to go or not to go- to trinity

baby*cham*bell

i'm dithering between DCU or Trinity on my CAO.
Alot of my friends are goin 2 DCU, so i wouldn't be a loner.
But i prefer the courses in Trinity (European Studies and Sociology/Spanish are my 1st/2nd choices) abd apparently theres a lack of atmosphere in DCU cos they're all big study-heads.
So is Trinity a fun plce to be?
Is it snobby? (of course, tradition decrees it is the mother and father of snobby institutions, but the atmosphere recently in UCD feels like East Compton in gang warfare season)
Is everyone in the Dube brigade? (i'm burning mine I can't take the persecution anymore, I only bought them so i could have flats for school and i will defo not wear them to college, ergo. will i fit in?)
Thanks

Ron DMC

trinity's much better tbh
but everyone on this board will tell you that.

Agent Smith

99% of sterotypes dont exsist in Trinity,

Join trinity, in stead of hanging around your old friends in dcu,. you'll make more friends,

Sev

Not the place to get an objective view.. but yeah, go to trinity.

baby*cham*bell

I don't think there is anywhere with an objective view! and i've posted something similar on the DCU thread.
O, and i think i'll be able to hang on 2 my old friends, cos don't think they'll be making new chums in the yawn factory that is DCU!

baby*cham*bell

agent smith wrote:

99% of sterotypes dont exsist in Trinity,

Join trinity, in stead of hanging around your old friends in dcu,. you'll make more friends,

did i forget to mention I'm from Swords! (let the snobbery begin)

John

All of trinity's stereotypes are present but only in one man. The rest of us are sound as pounds.

Agent Smith

best advice i was given when i was going to trinity


"hang around with the culchies and the northsiders, more then likely their sound"

ApeXaviour

baby*cham*bell wrote:

did i forget to mention I'm from Swords! (let the snobbery begin)

I hate this snobbery crap. You'll be grand. Don't fret. UCD has more d4-heads than us though to be honest. All my mates in trin are from tallaght, drimnagh, cabra, swords, the midlands and the north..

You'll be grand. Trin is a deadly laugh, you'll love it. An oasis in the bustling city. You've had a few drinks, you walk out the front gate and YOU'RE IN TOWN!

Time Magazine

baby*cham*bell wrote:

i'm dithering between DCU or Trinity on my CAO.
Alot of my friends are goin 2 DCU, so i wouldn't be a loner.

Nearly all of my friends go to Trinity, but I knew none of them prior to October! . Also, who says they're going to DCU? CAO is a bitch.

But i prefer the courses in Trinity (European Studies and Sociology/Spanish are my 1st/2nd choices) abd apparently theres a lack of atmosphere in DCU cos they're all big study-heads.

Well we can study too... but we like to have fun too. We have a Chess club and a Sci-Fi society. (Joke). Oh and European Studies girls are SO hot it's insane. Seriously!

So is Trinity a fun plce to be?

Absolutely. I'm gonna miss it over the holidays

Is it snobby?

There is snobbery, but not more than anywhere else. I find the real snobbery is prejudice that you're a snob because you go to Trinity.

Is everyone in the Dube brigade? (i'm burning mine I can't take the persecution anymore, I only bought them so i could have flats for school

No, nuff said.

will i fit in?

It's very hard not to fit in. There's DUBES for the snobby people, there's the oldest rugby club in the world for buggers, there's DURNS for "rockers" (I hate that term), there's nerds for nerds and there are 92 societies for everyone! 'Tis a great place.

Oh and what's wrong with Swords? Apex there is from Knackertown and I'm from Knackerville . Swords = normal.

Pet

Apex there is from Knackertown and I'm from Knackerville

In that case I'm from Knackerhamlet

cuckoo

Choose where you want to study on the basis of what course you want to do - everyone (who makes an effort) makes friends in whatever college they go to, and most ppl hold onto their 'old' friends as well. But, trinity's great.

edited to add: good luck with the leaving, if you're doing it this year.

Agent Smith

god i'd hate to have to do my leaving again....

ApeXaviour

Wouldn't mind actually, if I remember correctly I do more work now, LC is much easier. And ya never get over 90% in college. If I had to do it again I'd only do 6 subjects and I'd do Japanese and Applied maths instead of Irish and French..

Larianne

You seem to be more interested in the course in Trinity, so go there. Once you enjoy the course it shouldn't matter where you go and you shouldn't just go somewhere where you're friends are going! Sure they could drop out or whatever. You'll make more friends and that's part of going to college. Didn't go to Trinity or UCD. I'm an arty farty person so I went to DLIADT. But I've heard from people both at Trinity and UCD, good and bad reports.

