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Should I go to UCD?

  • 01-05-2014 02:39PM
    #1
    Lollipop95
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    I currently have English with Drama as my first choice on my CAO but debating about changing to arts in NUI. I can't decide which I want more as a first choice :/ it would be great if someone could tell me a bit about UCD in general. If anyone's done the course, what is it like? For UCD in general, what is the atmosphere like? (Easy to make friends/good and friendly lecturers?), social life and night time(where would the popular night spots me and is it good place for going out? Not a complete party animal but a place that has a good social life would be nice :) thanks in advance :D


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  • #2
    ironclaw
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    UCD (I went there) and Trinity are pretty much case equal in terms of nightlife and going out. Both have extremely active societies. But like everything in life, you get out what you put in. If you are pro-active in your first few weeks i.e. GO to EVERYTHING no matter how stupid or irrelevant you think it is, GO! Even if you have to go on your own. There is quite literally 10,000 other people doing the same thing and very soon you'll click and find your feet. There is something for everyone and you will find a group doing something you enjoy.

    UCD is fairly good with organising class events for Freshers and there is a fairly big onus to get everyone involved and out and about in the first few weeks, and throughout your time there. I have no idea about Trinity.

    All that said, I know people in Trinity who wished they had gone to UCD and of course vice-versa. Likewise, I know people that did undergrad in UCD but hated their Masters in Trinity. The only difference, at least to me, is Trinity is a little more 'dull and focused' when it comes to the academic side and they are a little strange in some of their procedures. There is no denying, and I mean this in the BEST way possible, people who go to Trinity are different to those in UCD. I can't put my finger on it but its just life experience. UCD seems far more varied in the people you meet.

    Put it this way, if the idea of calling out an honour roll for your scholarship from the steps of a building makes your skin crawl, go to UCD.

    Above all, go to the college where you will love your course. There are plenty of people who go to UCD because they want to go to UCD but hate their course. Do what makes you happy, because at the end of the day, I'd rather make friends on my own time and be in a 'dull' university than sit in a university where every day of 4 years was unbearable because I hated what I was doing.


  • #3
    usersame
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    I don't have experience of that course, but having been to both UL, UCC and UCD I'd recommend looking at places like UCC, UL, Galway if your looking for an easy going social scene and an environment in which it's easy to make friends. With that said UCD is amazing in many ways being very strong academically and well organised (in comparison to others), sports facilities and teams are top notch, but from my experience lacks the laid back and inviting nature of some of the smaller universities. Best of luck.


  • #4
    Mr Pseudonym
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    ironclaw wrote: »
    Both have extremely active societies.

    My experience of TCD is that whether a soc is active in a particular year is much dependent on its committee - a society could go from being one of the most active to only having intermittent events, in the following year. Also, I would dispute that the majority of socs are "extremely active": only a handful of the non-sporting societies have a weekly event, for instance.

    I don't think I recognise what you say about TCD students being noticeably different from those of UCD. With an undergraduate student body of eleven thousand, there is much variety.

    The honour roll you mention is something the vast majority of TCD students don't experience.
    usersame wrote: »
    I don't have experience of that course, but having been to both UL, UCC and UCD I'd recommend looking at places like UCC, UL, Galway if your looking for an easy going social scene and an environment in which it's easy to make friends. With that said UCD is amazing in many ways being very strong academically and well organised (in comparison to others), sports facilities and teams are top notch, but from my experience lacks the laid back and inviting nature of some of the smaller universities. Best of luck.

    If I (a Dubliner) were doing it all again, I would give UCC a lot of consideration: it's got a pretty great campus and I think Cork would be a cool university town.


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