Important dates for the coming year.

mickstupp

Hi. Anticipating some regular questions, (i.e. waiting for a particular thing to download) I thought it might be useful to have a post with most of the important dates for the next year. Unless such a thing already exists and I'm just blind. Which is entirely probable. I'm almost sure I copied these correctly... but there are links too.

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7th August, 2013: Autumn Examinations commence.
4th September, 2013: Release of Autumn Examination results.

CONFERRINGS
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Thursday 12 September 2013
Friday 13 September 2013
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Thursday 31 October 2013

REGISTRATION SCHEDULE FOR COMING YEAR
(1st yr. undergraduate and postgraduate - think everyone else does it online, see nuim mail)
http://records.nuim.ie/documents/RegistrationSchedule2013-2014.pdf

FIRST SEMESTER
16/09 to 20/09 - First-Year Registration/Orientation
23/09 - Lectures commence

11/10 - Deadline for change of 1st semester modules
18/10 - Deadline for change of subject choice for 1st years!
31/10 - Deadline for withdrawing from NUIM without losing free fee status
31/10 - Latest date for submission of postgraduate theses for 2012/2013 without incurring registration and fees for the next semester.

28/10 to 01/11 - Study Week
06/11 - Prize-Giving Ceremony
20/12 - Conclusion of First Semester Lectures
23/12 to 03/01 - Christmas Vacation
06/01 to 09/01 - Study Period
10/01 - Examination period commences

31/01 - Deadline for withdrawing from NUIM retaining 50% of free fee status

SECOND SEMESTER
03/02 - Lectures resume
14/02 - Deadline for change of 2nd semester modules
17/03 to 21/03 - Study Week
18/04 - Good Friday - no lectures
21/04 to 25/04 - Easter Vacation
05/05 - Bank Holiday
09/05 - Conclusion of Second Semester
12/05 to 15/05 - Study Period
16/05 - Examination period commences

See:
http://registrar.nuim.ie/ImportantDates.shtml
http://examinations.nuim.ie/dates.shtml
http://records.nuim.ie/ImportantDatesandDeadlines.htm
http://conferring.nuim.ie/scheduleofceremonies.shtml

XxMCRxBabyxX

Useful to have everything in the one place. Cheers!

I'm presuming that as a deferral student I register in person with the firsties?

Planemo

I love that we officially only have 4 days to study for christmas exams :pac:

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Planemo wrote: »

I love that we officially only have 4 days to study for christmas exams :pac:

2nd year Psychology exams. Sounds great

XxMCRxBabyxX

PictureFrame wrote: »

2nd year Psychology exams. Sounds great

In fairness it's more like 2 and a half weeks. Plenty of time!
More than summer!

Paczini

Still way better than last year

XxMCRxBabyxX

Paczini wrote: »

Still way better than last year

I wouldn't know!
The last time that I did exams was in summer 2011!

Oh god, that's a long time ago... I need to finish this degree already!

mickstupp

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I wouldn't know!
The last time that I did exams was in summer 2011!

Am jealous. Assuming they let me in, I'll still be doing exams right through third year of the Phd.

To answer (not really) your earlier question, I have no idea about deferrals. But they send out info by mail or by post, so you'll know soon enough. Whatever the mail I got last week, it wasn't from registration but it did tell me the date of my thing.

XxMCRxBabyxX

mickstupp wrote: »

Am jealous. Assuming they let me in, I'll still be doing exams right through third year of the Phd.

To answer (not really) your earlier question, I have no idea about deferrals. But they send out info by mail or by post, so you'll know soon enough. Whatever the mail I got last week, it wasn't from registration but it did tell me the date of my thing.

I still have about 5 years left of exams. There's no advantage for me!

Cheers. I'll keep an eye on the post so!

Paczini

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I wouldn't know!
The last time that I did exams was in summer 2011!

Oh god, that's a long time ago... I need to finish this degree already!

You were lucky! Last year the exams started on the 4th January! (3rd for Theology students)

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XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I wouldn't know!
The last time that I did exams was in summer 2011!

Oh god, that's a long time ago... I need to finish this degree already!

Wow that is quite a while ago! I'd say you can't wait to be finished in Maynooth at this stage then!

XxMCRxBabyxX

PictureFrame wrote: »

Wow that is quite a while ago! I'd say you can't wait to be finished in Maynooth at this stage then!

I just feel so OLD!

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XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I just feel so OLD!

Ah you're noooooooooooot! :P

Maynooth has a LOT of mature students so you're a lot younger than the average age i'd imagine!

XxMCRxBabyxX

PictureFrame wrote: »

Ah you're noooooooooooot! :P

Maynooth has a LOT of mature students so you're a lot younger than the average age i'd imagine!

Ah but at least they can call themselves that! I'm just the waster who won't finish college!

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XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Ah but at least they can call themselves that! I'm just the waster who won't finish college!

Arah would you stop, you'll be finished soon enough sure! :P

XxMCRxBabyxX

PictureFrame wrote: »

Arah would you stop, you'll be finished soon enough sure! :P

Bring it Final Year.
And this time it will be final!

(Although my phone appears to think that it'll be Donal!)

