Is tcd worth going to?

dandaman2764

thinking of going to trinity. not fully sure though.

what are the people like? my friends are saying there all stuck up their own arses? :L i doubt that even tho they do have the right since its like the best college in ireland?

i want to study psychology nd music. anyone do any of these and can tell me what theyre like?

whats the social life like?

Steve Higginson

Out of curiosity, exactly what kind of answer are you expecting to get when you ask a forum full of Trinity students if they're stuck up their own arses?

FloatingVoter

Steve Higginson wrote: »

Out of curiosity, exactly what kind of answer are you expecting to get when you ask a forum full of Trinity students if they're stuck up their own arses?

A muffled reply ?

dandaman2764

well im some retard :L its not what i think tho so dont me pissed wit me :P

PurpleFistMixer

Regarding social life, TCD has a load of societies (ie there is a psychology society and various music societies - orchestra, choirs, general music, alternative music etc), so in that regard it's pretty easy to find people who share interests with you.

I haven't encountered anyone to be terribly stuck up their own arse, but I dwell in the science end and all those stories seem to be about arts block people so maybe I just haven't seen any of it.

dandaman2764

any wild parties??

andrew

dandaman2764 wrote: »

any wild parties??

During Marching Season there are loads of parties on campus yeah. Be sure to buy a bowler hat and sash if you get in.

Denerick

I'll just wade on in here and say what everyone is thinking. I doubt you have the character or intellectual pedigree to quite 'cut it' in Trinity College Dublin. A hallowed institution; nay, an exquisite one, and one not befitting a gentleman of your lowly apparel.

TrollHammaren

Denerick wrote: »

I'll just wade on in here and say what everyone is thinking. I doubt you have the character or intellectual pedigree to quite 'cut it' in Trinity College Dublin. A hallowed institution; nay, an exquisite one, and one not befitting a gentleman of your lowly apparel.

I know, right? What a social faux pas; he didn't even tell us what his father does.

OP, I think some of the universities on the other side of the Liffey may be more suitable for someone of your breeding.

PunkFreud

Even though you're saying that ironically, I still think you're stuck up. I'm not sure why?

TrollHammaren

PunkFreud wrote: »

Even though you're saying that ironically, I still think you're stuck up. I'm not sure why?

Me or Denerick?

PunkFreud

TrollHammaren wrote: »

Me or Denerick?

Both

TrollHammaren

PunkFreud wrote: »

Both

Denerick is always making funnies here, so I wouldn't read much into it.

I'm not stuck-up, I just appreciate that I'm intellectually superior to the council estate riff-raff who are basically handed places in our university. Just because your dad is too lazy/uneducated to get a job doesn't mean our taxes should pay your fees, give you free grinds, a new car, monthly back massages, and access to a consultant proctologist.

Sir Ophiuchus

PunkFreud wrote: »

Both

You've obviously never met TrollHammaren.

Edit: beaten.

TrollHammaren wrote: »

I'm not stuck-up, I just appreciate that I'm intellectually superior to the council estate riff-raff who are basically handed places in our university. Just because your dad is too lazy/uneducated to get a job doesn't mean our taxes should pay your fees, give you free grinds, a new car, monthly back massages, and access to a consultant proctologist.

*falls over laughing*

Seachmall

You're all retards.

Sir Ophiuchus

Seachmall wrote: »

You're all retards.

Jeez, relax man. Quite a few of the people in this thread know one another in real life and are having a laugh, or are at least very familiar with their posting style in this forum.

TrollHammaren

Seachmall wrote: »

You're all retards.

TrollHammaren

But joking aside, OP, the social life is what you make of it. It's a pretty diverse bunch of people and there's at least one society or club for everyone.

You get the odd stuck-up person, but they usually hang around in groups and are easily avoidable. You'll make friends for life, whether you meet them in your class or your club.

Denerick

PunkFreud wrote: »

Even though you're saying that ironically, I still think you're stuck up. I'm not sure why?

I know you are but what am I?

