Starting College 2010: So what are you doing and where?

Irishchick

Im doing vet nursing in AIT.

where is everyone else going?

Anyone else nervous about starting back? Im only 23 but still not looking forward to being in a room with 18 year olds for hours on end lol

Did it in the UK last year the immaturity nearly killed me!!

Long Term Louth

BA Humanities in St Pats Drumcondra.

Beibhinn20

Doing B.Ed in St.Pats this year. Just finished a 4 year Psych degree. So excited!

-Trek-

Games development.

Being in a room full of 18 year olds does sound like a real hoot al right.

I'll just pretend I'm a big fan of home and away, should be fine :cool:.

Oh crap, I better set up a face book account as well (I'm really that old).

Long Term Louth

Trekmad wrote: »

Games development.

Being in a room full of 18 year olds does sound like a real hoot al right.

I'll just pretend I'm a big fan of home and away, should be fine :cool:.

Oh crap, I better set up a face book account as well (I'm really that old).

how old? I am 43

-Trek-

OK, I'm not that old (28).

But I still don't want have a face book a/c

LeahBaby

Computer Science and Software Eng in Maynooth.

I'm 22 but consider myself a mature student cause I can't imagina having many 18year old friends!

araic26

Culinary Arts, tralee.....so excited!!:D

Agent_99

Food Science and Health, UL @41 years young

girlonfire

B.A. in English in Maynooth.
Can't wait!

fl4pj4ck

WebActivate in Galway and Train the Trainer in Limerick

fcleere

biomedical engineering in dcu

jccf2003

Business Analytics (Full time) at UCD/Smurfit - I'm 37.

sugajay

Arts in Mary I, 26!

sex panther

doing psychiatric nursing in UCC, im 24, am counting down the days!

HoPpiE

Culinary Arts in DIT and I'm 24.

KeithTS

Going into engineering in DCU, a little apprehensive about it (that is to say I'm s***ing it) but it should be great.

Chorcai

DIT Fine Art - 30yr !

entropi

BA in Sports Rehabilitation & Athletic Therapy in Carlow IT, I'm 29 but look/act around 23-24 so I'll be fine

magicface1

Business and Management in DIT registered online today... Cant wait to start im 25...

redout

Master of Nothing wrote: »

BA in Sports Rehabilitation & Athletic Therapy in Carlow IT, I'm 29 but look/act around 23-24 so I'll be fine

Good man - turned out alright in the end

sligolad

Master of Nothing wrote: »

BA in Sports Rehabilitation & Athletic Therapy in Carlow IT, I'm 29 but look/act around 23-24 so I'll be fine

+ 1 and i'm 30, best of luck to you, you going doing the mature student course??

fionav3

Psychology in UL...I'm 29 and can't wait!

JCDUB

B. Ed. in St Pats, at 31, can't wait, should be a good challenge.

I grew up near Drumcondra, so walking back into Quinns after not having been there for 15 years might be a bit much for me!!

Think I'll stick to the vast array of old man pubs Drumcondra has to offer and "let the youngsters at it...":D

gezzer

doing electronic engineering at it tallaght. cant wait. i am 35.

baddler

Science (common entry) in DCU for me. I'll be 29 when I start so it's going to be a bit strange having to take classes with a bunch of 18 year olds!

Turtyturd

BA in Anthropology in Maynooth, can't wait. And just turned 28.

Aisling&M

I'll be doing a TSM In Trinity (History of Art and Architecture with World Religions and Theology). I haven't been so excited to start anything before. Feels like a second chance. I'm 27.

looksee

As someone who stands in front of a class, I can promise you that teachers are usually glad to see a few older students. Don't think you have to dumb down, let them come up to you.

When you think of it, the 18 year old have been at the top of the tree in school, now they are the youngsters in the room, they will adjust to whatever standard is established. And by now you can ignore the few (very few) super-cool messers, they are the ones that will have to get their act together.

