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NCAD student thread

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  • #102
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    Papillon! wrote: »
    thats just not true! u just havent met all the lovely people down my end yet :) ill introduce ya!
    Na I didn't mean that I was just fighting with a really close friend :(


  • #103
    Húrin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,045 ✭✭✭Húrin


    DigiGal wrote: »
    Na I didn't mean that I was just fighting with a really close friend :(

    That's how you know they're your close friend.


  • #104
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    Húrin wrote: »
    That's how you know they're your close friend.
    lol nice wisdom there


  • #105
    teeney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭teeney


    Hi im mature student and have passed portfolio stage to get into ncad 2010.yahoo!!!jumping outa skin .. so excited, will be coming from kildare and would like to be able to drive there. the parking garage beside college quoted a student rate of 10.50 a day. too expensive. is there anywhere near college to park?
    also does the day start at 9 30 sharp or is there some freedom. what time def need to start most days?any one get arrow into heuton and which train you normally get.
    thnx


  • #106
    TwoBirds
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭TwoBirds


    Congratulations Teeney! :)
    There's a car park at the back of NCAD but it's probably just for staff, I don't know for sure. However, there's a back entrance to the college, through that car park from Oliver Bond St, and there's usually place for cars to park on Oliver Bond St, maybe there would be suitable? I don't know about rates or that kind of thing at all, being a lowly pedestrian student. :p My best advice would be to visit Thomas St some day you're free and take a walk around, see what the story is!
    They say 9:30, but in reality nothing really starts happening til about ten or later. You'll have lectures two mornings a week (Monday and Thursday if it's the same for next year's Core people) and those start at 10:00. It's not too strict, I reckon I haven't been in college at half nine since the first week. :o Around ten is fine for studio days.


  • #107
    Shower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Shower


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  • #108
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    teeney wrote: »
    Hi im mature student and have passed portfolio stage to get into ncad 2010.yahoo!!!jumping outa skin .. so excited, will be coming from kildare and would like to be able to drive there.

    Hi!
    I'm in the same boat being a mature student. Very excited too and delighted to know that i won't be the only oldie there!
    congratulations!


  • #109
    hey hey!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭hey hey!


    heY hey...
    just seeking out info on how students doing the BA in art and design education in ncad find the course? Lots of time to develop your own creativity aswell as the practical exp in teaching? Hows the tutors and lectures?etc..

    i would appreciate any infO....

    cHeers:P..


  • #110
    Delboyie
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Delboyie


    Hi guys, can somebody help me. Im in Tipperary and have discovered art! Yes only now lol! Anyway, is an art (honours) degree from ncad the same as an art honours degree from lets say crawford? I dont plan on going to college till september 2011 but confused as to where to apply to. Was checking out the brief for the portfolio for 2011 for ncad. It looks like its really hard to get into. I dont mind a bit of hard work tho :).


  • #111
    spinandscribble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    The standard of teaching and facilities differ between colleges. some places are at level 7 others level 8 awarded. some don't offer certain specialties. It's up to you to find out what's more important to you. generally NCAD and LSAD are highly sought after as they're well established and have a wide range of specialities but if say you're interested in animation, IADT would be more suitable just for example.


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  • #112
    Delboyie
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Delboyie


    Thanks for taking the time to reply to me. I was at an open day in crawford this year and i like the atmosphere in one way but was shocked how untidy it was. I had never been in an art college before so i dunno is that the norm. Yeah, the course in limerick appeals to me alright. I just dunno could i afford to go to college in dublin. Id imagine its quite expensive.


  • #113
    hey hey!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭hey hey!


