Higher Options RDS

Shrimp · 10-09-2005 11:49am #1

Whos going to the Higher Options shwo in the RDS? Are you going on the Wed, Thrus or Friday?

I'm going on the Thrusday.

sock.rocker* · 10-09-2005 12:37pm

bad waste of time.. good day off though but dont expect to get anythin out of it..

i went last year and dint like it

Barrie · 10-09-2005 12:38pm

A girl in my class was thinking of going but seen that it is in dublin could be a problem.Maybe our school will order a bus(they normally would for these type of events) for this.Oh well we'll find out monday :rolleyes:

d4gurl · 10-09-2005 1:36pm

Im going on Wednesday! I got a ticket of the Irish Times and just incase I asked my friends to ask the old guidance councillor if I could go with them so yeah now i have two tickets :rolleyes:!

Shrimp · 10-09-2005 1:42pm

Yeah, i already nkow what I wanna do in college, so this is just a day off.

grimloch · 10-09-2005 6:29pm

I'm going on Friday, no idea at all what the craic is with it.

Wh00t for a day off and you never know, I might even learn something from it.

Shrimp · 10-09-2005 6:48pm

it's basically a showcase, of all the different colleges, and after school training etc.. all got there little stands..

airetam_storm · 10-09-2005 6:58pm

Ang good? I know sockrocker doesnt think so, but has any one else been?

Shrimp · 10-09-2005 7:08pm

airetam_storm wrote:

Ang good? I know sockrocker doesnt think so, but has any one else been?

i was last year, it's alright if you ask questions at the lesser packed stalls. some of them are jammers.

Barrie · 10-09-2005 9:58pm

I think i went to one last year.It was held at Jurys hotel Waterford.There was many stalls about after school recruitment and trades etc.They had leaflets and books etc.Is that the type of thing going on in the Rds?I got a free bank card from the one in Jurys

kmart6 · 10-09-2005 10:27pm

Yeah theres 72 of use headin up to it on Wednesday!!! Have heard its no use,really only good for collecting the booklets and stuff!!!

Raphael · 10-09-2005 10:48pm

Barrie wrote:

I think i went to one last year.It was held at Jurys hotel Waterford.There was many stalls about after school recruitment and trades etc.They had leaflets and books etc.Is that the type of thing going on in the Rds?I got a free bank card from the one in Jurys

I was at that one, complete doss off. Hopefully this one'll be less of a waste. I'ma goin on the Thursday.

Barrie · 10-09-2005 11:44pm

Did you get your free Bank card and lolly?

Or your nails painted lol

abercrombie · 11-09-2005 12:14am

im going thurs...went to it last year too!

grimloch · 11-09-2005 12:17am

No-one going on the Friday? Just me and airetam_storm so.

Ah well, My fridays in school are desperate and my Thursdays are pleasant enough so..

Nidge · 11-09-2005 1:15am

I went last year, my Leaving Cert year, I remember getting nothing out of it, what are you going to learn about a college, that isn't in the brochures, when you're in a room that loud? They're just like salesmen, and college is the product. My lasting memory is asking the representative of the college of London "Is the course in Psychology as good as anything offered in Ireland?" simple answer I got was "yes". Then you go and look them up on the internet and it clearly states "this degree is not recognised by the British Psychology Association (or some national organisation for Psychology of some sort)". So you just get lied to in the hope you go to their college. In short: it's a day off.

sock.rocker* · 11-09-2005 4:02am

/agreed

i jus chilled the beanbags at it all day

JackKelly · 11-09-2005 10:02am

i went last year.Nice show of colleges, but unless you have some specific questions to ask or colleges to see it's not up to much, but that's probably the point. Lots of free pens and stuff and the army setup is cool.

Raphael · 11-09-2005 12:30pm

Barrie wrote:

Did you get your free Bank card and lolly? Or your nails painted lol

No, just a load of free pens, the mini-cd things from NUI maynooth and DIT prospectus to hold over my head because it was raining when I left.

Funkstard · 11-09-2005 2:58pm

Whens it on? How do you get tickets? My school have kept this quiet....

Barrie · 11-09-2005 3:10pm

Well the one i went too in Jurys Waterford i think we had to pay(5-10€).But i'd say it was for the bus(Private bus from our school).Ask your guidence counsiler or principal about this im sure they couldnt stop you going to this.

Raphael · 11-09-2005 5:12pm

Ask your Guidance Counciller for tickets, you can buy them through him. Or, if you go to the evening one on thursday, tickets are on-sale at the door.

grimloch · 11-09-2005 6:24pm

Sounds like a fine crock of sh*te now.

At least the prospect of a half day shall keep me looking forward to it.

Beau · 11-09-2005 7:41pm

I went to this last year and just did my leaving. I thought it was decent enough. As said before think of some questions to ask or have a fair idea what you are thinking of doing in college.

I would love to go back this year again. After being stuck in an all boys school and seeing the same chicks around town all the time this was great. The quality was amazing, my eyes were popping out of my head and the atmosphere was pretty friendly so there was no problem going up to people.

Lord Oz · 11-09-2005 7:47pm

What is it exactly?

grimloch · 11-09-2005 7:49pm

Lord Oz wrote:

What is it exactly?

From what I've gathered it's a load of stands where colleges are placed and they're giving out booklets and pens so forth.

Lord Oz · 11-09-2005 7:52pm

Oh right, we went went to something like that in Limerick last year, got a load of free pens,notepads and pringles. Other than that it was crap. For some reason the irish times were handing out free newspapers too.

