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What to expect from Trinity College?

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    #92
    Sir Ophiuchus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Sir Ophiuchus


    Denerick wrote: »
    I want to know what the word 'vry' means. Typical Trinity elitist's and their cool neologisms.

    Ino rite? :p


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    #93
    A_Border_Bandit
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    What to expect from Trinity College?


    Expect a fair chance to play at a high level at whatever sport you are interested in. Trinity is less scholarship heavy than other colleges so the clubs generally do their recruiting in freshers week and everyone gets the same opportunity to impress.

    The rugby, soccer and cricket teams are way worse than you'd imagine they should be. The GAA is currently in the second tier of Irish college leagues but are steadily improving. The Trinity American Football team are the best college team in Ireland, claiming this years intervarsity's. We punch above our weight (wait for it) in boxing (LOL!). Our rowing, ultimate frisbee, martial arts, hockey, tennis, athletics, rifle and water sports teams (to name a few) have all won events this year with newbies to the sport in the ranks.

    The 3 clubs I'm most involved with (GAA, American Football, & boxing) are all at a decent level already but LOVE new faces. These clubs want people to join. Trinity sports clubs are big enough to be successful, but small enough to keep it personal. You join a club in Trinity and you will meet some of your best friends.

    Choose Trinity, we'd love to have you :)


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    #94
    gearoidof
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    This Border Bandit fellow speaks the truth

    Only 1 or 2 freshers who join the Ultimate Frisbee Club have played before, so they definitely love seeing fresh faces.
    I think the same is true for a lot of other sports!


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    #95
    Larianne
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    Where's yer man who always harps on about Judo...

    He'll be here any second now.... (if he hasn't already)


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    #96
    TrollHammaren
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    Larianne wrote: »
    Where's yer man who always harps on about Judo...

    He'll be here any second now.... (if he hasn't already)

    Guilty.


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    #97
    aquaceri
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    with all the BESS insults? - you are making me really nervous! I will be starting in Sept as a mature and am far from a snob/ross o'c Kelly wannabe or a D4 head!

    I chose the course because it sounds really interesting and as a 30 year old who STILL doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up it sounded really appealing!:rolleyes::p

    I believe Trinity will open a lot of doors for me career wise if I put in the work so to be honest I feel very lucky to have even been offered the opportunity -

    Is BESS really as bad as you say????? :(


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    #98
    Denerick
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    aquaceri wrote: »

    Is BESS really as bad as you say????? :(

    No. BESS is even worse than we say. Imagine Saddam Hussein, Hitler and Pol Pot arriving uninvited to your dinner party. BESS is even worse than that.


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    #99
    TrollHammaren
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    aquaceri wrote: »
    with all the BESS insults? - you are making me really nervous! I will be starting in Sept as a mature and am far from a snob/ross o'c Kelly wannabe or a D4 head!

    I chose the course because it sounds really interesting and as a 30 year old who STILL doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up it sounded really appealing!:rolleyes::p

    I believe Trinity will open a lot of doors for me career wise if I put in the work so to be honest I feel very lucky to have even been offered the opportunity -

    Is BESS really as bad as you say????? :(

    Plenty of knobs in BESS, but don't let that put you off. There's a group of sound people in every course, even law.


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    #100
    RMD
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    There's 236 places in Bess. Even if the majority are knobs, you're bound to find a group you get along with.


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    #101
    aquaceri
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭aquaceri


    Ahh I am not really that worried :D I've always managed to get on with all sorts of people...it's nice not to be judgemental and insulting - it tends to work for me :P:rolleyes: maybe Denerick should try it ;)

    Anyway with two kiddies at home there won't be much time for socialising just good old fashioned learning I'm afraid :(


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    #102
    irishgirl10
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    Ok, I am officially terrified after reading this thread! I too plan on coming to trinity next year (either BESS or Economics/History) and have to say, people are scaring me away from it :/ Always though the whole perception of Trinity was just a load of crap and that 'snobbery' and what not is found in every college. Does anyone have anything nice at all to say about Trinners!? If not, I may go elsewhere...:(


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    #103
    andrew
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    irishgirl10 wrote: »
    Ok, I am officially terrified after reading this thread! I too plan on coming to trinity next year (either BESS or Economics/History) and have to say, people are scaring me away from it :/ Always though the whole perception of Trinity was just a load of crap and that 'snobbery' and what not is found in every college. Does anyone have anything nice at all to say about Trinners!? If not, I may go elsewhere...:(

    Trinity is class, everyone is lovely, ignore the comments to the otherwise. Honest.


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    #104
    TrollHammaren
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    irishgirl10 wrote: »
    Ok, I am officially terrified after reading this thread! I too plan on coming to trinity next year (either BESS or Economics/History) and have to say, people are scaring me away from it :/ Always though the whole perception of Trinity was just a load of crap and that 'snobbery' and what not is found in every college. Does anyone have anything nice at all to say about Trinners!? If not, I may go elsewhere...:(

    Don't let our comments put you off - there are dickheads everywhere and Trinity is no different!

