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College Lectures

  • 29-09-2009 8:03pm
    #1
    Chris007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 163 ✭✭


    Ok so i'll be starting college next year but i'm unsure yet as to what I want to do. A friend of mine told me to just go into any of the colleges/universities this year and sit in on a lecture to get a feel for different subjects. Could I do this though? Has anyone tried it before and have you got away with it? Or would it be fairly obvious to everyone that I really souldn't be there?


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  • #2
    username4321
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭username4321


    It depends on a lot of factors, if its a large lecture hall then nobody will notice but I have some lectures that are just 16 people!- now that would be awkward!

    Find somebody who is doing the course(s) you want to scope out, on boards. PM them and ask them what lecture is big enough to sit in on.

    But get cracking, the earlier in the school year you do it the less risk of being noticed.

    As far as though it being a problem I don't think it would, well in trinity anyway.

    Word of warning: Do NOT sit in on tutorials they are interactive so you will get found out straight away and the lecturer will ask you for homework etc. :eek:


  • #3
    --LOS--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    Im not sure if thats a good idea! Dont sit in on courses that attract small numbers! And I dont think sitting in on one lecture of one module in a course is really going to give you a feel for it. Youre better off attending the open days but being a bit more proactive. Talk to the students there, there will be students from a lot of the courses working at the open days. You can talk to the lecturers but students will be more honest, giving you the info on what you really want to know. Ive worked at open days before and most prospective students are afraid to come near ya, they just look around, grab a prospectus that can be posted out anyways. Make use of the people there working on the open days, they are there to give you advise. Other than that, read the full course descriptions i.e. the list of subjects taught over the entire course.


  • #4
    Firekitten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Firekitten


    If you're going to do it, do it in first year lectures only.... Second and third you're more likely to know everyone... I know in my third year i know everyone in the class... and some are largeish...

    Go via the department office, grab a timetable out of the folders that are pretty much universal outside department offices, and then pick and choose from the first year ones to see... (I did it when viewing unis... was quite a good call frankly... i got a flavour for how its done and whats expected, plus what the lecturers are REALLY like :D


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