Whats dcu like???

jenjenxx

I have dcu as my number 1 choice on da cao, and would like peoples opinion on it mostly regarding social life, fun, atmosphere??
anything would be a big help!
thanks

Nekro Man

jenjenxx wrote: »

I have dcu as my number 1 choice on da cao, and would like peoples opinion on it mostly regarding social life, fun, atmosphere??
anything would be a big help!
thanks

DCU is very different for a lot of people. It is what you make of it basically.
Personally i'm heavily involved in Clubs and Societies and i've made some amazing friends through them and had the time of my life.

Other people aint so involved, but they'r still happy out. Basically College is what you make of it, no matter where you are, DCU, UCD, NUIM, NUIG, it doesnt matter.

My only advice is dont be afraid to get involved in everything you can. College is the last step before the big bad world.

Noodleworm

Thats a really difficult question to ask. have you been to the open days? what are you hoping for in particular?

Its true, that societies are really important socially. Its where you go meet people with the same interests as you. Its something to do after class and in the evenings when your not studying.
Your not going to be chatting all through your lectures (or shouldn't be...) so its really your best bet. Ive found that people are friendly, nice and open, college is usually a lot better than secondary for that.

The SU puts a good few events on through out the year and if you live on campus you see people going out nearly every night

Urizen

DCU is freakin' epic. And next year will be even better.

Clubs & Socs are definitely the way to go. Best time of my life has been spent in them, they are epic. You're bound to find at least one you like, probably more like ten. It's always baffled me how people can NOT get involved in them, to be honest...

The SU events will also be epicness incarnate next year. Trust me on that one.

Not to mention that NuBar is always great. Even during the summer, those guys rock.

Have I sold us enough yet?

And if you DO end up here, the tours in Orientation Week will answer all your questions, as will the extremely lovely and dashingly attractive SU Executive members.

jenjenxx

Thanks
yeah i plan on gettin involved in alot of societys,like drama/dance and rugby etc so hopefully that will make it easier to make friends and get involved!.so living on campus ie larkfield would be advisable?
Is der good nite life around dcu?(ive only ever been to quinns around der)

yes i think im sold!ha

Hauk

d nite lyfe is d best of all d colegez. I luv'd it der.

robby^5

Hauk wrote: »

d nite lyfe is d best of all d colegez. I luv'd it der.

alrite hauk me mayn man! wats da story bud? yeah dcu is bleedin rapi wha.

(DCU is awesome btw OP, joins and get involved in clubs and socs and you'll have a grand time.)

adamski8

its great then its **** then its ok

Noodleworm

you don't have to live on campus, Some people just find it convenient if your going societies. Being near is very usefull.
Nubar on campus is popular but I think people go into town when their going clubs etc..
(someone who actually knows about nightclubs and bars can verify this)

phasers

I wish I'd been more involved in societies this year, but I don't like many things.

I need to get some interests... or DCU needs to get a "tv watching" soc

Urizen

phasers wrote: »

I need to get some interests... or DCU needs to get a "tv watching" soc

Home & Away, Strange Things (kinda), the short lived Murder, She Wrote... Actually, most Socs end up watching tv or films at some point. Even Paranormal watched Derren Brown.

Serious answers to joke statements. Lovin' it.

But Clubs & Socs are wunderbarr. Srsly.

phasers

Murder She wrote?

The one soc I may have been interested in no longer exists!

Jessica Fletcher, what a fox

public_enemy

DCU is ok I guess.

MrPirate

DCU is awesome.
Cept when you register for clubs and socs, do it on clubs and soc day, and not later during the year or you may end up registering for 6 societies and being put on the email list for only 1 of them, thus knowing very little, if anything, about the events your societies have organized, etc. :mad:

Hauk

robby^5 wrote: »

alrite hauk me mayn man! wats da story bud? yeah dcu is bleedin rapi wha.

(DCU is awesome btw OP, joins and get involved in clubs and socs and you'll have a grand time.)

aw sound man. buzzin grand all d tiem.

But yes, in all seriousness, DCU has some great societies. Some really whacky ones, and there are so many that everything is covered.

Also, I would hope one would ask these questions before deciding what to stick on the CAO.

jenjenxx

I picked da course i wanted first, and it happened to be in dcu
so hopefully fun times ahead!:)

Urizen

jenjenxx wrote: »

I picked da course i wanted first, and it happened to be in dcu
so hopefully fun times ahead!:)

So basically, Hauk, she did things right.

Oh the fun times... Now I'M excited about next year too. Dammit!

UpAgainToday

Hauk wrote: »

d nite lyfe is d best of all d colegez. I luv'd it der.

I think this person wrote this after coming in from a night out

UpAgainToday

jenjenxx wrote: »

I have dcu as my number 1 choice on da cao, and would like peoples opinion on it mostly regarding social life, fun, atmosphere??
anything would be a big help!
thanks

It all depends on what type of person you are to be honest - there are 2 scenes in dcu, you have the country people scene or the gaa scene as its known (if your interested in that you will have a good time in that) and then there is also the pondering wanabe intellectual scene (they arent hard to notice either :P) if you fall into either of them brackets you will have a blast in dcu

--LOS--

Hauk wrote: »

d nite lyfe is d best of all d colegez. I luv'd it der.

robby^5 wrote: »

alrite hauk me mayn man! wats da story bud? yeah dcu is bleedin rapi wha.

Allreeeee locals!

UpAgainToday wrote: »

It all depends on what type of person you are to be honest - there are 2 scenes in dcu, you have the country people scene or the gaa scene as its known (if your interested in that you will have a good time in that) and then there is also the pondering wanabe intellectual scene (they arent hard to notice either :P) if you fall into either of them brackets you will have a blast in dcu

Please ignore this, it's not high school.

