Difficulty in making friends

Meglamonia

Thinking of putting down DCU near the top of my CAO but Is there alot of people there who are from outside Dublin staying in campus accomadation?My perception is that the majority would be from Dublin and therefore making it more difficult for someone not from Dublin

GLaDOS

Most people living on campus (or close to campus) are from outside Dublin, people from Dublin (and even the likes of Dundalk and Drogheda) tend to commute from home. That's my perception of it anyway.

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Meglamonia wrote: »

Thinking of putting down DCU near the top of my CAO but Is there alot of people there who are from outside Dublin staying in campus accomadation?My perception is that the majority would be from Dublin and therefore making it more difficult for someone not from Dublin

I do Science in DCU. I'm in first year. It wouldn't surprise me if the majority of people from my year are not from Dublin. However I'd say it is at least 50/50. I'm not sure about other classes though.

Definitely though the majority of people living on campus are from outside Dublin anyway

i wouldn't worry too much about making friends, especially if you live on campus. You just simply will

ordinary_girl

The majority of people in my year aren't from Dublin, so I wouldn't worry about being stuck in a class full of Dubliners! There's a good mix of people, and if you join some of the clubs and socs you'll definitely meet other people from outside of Dublin who live on campus.

Noodleworm

Essentially everyone on campus is from outside Dublin, in fact I think you may have to live a certain distance away to get it. Most people from Dublin live at home at least for first year.
Like everyone says, Clubs and societies are the best way to make friends, and there really,truly is something for everyone.
College isn't nearly as hard for making friend as school was, most people won't know anyone else and everyone kind of goes out of their way to introduce themselves and be friendly for the first few weeks.

xaoifsx

you'll make friends, dont worry about that. im in first year and i have friends from both dublin and outside dublin. and im from the midlands.. you'll be fine..worry about getting the points!

VinnyTGM

As already said, most people living on campus are from outside Dublin, you'll make friends easily enough too.

Shiny

I went to DCU coming from Laois and I didn't know anyone in the university.You wont have a problem making friends as you'll find that you will meet a lot of like minded people when you do your course. I genuinely didn't notice any majority group from any location to be honest.

polkabunny

I'm a first year student who came to the big city from a tiny town in Roscommon. Absolutely love the college, made some fantastic friends, and while I haven't gone anywhere near as mental as other first years, I've had some amazing experiences already.
Making friends is really no bother. I was absolutely bricking it when I got to DCU first! However, I'm really settled in now, never been happier. Don't forget, there's going to be about a thousand other people in the same boat as you!
I didn't get on campus, I'm living in Gateway. People who live in student accommodation usually live too far away to commute, so a lot of the time, they are all culchies and boggers like me :P

Rhetoreek

Only having experience of DCU and UCD, I found DCU is much easier to make friends. In UCD a lot of people arrive already knowing each other and so form cliques which are hard to break into. In DCU it feels like everyone is starting off fresh and looking to make new friends.

DCU definitely also has a high percentage of 'outside dublin' folks, much more so than UCD anyway.