Moving away for college? Anyone?

allym

So I'm currently freaking out about the CAO as I'm sure everyone else is and I've suddenly becoming really interested in the idea of moving away for college!( That is going to Cork or Galway not moving out of the country.) I live in Kildare right beside Maynooth and within easily commutable distance of all the colleges in Dublin especially Trinity, so it's kinda always been a given I'd stay around here. But I really wanna do something different and become more independant. And basically I'm wondering is anyone else doing this/has done this? And if so would you reccomend it?

Sorry for the rambing the brain is just scrambled at this stage

pfannkuchen

Same Ally, I'm also really interested in leaving home. I've applied for Medicine in UCC and NUIG, and even more terrifying is the thought of going abroad (I also have offers from universities in Northern Ireland and Scotland).

Would be great to hear any advice

Professional Griefer

I can't wait to leave home.

I'm only 10 minute walk from the Tralee IT but I want to go to Cork, or maybe Limerick. ATM, my CAO is filled with courses in Cork.

I was considering going to Manchester but decided against it. Would love to go, see United every 2 or so weekends but I think going to England on my own would be a bit of a balls.
So Cork here I come, hopefully.

Orlaladuck

I'll probabaly be in either Cork or Dublin but hopefully Dublin (that's the main course) But I'd prefer Cork for the atmosphere and student life. IADT's quite in the middle of nowhere =/.

unknown13

Orlaladuck wrote: »

IADT's quite in the middle of nowhere =/.

No, it isnt its up the road from Deansgrange village and near enough to Dun Laoighre. Also the 46A bus stop is about 5 minutes walk from the college

Orlaladuck

Lol I know where it is But I went out to Bakers one night and that's essentially the only place students seem to go, Alot of them commute rather than staying in the area. It's not literally in the middle of nowhere, but for student life, it seems to me is a little lonely sometimes.
Then again having not actually gone to the uni I'm not sure but that's the impression I got from being up there and from people I know who go there.

DancingQueen:)

If i get my first choice in Trinity I won't move out because it's very close for me to get to but if i go to Maynooth i'd love to live out there. I'll just have to see what happens.

Lawliet

Since there are no collages within reasonable commuting distance from me, I have no choice but to move; it's something I've looked forward to my entire secondary school life.

alwaysanon

Lawliet wrote: »

Since there are no collages within reasonable commuting distance from me, I have no choice but to move; it's something I've looked forward to my entire secondary school life.

I was the same , cos i love my mum but find her difficult to live within i'm now in 2nd year and i still cry because i get so homesick.

Thought i'd love living away from home but i hate it

i'm a smiler

Hey,
I was in your position last year and i decided to move away for college this year to cork so I can let ye know the pros and cons.

The pros (and there are many!) =

freedom i.e being able to go out whenever you want, come home whatever time you want etc

independence.

meeting loadsa new people, especially in student accomodation. it's harder to socialise with new people if you come to college with a group of friends from home.

responsibilty: i feel as if i have developed more as a person and matured a bit more than i wud have had I stayed at home.

experiencing a new city/ town: cork is such a beautiful city. it's got basically everything that you'd need, not too big and not too small. I love it and the people are soooo friendly.

Learning new skills: cooking, budgeting, even using taxis lol if you'd call that a skill!

Cons:
i s'pose that money makes the world go round and all that! you(or your parents;) ) will have to pay for rent (around 4000 euro approx) etc etc

when you come home from a long day you don't have sombody to cook for you!

i'd say go for it if you wanna move away for college!

Best of luck everyone.

3_BOoYA_X

My main course im aiming for is in Maynooth, so get the benifit of living away from home, but being able to come home on weekends easily. :rolleyes:

Reillyman

Wow, I can't believe how naive some people are.

Almost anyone who doesn't live in Dublin move away to college, this isn't something unique

Cen92

Ix Deadmau5 wrote: »

I can't wait to leave home.

I'm only 10 minute walk from the Tralee IT but I want to go to Cork, or maybe Limerick. ATM, my CAO is filled with courses in Cork.

I belive I'm friends with you on Xbox ( BilboFraginz)
Yeah I want to go to UCC but my parents and coach want me to stay here in Waterford, I want to go to Cork and a good few of my friends are going to Cork.

allym

Reillyman wrote: »

Wow, I can't believe how naive some people are.