Paczini

PictureFrame wrote: »

Ah you're noooooooooooot! :P

Maynooth has a LOT of mature students so you're a lot younger than the average age i'd imagine!

I would feel veeery sorry for her if she was forced to stick around some matures doing the same course. Gladly she isn't old enough for that

mickstupp

Paczini wrote: »

I would feel veeery sorry for her if she was forced to stick around some matures doing the same course. Gladly she isn't old enough for that

I feel vaguely insulted. Unless you have some very particular ones in mind...

XxMCRxBabyxX

mickstupp wrote: »

I feel vaguely insulted. Unless you have some very particular ones in mind...

Based on what I know I'd be pretty sure that she does!

There are some exceptionally sound mature students in law. And then there's the opposites...

Paczini

mickstupp wrote: »

I feel vaguely insulted. Unless you have some very particular ones in mind...

Don't worry, I do have few in mind I personally know really nice mature student but I'm just speaking generally thinking about few. Was I completely wrong thinking that you are not going into 3rd year law next year?

Turtyturd

As a mature student I can say that even mature students feel the same about those types of mature students.

On topic this thread is making it sink in that I wont be back next year.

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I must admit all of the mature students in my course for first year were all so nice. They often stop me in the college for a chat! Nice to see groups of people mixing with older/younger students. I know a lot of students my age are completely negative about mature students, but i've never had any negative things to say about any mature students in my class

mickstupp

Age doesn't matter I think. Dickheads will be dickheads. Thankfully they're few and far between in Maynooth.

(finding it really hard to refrain from taking a dig at other universities...)

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mickstupp wrote: »

Age doesn't matter I think. Dickheads will be dickheads. Thankfully they're few and far between in Maynooth.

(finding it really hard to refrain from taking a dig at other universities...)

*cough trinners, cough*

mickstupp

*sneezyucdhackcoughgag*

Paczini wrote: »

Don't worry, I do have few in mind I personally know really nice mature student but I'm just speaking generally thinking about few. Was I completely wrong thinking that you are not going into 3rd year law next year?

Who me? No... just wrapped up my masters dissertation. Wondering if another four years is really a good idea...

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mickstupp wrote: »

*sneezyucdhackcoughgag*


Who me? No... just wrapped up my masters dissertation. Wondering if another four years is really a good idea...

Is it true that a Masters degree is completely soul-wrenching?

mickstupp

PictureFrame wrote: »

Is it true that a Masters degree is completely soul-wrenching?

As with everything else, it depends. I loved almost everything about mine. But I deliberately chose to do things that I loved, rather than what might have been practical or aimed at a particular career. There's a lot more work involved than in the undergraduate degree, but it's not necessarily more difficult. There's mostly just a far greater level of detail, or at least that was my impression. From talking to others, it seems it can often feel a lot harder when the MA you choose is not something you're really passionate about.

Which reminds me... there's a later submission date for postgraduate theses, 31st October, I'll have to edit that first post.

Paczini

mickstupp wrote: »

Age doesn't matter I think. Dickheads will be dickheads. Thankfully they're few and far between in Maynooth.

(finding it really hard to refrain from taking a dig at other universities...)

Then you had nothing to worry about. I was just talking about some matures doing Her course I'm not saying that all of them are bad

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mickstupp wrote: »

As with everything else, it depends. I loved almost everything about mine. But I deliberately chose to do things that I loved, rather than what might have been practical or aimed at a particular career. There's a lot more work involved than in the undergraduate degree, but it's not necessarily more difficult. There's mostly just a far greater level of detail, or at least that was my impression. From talking to others, it seems it can often feel a lot harder when the MA you choose is not something you're really passionate about.

Which reminds me... there's a later submission date for postgraduate theses, 31st October, I'll have to edit that first post.

I'd love to do my MSc in an interdisciplinary subject, new masters in Political Psychology in Queens University! Not very practical really either, but it'll be combining my Psychology undergraduate and my love for Politics together so how could you go wrong? Be grand! 2nd year has yet to be passed before plans are finalised anyways! :P

spartacus815

So Wednesday the 25th I sign up for my Msc in Immunology and Global Health at 9:30 in the morning... have to get up really early or else I would have a tendency to lie in the morning :P

suitcasepink

Newbie asking here, but for orientation/first year registration week are 1st years expected to stay up for the full week or do you just go to the time of your course?


(I know all of this will become clear if/when I get accepted but I like just knowing these things :P )

Boeing777

deise_girl wrote: »

Newbie asking here, but for orientation/first year registration week are 1st years expected to stay up for the full week or do you just go to the time of your course?


(I know all of this will become clear if/when I get accepted but I like just knowing these things :P )

No you wouldn't be expected to stay up for the full week, just the few days for your course.

suitcasepink

Boeing777 wrote: »

No you wouldn't be expected to stay up for the full week, just the few days for your course.

Thanks

agent graves

any idea as to when you pick your lab classes? it does not show them on the timetable.

Boeing777

patrickpaul wrote: »

any idea as to when you pick your lab classes? it does not show them on the timetable.

During the first few weeks you'll be told when you have to go and sign up. It's usually during the first/second week when you'll be given the day to attend. For Biology you'll be automatically assigned a lab session based on your course/surname. For everything else, you'll have to pick your own lab/tutorials.