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Freshers Thread

UnholyGregor

Hey all,
Looked around and couldn't find a thread for all us freshers, and the facebook page is an absolute disaster...
So yeah, general enough chat, maybe it'll help ease the social awkwardness next week when we're all thrown in there together... Or maybe it'll multiply it tenfold...

But yeah lemme get this ball rolling, name's Greg, doing medicinal chemistry, and I know nobody going to Trinity... Surely there's others in a similar situation... ARGH IM SUCH LONERRRR

what societies are we all hoping to join? and whats everybodys general plan for ye old week of the freshers....

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leaveiton

Sheedy07 wrote: »

I presume everybody here will be pretty much going out everynight during freshers:P, well especially those who have bought or are planning on buying the wristband?

I probably won't be, tbh

Going out isn't really my thing and I just wouldn't have the money for it, what with the wristband and drinks and everything. If we're able to get individual tickets I might go out on the Wednesday or Friday :P I'm planning on going to a lot of daytime events during the week though!

Sheedy07

leaveiton wrote: »

I probably won't be, tbh Going out isn't really my thing and I just wouldn't have the money for it, what with the wristband and drinks and everything. If we're able to get individual tickets I might go out on the Wednesday or Friday :P I'm planning on going to a lot of daytime events during the week though!

Ah ok, I think I'll do the same regards daytime events, but still i think I'll try and go out every night for the first week as some of the events seem like great crack

especially the freshers ball :P

monkeysarecool

Great idea for a thread!
I'm doing general nursing and I'll be living at home because I don't like too far away from trinity.

For the commuters, I'm sure when we start and you make friends you can stay in people's houses no bother

I'll probably buy my wrist band in the next few days just in case they're sold out before freshers week!

lauz94

Does the freshers wristband get you into day events also or is it just for the night events?

mathstalk

How much is the wristband, anybody?

UnholyGregor wrote: »

a hand signal? oh god.... some seriously cringeworthy things just popped into my head there... would be hilarious all the same, if we were all just standing around, not knowing who was a boardsie, then some guy starts hooting like an owl, and we all flock around him silently, recognizing "the call"

I was thinking we should all make elephant trunks with our arms while doing elephant noises. Not only would this eradicate the confusion in the room, but it would also be symbolic of 'addressing the elephant in the room'. But I also like the flocking idea. As long a you make the call :pac:

UnholyGregor

haha i actually will now, or we could all bring some owl paraphenalia up and see if we can passively spot one another during the day, might be fun

Horsovsky

€30 for the wristband, right? What does that get you into, besides the trinity ball?

mathstalk

HerrTau wrote: »

€30 for the wristband, right? What does that get you into, besides the trinity ball?

Actually, I just did some googling and they're €25. You get 4 nights for that price. Reasonable enough.
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Sheedy07

mathstalk wrote: »

Actually, I just did some googling and they're €25. You get 4 nights for that price. Reasonable enough.
(Link)

Thats last years link i think man, this years are definitely 30, i bought mine off the ents website and i dont think theyd be gotten cheaper anywhere else

mathstalk

Sheedy07 wrote: »

Thats last years link i think man, this years are definitely 30, i bought mine off the ents website and i dont think theyd be gotten cheaper anywhere else

Oh, I see

€30 for 4 nights is still fair enough. Do the bands do anything else? For example, drink price reductions?

Random_Person

mathstalk wrote: »

Oh, I see

€30 for 4 nights is still fair enough. Do the bands do anything else? For example, drink price reductions?

Nothing has been announced about price reductions or anything yet..

I have joined the FB group, I now have faces to put to the names :pac:

Sheedy07

mathstalk wrote: »

Oh, I see

€30 for 4 nights is still fair enough. Do the bands do anything else? For example, drink price reductions?

I'm not too sure but i presume that there are drink promotions on at each of the events anyway to be honest, the freshers ball is €15 alone

Random_Person

Sheedy07 wrote: »

I presume everybody here will be pretty much going out everynight during freshers:P, well especially those who have bought or are planning on buying the wristband?

I would go out most nights, if I had a place to stay in town :pac: are you living in halls or somewhere close to Trinity?

Sheedy07

Random_Person wrote: »

I would go out most nights, if I had a place to stay in town :pac: are you living in halls or somewhere close to Trinity?

not quite in halls but close enough

TemptationWaits

Hi everyone! My name's <SNIP> and I'm doing <SNIP>, staying in Halls as I'm from <SNIP>. I don't know anyone else in Trinity so I'd love a meet-up! And the secret signal ideas are genius. I'll have to brush up on my owl noises.

Are ye all planning on buying wristbands online? I'd rather get them there but they might be sold out, it seems.

mathstalk

TemptationWaits wrote: »

Are ye all planning on buying wristbands online? I'd rather get them there but they might be sold out, it seems.

I hadn't thought about them being sold out, I might buy them online myself now. Thanks for the heads up Maggie!