And aswell as that are you prepared to take an hour and a half 41 bus ride to UCD to get to a college you just about like or a quicker (well 1hour) bus ride to Trinity to a course you enjoy? It took me nearly two hours to get to Dun Laoghaire everyday (for 2 years) from Swords. So you better make sure you like the course you're taking so much time travelling to!!

And Swords ain't that bad.. once we are rid of the scum!!!

snorlax

hey Larianne do went to dun laoighaoire? i love that college, the coffee and sandwiches are so cheap and it's got a real arty feel to it! what course did you do there?

i did an art portfolio prep course there and very nearly ended up there/or NCAD instead of TCD. NCAD is really difficult to get into though but they offer a degree in graphic design which i'd have liked to do.

Larianne

Larianne wrote:

You seem to be more interested in the course in Trinity, so go there. Once you enjoy the course it shouldn't matter where you go and you shouldn't just go somewhere where you're friends are going! Sure they could drop out or whatever. You'll make more friends and that's part of going to college. Didn't go to Trinity or UCD. I'm an arty farty person so I went to DLIADT. But I've heard from people both at Trinity and UCD, good and bad reports.

And aswell as that are you prepared to take an hour and a half 41 bus ride to UCD to get to a college you just about like or a quicker (well 1hour) bus ride to Trinity to a course you enjoy? It took me nearly two hours to get to Dun Laoghaire everyday (for 2 years) from Swords. So you better make sure you like the course you're taking so much time travelling to!!

And Swords ain't that bad.. once we are rid of the scum!!!

Damn, my dyslexia!! Sorry don't know anyone going to DCU but like I said go to whichever course you feel you'll like the most. Sure you can go to all the social events in DCU with your mates anyway so you'll be able to have a taste of both.

Snorlax-
DLIADT is a great college to go to if interested in any type of Art course. The film school is excellent. The social life I didn't find the best but I lived 2 hours away so I didn't go to them much (when they actually had them on!) Doesn't have a snobby attutide to it at all (unlike NCAD). Still, depending on the course you wanna do, it can be hard to get into them. Yes, I loved the coffees and the choccie muffins!!!

baby*cham*bell

yeh i think twill have to be Trinity, the courses are WAY better, and the DCU heads said Dcu is boring
Ah yeah Swords is grand, since I basically only go to school there, perhaps venture into the Harp once in a while (I actaully live in Rolestown )
My friends sis is just finished in Trinity, and she got called a pikie for being from (near) Swords

baby*cham*bell

snorlax wrote:

hey Larianne do went to dun laoighaoire? i love that college, the coffee and sandwiches are so cheap and it's got a real arty feel to it! what course did you do there?

i did an art portfolio prep course there and very nearly ended up there/or NCAD instead of TCD. NCAD is really difficult to get into though but they offer a degree in graphic design which i'd have liked to do.

I wanted to do graphic design as well. damn lack of drawing ability
can always do it afterwards i suppose (if i want to pay for it that is)

Larianne

baby*cham*bell wrote:

I wanted to do graphic design as well. damn lack of drawing ability
can always do it afterwards i suppose (if i want to pay for it that is)

Its a very good but tough course. I saw their exhibition and the stuff was really good. (they weren't too happy me nicking their wine! lol) Yeah, you do have to have a bit of an ability to draw though!

ApeXaviour

baby*cham*bell wrote:

yeh i think twill have to be Trinity, the courses are WAY better, and the DCU heads said Dcu is boring

In the interest of impartiality, DCU is a good college (course-wise) producing fine graduates. OECD (was it OECD?) found them 2nd in Ireland well ahead of UCD, UCC and NUI galway.

baby*cham*bell wrote:

My friends sis is just finished in Trinity, and she got called a pikie for being from (near) Swords

This would be rare tbh. There are of course minorities of naive cocky class-battlers, depends what faculty as to how rare (sci end there's hardly any). On the whole people are mostly ordinary, likeable, non-pretentious students working and having fun.

baby*cham*bell

bless you and your impartiallity!
trinity tis and trinity twill remain(on top of my CAO-i hate that thing :mad: )
well done people, good sale!

baby*cham*bell

Larianne wrote:

Its a very good but tough course. I saw their exhibition and the stuff was really good. (they weren't too happy me nicking their wine! lol) Yeah, you do have to have a bit of an ability to draw though!