    Delboyie wrote: »
    Thanks for taking the time to reply to me. I was at an open day in crawford this year and i like the atmosphere in one way but was shocked how untidy it was. I had never been in an art college before so i dunno is that the norm. Yeah, the course in limerick appeals to me alright. I just dunno could i afford to go to college in dublin. Id imagine its quite expensive.

    i agree Crawford is messy but thats to be expected...art demands mess:P However i have to say limerick is very contained and tidy...the hallways are crap free and its full of light!! so maybe thats your cup of tea;)..pay the college a visit, the receptionist is very kind and helpful!! Crawford was very dark and kinda dreary but cool place all the same. It was my first choice to start with:o


  • #114
    cushy101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭cushy101


    Delboyie wrote: »
    Hi guys, can somebody help me. Im in Tipperary and have discovered art! Yes only now lol! Anyway, is an art (honours) degree from ncad the same as an art honours degree from lets say crawford? I dont plan on going to college till september 2011 but confused as to where to apply to. Was checking out the brief for the portfolio for 2011 for ncad. It looks like its really hard to get into. I dont mind a bit of hard work tho :).
    Hey, im a fellow tipperarian! i only started art a year ago(first ever drawing) and i have been accepted in to 4 colleges(600points in cork), Im going to ncad product design after being accepted last week, but that just requires a normal porfolio. The problem is NCAD has a different portfolio to the rest of the colleges(except ind. des.) so you have to chose between all of them and NCAD. I'l just say with a lot of hard work is quite easy to get your spot, a few portfolio lessons wouldnt go a stray either!:D


  • #115
    Vaaaampire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Vaaaampire


    Hey,

    I applied for Ncad this year and fell short of the mark by 17.5 marks out of the thousand, they say I'm about tenth on the waiting list, I was just wondering, does anyone know on average how many people get accepted off waiting list?? Or how likely it is for me to get the place??

    Thanks, Steve


  • #116
    20Cent
    Registered Users Posts: 8,939 ✭✭✭20Cent


    Hello,
    Posted this somewhere else as well but can anyone tell me about the installation I saw at the exhibition. The dark tunnel with the head at the end?? If you saw it you know what I mean.
    Who made it, is it a real head? what was it about!!!

    thanks


  • #117
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    I only saw that one briefly. My favourite was the exhibition by Siobhan Cox. It was excellent. The other one I thought was class was kind of a map and done with copper which was rusted and oxidised.


  • #118
    teeney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭teeney


    hi vaaaampire
    i was on waiting list last year as a mature student in category b the cut off to get in was 590 i think and for school leavers category a i think was 512 .my porfolio score was 487.5 so i reckon i was a good ways back on list. id say you should be hopeful to get in with just 12 or so points back. will be watching out for you. good luck.
    This year i scored 695 so im just wondering what was the cut off?


  • #119
    spinandscribble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    in B class it must have been at least 550 as I know some who got in from group b with that.


  • #120
    annoyingbeast
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭annoyingbeast


    HEy, i really want to get into NCAD, im thinking about my portfolio and just wondering if anyones got any ideas? like if they know anything specific ncad are looking for in it? thanks alot


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  • #121
    spinandscribble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    *resists urge to advise peppers and cow skulls troll style*

    ncad are like any other art college, they're looking for good fundamental skills in drawing and colour, particularly investigative drawing. Its not about a pretty tonal study all of the time.

    sketchbooks are generally always important as part of the portfolio but ncad's brief is geared towards making your portfolio almost feel like a big sketch/ideas book what with their ideas sheets and such. still its still best to keep a sketchbook as you work on your portfolio.

    Don't be afraid to think abstractly and include some concept driven work (but always start from something tangible, the last section of the brief is great for this) and think about what they're asking of you in the brief in different ways. I think the further you can push your interpretation the better.

    I would advise spending alot of time picking your objects. consider firstly picking wildly different objects and spend some time considering how to connect them.

    experiment in media and try everything, photography, video, stop motion, clay, 3d, ect


  • #122
    Vaaaampire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Vaaaampire


    thanks teeney


  • #123
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    Can I ask what a typical week would be like in first year?
    Will it be 9-5, five days a week?
    Is it very intense or laid back?


  • #124
    teeney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭teeney


    hi guys. its getting closer. did any of you get official cao offer today, im feeling nervous waiting. do us mature peeps get the letters first week of august or should i just cave to this paronoia and call.?
    milkycoffee im wondering too what ncad life the first year is like ie how intense is the work load?


