NUIM First Years Discussion Thread

9bred4

I dunno is this a done thing, but I'd like to see who else is going in this year. Anybody?! :pac:

banquo

Just don't forget that roll call for all first years is at 8:30 every morning outside Logic House.

JellyBeans92

banquo wrote: »

Just don't forget that roll call for all first years is at 8:30 every morning outside Logic House.

Funny I thought it was at Lower Loftus.. :pac:

9bred4

Is this AH? Looks different. :rolleyes:

blackkeyes

Maynooth here I come!

FatherlyNick

Congrats to everyone who got an offer from NUIM today!

Is your liver ready?

Emily_H

did anyone else miss out on on campus accomodation?

Dermot77531

YES!!!!!........ gunna have to go into digs now...

Emily_H

would you be interested in a house share?

Shano1996

Anybody here get into MH210 Pharmaceutical and Biomedical science?

Dermot77531

cant seem to find many houses... biotech btw...

Emily_H

There's one in pebble hill, looks to be good banter but we'd need 4. don't wanna end up in digs!

Pai Mei

Incoming first year too, can't find any houses or digs that are less than 80€ a week And I didn't get campus

Emily_H

its €425 a month if that helps?

Dermot77531

that just for rent alone?

Emily_H

Dermot77531 wrote: »

that just for rent alone?

think so, or you pay a deposit that you get back

uwotlad

in need of accommodation, do not wanna commute from home

Emily_H

uwotlad wrote: »

in need of accommodation, do not wanna commute from home

me too have you found anywhere?

uwotlad

Emily_H wrote: »

me too have you found anywhere?

nah not a thing. Missed out on the campus lotto.
Am i the only one who thinks living with some family whos rentin out a bedroom is weird as hell?
Not too fond of the poverty palaces I've seen so far.

Eric Cartman

If you go to the Accomodation thread , I have a room available. Its in leixlip so 10 mins down the road but its better than living in digs ha

XxMCRxBabyxX

Eric Cartman wrote: »

If you go to the Accomodation thread , I have a room available. Its in leixlip so 10 mins down the road but its better than living in digs ha

You'll also be forever scarred and corrupted

uwotlad

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

You'll also be forever scarred and corrupted

shteep price on it too

XxMCRxBabyxX

uwotlad wrote: »

shteep price on it too

€300 p/m would be pretty decent actually. Almost nothing compared to what's going these days.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

300 a month is the going rate for a double room I'd say. IT'd probably be on the cheap side actually.

uwotlad

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

300 a month is the going rate for a double room I'd say. IT'd probably be on the cheap side actually.

but then ya gotta take the distance and digs into account

blackkeyes

Who is excited?!!

uwotlad

blackkeyes wrote: »

Who is excited?!!

I'd be more excited if I had accommodation.

anyone else doin Multimedia, Mobile & Web Development?

blackkeyes

uwotlad wrote: »

I'd be more excited if I had accommodation.

anyone else doin Multimedia, Mobile & Web Development?

Luckily I booked mine in January. It seems like a bit of a disaster alright. .

Eric Cartman

uwotlad wrote: »

but then ya gotta take the distance and digs into account

Very true , but a monthly student rail card is 93.50 , so 393.50 for a double room (and all the trains to and from dublin you can handle), and probably the largest double room in the largest house in the area is still quite reasonable, im just putting it up as an option, ive seen people pay 400 a month for single rooms in maynooth, and this is only a 15 minute train away, youd be there in the same time as walking from the back of castle dawson

JuniorMint

Does anyone know the best route from Templeogue to Maynooth? I went on Google Maps and it said the shortest bus journey was nearly 2 hours.

Eric Cartman

JuniorMint wrote: »

Does anyone know the best route from Templeogue to Maynooth? I went on Google Maps and it said the shortest bus journey was nearly 2 hours.

used to do terenure , the 16 or whichever bus leaves you on westmorland street, then a 66 from there, itll take about 2 hours though. Cycling to pearse street and getting the train is probably the cheapest but itll take about the same time.

