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andrew369

I was double checking my CAO earlier and noticed a lot of the arts subjects don't have maths as a requirement. Anyone know if that means if someone was to fail maths they could still get into the course as long as they had the points and required subject grades?

Paczini

Yes, As far as I know most of the Arts subjects only require English, Irish and a third language.

andrew369

Paczini wrote: »

Yes, As far as I know most of the Arts subjects only require English, Irish and a third language.

Thanks for the reply Paczini so that whole "fail maths, fail your leaving" speech is just nonsense then?

mickstupp

Not really sure why it's even relevant for most subjects. I mean once you turn 23 they ignore it completely anyway. Irish too.

Actually I just went to the MH101 (Arts) page on nuim.ie/courses, and clicked on one of the first year subjects, Philosophy. In Entry Requirements it says Irish, English and another language are required. Actually required. Which is rubbish.

First, I did philosophy. Don't need another language. Don't need Irish either.
Second, once you turn 23 you don't have those requirements. So how come they apply to someone who's 18 but not someone five years older? Makes no sense.

I can understand a Maths requirement if you want to do economics or business or something, but still! Those aren't requirements when you're a mature student, so why are they requirements in the first place? You don't need Irish to do Greek. You don't need French or German to do English. Stupid requirements are stupid.

Paczini

mickstupp wrote: »

Not really sure why it's even relevant for most subjects. I mean once you turn 23 they ignore it completely anyway. Irish too.

Actually I just went to the MH101 (Arts) page on nuim.ie/courses, and clicked on one of the first year subjects, Philosophy. In Entry Requirements it says Irish, English and another language are required. Actually required. Which is rubbish.

First, I did philosophy. Don't need another language. Don't need Irish either.
Second, once you turn 23 you don't have those requirements. So how come they apply to someone who's 18 but not someone five years older? Makes no sense.

I can understand a Maths requirement if you want to do economics or business or something, but still! Those aren't requirements when you're a mature student, so why are they requirements in the first place? You don't need Irish to do Greek. You don't need French or German to do English. Stupid requirements are stupid.

I know that these rules make no sense but they are college minimum entry requirements for all courses (afaik). Entry requirements for mature students are always different.

Thwip!

andrew369 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply Paczini so that whole "fail maths, fail your leaving" speech is just nonsense then?

I used trigonometry the other day when rearranging my room....just saying

Boeing777

andrew369 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply Paczini so that whole "fail maths, fail your leaving" speech is just nonsense then?

The thing is, you can't actually fail your leaving cert. There's nothing on the certificate that says pass/fail. What you might "fail" is matriculation i.e. requirements for a course, but you can't actually "fail" your leaving cert :pac:

How so Joe

Boeing777 wrote: »

The thing is, you can't actually fail your leaving cert. There's nothing on the certificate that says pass/fail. What you might "fail" is matriculation i.e. requirements for a course, but you can't actually "fail" your leaving cert :pac:

You used to be able to. Admittedly, it was back in 1995, but way back then, if you didn't pass English, Irish and Maths, they wouldn't give you your leaving cert.
That's not the case any more, and matriculation is a different kettle of fish to actually obtaining the certificate.

banquo

The University has its own matrics. Check them out first!

nunu123

hi, is there any buses or trains from bray co.wicklow to maynooth? because im thinking of applying there. what is the university like?

XxMCRxBabyxX

nunu123 wrote: »

hi, is there any buses or trains from bray co.wicklow to maynooth? because im thinking of applying there. what is the university like?

Afaik there are no direct buses or trains. You will have to get into town to get transport to Maynooth but that should be easy enough with Bray's transport

nunu123

What time do lectures usually start at for any courses?

XxMCRxBabyxX

9am. Latest finish at 6pm though some masters lectures are later

nunu123

okayy thank you. do you know anything about doing science in nui maynooth? like is it good?

XxMCRxBabyxX

nunu123 wrote: »

okayy thank you. do you know anything about doing science in nui maynooth? like is it good?