i can draw(sort of, im pretty good at painting, and i still do some pastel drawings), i loved JC art (even though i gave up and did pass cos the teacher hated me)
i have the ideas and i can do them on the computer, i did our school yearbook (practically single handed) and my careers teacher said i should go into graphic design or advertising after she saw it!
put i'll get the ol' degree first then think bout the job, my uncle employs graphic designers in his shop, so i could "shadow" them or whatever!

snorlax

you don't have to be able to draw to do graphic design you just need an eye for design/ colour and to know a few stuff on the graphic programs(like quark, photoshop etc). i think DIT offers courses for it, but i don't think their 4years long. the best way is to teach yourself, i think there's a forum on this website all about it.
graphic designers get a paid a lot (and there's good potential to set up your own company). i think they start off about 26k but you would need a portfolio (you could do voluntary work part time for a charity/ or something to get this togther). eg i helped illustrate a book for the Irish Wildlife Trust two summers ago and i got several permanent job offers out of it, one being for designing wedding stationary.

best advice it do what you want to do, and choose the course rather than the college!

oh i just got the link for that forum(worth checking out, lots of people get their sigs changed here) http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=356

Crash

My friends sis is just finished in Trinity, and she got called a pikie for being from (near) Swords

the correct replies to that are either "yeah, i am, and i'm gonna burn your house down" or something along those lines. watch em run

Kevin_rc_ie

the correct reply isn't verbal.

John

but it is oral

Kevin_rc_ie

no.

John

anal?

Kevin_rc_ie

you're getting warmer.

John

how warm? 37 degrees?

Pet

It's usually a little warmer than that.

John

that due to friction?


*hums 4degrees*

Pet

John2 wrote:

that due to friction?


*hums 4degrees*

Heh. You're so reliable.

T "real deal" J

Hello. I'm from Donabate & have just finished 2nd yr in Trinity. It's great. There are plenty of people from Swords here. There's always loads of people that you'll get on with. Of course there's snobs but there's too many people so you won't notice them.

As for DCU it is horrible. All my mates that go there hate it and they come into Trinity to drink. I went around with my mate for a day in DCU and it is so boring, dead. Trinity is in the middle of town, If you're going to clubs you drink beforehand in the Trinity bars because it's convienient. And of course, all the good looking people go to Trinity.

To cut a long story short, Trinity is much more fun than DCU & the courses are better and more renouned. Even walking around Trinity itself is good because the buildings are so nice. Front square looks great at night.

Adios

DrIndy

6 and half a dozen. Look at the course (after all thats why you are going to college), then look at the social scene, then look at the transport options (going past DCU daily with an extra 45 minutes to trinner everyday may REALLY suck...)

I would tend to reccomend you go to a college where you don't have many friends, because it is very tempting to hang out with your gang and not meet new people. You will always be in contact and you can also get each other into the various pubs/parties in both colleges if you have more options....

punka

DrIndy wrote:

I would tend to reccomend you go to a college where you don't have many friends, because it is very tempting to hang out with your gang and not meet new people. You will always be in contact and you can also get each other into the various pubs/parties in both colleges if you have more options....

I agree. Most of the people from my school went to UCD and quite a few of them have just finished up their degrees having met hardly anyone they didn't know before they started college. A certain Jesuit boarding school in particular is notorious for this.
The whole point of going to college is to meet new people, after all (the whole degree thing is just incidental )

cuckoo

punka wrote:

I agree. Most of the people from my school went to UCD and quite a few of them have just finished up their degrees having met hardly anyone they didn't know before they started college. A certain Jesuit boarding school in particular is notorious for this.
The whole point of going to college is to meet new people, after all (the whole degree thing is just incidental )

Something like 50 people from my year ended up doing arts block based courses in UCD. Three years later, they were all still in exactly the same group of friends, going to the same parties with the same boys from certain Jesuit boarding schools and Holy Ghost day schools - living the Dublin southside dream...

College is one of the best chances in your life to meet lots and lots of new people, and try lots of new things in societies and sports clubs. What i love about it is that it's not like school where ppl hang around with their own friends, from their own classes. Trinity has people from all over the world, i really don't think northside/southside Dublin is an issue.

Kevin_rc_ie

certain jesuit boarding school - clongowes wood college

punka

I probably should point out at this juncture that I attended a Jesuit school (though not a boarding one) AND a Holy Ghost school - but I wouldn't consider myself to be living or to ever have lived the southside dream...


(Having said that, I do say "like" an AWFUL lot)

punka

punka wrote:

(Having said that, I do say "like" an AWFUL lot)

Meh, so do cork people.

Kevin_rc_ie

so punka went to gonzaga.

punka

so punka went to gonzaga

*applause* well done holmes.
although i can't debate, or play chess. wasn't for want of trying though.