Almost anyone who doesn't live in Dublin move away to college, this isn't something unique

I'm not claiming this is unique I was just looking for some advice as its something that none of my friends are doing considering we practically live in Dublin?
Thanks everyone

cakeismandatory

I live about an hours drive from Dublin (planning on UCD). I'm planning on commuting for the first year though, I might move out next year when I'm all sorted

ballsymchugh

em... are ye basing your choices on where you think you'll have the best craic, or what ye want to be doing for the guts of your lives?!!
you'll have craic wherever you go, don't worry about that (apart from maybe carlow!!).
i went to UCC, the second time i was ever in cork was for registration. what bugged me about it was that there were a serious amount of people that picked courses there cos they were close to home. you'll get people there that put down med, dent and pharmacy in that order. if they really wanted to do med, then surely galway and dublin come before dentistry??

christina_x

I moved to Galway from Donegal this year for college.
Such a good decision
Ifs your generally independant (as i was) then you'l have no bother!
You wont have your mother going off on one of her "and what time do you call this??" rants when you crawl in at 6, if you get on with your flatmates its like living with friends, you can run to the off licence whenever you like without the mother goin off on one, out on school nights then dying in lectures (becomes quite normal) and having small sessions in your place with drinking jenga, a pack of cards and ipod+docks, before you head out on the town Oh, you also make friends way easier if your in student accommodation! I love student accommodation, and iv made some of my best college friends (who live downstairs) because of where i live

Bad bits are...Your responsible for yourself. If i miss appointments (which i have) its my fault and up to be to rebook. You cook, you clean you do your own washing, you make sure doors are locked and plugs are off and that youv always a way home - theres nobody to come collect you at 3 in the mornin if you cant get a taxi

but either way, i love it

qwertplaywert

Applied for 4 courses in Edinburgh , hoping for the best!

Professional Griefer

Cen92 wrote: »

I belive I'm friends with you on Xbox ( BilboFraginz)
Yeah I want to go to UCC but my parents and coach want me to stay here in Waterford, I want to go to Cork and a good few of my friends are going to Cork.

haha, yes you are indeed.
Yeah, most my friends are there and its pretty close to home, drive up and down.

Cork FTW!

miss5

I think moving away for college is an excellent idea.
Once your independent it will be a great experience.
check out the student accomadation and choose somewhere you
really feel at home

Daragh101

IMO you would have to be mad not to leave home for collage..!
Think of the freedom, new friends and all the new experiences you will have if you move out!......:rolleyes:

Calum196

I kinda chickened out of moving away last year... I had this idea in my head that if I didn't get medicine I wasnt going to move. Biggest mistake of my life. Needless to say I didnt get med. Wound up being offered the run of the mill science course in my home city when I could have taken myself off to Dublin for physio.

Wound up withdrawing from the course the day after I accepted it, and here I am... repeating.

So I would advise anyone that is not sure or undecided about moving to just take the plunge and do it. You will have regrets later if you don't. Its bound to be a life experience and first real taste of independence.

So yeah I'm really looking forward to moving next year, no matter what.

allym

Thanks guys think I'm gonna go for it! If the rents are willing to fund it that is:rolleyes:

Calum196

Its time to start thinking about booking accommodation now... if you have a pretty good idea of where you want to go that is. You will get a lot more for the same money now then you will after cao offers.

allym

Anyone staying in NUIG got any insight on accomodation?

3_BOoYA_X

allym wrote: »

Anyone staying in NUIG got any insight on accomodation?

My mate is in 1st year in NUIG and she's staying in Cuirt Na Coiribe, Ive stayed up there with her a few nights and its really nice, modern etc. but tbh you really have to prepare yourself that also going to be full of other students, (you'l be with other 1st years) and the fact teenagers like late night parties when the place has paper thin walls.....:p

UnionOfV

I think you have to move out, you know just to try it. I'd rather be moving out and into college than move out to get a job, no point delaying it cause it'll be harder further down the line. I mean I could stay at home, my dad works in WIT so I don't even have to drive down myself, but there's not much point staying if I can afford the accommodation - life's just not the same!

theowen

I live abou 10 mins from DCU, 30 from Trinity and an hour from UCD. Thinking about applying to Cork or Galway for "the crack" though.