PurpleFistMixer

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

or are at least very familiar with their posting style in this forum.

ie "people be trolling".

Sir Ophiuchus

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

ie "people be trolling".

Is it trolling if the target audience know you're not serious, though?

Aaaaanyway, back on topic.

Yeah, some of the courses can be a bit cliquey, but most of them only appear to be, since they've a lot of similar people who spend a lot of time together. Most love to have new members, which to me disqualifies them from being properly cliquey.

Both TrollHammaren and myself did Psychology, so feel free to ask us anything you like about that.

dandaman2764

Ah rite. Is it an interesting course? Do you get bored of it easily?

TrollHammaren

dandaman2764 wrote: »

Ah rite. Is it an interesting course? Do you get bored of it easily?

Like all courses, you're not going to like every module you do, but I found that I was interested in the cognitive neuroscience aspects of psychology very early on and it always kept me occupied. I was always less interested in the more artsy or philosophical side of things, but after you've completed second year you can more or less tailor your module choices to your interests.

I wouldn't say I got bored of the course as much as I got frustrated from time to time, but that's pretty much part and parcel of being a university student.

StrawberryJazz

I'm so sick of these threads!

Lets face it...if you get in to Trinity youre not going to turn it down.
One's mother and father will be far too proud at the country club.

For anybody else thinking of posting a thread like this:
Trinity + Person = Personal Experience.

The End.

TrollHammaren

StrawberryJazz wrote: »

I'm so sick of these threads!

Lets face it...if you get in to Trinity youre not going to turn it down.
One's mother and father will be far too proud at the country club.

For anybody else thinking of posting a thread like this:
Trinity + Person = Personal Experience.

The End.

Jesus, I wonder who pissed in her cornflakes.

StrawberryJazz

TrollHammaren wrote: »

StrawberryJazz wrote: »

I'm so sick of these threads!

Lets face it...if you get in to Trinity youre not going to turn it down.
One's mother and father will be far too proud at the country club.

For anybody else thinking of posting a thread like this:
Trinity + Person = Personal Experience.

The End.

Jesus, I wonder who pissed in her cornflakes.

We do not speak of the fine Buttery cousine with such disrespect!

RMD

StrawberryJazz wrote: »

I'm so sick of these threads!

Lets face it...if you get in to Trinity youre not going to turn it down.
One's mother and father will be far too proud at the country club.

For anybody else thinking of posting a thread like this:
Trinity + Person = Personal Experience.

The End.

You amateur. Country club? I'll believe you'll find country clubs are few are far between especially within the Greater Dublin area, perhaps a reputable golf club or a traditional Gentlemens' club but a country club? Please, just give it a rest. Don't partake in the affluent trolling if you don't know the basics of an affluent lifestyle deary.

StrawberryJazz

RMD wrote: »

You amateur. Country club? I'll believe you'll find country clubs are few are far between especially within the Greater Dublin area, perhaps a reputable golf club or a traditional Gentlemens' club but a country club? Please, just give it a rest. Don't partake in the affluent trolling if you don't know the basics of an affluent lifestyle deary.

What is this? Fisher Price "My First Trolling"? If that was your best attempt to unnerve and embarrass me off the internet forever, it was rather cute.
As for the basics of an affluent lifestyle, I live on a very golf course surrounded by the impaled peasants who had previously challenged my witty repartee.
With this in mind:WITHDRAW!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOb4s3ETUQc

RoddyUsher

"For anybody else thinking of posting a thread like this:
Trinity + Person = Personal Experience."

Trinity is open to the public at most times. There are six gates to the main campus. Take the time to come in, look around, hang out, talk to people, form an impression. It saves all this.
The same applies to all the other "what's X like questions". Can we live with any level of uncertainty? Other people's opinion/impressions may be well off the mark for someone else.

TrollHammaren

I think the OP asking a perfectly valid question - he's looking for our opinions. You know, like, from a Trinity perspective? Does the question really bother you that much?

