A foreigner in Maynooth, what can I do?

Kristiina

Hiya, I'm a finnish 19-year-old girl from Finland and I came to Ireland to work as an au pair. I've been here in Maynooth for two weeks now and I would like to get to meet some students as I was a student too... but now I'm spending a year off. I don't know anybody from here, except the family where I'm working and our neighbours (and another au pair). Is there eny events for students where I could take part? Thanks!

mp3guy

What were you studying?

irish_goat

You can meet loads of students in the next few weeks by just going to the pubs.

And we can do a boardsie meet up. *starts new thread*

Norrdeth

Hei!
I'm sure if you want to you can easily get acquainted with the other international and Irish students, we'll be having events and meetings and things which I can keep you updated on if you like.
If you just want to hang around with some normal-ish Irish students that's fine,
I'll be an international mentor this year so hopefully I can be of some help.
Depends on what you're interested in, send me a personal message and I'll try to help.

Kiitos,
Ben.

titi

i'm supposed to have a mentor this year (i'm an international student) but i didnt get much information about it...


i know what you're going through! i've been an aupair in the US and sometimes it can be hard to meet people your age... but i guess in maynooth it wont be a problem!!

Norrdeth

Hi, you should be sent an email from your mentor by next week.
The international office first has to send us the contact details of the students we're mentoring and then we contact them.
I haven't received any details yet so you shouldn't really be worried.

Odaise Gaelach

Most of the clubs and societies in the university will allow you to take part in their activities, even if you're not a student.

There's a list of clubs and societies and their e-mail addresses here:
http://studentactivities.nuim.ie/clubsandsocs.shtml

I'm not sure how up-to-date that list is, however.

Fairs Day is the best time to see all the different clubs and societies in the college, but I don't know when that's on this year...

Oh, and welcome to Maynooth.

Wendero

Hi

I'm from Sweden. Do you by any chance speak Swedish? I know you learn Swedish in school in Finland

Kristiina

Wow, it's really nice to have so many replies so quickly thanks!

Well,I just gratuaded from highschool this spring and I missing studying already, but for me it was the right decision to take the year off and explore things.

Thanks for the address for the activities-thing, I'll take a look at it! Now I just start going to pubs every night to see what they have to offer . And a boardsie meeting sounds promising

Cheers!

wonton

just incase you were surprised at how quiet the town has been, the college hasnt started just yet.

The first years are starting next week, and the week after that everybody is back.

irish_goat

Kristiina wrote: »

Now I just start going to pubs every night

You'll fit in perfectly.

Kristiina

wonton wrote: »

just incase you were surprised at how quiet the town has been, the college hasnt started just yet.

The first years are starting next week, and the week after that everybody is back.

Oh okay, last week I was running in the campus area and I was wondering why there was so few people...