DancingQueen:)

theowen wrote: »

I live abou 10 mins from DCU, 30 from Trinity and an hour from UCD. Thinking about applying to Cork or Galway for "the crack" though.

Pretty much the exact same for me but i'm thinking of moving to Maynooth if i get in to have a 'full college experience' as other people like to say. I didn't apply for many courses in UCD because i don't want to trek out there everyday and my parents say it's too close to move into.

theowen

DancingQueen:) wrote: »

Pretty much the exact same for me but i'm thinking of moving to Maynooth if i get in to have a 'full college experience' as other people like to say. I didn't apply for many courses in UCD because i don't want to trek out there everyday and my parents say it's too close to move into.

Why not go to Cork or Galway, Maynooth's a bit hmmm actually I've never read/seen anything about Maynooth:o

DancingQueen:)

theowen wrote: »

Why dont go to Cork or Galway, Maynooth's a bit hmmm actually I've never read/seen anything about Maynooth:o

I went to the Maynooth Open Day and there's loads of courses there I want. Didn't really look at Cork or Galway because Maynooths only an hour away and I can still be close enough to Dublin if i want to come back in short notice(or go out on nights out!). Did my CAO today but might have a look the other courses.

theowen

DancingQueen:) wrote: »

I went to the Maynooth Open Day and there's loads of courses there I want. Didn't really look at Cork or Galway because Maynooths only an hour away and I can still be close enough to Dublin if i want to come back in short notice(or go out on nights out!). Did my CAO today but might have a look the other courses.

Is it cheaper for the accomodation if you live far away i.e. cheaper for galway than maynooth and dcu? Not sure where I got that from

DancingQueen:)

theowen wrote: »

Is it cheaper for the accomodation if you live far away i.e. cheaper for galway than maynooth and dcu? Not sure where I got that from

Yeah that makes sense, probably is cheaper. At the Open Day in Maynooth they said it was €90 a week to stay on campus and it's probably cheaper now, not sure how much it is anywhere else though.

3_BOoYA_X

DancingQueen:) wrote: »

Pretty much the exact same for me but i'm thinking of moving to Maynooth if i get in to have a 'full college experience' as other people like to say. I didn't apply for many courses in UCD because i don't want to trek out there everyday and my parents say it's too close to move into.

Northsider yeah? Im thinking of doing the same... only barely looked at on campus, have you any idea is it nice, modern etc.?

theowen

3_BOoYA_X wrote: »

Northsider yeah? Im thinking of doing the same... only barely looked at on campus, have you any idea is it nice, modern etc.?

Swords, ewwww. There all nice really, the varying factor being the "craziness" about the place.

DancingQueen:)

3_BOoYA_X wrote: »

Northsider yeah? Im thinking of doing the same... only barely looked at on campus, have you any idea is it nice, modern etc.?

I am indeed Maynooth? What i saw of it was amazing, the lecture halls were really modern and some were huge but i was only in the science building. Google it theres loads of great pictures.

3_BOoYA_X

Oh don't worry the place is a kip hole imo, its full of skanks looking for fights. :mad:

Yeah i went to the open day there last year but never looked at any accomadation, im kinda in the same situation as you UCD & DIT are too close to move out and Limerick is just miles off... Maynooth's kinda just about right

DancingQueen:)

I didn't actually get to look around the accomodation either had to be somewhere, i'm going to go back during the summer and look around Love the pics of it though.

Twilighter

I moved from Donegal to Galway this year.. The pros of living away is the fact that you get to lead an independant life (It's great!) but at the same time I do get homesick and I go home as often as I can (which is quite regular tbh)

Galway is amazing fun, such a great vibe and it's a real student city
About accomodation.. If you're first year, I'd definately advise staying in student accomodation because that's where you'll make your friends. Corrib Village is notorious for first years but you basically pay (alot) for your atmosphere. The apartments themselves are pretty dingy and it's commonly known that the only things not plastered in Corrib Village are the walls!
Gort na Coiribe & Cuirt na Coiribe would be the best bets

allym

Yeah putting a deposit down in Gort when the booking opens next week cos it seems pretty nice, good location etc:D
Would they're be other first years there too? Obviously not as many as Corrib but enough to get a bit of a crew together?:D