How was your first day...?

lil*lady

So, how was your first day?
Impressions?
Thoughts?

I'm doing a postgrad, which is awesome (never thought I'd get this far ), however all the "thesis" talk straight off the bat was a bit scary.

Another thing that was a bit scary was not being able to find my way about...I didn't do my undergrad in tcd...and i'd to navigate my way about the place (you mean there's more to tcd than the pav?!?), so I did feel a bit like a lost 18 year old again, about to embark on a massive scary journey, but sometimes it's good to be outside your comfort zone...right... eep!

Scary stuff aside, my profs seem sound and my class seem lovely, fingers crossed first impressions are right

Anyway, just thought i'd get the ball rolling, see if anyone else had a bit of wow this is great-sh1te I'm a bit afraid day

fonpokno

Had a grand day, I'm just looking forward to meeting people from my class. I think the week will be less unnerving if I meet new people who I'll actually see again!

Tis very different from my freshers week in DIT, was in a small course in a small faculty so it's weird coming to this gigantic anonymous college.

Jonathan

fonpokno wrote: »

Tis very different from my freshers week in DIT, was in a small course in a small faculty so it's weird coming to this gigantic anonymous college.

Cathal Brugha St. or something?

fonpokno

Rathmines so only musicians everywhere! Tis just a big difference coming from being with classmates from day one to wandering around lost and alone until thursday.

Jonathan

Didn't even know there was a DIT college out in Rathmines

fonpokno

Exactly! They're the college that DIT forgot. *sigh*

lou91

Pretty exhausting!
Front square was impossible to get around and I seemed to miss all the free food.
Met a few of my classmates and a lot of randomers at Speed Dating in the Phil, which was actually great. I'm looking forward to the stage where I'll be able to recognise people and remember their names.
Colours debate was brilliant, almost like standup.
It also made me realise why other colleges hate Trinity...

fh041205

lil*lady wrote: »

(you mean there's more to tcd than the pav?!?)

There isn't. There are apparently lectures in between all the drinking but tbh its all a bit blurry.:D

Hannah0806

fonpokno wrote: »

Had a grand day, I'm just looking forward to meeting people from my class. I think the week will be less unnerving if I meet new people who I'll actually see again!

Tis very different from my freshers week in DIT, was in a small course in a small faculty so it's weird coming to this gigantic anonymous college.

no way i didnt think id find someone doing dental nursing aswell.. i didnt go in today though oops was it any use?

fonpokno

Hannah0806 wrote: »

no way i didnt think id find someone doing dental nursing aswell.. i didnt go in today though oops was it any use?

\o/ A friend!

It was really just a meeting about support services, sports centre, the SU and they begged us to go meet our tutor. All the health sciences were there together.

I figure the course meetings and stuff are the most important but it was good craic and got talking to a few people. No-one I'll ever see again but it's good for the soul nonetheless!


Question for you actually, were you told to meet your tutor at 5 on thursday? I'm not sure if it's some sort of private meeting or what cos it's right before the course meeting.

Hannah0806

yeah 5 on thurs... im working at 7 on thurs night and its guna b real hard 2 get it off.. i was guna try and change my tutor meeting but i cant really miss the course meeting.. hmm wat to do? u excited about starting, i wonder wat its guna be like?

fonpokno

I think you'll just have to run to work or leave early tbh. Tricky.

I'm looking forward to it but I'm a little petrified too! The likes of the placement in the hospital surgery thing sounds terrifying!

Hannah0806

yeah sounds mad.. its such a trek into college for me at the mo cos of d bridge that collapsed in malahide so doubt ill go in for the sports tour 2mro.. hopefully ill sort out thursday though..

fonpokno

There's a few general sports tours on during the week anyway so I think you can go just about any day you're in really!

p1akuw47h5r3it

Ye my first day was pretty cool... Looking forward to the Lisbon debate tomorrow that the politics soc is puttin on... Wish there website was up and runnin tho.

and did anyone else see the bird at the Russian stand.... ****in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!

amacachi

Lisbon debate eh? Might tip over and shout down the no side for being conspiracy theorising idiots. :P

damienricefan

Was anyone in the Davis Theatre for that talk at 1pm today, actual lol at some English girl asking where she can buy/fix a shoe !

Mark200

There seemed to be far too many Arts students this year

LauraLoo

it wasnt too bad... i was in last week for the mature students and was s**ttin myself... i reverted back into the old laura: wallflower/quiet/shy/afraid of all those "humans" and was so shocked with myself for doing it...

i promised myself that this week i would talk to people. i was lucky, i had my class meeting yesterday so got to actually meet people i would be seeing on a daily basis so i was delighted with that. everyone seemed nice and as passionate about the subject as i am so at least i wont feel like a big nerd if people say "coming for a drink?" and i say "nah... im going to the library to read things":o

i joined a few societies/sports only to find that for most of the ones i want to go to have a few hours' wait between my last lecture or else i have a lecture when they are on... For example, i have one lecture on friday morning 9-10 and then im off for the day and then the basketball training is on friday evening at 6.30pm-8.30pm... and the yoga is on during my lectures:(

goingnowhere

lil*lady wrote: »

Another thing that was a bit scary was not being able to find my way about...I didn't do my undergrad in tcd...and i'd to navigate my way about the place (you mean there's more to tcd than the pav?!?), so I did feel a bit like a lost 18 year old again, about to embark on a massive scary journey, but sometimes it's good to be outside your comfort zone...right... eep!

Lost postgrads need to take the tour http://www.gsu.tcd.ie/