SECOND YEAR or OLDER ARTS STUDENTS

lateasever

Yo, How Do Ya Pass The First Year Arts Exams?

Post Some Of Your Notes, Go On You Could Save Some Lives

lordgoat

the sweet smell of desperation, you kick those exams ass ya hear late! had i done arts in ucd (or anywhere) i'd gladly have passed on my notes, and if you really want notes at least give the subjects you do...

Liesia

I'm a final year arts student what subjects you doing????

lateasever

anything on english, french, psychology, philosophy would be incredible

Liesia

I'm doing philosophy and english so if ya want to pm me on anything particular I can help you with. Couldn't put up all my notes now finals in a week. :eek:

Mr.Nice Guy

Liesia wrote:

I'm doing philosophy and english so if ya want to pm me on anything particular I can help you with. Couldn't put up all my notes now finals in a week. :eek:

I'm doing philosophy too. Share your knowledge!

Liesia

you in third year in UCD

Jonny Arson

lateasever wrote:

anything on english, french, psychology, philosophy would be incredible

4 subjects??????

In all in anyways, if anyone has the Summer 2005 papers to 1st Geography 1/2/3, 1st Sociology 1/2 and 1st Info Studies 1/2 please make Zane a VERY happy fellow and give me the goddam papers now.............. now I said!!!!!! :eek:

P.S. I am calm and not desperate in any manner...................................
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arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Sangre

And posting rubbish on here is sure going to help you pass.

Repli

lateasever wrote:

Yo, How Do Ya Pass The First Year Arts Exams?

Hmm, I dunno about this it's just a wild guess but.... study?

blondie83

Repli wrote:

Hmm, I dunno about this it's just a wild guess but.... study?

Thats crazy talk and you know it!

Mr.Nice Guy

Repli wrote:

Hmm, I dunno about this it's just a wild guess but.... study?

Sure pal! We'll call that idea plan B.

Liesia

The worst thing about philosophy is that sometimes you can study and study but never really be sure if your right. Kant is the perfect example.

Chinafoot

as a second arts student who did sweet fúck all last year i would say STOP PANICKING! you'll be fine if you went to most of your lectures and have done at least *some* of the reading.

i'm doing English and History and i SUCK at History and still managed to do well enough in the exams last year.

this year may be a different story but sure we'll see how it goes.

Alana

Ye'll all be grand, consulted my fairy god mother and got her to work a bit of magic, ye'll all be grand.

Chinafoot

Alana wrote:

Ye'll all be grand, consulted my fairy god mother and got her to work a bit of magic, ye'll all be grand.

there'll be major lawsuits if i mess up.......your word is your bond alana!!!!

Mr.Nice Guy

peachypants wrote:

you'll be fine if you went to most of your lectures and have done at least *some* of the reading.

I guess I'm screwed.

Jonny Arson

peachypants wrote:

as a second arts student who did sweet fúck all last year i would say STOP PANICKING! you'll be fine if you went to most of your lectures and have done at least *some* of the reading.

Well I've been to most of my lectures, have most of my notes but readings????? Ha ha ha ha ha. I only just realised today what a major elementry schoolboy error of mine not to do any Sociology readings. Ooooh major elementry schoolboy error there.

m1ke

if anyone wants help in politics/history i can give notes or any book chapters / essay plans that i have at hand - pm.

pretty*monster

Liesia wrote:

The worst thing about philosophy is that sometimes you can study and study but never really be sure if your right.

Are you kidding?
That's the best thing about it. Throw something down on the page, make sure it's somewhat relevant, namedrop a few phiosophers and you're grand.

kasintahan

pretty*monster wrote:

Are you kidding?
That's the best thing about it. Throw something down on the page, make sure it's somewhat relevant, namedrop a few phiosophers and you're grand.

Though you might want to spell philosopher correctly, otherwise you'll just look silly.

Mr.Nice Guy

I was under the impression that for philosophy we could avoid having to do all that Eastern stuff - 'wu wei' etc. Then I find out that we have to do this!
How the hell do you waffle on this? :eek:

elbee

For first English, reading the coursebooks - 2 or 3 per course - should be enough. They don't expect much secondary criticism in first year. Good luck!

pretty*monster

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

I was under the impression that for philosophy we could avoid having to do all that Eastern stuff - 'wu wei' etc. Then I find out that we have to do this!
How the hell do you waffle on this? :eek:

Yeah I got very very angry trying to study easten philosophy today. It's just nonsense.

For the exam I plan to write "Confusionism/Taoism is a load of half baked mystical claptrap that rational minds cannot be expected to engage with in any meaningful way."

Mr.Nice Guy

pretty*monster wrote:

Yeah I got very very angry trying to study easten philosophy today. It's just nonsense.

For the exam I plan to write "Confusionism/Taoism is a load of half baked mystical claptrap that rational minds cannot be expected to engage with in any meaningful way."

At least you're studying! I have this terrible fear that next week I'll be left sitting there staring at this piece of paper with nothing worthwhile to write!

Jonny Arson

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

At least you're studying! I have this terrible fear that next week I'll be left sitting there staring at this piece of paper with nothing worthwhile to write!

In that case do the intelligent option...... don't show up!

Mr.Nice Guy

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

In that case do the intelligent option...... don't show up!

