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Official bitch about daily life in UL

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  • #3182
    mud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭mud


    scruffystack wrote: »
    You are not forced to do it. If you don't get co-op you have a semester in the college doing like 2 or 3 modules or something like that. There's no gun to your head about co-op like...

    5 modules actually.


  • #3183
    El Inho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭El Inho


    scruffystack wrote: »
    You are not forced to do it. If you don't get co-op you have a semester in the college doing like 2 or 3 modules or something like that. There's no gun to your head about co-op like...

    and its very hard to, by choice, not do coop.


  • #3184
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    mud wrote: »
    5 modules actually.

    If you don't do coop it 2 crappy modules and a coop report on a summer job
    or 3 crappy modules


  • #3185
    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,979 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    I thought it was in your contract to mandatorily accept a coop placement if you get the job?

    so you can't just drop it after you find out its unpaid?


  • #3186
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    Tea_Bag wrote: »
    I thought it was in your contract to mandatorily accept a coop placement if you get the job?

    so you can't just drop it after you find out its unpaid?

    Yep once you got a job you have to do it.


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  • #3187
    mud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭mud


    Jester252 wrote: »
    If you don't do coop it 2 crappy modules and a coop report on a summer job
    or 3 crappy modules

    Serious? I had to do 5 when I got my exemption from Erasmus, assumed it'd be the same for co-op. Zoiks.


  • #3188
    Cossax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Cossax


    mud wrote: »
    Serious? I had to do 5 when I got my exemption from Erasmus, assumed it'd be the same for co-op. Zoiks.

    Well Erasmus would be 5 subjects abroad so you'd have to do the same here.

    AFAIK you don't have to accept unpaid coop, it would be an unfair financial burden on students.


  • #3189
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    Cossax wrote: »
    Well Erasmus would be 5 subjects abroad so you'd have to do the same here.

    AFAIK you don't have to accept unpaid coop, it would be an unfair financial burden on students.

    The Coop office kept telling us that you have to take what your given


  • #3190
    garv123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,577 ✭✭✭garv123


    Jester252 wrote: »
    The Coop office kept telling us that you have to take what your given

    We were told the only one we cudnt accept is non-paid. I'm not sure can you decline a non-paid job if you take the interview for it maybe?


  • #3191
    highlydebased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    A few people got offered paid co-op in my course but didn't want to do them because they were off away up the country etc. Co-op office said fine but now you can go find your own


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  • #3192
    TEMPLAR KNIGHT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 961 ✭✭✭TEMPLAR KNIGHT


    I haven't heard anything good about the co op office, I'm due to go January 2013 and applied to go to the USA and haven't had any luck finding my own now I'm starting to get nervous about the co op office now :\


  • #3193
    scruffystack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭scruffystack


    highlydebased wrote: »
    A few people got offered paid co-op in my course but didn't want to do them because they were off away up the country etc. Co-op office said fine but now you can go find your own

    That's fair enough. If you really didn't want to do co-op, just throw the interviews, or not turn up for them.
    Either way I think it would be silly, 6-8 months experience in some relevant workplace is better than whatever amount of irrelevant modules, pay or no pay.


  • #3194
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,712 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Large coffee in the Spar Shop has increased from €1.85 to €2 :mad:

    Heard the 3 fruits for a euro is gone now as well.

    Who is this new manager?


  • #3195
    highlydebased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    YFlyer wrote: »
    Large coffee in the Spar Shop has increased from €1.85 to €2 :mad:

    Heard the 3 fruits for a euro is gone now as well.

    Who is this new manager?

    AFAIK it has been taken over by the same people who run the DCU shop. Nothing to do with ULSU anymore...


  • #3196
    Daniel S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭Daniel S


    highlydebased wrote: »
    AFAIK it has been taken over by the same people who run the DCU shop. Nothing to do with ULSU anymore...
    Is it still a Spar?


  • #3197
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,712 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    highlydebased wrote: »
    AFAIK it has been taken over by the same people who run the DCU shop. Nothing to do with ULSU anymore...

    Kapital city prices coming in then I guess.


  • #3198
    Agent_99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 918 ✭✭✭Agent_99


    YFlyer wrote: »
    Large coffee in the Spar Shop has increased from €1.85 to €2 :mad:



    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
    Look like the Library Café hope they keep it to €1.50


  • #3199
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Why do I have such a mental block about Chemistry :( Any other subject to study, no problem! Chemistry... no...


  • #3200
    SarahBeep!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    sup_dude wrote: »
    Why do I have such a mental block about Chemistry :( Any other subject to study, no problem! Chemistry... no...

    I had a Chem repeat last year, it sucks. What module is it?


  • #3201
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    SarahBeep! wrote: »
    I had a Chem repeat last year, it sucks. What module is it?

    CH4701/CH4711/CH4721/CH4751/CH4001


    ^One of them


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  • #3202
    SarahBeep!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    sup_dude wrote: »
    CH4701/CH4711/CH4721/CH4751/CH4001


    ^One of them

    General?


  • #3203
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    SarahBeep! wrote: »
    General?


    Yup! That would be the one :)


  • #3204
    SarahBeep!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    sup_dude wrote: »
    Yup! That would be the one :)

    Don't sweat it too much, just o over the sample paper and lab questions :)


  • #3205
    garv123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,577 ✭✭✭garv123


    House hunting sucks.
    Any number I try on the college list is taken or wont take you for just the first semester.

    waaaahhh.


  • #3206
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,652 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    garv123 wrote: »
    House hunting sucks.
    Any number I try on the college list is taken or wont take you for just the first semester.

    waaaahhh.

    Check Courtyard. They might still have places.


  • #3207
    Mossin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭Mossin


    garv123 wrote: »
    House hunting sucks.
    Any number I try on the college list is taken or wont take you for just the first semester.

    waaaahhh.

    Tell them you're there for the full year, and get somebody to cover you who is coming back from co-op in January. Simple! :cool:


  • #3208
    CJKeane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 256 ✭✭CJKeane


    garv123 wrote: »
    House hunting sucks.
    Any number I try on the college list is taken or wont take you for just the first semester.

    waaaahhh.

    We have a single box room available for the year but if you'll be able to find a sound person I'm sure we can work something out!

    LINK!


  • #3209
    garv123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,577 ✭✭✭garv123


    Mossin wrote: »
    Tell them you're there for the full year, and get somebody to cover you who is coming back from co-op in January. Simple! :cool:

    dont know of anyone going on co-op for the first semester. :( next week some will be taking people for one semester instead of risking having an empty room so ive to try again.


  • #3210
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    First years


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  • #3211
    Daniel S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭Daniel S


    sup_dude wrote: »
    Yup! That would be the one :)
    I did General Chemistry CH4001 in the first semester in engineering, I squeeezed everything I needed onto one page for the exam. I didn't do chemistry for the leaving cert and got a B3 overall with two days study. I still have the sheet if you want me to scan it for you?


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