Newbies: What are you most worried about?

Duddy

Lets hear your fears, so we can put your mind at ease:)



I remember being scared of taking notes in lectures, writing AND listening?!
But you fair get used to it:)



Post your despair.

jenjo

everything!

LeixlipRed

Wait till they find out about the newbie tax. PM me for the account details.

Grindylow

Not getting an accommodation offer.

I'm moving from Waterford and know no one else going so if I don't, I'm screwed.

LeixlipRed

Loads of places in Maynooth to live, you'll be grand.

Moon Indigo

Returning as a mature and scared of just about everything. If I will be able to keep up, financial costs, finding my way around. The fear is really starting to churn now.

jenjo

What course are u doing?

superstoner90

moths

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karaokeman

Still fearing I may end up being seen as "the nerd" and not fitting in with the "in crowd".

Ah well good thing is I will always have you boardsies. Some of you will probably already know a little about me from my post in the Know Your Maynoothians thread and various other threads in this forum.

But yeah I will try my best to get to know all of you during Orientation and then on the 19th it all kicks off, with lectures and all the hardwork but hey if my uncle could do it so can I:p.

LeixlipRed

Who wants to be in with the "in crowd". And if you do then just camp outside the SU, that's where they all congregate

Duddy

jenjo wrote: »

What course are u doing?

superstoner90 wrote: »

moths

Totally thought you were a D4 Mathematician. I'm tired.

Grindylow

karaokeman wrote: »

Still fearing I may end up being seen as "the nerd" and not fitting in with the "in crowd".

Ah well good thing is I will always have you boardsies. Some of you will probably already know a little about me from my post in the Know Your Maynoothians thread and various other threads in this forum.

But yeah I will try my best to get to know all of you during Orientation and then on the 19th it all kicks off, with lectures and all the hardwork but hey if my uncle could do it so can I:p.

If I figure out who you are during the HEAR week, I'll totally introduce myself /mayscreamatyou..

superstoner90

Duddy wrote: »

Totally thought you were a D4 Mathematician. I'm tired.

sleep with one eye open :rolleyes:

orl677

Meeting people would be the obvious one, im sure everyone feels that, im a mature student too, and although its not by much it still adds a slightly different dimension to the apprehension I guess.

The OP mentioned notetaking, yeh that'd be in the back of my head too, and generally keeping on top of the course work. I know i'll have to put probably the most effort into Economics, micro more so as it wrecked my head on the Fetac course I did. Oh, and finances!
That said, i'm looking forward to starting now, and hopefully I can find one or two good socs to get involved in

Duddy

Getting involved with socs will let you meet people hilariously easily, so you have two bases covered already! As I said, note-taking becomes much, much easier as you along, and most lecturers go a bit slow in first year lectures, and are often asked to slow down if they're rushing:D

Moon Indigo

I'm starting the community and youth course so as much as I am exited alot of stuff still feels up in the air.

sanj2408

Started Arts last year as a mature (ish) newbie. For anyone apprehensive about it, don't be. You WILL meet people, the lecturers are great and very approachable and also most subjects do tutorials as well and your tutors are students themselves, so they understand. I found these guys great last year. Don't be afraid to ask the lecturer to slow down if he / she is going too fast or to approach your lecturer after the class to ask them to clarify something.
Also, if you are a mature, check out the MAP section on Moodle, loads of really good advice on there about exams, essays etc.
Join socs to make friends, and if you are struggling with anything, ask for help. Anyone I encountered last year was only too happy to help: staff and students alike,

Best of luck!!!!!!:D

brian93

Tbh I'm worried about laundry! Never did laundry before at home, and am from Kerry so I won't be going home until midterm/'study' week probably.

Worried too that I won't get along with my room mates, not worried so much about making friends, but I don't want cúnty room mates :P

LeixlipRed

Worried about laundry? I've heard it all now Clothes go in, clothes come out.

Grindylow

Ok so didn't get on campus.. Now I'm worried about finding a room to rent. :P

Pudsy33

Noel2k9 wrote: »

Ok so didn't get on campus.. Now I'm worried about finding a room to rent. :P

I haven't lived out in Maynooth, but any time I've stayed over with friends I've always preferred staying off campus. There are loads of rooms around the town

LeixlipRed

Yeh, you'll get something easily. The accommodation office will sort you out with a list of accommodation.