I'm afraid that I'm a law student but there are some science heads on here! :-)

Boeing777

nunu123 wrote: »

okayy thank you. do you know anything about doing science in nui maynooth? like is it good?

I'm Science Ed so if you've any specific questions fire away I wouldn't know where to start otherwise.

Paczini

nunu123 wrote: »

hi, is there any buses or trains from bray co.wicklow to maynooth? because im thinking of applying there. what is the university like?

Well there is one direct train in the morning from Maynooth to Bray so there is a good chance that there is one from Bray going to Maynooth. If there is none, the transport wouldnt be any problem anyway cause you could just take Dart to Connolly and then change trains to Maynooth/Sligo one which are going quite often in the mornings.

nunu123

Boeing777 wrote: »

I'm Science Ed so if you've any specific questions fire away I wouldn't know where to start otherwise.

i just want to know like what is the course like? is it hard? how long are the lectures? what time do you start the lectures at? is it harder than what you expected? how many hours of lectures do you have per day and every week? what kind of modules do you do? what scores do you have to get to do a masters and things like that???

Thank you soo much

nunu123

Paczini wrote: »

Well there is one direct train in the morning from Maynooth to Bray so there is a good chance that there is one from Bray going to Maynooth. If there is none, the transport wouldnt be any problem anyway cause you could just take Dart to Connolly and then change trains to Maynooth/Sligo one which are going quite often in the mornings.

Okay thank you hopefully ill get into maynooth seems like a nice college

nunu123

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I'm afraid that I'm a law student but there are some science heads on here! :-)

I was going to apply for law. why are the points lower in nuim than any other universities? do you mind telling me something about law please..anything? like whats the course like and the things you do and the lectures and stuff? sorry for soo many questions

Boeing777

i just want to know like what is the course like?

The course is great. Science in NUIM is great. The various departments that you deal with are mostly great and there's always help available. There is quite a range of subjects on offer in first year. These include: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematical Physics, Engineering and Maths (which is compulsory in first year). Lecturers open their office at certain times during the week for students to come visit and address any questions or issues you may have with course material. The facilities in labs are great and labs are well run. I should add that my subjects in first year were Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths. I found these subjects mostly enjoyable and the departments were mostly good. I did have one or two issues with the Biology department but in fairness to them they are doing their best to make biology the best they can and it just so happened that us first years were the 'experiment' year. I have no doubts that the biology labs will be better for you if you do choose the subject. But all in all, the course is great, you'll meet great people and the lecturers are for the most part, great.

is it hard?

It would be wrong for me to say that the course isn't hard because it definitely is. But that should not be something that would make you avoid it. Nothing in college is easy, that's just the fact of it. University is designed to challenge you and this course definitely does. The course is definitely do-able and you can do very well in it providing you are committed to putting some work into it. I'm not saying that you should be studying 24/7 with no time to enjoy yourself, what I mean is, you should dedicate some of your time to the course and just keep on top of the material.

how long are the lectures?

Lectures usually last 50/55 minutes depending on the lecturer. Some lecturers like to speak more than others :pac: Lectures usually begin at 5 past the hour and end at 5 to so you can get to your next lecture in time.

what time do you start the lectures at?

Lectures usually start at 9am but that depends on your timetable. You might have a 9am start or you might have a 11am start it all depends on your timetable. Lectures finish at 6 but in first year my latest lecture ended at 4.

is it harder than what you expected?

That's a tough one. I knew the course would be difficult. I wasn't expecting it to be a walk in the park but at times I felt it was quite difficult particularly when it came to maths. My maths ability is poor so naturally I was going to struggle with it. There is however an awful lot of help available for maths so I wouldn't worry about it if you weren't the best at maths. I know of many people who did OL maths for the leaving cert (including myself) and got on fine. But to answer your question, no it wasn't any more harder than I expected. The level of difficulty is definitely manageable.

how many hours of lectures do you have per day and every week?

