Anyone going to Maynooth in 2010?

Advice on not spending much... if you're going to be having money troubles...

• Don't drink.
• Don't smoke.
• Don't buy coffee or sandwiches on campus i.e. bring your own lunch.
• Don't buy brand new books if you can get them in the library or secondhand from Amazon or other students.
• If you really need to buy the book new check online places like the Bookdepository as they don't charge post and packaging and are generally at least a fiver cheaper than the chronically overpriced college bookshop, the price difference is often a tenner or more for the larger textbooks.
• Do your photocopying in the student's union as it's cheaper than the library.
• Get your refill pads and highlighters from the Academic Advisory office as they give them out for free.
• For pens you can get giant boxes of 50 bics for under a tenner in Tescos last I checked.
• For birthdays and Christmas etc. I always ask for Irish Book Tokens as you can use them in the previously mentioned chronically overpriced bookshop.
• If, like me, you absolutely must have crisps, get large 6 or 12 packs from the supermarket, don't buy them separately in the centra or whatever. Same for chewing gum, Polo mints etc. etc. etc.

I don't know. There are a great many ways you can avoid spending much money. You can make it work on surprisingly little, still leaving yourself enough to indulge once in a while. But it might not be much fun. Depends on how much you love the subjects you pick, that can take some of the sting out of living very cheaply.

I'm sure others will have more/better suggestions. I know nothing about the part time work situation in Maynooth, since I commute my face off, which incidentally is cheaper than staying on or near campus but can make you very tired and restricts the extracurricular activities you can take part in.

I hope you enjoy your course as much as I do mine... going to Maynooth was genuinely the best choice I've ever made.

My advice to is to avoid a guy called Rob Munnelly at all times. He's really hairy and scary and mean so if you see him, run!

Now for some real advice: Obviously, look for a part-time job to tie you over. If you're living here, look for somewhere cheap. I know that sounds super obvious but campus is so dear. One of my friends was paying 60e/week this year compared to my 80e and that was for a single room in Moyglare Abbey! If you don't live in a student house, rent can be a lot cheaper! Aldi is just across the road from the college and you would not believe all the stuff you can buy for twenty euro, it's just phenomenal. Use webtext as much as you can, 300 texts a month for free is pretty decent. If you're really hard up on funds, the student services centre can lend you some money and that can be up on a grand. I don't even think you actually have to pay it back, that's what i heard anyway...always budget for the week and shop in bulk. Like was mentioned before, it's way cheaper to bring a lunch than buying on campus (I swear a part of me dies everytime I buy a sandwich in O'Brien's).

That's pretty much all I can think of, hope it helps

Norrdeth wrote: »

Any cool people going into 3rd Bmus next year?

Banquo




again



I jest. :P

leopoldbloom wrote: »

For binding you can't beat Inkjet alright, but the SU does the cheapest printing and photocopying by a long-shot.

*hands out SU badges and stickers*

hey sharon and vicky , im going to maynooth as a mature in sept and cant wait.we get a week to settle in before all the others turn up

did you get your offers from the cao yet,i was told in interview and got a letter saying i was successful but haven't heard from cao....the waiting is horrible

Finance and accounting or business and accounting ..hope fully it comes in the next round august 5th..

Really looking forward to it myself ,a fresh start ........do you have any experience in multimedia or is it a new beginning for you aswell