  • #125
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    teeney wrote: »
    hi guys. its getting closer. did any of you get official cao offer today, im feeling nervous waiting. do us mature peeps get the letters first week of august or should i just cave to this paronoia and call.?
    milkycoffee im wondering too what ncad life the first year is like ie how intense is the work load?

    Hi Teeney,
    Haven't heard anything back yet. As far as I know we'll get the offer in the post with the rest of them.
    And I think we start then on the 28th maybe


  • #126
    Chorcai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Chorcai


    teeney wrote: »
    hi guys. its getting closer. did any of you get official cao offer today, im feeling nervous waiting. do us mature peeps get the letters first week of august or should i just cave to this paronoia and call.?
    milkycoffee im wondering too what ncad life the first year is like ie how intense is the work load?

    Did you get your score yet ? If not you should ring them !!


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  • #127
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    If you got your letter saying your portfolio was successful and you meet all the matriculation requirments then you should be okay.
    CAO offers being sent out on the 4th August.


  • #128
    teeney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭teeney


    thanks milkycoffee. yes i got portfolio letter and i matriculate so yes i should get letter so ,i thought the offers went out in july, The 4th of august..... im waiting for you. being a mom of 3 with one that needs after school which i havent secured yet, and eldest doing the leaving cert, my dh works super long hours so i will be trying to get this to work and still keep the kids reasonable. !!!!!! theres gonna be a lot of juggling and shifting in our house.big changes and shifts in attitudes. very exciting and terrifying at same time.
    ill be taking the train from sallins i think the car would work out too expensive and the idea of being stuck in traffic dooesnt appeal.hope some days in ncad will be flexible, whats your situation? are there ant other mature students on here?


  • #129
    Chorcai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Chorcai


    teeney wrote: »
    thanks milkycoffee. yes i got portfolio letter and i matriculate so yes i should get letter so ,i thought the offers went out in july, The 4th of august..... im waiting for you. being a mom of 3 with one that needs after school which i havent secured yet, and eldest doing the leaving cert, my dh works super long hours so i will be trying to get this to work and still keep the kids reasonable. !!!!!! theres gonna be a lot of juggling and shifting in our house.big changes and shifts in attitudes. very exciting and terrifying at same time.
    ill be taking the train from sallins i think the car would work out too expensive and the idea of being stuck in traffic dooesnt appeal.hope some days in ncad will be flexible, whats your situation? are there ant other mature students on here?

    You should have got an offer then, was NCAD your 1st choice ? Are you sure your not on the waiting list ? I only say this because I am on the waiting list plus NCAD is my 1st choice so I have to wait till the LC results are out.


  • #130
    Vaaaampire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Vaaaampire


    did many PLCers out there turn the course down?.. on waiting list and am anxious as ... its all i want


  • #131
    gillianb4
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭gillianb4


    Hello everyone :) Yes I am a kind of mature student..I am 21 and can't wait to start Art core year :) It will be hard work but I'm up for the challenge.lol.

    Just wondering where N.C.A.D. students usually live? as I live 2 hours from Dublin at the minute so will need to live there during the week anyway.

    So if any one needs a house mate or knows of someone who does, get in touch!!

    Also, is it better to live with other Art students or does it not really matter??

    I'm a bit nervous atm to be honest...don't know what to expect but am sure it will be fine when we get into the way of things :) x x
    Gillian


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  • #132
    cushy101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭cushy101


    http://www.rent.ie/rooms-to-rent/50-Bertram-Court-Lamb-Alley-Christchurch-Dublin-8/591670/

    I'm a first year students looking to fill a twin room only 2 minutes walk from the college in a beautiful location.


  • #133
    gillianb4
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭gillianb4


    cushy101 wrote: »
    http://www.rent.ie/rooms-to-rent/50-Bertram-Court-Lamb-Alley-Christchurch-Dublin-8/591670/

    I'm a first year students looking to fill a twin room only 2 minutes walk from the college in a beautiful location.

    Ohh Hiyah :D Are you a male or female...and will there only be two people in the appartment altogether? Is that the room in the pictre for two people?