First year is busy in that you will have a lot of labs, tutorials and lectures. The breakdown of my hours were as follows (other subjects may vary):

Lectures: 12 hours (4 subjects x 3 hour lectures each)
Labs: 7 hours (3 hours for Biology, 2 for chemistry and 2 for physics)
Tutorials: 3 hours (Maths 1 hour, Chemistry 1 hour, Physics 1 hour)

So that's 22 hours.

what kind of modules do you do?

I've already answered this above but I do Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths. I'll comment briefly on what I covered in my modules.

Biology: In first semester we covered Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology and Evolutionary biology relating to genetics. In second semester we covered Evolutionary Biology relating to organisms and how they're related and stuff like that :rolleyes:, we also covered Animal Physiology, Plant structure & transportation and finally Ecology.

Chemistry: In first semester it was very much an introduction to basic chemistry. It's designed for those who have not done chemistry before. In second semester we covered Thermodynamics, Chemical trends, Kinetics and a lot of Organic Chemistry.

Physics: In first semester we covered Mechanics and astronomy. In second semester we covered Optics and Waves, Electricity & Magnetism and Modern Physics.

Maths: First semester we had two modules; Differential Calculus and Linear Algebra. In second semester we had two modules again; Integral Calculus and Introduction to Data Analysis.

what scores do you have to get to do a masters and things like that???

I'm not too sure on this to be honest but I *think* it's a 2:1 (60-69%) or better. But don't quote me on that.


Hope this helps!

XxMCRxBabyxX

nunu123 wrote: »

I was going to apply for law. why are the points lower in nuim than any other universities? do you mind telling me something about law please..anything? like whats the course like and the things you do and the lectures and stuff? sorry for soo many questions

Well points are dictated by demand so ask those applying! But afaik Maynooth now have the third highest points for their LLB

I study Law and History and I love it. Unfortunately you don't get any choice in modules for law but I enjoyed the ones we did - except EU! I had about 14 hours a week incl the history lectures. You also get to do stuff like The Advocate, Moot Court, Legal Writing etc.

The dept is pretty good though I can see some big changes ahead as the current head left mid year so a new one will be in place next year.

nunu123

Boeing777 wrote: »

The course is great. Science in NUIM is great. The various departments that you deal with are mostly great and there's always help available. There is quite a range of subjects on offer in first year. These include: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematical Physics, Engineering and Maths (which is compulsory in first year). Lecturers open their office at certain times during the week for students to come visit and address any questions or issues you may have with course material. The facilities in labs are great and labs are well run. I should add that my subjects in first year were Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths. I found these subjects mostly enjoyable and the departments were mostly good. I did have one or two issues with the Biology department but in fairness to them they are doing their best to make biology the best they can and it just so happened that us first years were the 'experiment' year. I have no doubts that the biology labs will be better for you if you do choose the subject. But all in all, the course is great, you'll meet great people and the lecturers are for the most part, great.



It would be wrong for me to say that the course isn't hard because it definitely is. But that should not be something that would make you avoid it. Nothing in college is easy, that's just the fact of it. University is designed to challenge you and this course definitely does. The course is definitely do-able and you can do very well in it providing you are committed to putting some work into it. I'm not saying that you should be studying 24/7 with no time to enjoy yourself, what I mean is, you should dedicate some of your time to the course and just keep on top of the material.




Lectures usually last 50/55 minutes depending on the lecturer. Some lecturers like to speak more than others :pac: Lectures usually begin at 5 past the hour and end at 5 to so you can get to your next lecture in time.



Lectures usually start at 9am but that depends on your timetable. You might have a 9am start or you might have a 11am start it all depends on your timetable. Lectures finish at 6 but in first year my latest lecture ended at 4.



That's a tough one. I knew the course would be difficult. I wasn't expecting it to be a walk in the park but at times I felt it was quite difficult particularly when it came to maths. My maths ability is poor so naturally I was going to struggle with it. There is however an awful lot of help available for maths so I wouldn't worry about it if you weren't the best at maths. I know of many people who did OL maths for the leaving cert (including myself) and got on fine. But to answer your question, no it wasn't any more harder than I expected. The level of difficulty is definitely manageable.