XxshadowsxX

mathstalk wrote: »

Sci-Fi soc, 1pm Monday, Mario Kart Event, The console is the Nintendo Wii, be there or be square.

I'll see you there! ;D

Awww lads, this has gotten me way more excited about Freshers Week than anything on Facebook!

Random_Person

XxshadowsxX wrote: »

I'll see you there! ;D

Awww lads, this has gotten me way more excited about Freshers Week than anything on Facebook!

Join our boardsie Facebook group too :pac:

Jason1994

Hello everyone, im jason, doing theoretical physics, living in griffith halls (bit of copying trinity halls going on there i think :L) anyone else living there??

Ari92

Hi everyone!!! I'm Arianna and i'll be doing french and italian!!! hope to make new friends:)

Sheedy07

Ari92 wrote: »

Hi everyone!!! I'm Arianna and i'll be doing french and italian!!! hope to make new friends:)

Join our facebook group

we're all strangers there so its an easy way to meet a few others

TheOC1

Hey, good idea, fb is hectic.
My name's Orlagh.
I'm doing Maths. I've applied to do the optional language course for French. I'm staying in halls as well.
I still haven't got my societies stuff in the post

so I don't have a clear idea what's going on with them during freshers but from the sounds of it I'm definitely heading straight to sci-fi.

mathstalk

Sheedy07 wrote: »

Join our facebook group we're all strangers there so its an easy way to meet a few others

I'd join but alas I don't have a facebook! I know, pre-historic, right?

Ari92 wrote: »

Hi everyone!!! I'm Arianna and i'll be doing french and italian!!! hope to make new friends:)

I've never heard of that combination before? Are you doing one as a TSM and the other by an optional language course, or is that a double subject course in itself?

Count Wankula

Name's Bren (short for Brendan). I'll be studying history. I'm just wondering is it possible to just complete ignore your class, as in not engage with them at all? I've got enough friends for the moment and I don't need the distraction of people in the class, was hard enough at school. Can a guy just ignore his class in college?

mathstalk

Count Wankula wrote: »

Name's Bren (short for Brendan). I'll be studying history. I'm just wondering is it possible to just complete ignore your class, as in not engage with them at all? I've got enough friends for the moment and I don't need the distraction of people in the class, was hard enough at school. Can a guy just ignore his class in college?

You can. I mean it is physically possible. I just don't see why you would. Just mingle. The friends you have now may not last forever, so you might as well keep making new ones, so that you never run out. You may even form stronger relationships with those in your course seeing as you all have at least one mutual interest.

UnholyGregor

So, this meet-up thing? Whos up for it, seems to be some really vague talk about it, and this group is the most mysterious looking thing I've ever seen... what time suits people? and the comedy debate thing after? argh this is stressful!

mavis94

Hi all, my name is Maedhbh and I'm doing TSM history and geography, living at home in Clondalkin. (Btw, just as a matter of interest, are ye all living away from home in halls or digs etc?) Can't wait to start college but a little apprehensive about the whole awkwardness of not knowing ANYONE :eek:

Definitely up for a meet up on Monday- but how to identify each other!? Probably the easiest thing is if we all go in dressed in full power rangers costume- I'd say that'd be the most hassle free way...

Is everybody going in on Monday? We could just settle on a time and then swoop down and congregate on a notable landmark? But to eliminate all confusion, a landmark that isn't going to be too crowded with socially anxious freshers (dressed as Power Rangers) and at a really specific time?

Sheedy07

mavis94 wrote: »

Hi all, my name is Maedhbh and I'm doing TSM history and geography, living at home in Clondalkin. (Btw, just as a matter of interest, are ye all living away from home in halls or digs etc?) Can't wait to start college but a little apprehensive about the whole awkwardness of not knowing ANYONE :eek:

Definitely up for a meet up on Monday- but how to identify each other!? Probably the easiest thing is if we all go in dressed in full power rangers costume- I'd say that'd be the most hassle free way...

Is everybody going in on Monday? We could just settle on a time and then swoop down and congregate on a notable landmark? But to eliminate all confusion, a landmark that isn't going to be too crowded with socially anxious freshers (dressed as Power Rangers) and at a really specific time?

hey, ya monday we've said we'd do something, on facebook there is an event and that we'd go for lunch at 1 :P

the power rangers costumes could be hard to get though

UnholyGregor

lunch at one might clash with the mario kark!!

what about the coffee at 4 idea followed by the phil debate? that plan been scrapped already?!!! :'(

Sheedy07

UnholyGregor wrote: »

lunch at one might clash with the mario kark!! what about the coffee at 4 idea followed by the phil debate? that plan been scrapped already?!!! :'(

Awh damn we had scratched coffee at four for free lunch at the phil :P, But since i know absolutely nobody two meet ups to suit everyone would be fine by me i'll be at both :P but the pool tournament in the phil at four could be fun too :P, ah we're such busy people during freshers :P. I don't mind anyway