Big day Monday

Package

hi all

Starting in NUIM on Monday doin a foundation year in Science. so im about to infiltrate all you smart feckers with my inferior knowledge

So what happens monday? we all arive at 9 am for a party?

K4t

It's orientation week, you go to a few talks, meet a few people, go out that night and get hammered and then repeat it for the rest of the year week. Enjoy.

Package

haha,, gonna love this college thing. is anyone else starting on monday.. ?

im a bit ****ting it i have to say

titi

also starting on monday

mp3guy

Package wrote: »

im a bit ****ting it i have to say

Why? Sure it's grand

Package

1st day in college after 14 years like,,, daunting.

i was gonna try learn loads before i started but said no.

teachers teach me

declan06

Package wrote: »

1st day in college after 14 years like,,, daunting.

i was gonna try learn loads before i started but said no.

teachers teach me

Just chill, enjoy everything, don't panic and if you need help contact the SU,
The talks are very comprehensive, and it starts off slow, so you'll be grand.

Package

the SU have already been a huge help so im happy with that.

yeah ill chill i suppose, no point being nervous about it?

thanks all, and really looking forward to being there

Ian Beale

I have a few friends that did the course you'll be doing this year and they found it very good and interesting.A lot of them after finishing it then applied to do various science courses in the college for example general science and there having a great time with that too, best of luck for Monday.

Package

thanks very much Ian Beale. ps. are any of your friend loking to get rid of their books

what does everyone wear. do ya have to get dressed up on your first day?

aoife24

Are you gonna be the guy in the suit??;)
It's a foundation year we are doing, no doctorate:p
I think we should try to blend in somehow and then start infiltrating

TouchingVirus

In response to your questions:

Wear normal casual clothes. The type you'd wear if you were off to Dublin City with your friends - jeans, hoodies, t-shirts etc. You're not in secondary school anymore, but I don't recommend showing up in a suit or anything. If you have your own style (e.g. goth/emo/punk) then just go with that then. Be yourself.

With regards to books, I wouldn't be so eager to buy them. I made it through college without buying more than 3 books - all 3 of which were bought in first year and quickly sold on because I realised I'd wasted my money

Package

well i was gonna wear a suit then take it off to scrub in. but i like your idea better. dress like a tramp you say?

aoife24

ooook.. blending in might not be that easy indeed;)
but after emotionally hard first day, getting drunk in a pub with a loads of 18 years old fellows students .. you might still end up looking like tramp even with the suit on:p
Good luck with the infiltration;)

freeze4real

Guys I don't have my giro form with me. Basically I haven't paid I will br doing that on Monday can I still go to the registration.

MaynoothSU

freeze4real wrote: »

Guys I don't have my giro form with me. Basically I haven't paid I will br doing that on Monday can I still go to the registration.

YES.

EVERYONE should go to registration. Go go go. Just go. They'll sort you out when you get there. The last thing you should do is not go.

Go go go.

squishykins

MaynoothSU wrote: »

YES.

EVERYONE should go to registration. Go go go. Just go. They'll sort you out when you get there. The last thing you should do is not go.

Go go go.

Seriously, you should stop messing with people's heads, get to the point stop being so damn vague!


*edit* By the way, I am SO sorry about that, sometimes my sarcasm just gets the better of me ^^',

freeze4real

thanks I sure will.

Ian Beale

Package wrote: »

thanks very much Ian Beale. ps. are any of your friend loking to get rid of their books

what does everyone wear. do ya have to get dressed up on your first day?

As far as I know they didn't use many books at all as the notes are very good and everything is explained very clearly, in all honesty all you'll need is an a4 pad and a pen. As for what you should wear, anything you like, honest to god you'll see some sights in maynooth :pac: TouchingVirus covered what to wear best, definitely skip the suit though it really isn't necessary

freeze4real

Do i need to bring a bag. I do feel like going in empty handed.

banquo

Maybe bring a schoolbag, there'll prob be a load of stuff being given away

barleybooley

Package wrote: »

are any of your friend loking to get rid of their books

I have books to sell although I think some sort of buy and sell thing is underway thanks to out very own banquo, let's give it up for banquo!

pakb1ue

TouchingVirus wrote: »

I made it through college without buying more than 3 books - all 3 of which were bought in first year and quickly sold on because I realised I'd wasted my money

Let me guess them 3 books were 'Computer Theory', 'Big Java' and 'Discrete Structures, Logic and Computability'? They are also the only books I got and its the same story for the rest of my class.

banquo

Your mama's so fat she gets an array out of bounds exception error.

Little Java joke there.

Package

barleybooley wrote: »

let's give it up for banquo!

here here

banquo wrote: »

Your mama's so fat she gets an array out of bounds exception error.

Little Java joke there.

lovely, :D:D

banquo wrote: »

Maybe bring a schoolbag, there'll prob be a load of stuff being given away

ah crap, i just spent about 60 euro on stuff

TouchingVirus

pakb1ue wrote: »

Let me guess them 3 books were 'Computer Theory', 'Big Java' and 'Discrete Structures, Logic and Computability'? They are also the only books I got and its the same story for the rest of my class.

Hah, close enough. Discrete Structures, Logic and Computability was one. There was a Java book, by Walter Savitch, but I forget it's name - Big Java doesn't ring a bell though. And I forget the third one.

Amazing how many of us fell into that trap

markc1184

I done this exact course last year. Had great fun throughout and made some new freinds. We were told to get a few books, Maths, Biology, Computers (all 3rd level) and then Physics and Chemistry books with workbooks from the Leaving Cert.

Relax and enjoy the year, pace yourself too! Dont try and get too deep into some of the stuff straight off and get your tutorial days and times sorted asap. There were a few last year that got themselves messed up badly and then had to try and swap with people for various tutorials! Enjoy!

the_observer

Whenever I hear "discrete structures", I just think of buildings painted in camouflage

Package

the_observer wrote: »

Whenever I hear "discrete structures", I just think of buildings painted in camouflage

tumbleweed :rolleyes:

Ms. Koi

banquo wrote: »

Maybe bring a schoolbag, there'll prob be a load of stuff being given away

I love free stuff!!!!