First year is busy in that you will have a lot of labs, tutorials and lectures. The breakdown of my hours were as follows (other subjects may vary):

Lectures: 12 hours (4 subjects x 3 hour lectures each)
Labs: 7 hours (3 hours for Biology, 2 for chemistry and 2 for physics)
Tutorials: 3 hours (Maths 1 hour, Chemistry 1 hour, Physics 1 hour)

So that's 22 hours.



I've already answered this above but I do Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths. I'll comment briefly on what I covered in my modules.

Biology: In first semester we covered Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology and Evolutionary biology relating to genetics. In second semester we covered Evolutionary Biology relating to organisms and how they're related and stuff like that :rolleyes:, we also covered Animal Physiology, Plant structure & transportation and finally Ecology.

Chemistry: In first semester it was very much an introduction to basic chemistry. It's designed for those who have not done chemistry before. In second semester we covered Thermodynamics, Chemical trends, Kinetics and a lot of Organic Chemistry.

Physics: In first semester we covered Mechanics and astronomy. In second semester we covered Optics and Waves, Electricity & Magnetism and Modern Physics.

Maths: First semester we had two modules; Differential Calculus and Linear Algebra. In second semester we had two modules again; Integral Calculus and Introduction to Data Analysis.



I'm not too sure on this to be honest but I *think* it's a 2:1 (60-69%) or better. But don't quote me on that.


Hope this helps!

Haha WOW thats alot. this definetley helps. i am definetley going to apply to nuim. thank you sooo much for all the information

nunu123

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Well points are dictated by demand so ask those applying! But afaik Maynooth now have the third highest points for their LLB

I study Law and History and I love it. Unfortunately you don't get any choice in modules for law but I enjoyed the ones we did - except EU! I had about 14 hours a week incl the history lectures. You also get to do stuff like The Advocate, Moot Court, Legal Writing etc.

The dept is pretty good though I can see some big changes ahead as the current head left mid year so a new one will be in place next year.

again thank you soo much for the help.

aoifemcg94

Going to NUIM in September hopefully, just have to wait until Monday to see for defo but anyways I plan to live on campus and Im wondering which place is the best place to stay and whats it like because I know no one going here, so very afraid

SeanyboyQPR

aoifemcg94 wrote: »

Going to NUIM in September hopefully, just have to wait until Monday to see for defo but anyways I plan to live on campus and Im wondering which place is the best place to stay and whats it like because I know no one going here, so very afraid

My first choice is law in UCD, but I'm 5 points off last years cut off and it looks like ill also be heading to NUIM, alone :L

Pudsy33

I never stayed on campus so can't help you there, but you need not worry about not knowing anyone. Its the friendliest place on earth.

XxMCRxBabyxX

Guys, don't worry about going to Maynooth alone. You won't be like that for long! From my experience it is one of the easiest places for making friends! By night 2 of orientation Week I had met some of my best friends!

EDIT: I'm also a law student if you have any qs Seanyboy

XxMCRxBabyxX

aoifemcg94 wrote: »

Going to NUIM in September hopefully, just have to wait until Monday to see for defo but anyways I plan to live on campus and Im wondering which place is the best place to stay and whats it like because I know no one going here, so very afraid

I have always lived in Village and it tends to be the best place for first years! It's great craic there! River is (comparably) more "luxurious" with en-suite bathrooms and a TV but I'd still prefer Village personally. Rye is there too but I wouldn't be a fan.

Barster

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I have always lived in Village and it tends to be the best place for first years! It's great craic there! River is (comparably) more "luxurious" with en-suite bathrooms and a TV but I'd still prefer Village personally. Rye is there too but I wouldn't be a fan.

I've applied for campus but I was just wondering what are the chances of actually getting it? considering its totally random.

And I haven't started househunting yet because like I said I'm counting on campus, If I don;t get campus what would you say is my best move? do the college have links to off campus accomm?

oh and to all of you who are going to NUIM alone this sept , I'm the same and I'm pretty sure we're not the only ones, making friends won't be hard at all