Advice for New & Current Students

kerry4sam

Just thought I would start a thread for anyone who wishes to offer general tips; advice and support for people just starting in ITTralee this year. It could also even assist current students who may have had the heads in the books for so much of their time, they may not know

hacx

is it true on the first day you have to beat someone up or become someone's bitch?

Encrypted Pigeon

yes - choose your opponent wisely.

On a serious note. Show up to your lectures and labs, no matter how boring you think it is. I have seen it countless number of times where guys/gals find the subject hard or boring and their solution is to avoid it but then struggle at the end of the semester. Just show up, you would be surprised at how good the old sponge is a absorbing information.

Opinicus

hacx wrote: »

is it true on the first day you have to beat someone up or become someone's bitch?

Yes. I did a Rorschach on everybody in the canteen. "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me."

Sintel wrote: »

yes - choose your opponent wisely.

On a serious note. Show up to your lectures and labs, no matter how boring you think it is. I have seen it countless number of times where guys/gals find the subject hard or boring and their solution is to avoid it but then struggle at the end of the semester. Just show up, you would be surprised at how good the old sponge is a absorbing information.

Agree. If there is one tip I would give anyone it is this. Just go to lectures. It's amazing what you learn just by osmosis.

hacx

Actually, with a serious question - what specifically can they help me with there with regards to housing?

JFlah

1 Don,t be afraid to admit if you are struggling, you'll be surprised how many people are struggling with various modules.

2 Just because a module in 1st Semester may seem pointless or un-important(there are some!) They are still worth 5 credits and some are VERY easy credits , so give them attention also

3 Start working on Assignments asap after getting them it will make a huge difference, you can easily get the bulk of the work done with loads of time to review and improve things , if you let it go until the last minute it WILL show, and why make things difficult for yourself?

4 even though optional DO attend tutorials even if you have a good grasp of the subject you,ll be surprised what you pick up ... exam tips etc .

5 DO attend!! it may seem obvious but the people that have good attendance do MUCH better.

6 IF you find that your course is not what you expected or you are totally disillusioned , SEEK help/advice immediately. ITT is a very friendly and helpful place in my experience.

7 Use the support facilities and student services , it can and will help

8 Try to mix with your classmates young and old male and female it makes things much easier to have a friendly/fun atmosphere in a group

9 Relax and enjoy the experience

My 2 cents worth

angs77

the best advise to give anyone starting in any college is to show up to lectures and labs - you can't learn if you don't attend.

If you are struggling with anything in the ITT, they have great support services in the Q block, get to know those services and get to know your Students Union - this years president is a very nice guy who has a lot of experience.

the other nugget of advise I would give you is - stay on top of your course work. I've seen people who leave it until the night before to study or prep for exams and end up repeating in Aug' at a cost of €120. The time will fly, so use it wisely!

sheao

I will be driving to college some days.Is there much parking in the north campus ?

Encrypted Pigeon

Can be tight around the front, really depends on the time of day. There should be loads if you drive around the back though, just watch out for the staff car park because if you are caught there you will have the privilege of trying to scrap off one of those lovely violation stickers off one of your windows.

angs77

Park out the back, its pretty much impossible to get a space out the front.

The north campus has a few big car parks out the back once you don't mind pot holes when it rains very heavy.

HelenaRose

I'm hopefully starting at ITTralee this September and I'd be moving up from Dublin to do the Wildlife Biology course, does anyone have any tips or advice?

angs77

as far as I remember that is run in the South Campus. So the same advise I gave last year, get to know where student services are, get to know your Students Union (they have offices in both campuses) and attend your lectures and labs. Your attendance counts at course board meetings at the end of each semester, so like the lotto ad, if your not in you can't win.

I had four of the best years in the ITT with supportive lecturers that want you to learn and succeed and would recommend it as a college to any student.

nitros7

I hope you did well Wednesday (Asuming you are not a mature student BTW)
As for advice for accomodation Kings court would be the nearest to the South Campus I think its €50-€60 a week all in. They are secure and modern enough. You can get the bus outside every morning or take a short 10 minute stroll to get to campus.
Defo would sencond the post get to know your SU officers. Can be a handy bunch to know if you need help with anything and doesn't hurt to be friendly with the guys representing the student body

HelenaRose wrote: »

I'm hopefully starting at ITTralee this September and I'd be moving up from Dublin to do the Wildlife Biology course, does anyone have any tips or advice?