9bred4

Knew this thread would catch on :cool:

Delighted I got campus today!

ItsJustLaura

Anyone get their course through the hear scheme and going up next week for the introduction week thing? I'm kinda nervous about it. Also got on campus! Delighted!

RobertSullivan

ItsJustLaura wrote: »

Anyone get their course through the hear scheme and going up next week for the introduction week thing? I'm kinda nervous about it. Also got on campus! Delighted!

I got it through the HEAR scheme and I'm going up for the Launchpad. It's going to be weird
I didn't get on campus, hoping I'll get it on the 29th

9bred4

What courses are ye going doing?

RobertSullivan

I'm doing arts What about yourself?

9bred4

Finance and economics. Though I think it's arts :P

koptart

What date is launchpad. Have debs on Monday 1st sept. Wouldnt want to miss out too much. Arts here too.

RobertSullivan

It's the 31st to the 3rd I think. Looking forward to it

Pai Mei

What is launchpad?

thelad95

Any fellow Kilkenny people here planning on going to Maynooth? Buzzing to start but not sure what to do about transport or accommodation..

FatherlyNick

RobertSullivan wrote: »

I got it through the HEAR scheme and I'm going up for the Launchpad. It's going to be weird
I didn't get on campus, hoping I'll get it on the 29th

Nothing to be nervous about, trust me. Its going to be 3 days of awesome!

FatherlyNick

Pai Mei wrote: »

What is launchpad?

It is a 3 day 'welcome to NUI Maynooth' event. It happens about a week before registration. It is only avaliable to people who came to NUIM through the HEAR or DARE schemes.

FatherlyNick

koptart wrote: »

What date is launchpad. Have debs on Monday 1st sept. Wouldnt want to miss out too much. Arts here too.

31st to the 3rd of August. You might want to contact someone from HEAR about your situation.

Stinjy

As an out going fourth year, good luck to all of you. - you'll all love it eventually, commuting or not! :P

Physick

JuniorMint wrote: »

Does anyone know the best route from Templeogue to Maynooth? I went on Google Maps and it said the shortest bus journey was nearly 2 hours.

There are a few options available.

1) slevins coaches (slevinscoaches . com) has details for a private coach that goes from around south Dublin to Maynooth every day (except for exams, see method 2). Price is 35 euro per week, then there is a price per trip and per trip return if you'd prefer, but obviously the weekly is cheapest if you're coming in every day. This is the method I use. It goes there twice and returns twice, goes to be there at 9 and 12, and leaves Maynooth at 3 and 6 (2 on a Friday!). Takes an hour and twenty minutes for the start point to end point, sometimes more sometimes less.

2) A bus into town and then the 66 or 67 to Maynooth

3) The M50 by car is surprisingly quick but requires an automobile.

If you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask

aaabbbb

JuniorMint wrote: »

Does anyone know the best route from Templeogue to Maynooth? I went on Google Maps and it said the shortest bus journey was nearly 2 hours.

Theres a college bus that goes from Templeogue each day:

https://www.nuim.ie/sites/default/files/assets/document/Dundrum%20to%20Maynooth%20Slevins.pdf

aaabbbb

uwotlad wrote: »

nah not a thing. Missed out on the campus lotto.
Am i the only one who thinks living with some family whos rentin out a bedroom is weird as hell?
Not too fond of the poverty palaces I've seen so far.

At this stage you'd be blessed to get anything better than a soggy wet, mouldy cardboard supermacs box in Maynooth to rent.

simsha

I got accommodation on campus through the lottery draw, anyone know if its possible to request them to give me a place with females? Or is it impossible to find to just females in on campus accommodation..? I'm just curious.

RobertSullivan

It's impossible to find anywhere! If anyone has a room let me know.

blackkeyes

Arts! I've kinda always wanted to do anthropology so I think I'm going to do it with computer science and Chinese