Even the 18 year olds have worked hard for their place though, and the vast majority are there to do their best, I think you will find it fairly difficult to decide who is 18 and who is 23.

Good luck.

rik1234

finance and accounting in NUI Maynooth....30 yrs young...:cool:

NeirBot

Computer Aided Engineering and Design in UL - a real old 27!

esween

Im doing general nursing in St angelas, sligo at 29 years of age..... really hope there is a good few mature students in the class:) gonna be a long 4 years but looking forward to it and nervous at the same time...:eek:

Bobby42

I'm 25 starting Social Science in UCD.

sophia25

I'm 41 starting a Msc in Equality Studies in UCD. Should be fun as a single Mom to a 15yr old who'll be doing his JC and a tornado of a 2 year old!

entropi

redout wrote: »

Good man - turned out alright in the end

It sure did man, cheers and Good Luck to ya! Cant wait to start now

sligolad wrote: »

+ 1 and i'm 30, best of luck to you, you going doing the mature student course??

And Good Luck to you too!:) I'm not sure how many mature places were reserved as its a brand new course, I'll find out though when I start...its probably a small amount like the same course in DCU, which has 5 places for matures.

Larianne

Changed title and stickied! -Larianne

Little Miss Sunshine

Im 27 and going to be doing Multimedia in DCU. Very excited and a little nervous too!

hippy_hi

Starting Socail Studies in Waterford and dont know a sinner doing it...really nervous too, and worried about how much time it will take to study being a single mother and also working part time but hey we all have to make sacrafices to do what we want to do eh :P

Best of luck to everyone too

lindtee

Best of luck everyone. I'm doing Social Work in UCC. I also got offered Social Care in CIT. I wasn't sure for ages which I would actually do, but after a lot of thinking and talking to people I decided on the Social Work. Dreading it to be honest, even though there were lots of lovely people at the interviews.

rachums

Good luck to everyone!

I got into midwifery in UCD, delighted! im 24, feel a big bag of nerves cause of everything! but i am also very happy! YAY!

MaMAme

Starting MA in art therapy in CIT & I'm 50 :eek: . LOts of luck, & some laughter too to everyone. One life to lead & all that...

Jesabel129

Doing an Arts Degree in NUIG, so excited!! (But nervous at the same time!) Hope im able for it and i havnt bitten off more than i can chew!!!! im 28 and havn't studied in 10 years:eek:

Macca3000

I'm doing Creative Digital Media in ITB

27 but look 16 apparently (I still get asked for I.D.) should be interesting so.

robydrupo

I'm 28 and I'm doing Information Systems @ tcd

geoffraffe

B.Ed in Pats. Should be a blast.

I was talking to an 18 year old girl at the picnic at the weekend and when I told her I was going back as a mature student she replied "Don't worry, there's loads of people your age that go back for that course".

So after I left a gypsy curse on her family I decided that if I'm going down, I'm going down in a blaze of glory!!!!

The only thing that's keeping me going is that Matthew Perry passed as an 18 year old in that school in Beverly Hills 90210. He had a leather jacket and convinced everyone that he was the same age as them, even though he obviously wasn't. People in that show became so awkward with the fact that a 40 year old was pretending to be an 18, that they just ignored it. I'm going to go with the same tactics.

Feu

Luke Perry! OMG you can't be that old if you can't remember that

taytothief

Starting in GMIT Castlebar on Monday. Accounting and Financial Management. I'm 25 but I feel like a child with first day nerves.:D Gonna get my mammy to pack me a lunch box:p

angeldaisy

1st week down in Mary I Limk doing BA Arts, 39, met loads of other maturies thankfully, but not had a single conversation yet with any 18yr olds!!

Curlz

Adult Nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University

kukazhina

Business in Lcfe,23, love it:D

karenf123

hey! Starting i Froebel next week as mature student , to do primary school teaching, anyone know of any parking around blackrock?