HelenaRose

nitros7 wrote: »

I hope you did well Wednesday (Asuming you are not a mature student BTW)
As for advice for accomodation Kings court would be the nearest to the South Campus I think its €50-€60 a week all in. They are secure and modern enough. You can get the bus outside every morning or take a short 10 minute stroll to get to campus.
Defo would sencond the post get to know your SU officers. Can be a handy bunch to know if you need help with anything and doesn't hurt to be friendly with the guys representing the student body

Thanks!! I'm pretty confident I got the points for it! We've already put a deposit down for Oakfield Court as it was recommended to my mam by a friend. Do you know anything about this accommodation? I know it's a little further out but I walk everywhere anyway so that's not a problem haha.
Thanks! I'll try to get to know them! I'm so nervous about making friends though and how it's all gonna go...I've never been to Tralee so my first time will be moving day! Is the town easy enough to get used to and find your way around?

siblers

If wildlife is on in south campus, then your campus is within 10 minutes to the centre of Tralee town. Town is very easy to get around, although Tralee is quite big the shops etc are all located quite near each other all on a few streets. King's Court is around 10-15 minute walk from south campus, there will also be buses running hourly that will pick you up near your accommodation. There is a Tescos, Mcdonalds, chinese takeaway, TKmax and a few others within a few minutes of Kings Court. It would be a bit of a trek into the centre of Tralee town from King's Court but it wouldn't be very expensive with a taxi. Odds are you'll get to be friends with plenty of people who will drive anyway. There's also a Dunnes within a few minutes of South Campus.

DestructiveApe

HelenaRose wrote: »

Thanks!! I'm pretty confident I got the points for it! We've already put a deposit down for Oakfield Court as it was recommended to my mam by a friend. Do you know anything about this accommodation? I know it's a little further out but I walk everywhere anyway so that's not a problem haha.
Thanks! I'll try to get to know them! I'm so nervous about making friends though and how it's all gonna go...I've never been to Tralee so my first time will be moving day! Is the town easy enough to get used to and find your way around?

Your going to be living next to Subway and an off licence.. That's all i know

HelenaRose

DestructiveApe wrote: »

Your going to be living next to Subway and an off licence.. That's all i know

Sure that's all I need! Hahaha

katieg19

HelenaRose wrote: »

I'm hopefully starting at ITTralee this September and I'd be moving up from Dublin to do the Wildlife Biology course, does anyone have any tips or advice?

I'm in the exact same boat as you! Anyone have preference over An sean mhuíleann and Kingscourt? Just trying to figure out which is the best option!

HelenaRose

katieg19 wrote: »

I'm in the exact same boat as you! Anyone have preference over An sean mhuíleann and Kingscourt? Just trying to figure out which is the best option!

Did you get Wildlife Biology too? I've gone for Oakfield Court because one of my parents friends kids went there and liked it! Congrats if you got your course!!

katieg19

HelenaRose wrote: »

Did you get Wildlife Biology too? I've gone for Oakfield Court because one of my parents friends kids went there and liked it! Congrats if you got your course!!

I did, actually turned it down last year as I wanted to pursue a line of veterinary and lost out to random selection! Looking forward to it now though Congrats to you too! My friend is going into second year of this course and he really likes it! Just the accommodation is a worry! Oakfield court does look good. Might just look at prices or something and see which is cheaper if people arent forwarding a particular one!

HelenaRose

katieg19 wrote: »

I did, actually turned it down last year as I wanted to pursue a line of veterinary and lost out to random selection! Looking forward to it now though Congrats to you too! My friend is going into second year of this course and he really likes it! Just the accommodation is a worry! Oakfield court does look good. Might just look at prices or something and see which is cheaper if people arent forwarding a particular one!

Oh that's brilliant I can't wait to see what it's going to be like!! Yeah I should have looked around maybe a little bit more because it's not as close as the others but sure it doesn't look like a kip and that's the main thing! I'll see you down there so haha!

katieg19

Exactly! Be grand! Sure you'll be spending most of the time away from the room anyway only issue with any of the places i would see is the people you could be stuck with! haha! I'm starting to look forward to it now. It's a trek from Dublin but I love kerry anyways. hehe seeing this course more positively now!

HelenaRose

katieg19 wrote: »

Exactly! Be grand! Sure you'll be spending most of the time away from the room anyway only issue with any of the places i would see is the people you could be stuck with! haha! I'm starting to look forward to it now. It's a trek from Dublin but I love kerry anyways. hehe seeing this course more positively now!

Yeah you're right there! Yeah I can't wait, only 3 weeks now til I move down! Excited to meet lots of new people too, even though I'm terrified of the thought aswell haha! Yeah it's like a four hour drive or something and six hours on the bus! Doesn't look like I'll be going home for a while by the sound of that! I've never been to Tralee so I haven't a clue about the place! Have you been?

katieg19

Gonna be good. Been to kerry a lot as I've family and all that further south. Tralee is alright, but there are better places in Kerry! The campus is supposed to be good. I suppose once I have the whole accommodation thing sorted it will be grand! Its also around 4 hours (could also be less!) to tralee from heuston on the train. Its a nice train ride too

HelenaRose

Oh really? That's not too bad! Probs more expensive than the bus though! I'm just excited to get down there and get started

katieg19

HelenaRose wrote: »

Oh really? That's not too bad! Probs more expensive than the bus though! I'm just excited to get down there and get started

Not sure about the bus but a return train ticket is around 33 euro for a student, train is also way nicer too! Shall be grand though! See you there in September!

lady365

katieg19 wrote: »

I'm in the exact same boat as you! Anyone have preference over An sean mhuíleann and Kingscourt? Just trying to figure out which is the best option!

