts, most of us were 5/10 points off our course so did arts instead.

irishlad0

jpcarlow wrote: »

it's weird i never got anything about medical stuff or photos for when i got my campus, that being said i only got offered campus late as a result of people turning down it and only got notified by email so maybe i haven't got all the information


i'm in avoca 10 in river, feel free to pop by:D

moving up this sunday

ahh right yeah, I got a place on campus in the first round of offers like! They sent me a truck load of forms, you'll probobly get them soon enough! I'm moving up on the Wednesday as I'm in group 15 for orientation, thats not until like, Thursday!

Thwip!

irishlad0 wrote: »

ahh right yeah, I got a place on campus in the first round of offers like! They sent me a truck load of forms, you'll probobly get them soon enough! I'm moving up on the Wednesday as I'm in group 15 for orientation, thats not until like, Thursday!

i may ring them up in the morning i suppose because i say i'll need them soon because im movin up sunday

irishlad0

jpcarlow wrote: »

i may ring them up in the morning i suppose because i say i'll need them soon because im movin up sunday

Did you get lease forms in the post though??

Thwip!

irishlad0 wrote: »

Did you get lease forms in the post though??

got emails on how to pay online with a laser for river apartments and i paid through bank instead

kind of worried im missing stuff now

irishlad0

jpcarlow wrote: »

got emails on how to pay online with a laser for river apartments and i paid through bank instead

kind of worried im missing stuff now

I didn't mean to do that to you now, I feel fare bad! Once you've paid you defo have your place on campus like!