Raphael · 11-09-2005 9:23pm

Lord Oz wrote:

Oh right, we went went to something like that in Limerick last year, got a load of free pens,notepads and pringles. Other than that it was crap. For some reason the irish times were handing out free newspapers too.

Score, a free paper! THat'll give me something for the 3 hour bus-ride home

d4gurl · 13-09-2005 9:48pm

Funkstard wrote:

Whens it on? How do you get tickets? My school have kept this quiet....

hey

ok ring the irish times on this number or email (ringin is better id say)
For information on attending the conference or information about exhibiting at it please e-mail higheroptions@irish-times.ie or tel. + 353 1 675 8494 or +353 1 675 8450. or 6758000

ask them if they have any place left
they will give you an address and you post €8 cheque
go in on eitehr Wed thur or fri.....whicever day suits u! and thats pretty much it and ull be sent a ticket! I did it so it works

Barrie · 13-09-2005 9:55pm

I was telling my guidence teacher about this she said theres really no point as there more than likely be another one in jurys(Rapheal if your intrested)She doesnt know dates yet as they havent beeen decided if its taken place yet but shes pretty sure it will.She said that we can go to it if we wanted but im going to wait to see if theres a jurys one.

Shrimp · 13-09-2005 10:25pm

I'm pretty sure you could just sneak in if you reallllly wanted to. just go around the back, it's so easy.

or ask someone coming out for there sticker.. :rolleyes:

Funkstard · 13-09-2005 10:31pm

Asked my guidance counsellor the other day - the whole year is going and we don't pay for tickets, apparently

Shrimp · 13-09-2005 10:36pm

yeah, sometimes they include it in school fees, you'd think we were paying enough.. now i gotta pay more on top of them... :rolleyes:

Gazza22 · 18-09-2005 12:33am

I'm going to it on Thursday...need to gather some science info even though as many have said it mightn't to be a whole lot of help

CrimE · 18-09-2005 10:40am

Im going too. No idea when though, I should probably find out but ah well. I am pretty sure I know what I'm going to be doing in college but it might still be interesting. Looking forward to it. Anyone know what times its on at ie. Will i get the whole day off?

Shrimp · 18-09-2005 11:35am

You'll prolly be told on monday, after all it does start on wednesday.

Funkstard · 18-09-2005 12:45pm

d4gurl wrote:

hey

ok ring the irish times on this number or email (ringin is better id say)
For information on attending the conference or information about exhibiting at it please e-mail higheroptions@irish-times.ie or tel. + 353 1 675 8494 or +353 1 675 8450. or 6758000

ask them if they have any place left
they will give you an address and you post €8 cheque
go in on eitehr Wed thur or fri.....whicever day suits u! and thats pretty much it and ull be sent a ticket! I did it so it works

Cheers for that d4gurl, I missed it the last time I checked the thread. I'm going on Wednesday, who else is?

d4gurl · 18-09-2005 1:01pm

I'm going on Wednesday too, does anyone know what time its on at and when it finished because I want to go after school!

CrimE · 18-09-2005 9:41pm

Just texted a mate and he said its on friday. Looking forward to it. Might find some courses for my lower choices even though I plan on getting my first choice

Raphael · 21-09-2005 3:35pm

Barrie wrote:

I was telling my guidence teacher about this she said theres really no point as there more than likely be another one in jurys(Rapheal if your intrested)She doesnt know dates yet as they havent beeen decided if its taken place yet but shes pretty sure it will.She said that we can go to it if we wanted but im going to wait to see if theres a jurys one.

Just noticed that, thanks. Will go anyway, want to talk to the people from Belfast

If anyone's going tomorrow and sees someone in a long grey coat and a halo t-shirt, it's me. Introduce yourself!

Funkstard · 21-09-2005 4:42pm

Well I went today, it was good for getting proespectusii (geek) and if you know specific courses you might do, most of the desks have someone there who will talk to you. At the DIT desk there was a girl studying architecture which was quite handy. You get a free paper too which is always nice, and Portobello were handing out free massive lollipops too!

Stay the feck away from the take away food outside, my friend paid €2.50 for a bottle of water! €2.50 ffs!

Also the Army place was deadly, bazookas and **** being thrown around

CrimE · 21-09-2005 4:50pm

Class! I heard that the army yoke was good alright. Looking forward to it and the lollipops now

We have been told to go in the merrion entrance, anyone know what bus routes go near?

Funkstard · 21-09-2005 4:53pm

Not too sure, the 7, 111 or 45 I think. I got the Dart in, Sandymount station is about two seconds away

d4gurl · 24-09-2005 11:21am

I went after my classes on Wednesday about 1! I found it to be good! The rush had died down and it was good talking to the Uk colleges! Personally Trinity and Ucd werent great help at all! They were way to busy! Still dont get that horizons crap!! I think its to do with experimenting with differnt courses or something!! I missed some free stuff!

grimloch · 24-09-2005 11:23am

A few universities I wanted to have a few words with weren't there, namely Oxford, University of Leeds and Glasgow.

It wasn't the heap of crap it was hyped up to be.

CrimE · 24-09-2005 5:40pm

Personally me and all my friends thought it was pretty crap and a dissapointment. Anything I found out there I could have found out on the net. Would have been the most boring event ever if it wasnt for the armys section.

Am I alone or does anyone else agree with me?

4Xcut · 25-09-2005 1:05pm

didn't even bother going. assumed it was like any other open day, just an excuse for a day off

Kenshi · 27-09-2005 11:08pm

I think I saw leeds

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