Lived in Sean Mhuileann last year and returning to it again in Sept. very close to the town and only a 10 minute walk to south campus. Myself is in the north but a shuttle bus runs every hr. Its a Really nice place, sometimes noisy on busy nights. Some friends of mine are in kings court , can be very noisy most nights tho. Might be hard to get stuff done.

katieg19

lady365 wrote: »

Lived in Sean Mhuileann last year and returning to it again in Sept. very close to the town and only a 10 minute walk to south campus. Myself is in the north but a shuttle bus runs every hr. Its a Really nice place, sometimes noisy on busy nights. Some friends of mine are in kings court , can be very noisy most nights tho. Might be hard to get stuff done.

So in your opinion Sean Mhuileann would be a better choice than kings court?

lady365

katieg19 wrote: »

So in your opinion Sean Mhuileann would be a better choice than kings court?

Yeah def recommend an sean mhuileann over kings court.it kinda depends on what type of person u are. If u are up to going out every night then kings court is the place for u. i like going out maybe once a week but thats all.
Good luck!

katieg19

lady365 wrote: »

Yeah def recommend an sean mhuileann over kings court.it kinda depends on what type of person u are. If u are up to going out every night then kings court is the place for u. i like going out maybe once a week but thats all.
Good luck!

I'm the same..haha:) an sean mhuileann is it then i guess! thanks so much

sarahmac287

Where does the shuttle bus stop at for north campus? and how much does it cost

floutingmaxims

I'm doing Creative Writing for Digital Media and was wondering if that's based around the north or south campus? Want to know so i can try and sort accommodation relatively nearby.

sarahmac287

north campus

lady365

sarahmac287 wrote: »

Where does the shuttle bus stop at for north campus? and how much does it cost

shuttle bus starts at kingcourt and goes around the town
can be found here: http://www.kennedycoaches.com/ITT%20Coach%20timetable%2010-11%20rev.pdf

it cost 1.50 per trip. so prob 3.00 per day. other option is a bike!

DestructiveApe

Hey!

You have Coisceim right beside North Campus where the course is based. It's literally a minutes walk to the college!

There's Kerry Lee as well which is just down the road from the college but closer to the shops and town.

They would be the too closest accommodations.

katieg19

anyone know when orientation/registration and all that starts?

sarahmac287

roughly one of the days of the second week of september everybody is telling me! we should get a pack out thursday about all the dates

katieg19

awesome thanks!

HelenaRose

Does anyone know if it's worth buying a bike to get around?

keeponclimbing

HelenaRose wrote: »

Does anyone know if it's worth buying a bike to get around?

If you can't drive, then yes, I would definitely recommend it. There's a bus which is 3 euro up and down a day so you'd be saving yourself money if you bought a decent bike. Though cycling in the winter is a nightmare...your clothes get destroyed in the rain and mud haha

HelenaRose

keeponclimbing wrote: »

If you can't drive, then yes, I would definitely recommend it. There's a bus which is 3 euro up and down a day so you'd be saving yourself money if you bought a decent bike. Though cycling in the winter is a nightmare...your clothes get destroyed in the rain and mud haha

Thanks I'll definitely look into it! And does anyone know anything about registration? I accepted the offer on the 19th but haven't got any email or letter from Tralee!

JFlah

HelenaRose wrote: »

Thanks I'll definitely look into it! And does anyone know anything about registration? I accepted the offer on the 19th but haven't got any email or letter from Tralee!

You should get a registration pack early next week . Orientation week begins on the 9th , classes commence the 16th

katieg19

9th? :O Thats so close...should really contact my accommodation to let them know that I'm to be coming early then i stated on the booking form. :L

JFlah

katieg19 wrote: »

9th? :O Thats so close...should really contact my accommodation to let them know that I'm to be coming early then i stated on the booking form. :L

Wait a little while different orientation schedules for different courses so you could be in much later in week.

katieg19

oh ok cool thanks

JFlah

katieg19 wrote: »

oh ok cool thanks

No worries

katieg19

HelenaRose wrote: »

Thanks I'll definitely look into it! And does anyone know anything about registration? I accepted the offer on the 19th but haven't got any email or letter from Tralee!

Did you get your letter yet helenarose? I got mine on friday and they now have the stuff up about orientation and our medical note things at www.ittralee.ie/registration

HelenaRose

katieg19 wrote: »

Did you get your letter yet helenarose? I got mine on friday and they now have the stuff up about orientation and our medical note things at www.ittralee.ie/registration

Thanks katieg! Yeah I got mine friday too Thanks for the link I couldn't find it anywhere haha! How are you feeling about moving down?

HelenaRose

katieg we'll have to buy so many things for the field trips!! I didn't realise it was going to be this physical haha hopefully my doctor will say I'm fit enough!

katieg19

no problem hehe their webstie is so ridiculous! :)im kinda apprehensive about it but i put down the 13th as the day i hope to move in onmy booking form so i hope to god they let me go in early....ringing them later lol and yeah! so much stuff..going to leave a good bit of it until the course starts to see what we actually need to buy! spent 300 euro alone today getting stuff and im broke as it is so I'll see what the neccessities are!!! what about you? excited about moving etc?

katieg19

ive booked the doctor thing wednesday...hope that goes ok too hahaha :L havent been training at all this summer :L