I think I need to go through the pain of the exams though so I can appreciate my freedom when they're over! Well, freedom until August that is...

Jonny Arson

Oh long live failure!!!!!

lateasever

ok, im gonna start studying tomorrow.

been to two and a quarter lectures, and two tutorials all year.

phew,

hello mr. repeats, how you doin

arbeitsscheuer

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

In that case do the intelligent option...... don't show up!

NO

Do NOT do this! Last year, having been to very few lectures all year, and having only handed in a few essays, I was convinced that I would fail all my exams and have to repeat in August. I went to most of the exams, leaving after half an hour in all as I ran out of stuff to write, and this generally got me down (as it would, duh). So I didn't bother to go to my last exam, the 2nd History paper.

I missed out on passin History by 4%. I got 72% in the first paper, and since I didn't show up to the second one... Well, you do the math. Dumbass I most certainly am...

Mind you, I went to all my Politics exams and only got 29% in that, so I guess I had to repeat anyway

BleakestH

you lazy ****, go and do some study.

arbeitsscheuer

BleakestH wrote:

you lazy ****,

Flattery will get you nowhere.

HappyCrackHead

anyone got any notes for celtic civilisation or economics?

PRETTY ****ING PLEASE

Jonny Arson

HappyCrackHead wrote:

anyone got any notes for celtic civilisation or economics?

PRETTY ****ING PLEASE

What the hell possessed you to do Economics AND Celtic Civilisation??? :eek: :eek:

vector

Economics ok, but why did you do Celtic Civ

HappyCrackHead

I'm sorry but now is not exactly the best time to be telling me this... how about u post ur suggestions to... i dunno LAST SEPTEMBER!

Ur criticism is well taken....

arbeitsscheuer

Surely I told you back in September that it might not have been the wisest choice of subjects? It sounds like something I would've said anyway...

DadaKopf

"Confusionism/Taoism is a load of half baked mystical claptrap that rational minds cannot be expected to engage with in any meaningful way."

Well, on the other hand, Confucianism and Taoism are philosophies which post-rationalist German philosophers came around to on their own. You could argue that rationalism is claptrap because humans aren't rational and rationalist methodologies misrepresent 'reality'. Sounds like you at least have something to say.

I got my Arts degree in UCD in politics and philosophy a few years ago (then went back for more and did a Masters). My advice would be to cram like crazy, but be smart about it. Get the questions/lecturer's strong suggestions, get the past papers, focus on answering three questions well and one extra for insurance. Your answers don't have to be long, they just have to be good.

A typical argument is: (1) Restate the problem/question, (2) explain some thinker's idea, (3) present a few counter-arguments, (4) conclusion saying which view is better or worse. A basic dialectical methodology.

It did the job for me.

Although what I found most useful was to keep in regular contact with lecturers if I had any problems and in final year myself and friends set up a yahoogroup where we shared the workload and notes among ourselves.

Good luck everyone.

kittenkiller

HappyCrackHead wrote:

anyone got any notes for celtic civilisation or economics?

PRETTY ****ING PLEASE

Thought the Economics notes were all online?

Alana

peachypants wrote:

there'll be major lawsuits if i mess up.......your word is your bond alana!!!!

Eeep!! Hope she got the message, her hearing is a bit dodgy at the bestest of times....well it's showtime tomorrow anyway...hurray....

crud

Oh how the hell do you get from either town or Rathmines (I heard there was a magical bus from here and tis only down the ol road from me) to Carysfort, I've a stupid ass Italian exam out there next week...anyone know...?

Not looking forward to the ol horse smelly rds though....

Also when are results out..so I can stock up with enuf alcohol to completely drown my sorrows...always the optimist

pretty*monster

HappyCrackHead wrote:

I'm sorry but now is not exactly the best time to be telling me this... how about u post ur suggestions to... i dunno LAST SEPTEMBER!

Ur criticism is well taken....

I distinctly remember telling you in September that Celtic Civ would be sh1te

rainbow kirby

Alana wrote:

Oh how the hell do you get from either town or Rathmines (I heard there was a magical bus from here and tis only down the ol road from me) to Carysfort, I've a stupid ass Italian exam out there next week...anyone know...?

Option 1: Go to town and get the Dart. Blackrock is about 6 stops out of town. (that's what I did for my repeats last summer) The 45 bus also goes through Blackrock.
Option 2: Get the 17 from Belfield. But give plenty of time. The 17 = evil.

Alana

Ok thanks..never been on the dart before....leave me alone i'm a southsider! I've a day before the xam so i might go exploring then, cram on the ol journey...woo..

arbeitsscheuer

Alana wrote:

Ok thanks..never been on the dart before....leave me alone i'm a southsider! I've a day before the xam so i might go exploring then, cram on the ol journey...woo..

Yeah, tis a smart move to work the journey out in advance, to see just how much time it takes. Did this twice last year, before the Summer exams and before the Autumn ones...

Alana

Aw....*air-hug* well heres hoping u'll only have to do it once this year (positive thinking!!!well I'm deluding myself that it works, never know might rub off) and the rest of the summer will be spent finding unusual bars....hmmm, I think I'll try Dun Laoghaire in two weeks....or go really mad and try somewhere outside the pale...