OP compared to other colleges I would say DCU is very laid-back, it's where the girls don't spend half their day getting ready to go to class and not a pair of chinos in sight.

robby^5

--LOS-- wrote: »

Allreeeee locals!
Please ignore this, it's not high school.

I wish it was like high school, it'd be so much more entertaining that way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77sJT8O56E

We could have the gaa scene, intellectual wannabe scene and the WEREWOLVES!

--LOS--

please noooo, werewolves used to be cool.

Urizen

I said it when I saw it on FailBlog, I'll say it again now: NO.

I will not express my real feelings on the matter. Rest assured they are SIGNIFICANTLY more inclined towards savage beatings...

hardybuck

I'm a Masters student here, and did my undergrad at another University, so I may be able to provide a useful opinion. I was asked this question at a reunion only last week.

Having come from a much larger Uni, my first reaction was to notice that DCU is smaller than other Unis. Personally I found that it had a lot less buzz than where I'd come from, especially at weekends and at night. Rag Week in particular was way quiter than I'd be used to, but that is a Dublin thing in general I'm told. However, the student bar seems to have improved as the year has gone on.

On the flipside, the smaller size can be seen as a positive too. You are closer to your lecturers, and the student services are easier to avail of in my experience. As its a brand new campus by University standards, everything is quite well laid out, and the campus residences are particularly handy. You also get half days on Weds which I'd not heard of before!

Regardless to any opinions are expressed here, its not just a cliché, college is genuinely what you make of it. I'm coming to the end of 5 yrs of it, and as much as I did I'll regret not doing way more. You can experience things here that you'll never have the opportunity to do again. Best of luck with it.

UpAgainToday

--LOS-- wrote: »

Allreeeee locals!



Please ignore this, it's not high school.

OP compared to other colleges I would say DCU is very laid-back, it's where the girls don't spend half their day getting ready to go to class and not a pair of chinos in sight.

Hey, you expect your opinion to be taken seriously by saying ''Allreeeee locals!''

Tbh I think you took exception to my gaa comment especially with your ''it's where the girls don't spend half their day getting ready to go to class and not a pair of chinos in sight''

I think you have just highlighted to the OP the fact that a certain level of jealously does exist in dcu with your comment about girls and chinos - you just argued my point for me cheers dude

--LOS--

UpAgainToday wrote: »

Hey, you expect your opinion to be taken seriously by saying ''Allreeeee locals!''

Tbh I think you took exception to my gaa comment especially with your ''it's where the girls don't spend half their day getting ready to go to class and not a pair of chinos in sight''

I think you have just highlighted to the OP the fact that a certain level of jealously does exist in dcu with your comment about girls and chinos - you just argued my point for me cheers dude

chillax it's DCU :pac:

No I think any chance of me taking your post serious went out the window when I read 'scene' tbh.
Also I see DCU as more of a Dublin college, there would be a greater percentage of people in trinity from the country.
My comment wasn't meant to be taken too seriously, all I'm saying is that DCU is more laid-back than other colleges, it definitely is, that's a good thing.
I don't know what you mean by jealousy in DCU and I certainly didn't imply anything like that.

phasers

The only thing I've noticed in DCU cliques wise is that people involved in the SU tend to stick together.

Urizen

phasers wrote: »

The only thing I've noticed in DCU cliques wise is that people involved in the SU tend to stick together.

I wouldn't entirely prescribe to that theory. I mean, they spend time together working. I wouldn't be so sure about 'sticking together'.

Pygmalion

phasers wrote: »

The only thing I've noticed in DCU cliques wise is that people involved in the SU tend to stick together.

If I was a psychologist I'd link you to this article, but I'm not, so I'll link you to this one instead.

You'll get cliques everywhere. Some of them, such as the one gravitating around the SPC/Clubs & Socs Office is pretty open to anyone. Others are not so much, but thankfully some of the most glaring examples have left DCU's hallowed halls. :pac:

phasers

:rolleyes:

StiLL-TrAiNinG

Just start your own clique. With blackjack...and hookers.
In fact, forget the clique.

Einstein?

Oh dear...

If I were reading some of the content in this thread and was in the same position as the OP, which I'm not (I just finished 1'st year DCU), then I'd think there was something wrong in DCU. Most probably I would refrain from going into DCU and have some serious thought of my CAO.

OP - don't worry, DCU is very normal. Externally, I can't really compare DCU to any other college because I haven't been in any other universities. Anyhow, it is very difficult to compare colleges because truly anything can happen in college and you can do anything you want.

Internally, and at the same time a personal opinion, I have to agree on a previous comment made - DCU is very laid back. I'd mention some other things I noticed. In general, 99% of the staff are there to help you. They will help you as much as they can such that you get good results in the summer. The hub is pretty crap to be honest, during the day nothing really happens there. Upstairs you have a whole load of bureaucratic administrators of the student union. With that being said, you have the nu bar downstairs which has a really good atmosphere. During the night, and in special events, the SU transform the hub into different kind of settings like crap-all that comes out of your imagination. The clubs and societies are a really good way to get to know new people from all kind of courses in DCU. Yes, you will inevitably join the same club/soc that your friend is joining but have high expectations and take every opportunity. The canteen is woeful in my opinion. The helix, the spar, and the coffee shop under the library are serious contenders to be your number one lunch place. Campus is great, it has good sporting facilities (at a price) and a really big park right around the corner.

If you want to have a good time in DCU, or in any college for that matter, just get involved.

Benny Lava

StiLL-TrAiNinG wrote: »

Just start your own clique. With blackjack...and hookers.
In fact, forget the clique.

...ah screw the whole thing

sarahelizabeth

you guys are gettn me very excitied about the prospect of dcu in sep. fingers crossed 4 dcu