    Also are u studying in N.C.A.D. for the Core year?


  • #134
    cushy101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭cushy101


    gillianb4 wrote: »
    Ohh Hiyah :D Are you a male or female...and will there only be two people in the appartment altogether? Is that the room in the pictre for two people?

    Also are u studying in N.C.A.D. for the Core year?

    Ya! I'm a first year too, I'm a dude unfortunately:D, but I'm a really cool guy looking for two people to share the twin room for around 85e a week or one person for 140! Its a really nice place and it has totally new furniture to its even nicer than in the pic! Look me up on facebook(pat darcy), I'm just looking for some nice people to live with! There are only two bedrooms and a maximum of three people so there would be plenty of space for anyone!:D


  • #135
    gillianb4
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭gillianb4


    cushy101 wrote: »
    Ya! I'm a first year too, I'm a dude unfortunately:D, but I'm a really cool guy looking for two people to share the twin room for around 85e a week or one person for 140! Its a really nice place and it has totally new furniture to its even nicer than in the pic! Look me up on facebook(pat darcy), I'm just looking for some nice people to live with! There are only two bedrooms and a maximum of three people so there would be plenty of space for anyone!:D

    lol. okies :D I will get back to ya love,looks like a nice place indeed, so thats 560e a month, does that include utility bills??


  • #136
    Emmpty
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭Emmpty


    This could be handy for anyone trying to find somewhere to live:

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ou-Est-Le-Swimming-Pool/107237812641837?v=stream&ref=ts#!/group.php?gid=131380030220228&ref=ts


  • #137
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    If anyone has gotten their reading list then you'll be able to get both books in the National Gallery for €65 when you show your student card or your registration letter.
    alternatively amazon might be able to sort ye out


  • #138
    Ell69
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭Ell69


    teeney wrote: »
    thanks milkycoffee. yes i got portfolio letter and i matriculate so yes i should get letter so ,i thought the offers went out in july, The 4th of august..... im waiting for you. being a mom of 3 with one that needs after school which i havent secured yet, and eldest doing the leaving cert, my dh works super long hours so i will be trying to get this to work and still keep the kids reasonable. !!!!!! theres gonna be a lot of juggling and shifting in our house.big changes and shifts in attitudes. very exciting and terrifying at same time.
    ill be taking the train from sallins i think the car would work out too expensive and the idea of being stuck in traffic dooesnt appeal.hope some days in ncad will be flexible, whats your situation? are there any other mature students on here?

    HI Teeney
    Can't wait to hear how the year goes for you. I too am a mum to four kids, one in college, 12,11 and 7 year old boys also. I'll have to commute everyday,one hour each way. I'm working on my portfolio brief as I speak. Any tips for me seeing as yours was obviously a success!
    I too am worried as to how my kids and husband will adjust to me being 'gone' everyday. Can anyway tell me how long is the day in nCAD.
    I too like you will be hopefully ,(if I get in) sorting out childcare this time next year. My husband works shift hours so nights and days, so the changes in my house will be huge.


  • #139
    scorcoran90
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭scorcoran90


    If anyone wants the two prescribed books second hand let me know.
    Brand new and will do the two for €85


  • #140
    Xenzo
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Xenzo


    Hey does anyone know when NCAD start sending info out to you about registration, fees and booklists etc??


  • #141
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    Xenzo wrote: »
    Hey does anyone know when NCAD start sending info out to you about registration, fees and booklists etc??

    I got mine last week anyway. I don't know what the craic is if you're coming from leaving cert though. If you're worried maybe give them a ring.
    As i said before, too, if you go to the national gallery you can get both books for €65 when you show your registration letter or your student card.
    Good luck!


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  • #142
    MilesReilly
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭MilesReilly


    hey Milk Coffey,

    what are the names of the two books?

    m


  • #143
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    Hi! The Books are:
    History of Modern Design by David Raizman
    "A World History of Art" Hugh Honour 7th edition


  • #144
    istusaandrew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭istusaandrew


    Hi I'm starting in September and was wondering will I need a laptop for core year?
    if so what type Apple or Dell ? and what software is used ? photoshop etc?
    Hope you can help me out....