To me, Trinity was/is a great experience due to the people in my class, and the people in my Judo club.

yournerd

Are Trinity classes small?

Lawliet

Varies from course to course

KnifeWRENCH

StrawberryJazz wrote: »

What is this? Fisher Price "My First Trolling"? If that was your best attempt to unnerve and embarrass me off the internet forever, it was rather cute.
As for the basics of an affluent lifestyle, I live on a very golf course surrounded by the impaled peasants who had previously challenged my witty repartee.
With this in mind:WITHDRAW!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOb4s3ETUQc

I'm just posting to say that "I live on a very golf course" is one of the finest phrases I've ever read anywhere. I'm gonna steal that and use it in arguments when I want to ensure I have the upper hand.

oppenheimer1

If you can afford it you'd be better served by going to one of the redbricks or ancients in the UK. Better career prospects, and you'd widen your horizons too.

TrollHammaren

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

If you can afford it you'd be better served by going to one of the redbricks or ancients in the UK. Better career prospects, and you'd widen your horizons too.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the major issue for a lot of people my age

FloatingVoter

yournerd wrote: »

Are Trinity classes small?

3 foot - 6' 5" in height from my experience. As for the male members, that's a matter of discretion.

Sir Ophiuchus

FloatingVoter wrote: »

As for the male members, that's a matter of discretion.

Surely you mean the male members' members?

To answer the actual question, it can vary according to discipline and type of class:

Humanities lecture - up to 200 in a huge class like English, down to 15-20 in a small specialised Sophister course. Smaller schools, smaller classes.

Humanities tutorial - usually about 10.

Sciences lecture - same as humanities, more likely to tend toward larger classes though.

Sciences tutorial - can often be 40-50 people.

These numbers are totally eyeballed, but might give you a rough idea.

yournerd

There was a medecine course for 9 people? are irish people that stupid?

Lawliet

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

Sciences tutorial - can often be 40-50 people.

You can actually have over a hundred if you're in general science; the departments don't seem to believe in checking each others timetables when scheduling tutorials, meaning there's usually only one slot per week that actually suits the majority of students...

Sir Ophiuchus

Lawliet wrote: »

You can actually have over a hundred if you're in general science; the departments don't seem to believe in checking each others timetables when scheduling tutorials, meaning there's usually only one slot per week that actually suits the majority of students...

I don't doubt it! Was just drawing on my own memories of Chemistry tutorials.

TrollHammaren

yournerd wrote: »

There was a medecine course for 9 people? are irish people that stupid?

wat

oppenheimer1

TrollHammaren wrote: »

Unfortunately, that seems to be the major issue for a lot of people my age

It is worth it though, you will get a better education there than here. Studying abroad is a great experience too.

TrollHammaren

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

It is worth it though, you will get a better education there than here. Studying abroad is a great experience too.

That's all well and good if you can afford it. If you can afford it, go for it! However, that's not always the case.

yournerd

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

Is it trolling if the target audience know you're not serious, though?

Aaaaanyway, back on topic.

Yeah, some of the courses can be a bit cliquey, but most of them only appear to be, since they've a lot of similar people who spend a lot of time together. Most love to have new members, which to me disqualifies them from being properly cliquey.

Both TrollHammaren and myself did Psychology, so feel free to ask us anything you like about that.

From doing psycholody what careers would you develop?

Sir Ophiuchus

yournerd wrote: »

From doing psycholody what careers would you develop?

You could go on and do further research in psychology, you could work as a researcher or a research assistant professionally, you could go into any sort of business career, you could go a clinical route and become a counselor or other directly-helping role, you could work on social programmes to help people...

yournerd

Oh so its widened! noot like Accounting = accountant :L

andrew

yournerd wrote: »

Oh so its widened! noot like Accounting = accountant :L

Most college courses aren't vocational, like accountancy. This is despite what most people seem to think. The next person who asks me exactly what I'm qualified to do once I'm finished college is getting a roasting in my internal monologue.

Extrasupervery

Definitely not. The entire campus is a hologram.