Grindylow

Do you have any recommendations of places to live? Like estates, etc? I'm looking by myself so it's only a room I'd need which is fairly hard to find!

maxxie

I have a feeling I will be used for my body

Duddy

Noel2k9 wrote: »

Do you have any recommendations of places to live? Like estates, etc? I'm looking by myself so it's only a room I'd need which is fairly hard to find!

Try Daft http://www.daft.ie/searchsharing.daft?s%5Bcc_id%5D=c3&s%5Ba_id%5D=2818&s%5Bmnp%5D=&s%5Bmxp%5D=&s%5Broom_type%5D=either&refine.x=99&refine.y=17&refine=Refine&search=1&s%5Bsearch_type%5D=sharing&s%5Bfurn%5D=&s%5Brefreshmap%5D=1&search_type=sharing&fr=default as well as the housing list. When you get the housing list, ring places right away! They tend to go very quick.

The estates are all mostly grand, with the exception of Old Greenfield and Parsons Street, which have a bad rep. Meadowbrook, Kingsbury and Cluain Aoibheann are around the middle in terms of housing quality, while newer estates like Castledawson, Carton Square and Griffin Rath Hall are better quality (but usually are a little more expensive). The Moyglare estates vary a lot too, from new to old, so don't assume they'll all be the same. Also, the 15 minute walk from the college on a straight road is killer boring:P

Seren_

brian93 wrote: »

Tbh I'm worried about laundry! Never did laundry before at home, and am from Kerry so I won't be going home until midterm/'study' week probably.

Some laundry tips:
1. You buy tokens for the washing machines and dryers in the apartment offices. They cost 3.20 for 1, but you'll need 1 for each machine. It's quite expensive -_-
2. Do your washing at the weekends: laundry room is less likely to be busy then.
3. Buy a box of Colour Catchers and throw one in each wash - no need for separating colours and whites, thus saving money.

Obviously these only really apply if you live on campus

LeixlipRed

maxxie wrote: »

I have a feeling I will be used for my body

Tell me about it.

maxxie

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Tell me about it.

No rest for the sexy..

banquo

Roll call for all first years is every morning at 8am in the Arts Block basement.

Norrdeth

I can has freshburger?

orl677

Duddy wrote: »

Getting involved with socs will let you meet people hilariously easily, so you have two bases covered already! As I said, note-taking becomes much, much easier as you along, and most lecturers go a bit slow in first year lectures, and are often asked to slow down if they're rushing:D

Thanks for the kind reply Duddy, yeh the socs do seem to be great in Maynooth im sure it'll be all good, nice idea for a thread too btw

sanj2408 wrote: »

Started Arts last year as a mature (ish) newbie. For anyone apprehensive about it, don't be. You WILL meet people, the lecturers are great and very approachable and also most subjects do tutorials as well and your tutors are students themselves, so they understand. I found these guys great last year. Don't be afraid to ask the lecturer to slow down if he / she is going too fast or to approach your lecturer after the class to ask them to clarify something.
Also, if you are a mature, check out the MAP section on Moodle, loads of really good advice on there about exams, essays etc.
Join socs to make friends, and if you are struggling with anything, ask for help. Anyone I encountered last year was only too happy to help: staff and students alike,

Best of luck!!!!!!:D

Nice post there sanj2408, cheers

karaokeman

Has anyone else recieved post about Orientation week?

I still haven't got anything about it and I feel like the only one.

Oscars Well.

karaokeman wrote: »

Has anyone else recieved post about Orientation week?

I still haven't got anything about it and I feel like the only one.

No, I havent got mine either.

banquo

Has anyone gotten it?!

Grindylow

Nope

banquo

Hmmm.