  • #145
    Rosie30
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Rosie30


    Anyone get offered NCAD today from the waiting list??? What happens? Does the offer come from CAO or directly from NCAD? Extremely interested to know!!!!Know of someone a couple of points dwn the min.portfolio points and was SURE they'd know today. They rang NCAD and the admissions girl not in and the other lady hadn't a clue!


  • #146
    istusaandrew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭istusaandrew


    hi rosie i got an acceptence on the first round of the cao results and i only got the ncad confirmation letter YESTERDAY! they seem to take ages in comparison to orther colleges...... your friend might have to wait a while.....

    anyway his/her first port of call would be to log into the cao website and see if they have been given an offer there. (would it not? i could be wrong, being an art college the protocal could be differnt)

    hope this helps


  • #147
    Rosie30
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Rosie30


    istusaandrew wrote: »
    hi rosie i got an acceptence on the first round of the cao results and i only got the ncad confirmation letter YESTERDAY! they seem to take ages in comparison to orther colleges...... your friend might have to wait a while.....

    anyway his/her first port of call would be to log into the cao website and see if they have been given an offer there. (would it not? i could be wrong, being an art college the protocal could be differnt)

    hope this helps

    Where you on the waiting list 'istusaandrew'? He is on the waiting list, only a couple of points away! He got his second offer of DIT but would love NCAD. Congrats on your place by the way!! Very exciting!


  • #148
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    istusaandrew wrote: »
    Hi I'm starting in September and was wondering will I need a laptop for core year?
    if so what type Apple or Dell ? and what software is used ? photoshop etc?
    Hope you can help me out....
    Get an Apple MAC Book Pro, especially if you plan opn going for Vis Comm. Dont buy any software it will be supplied by college


  • #149
    lithe-legs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭lithe-legs


    There's no need to waste €1500 on a MacPro unless you're absolutely dead set on Vis Com. Even then I was using my old dell right up until Christmas in VisCom. Any computer for Core will be fine; other than essays and research, you won't be doing any heavy duty work that'll require major RAM. Also, the Viscom department don't provide free software - you have to acquire the Adobe programs yourself in whatever devious/honest way you can.


  • #150
    Chorcai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Chorcai


    Rosie30 wrote: »
    Where you on the waiting list 'istusaandrew'? He is on the waiting list, only a couple of points away! He got his second offer of DIT but would love NCAD. Congrats on your place by the way!! Very exciting!

    I am also on the waiting list, I also got my place in DIT... are you talking about me :D:D:D

    Anyways... CAO says:

    Round Two
    A second round of offers will be issued, usually in late
    August/early September, to fill any remaining vacancies.


    After Round Two
    Thereafter, offers will be issued as necessary until October
    to fill any vacancies which may arise.

    I know DIT start on the 20th of Sept, but one could still get an offer of a place up untill Oct, I think ringing NCAD to find out is a waste time. All offers come via CAO.

    Reading over here http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=832 there are lots of people now re-thinking of going back or to college this is for both mature + secondary school students. The only hope left, is if, some people drop out.

    Don't get me wrong I'm glad I have my place in DIT. NCAD would be a plus but it's not the end of the world. He can always apply directly into second year of NCAD. Tell him take his place in DIT.


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  • #151
    smashedpumpkin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭smashedpumpkin


    hey hey! wrote: »
    heY hey...
    just seeking out info on how students doing the BA in art and design education in ncad find the course? Lots of time to develop your own creativity aswell as the practical exp in teaching? Hows the tutors and lectures?etc..

    i would appreciate any infO....

    cHeers:P..

    The course is extremely tough. HUGE workload. There is very little room to develop your own creativity. Many of the tutors are amazing and helpful, one or two of them... I won't even go into it. All in all it's a great qualification to have but if I had the choice I would have done ANYTHING else. This course nearly killed me. (And every single one of my classmates would agree) I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Do your undergraduate in what you love, and do a dip after if you really want to be a teacher.


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