Science TR071

H2student wrote: »

Well 6 days to go for us newbies .

Just wondering, are there anything our seniors wants to share with us that can make the year less hectic. Such as, what's the deal with lockers? (is it first come first serve?, and should we go get one ASAP etc.)

You can sign up for lockers on the first day of lectures. It's generally a good idea to get in early so you can get a decent one. Once you have it you can keep it for 2 years or even more unofficially. I went at 7:30ish and managed to get one in the Hamilton near the labs so it's perfect for throwing my labcoat in. They cost €40 for the year of which it's €20 deposit.

What subjects are you doing? All I can suggest is do your best in labs. In chemistry for example I usually spend awhile on the lab reports and it came back to reward me as I walked into both chemistry exams at the end of the year with about 26 of the 30% on offer. Biology labs are a bit different but just make sure you prepare for them thoroughly. I'd even go as far as doing a lab report for them even though you don't have to as the lab MCQ is pretty tough.

Aside from that everything else pretty obvious, go to your lectures, your tutorials and all your labs and as long as you put a decent effort in it'll come back to benefit you at the end of the year.

If you've any other questions send us a PM

Lawliet wrote: »

Do you need a locker? I wasn't planning on getting one

In a sense no, but it can be handy to keep a labcoat and other materials in.

Dubs wrote: »

Where exactly do you have to go to get one?

Arts block. There'll be a noticeable queue on the first day of term.

The_Joker. wrote: »

Any advice on whether to buy books for JF science ? Is there a lot of waiting around for copies to be returned to the library ?

Around exam time some of the keys texts are out for a while but for the rest of the year there's no real problems.

If you can find any of the recommended texts cheap (or from students who've completed JF) then go for it as buying them brand new can be very expensive.

I failed one subject with 35% and there's no comment next to the results, I assume I passed with compensation and can go into second year?

GlasnevinRed wrote: »

Is there a "C" beside it?

Aye, just copped that, II-C

GlasnevinRed wrote: »

Same happened to me last year, thought I'd failed the year for a couple of hours before I realised!:p

Nah I was expecting to pass with compensation at best in one subject, tools didn't record a mark for something I did so even if it had've been as low as 29% I would've made sure I got into 2nd year somehow. :pac:
Time to get absolutely out of my ****ing tree so. ^_^

GlasnevinRed wrote: »

Oh and congrats, enjoy the hell that is second year!!:P

Pfft, all I've learned this year is that to pass I just have to make an effort in the exam itself. :P Found out that one of the ones I failed first time round I would've passed if I'd made any effort, but a mate was up from Cork which doesn't happen often and I wanted some pints. :P
Just ****in delighted that I'm not a two time dropout. Yet. :pac:

I've gotta get used to being up early. I was falling asleep during that Course meeting thing.

Picked Biology 101/2, Chemistry 101/2 along with Maths Methods and Foundation Physics. What did everyone else go with?

Managed to completely avoid all the stands too, which is great.

H2student wrote: »

Maths x2, Chem x2, Phy x2. Lots of maths ahead of me. It was infinitely better than I expected ^^

Maths is easy enough if you make any effort to keep up. Well, I'm assuming you're already decent at maths with your subject choices. :pac:

amacachi wrote: »

Try having to get up 3 hours before your first lecture every day and getting home 2 hours after the last. :pac:

I don't want to try that.

And I thought an hour bus was bad.