Paczini

Meeting new people will be a biggest challenge for me, I always had a problem with it and I don't know anyone in Maynooth

tootyflutty

Paczini wrote: »

Meeting new people will be a biggest challenge for me, I always had a problem with it and I don't know anyone in Maynooth

Join clubs and societies, it is the best way to meet people from different courses and years. And you will learn so much from eachother. It's the best thing I ever did! Plenty of clubs and socs have commuter friendly times, so no excuses really

Duddy

I suggest Maynooth boards beers

Norrdeth

2nd-ed

PadraicEgan

Is there no one worried about money matters? I dont know how I'm going to live with €20 a week

LeixlipRed

You'll manage my man. There was a thread on saving money here a while back. The key is to cook in bulk, freeze things. Don't get takeaways or have lunches out. And never drink beer you paid more than a euro for If you're living on campus you don't need to worry about bills. If you live off campus then make sure you're not living with fools who take 8 showers a day and tumble dry themselves to sleep at night. And invest in warm clothes because heating is way too expensive!

karaokeman

Paczini wrote: »

Meeting new people will be a biggest challenge for me, I always had a problem with it and I don't know anyone in Maynooth

I suppose at this point we know everyone is worried about how to get to know other people and knowing no one in the college and whatever else.

Its great to have that common ground. I know about maybe 10 people going to Maynooth, thats pretty insignificant knowing that there is 8,000 students on campus and I obviously wouldn't be with those same 10 people all the time.

I guess the best thing is to go with the flow. Not to try too hard and just to walk into the college thinking that what your doing now will help build that path to your future career. If we all walk in with that in mind, its difficult to think about the anxiety and stress of not knowing anyone else in the college or making new friends.

And then it will just happen, for all of us. People will speak to us when we least expect them to, asking for directions, asking where their lecture is.

It really won't be all that bad just if we can stay relaxed and be ourselves for the early part of the year. Believe me I've tried too hard before and its really not the best way to go.

Moon Indigo

Until the arrival of the postman I had the usual worries of new people, travel etc etc now I really do have a worry. I just got my NUIM bill of 2093 euro of which I knew was coming but it has to be paid by 9th of Sept!
If I knew how to turn on the smillies trust me I would not be smiling!. I need the registration letter but the council are taking there sweet time and it all hangs in the balance. Ahhhhhh!!!

As for money I know how you feel if I get the grant and get to Maynooth I to will be living off peanuts to. My advice is plan ahead and make sure if your sharing no one robs your food. I lived with someone who did this very annoying. And don't forget some supermarket own brands are not poison. As they say you you cut your cloth to make it fit.

brian93

I got the €2,093 registration letter too! And I have to pay another €2,000 soon for accommodation! Is there any other big money things I have to worry about? It had a '€0.00' beside tuition, I thought tuition was the most expensive bit?

How so Joe

brian93 wrote: »

I got the €2,093 registration letter too! And I have to pay another €2,000 soon for accommodation! Is there any other big money things I have to worry about? It had a '€0.00' beside tuition, I thought tuition was the most expensive bit?

You only pay tuition if you're repeating. Your first time around in each year you have to pay the registration fee (that's 2 grand) and your student contribution (that's the 93). Nothing more to be paid to the college. Unless you're buying books and things. Phew!

brian93

How so Joe wrote: »

You only pay tuition if you're repeating. Your first time around in each year you have to pay the registration fee (that's 2 grand) and your student contribution (that's the 93). Nothing more to be paid to the college. Unless you're buying books and things. Phew!

Yes!! I was sure I had to pay an extra €7,000! I'm actually delighted, cheers!

LeixlipRed

brian93 wrote: »

Yes!! I was sure I had to pay an extra €7,000! I'm actually delighted, cheers!

I assume by your complete naivety that your parents are paying Cause no one get's confused between 2 grand and 9 grand when it's their own cash.

brian93

LeixlipRed wrote: »

I assume by your complete naivety that your parents are paying Cause no one get's confused between 2 grand and 9 grand when it's their own cash.

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Worried about laundry? I've heard it all now Clothes go in, clothes come out.

Ah, c'mon man. I'm just unsure about a few things and you keep giving me shítty answers!

LeixlipRed

My advice on the laundry was pretty much how it works Ah I'm only messing, I had no clue when I was in first year either.

XxMCRxBabyxX

LeixlipRed wrote: »

My advice on the laundry was pretty much how it works Ah I'm only messing, I had no clue when I was in first year either.

Quit bullying the first years! We don't need the children crying! :P