    Two of my good friends studied Economics and I know an absolutely stellar guy who did BESS. Don't worry, you'll make friends in your course, and you'll make even more friends in the societies you join!


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    #105
    Denerick
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    irishgirl10 wrote: »
    Ok, I am officially terrified after reading this thread! I too plan on coming to trinity next year (either BESS or Economics/History) and have to say, people are scaring me away from it :/ Always though the whole perception of Trinity was just a load of crap and that 'snobbery' and what not is found in every college. Does anyone have anything nice at all to say about Trinners!? If not, I may go elsewhere...:(

    We wear a scholarly gown and a wig every thursday. Its a 17th century tradition depicting the old 'punch the catholic' morning ritual of Protestant landowners.


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    #106
    amacachi
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    Denerick wrote: »
    We wear a scholarly gown and a wig every thursday. Its a 17th century tradition depicting the old 'punch the catholic' morning ritual of Protestant landowners.

    They've started watering that down, you're only allowed to do it for an hour and you have to be within sight of the museum building.


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    #107
    irishgirl10
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    Denerick wrote: »
    We wear a scholarly gown and a wig every thursday. Its a 17th century tradition depicting the old 'punch the catholic' morning ritual of Protestant landowners.
    This is exactly what I'm talking about? Uneccesary sarcastic comments? Why bother?


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    #108
    Lawliet
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    irishgirl10 wrote: »
    This is exactly what I'm talking about? Uneccesary sarcastic comments? Why bother?
    That's not exactly exclusive to Trinity.


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    #109
    RMD
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    irishgirl10 wrote: »
    This is exactly what I'm talking about? Uneccesary sarcastic comments? Why bother?

    It's an internet forum, you'll get that everywhere. You'll get twats in every university, you'll learn who they are and ultimately avoid them. You'll quickly enough find a group of people who you get on with and hang around with them, if you join societies you'll be around a bunch of people interested in the same stuff and you'll usually get on great.

    There's knobs everywhere in life, you'll learn to deal with them, avoid them and make a group of good mates during the process.


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    #110
    amacachi
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    irishgirl10 wrote: »
    This is exactly what I'm talking about? Uneccesary sarcastic comments? Why bother?

    Ah it's a joke. You're going to need a thicker skin or get better at disregarding comments whereever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here...


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    #111
    Denerick
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    irishgirl10 wrote: »
    This is exactly what I'm talking about? Uneccesary sarcastic comments? Why bother?

    I wasn't been sarcastic at all. Trinity has went downhill ever since the government of William Pitt the Younger began to admit catholic peasants, now it pretends to be 'egalaterian'. Makes me violently sick.


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    #112
    amacachi
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    Denerick wrote: »
    I wasn't been sarcastic at all. Trinity has went downhill ever since the government of William Pitt the Younger began to admit catholic peasants, now it pretends to be 'egalaterian'. Makes me violently sick.

    I think getting rid of the height requirement was the final straw tbh.


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    #113
    gaillimheach
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    I have degrees from three NUI colleges and another from TCD.

    What I found different about TCD was:
    • A lot of usage of the terms "Upper Class/Middle Class/Lower Class" etc. in lectures. In other words, a precoccupation with antiquated class perceptions was quite prevalent among my lecturers.
    • A lot more lecturers from Britain.
    • Which might explain the former:D. (The mood in the NUI colleges was more... Republican - in the international sense of the term)
    • Administration in TCD was a lot more interested in money and squeezing a few bob out of students for minor services rendered than were the NUI colleges.
    • Administration wasn't as efficient as in other colleges. There were mistakes made when a department wasn't communicating properly with Admissions, etc., inefficiencies that I didn't come across in other Universities and which were ultimately injurious to the students.
    • A lot more international students of an academic calibre at postgraduate level. That was the big positive.
    Apart from that, pretty much the same as the other colleges, as far as I can remember: it's been a while!


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    #114
    amacachi
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    gaillimheach wrote: »
    I have degrees from three NUI colleges and another from TCD.

    What I found different about TCD was:
    • A lot of usage of the terms "Upper Class/Middle Class/Lower Class" etc. in lectures. In other words, a precoccupation with antiquated class perceptions was quite prevalent among my lecturers.
    • A lot more lecturers from Britain.
    • Which might explain the former:D. (The mood in the NUI colleges was more... Republican - in the international sense of the term)
    • Administration in TCD was a lot more interested in money and squeezing a few bob out of students for minor services rendered than were the NUI colleges.
    • Administration wasn't as efficient as in other colleges. There were mistakes made when a department wasn't communicating properly with Admissions, etc., inefficiencies that I didn't come across in other Universities and which were ultimately injurious to the students.
    • A lot more international students of an academic calibre at postgraduate level. That was the big positive.
    Apart from that, pretty much the same as the other colleges, as far as I can remember: it's been a while!

    I've been in DCU and Trinity and the admin and charges in DCU are loltastic. One letter of attendance per year then you have to pay for more. And it takes a few days. Not having to pay for repeats in Trinity is nice too.


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    #115
    Jammyc
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    amacachi wrote: »
    I've been in DCU and Trinity and the admin and charges in DCU are loltastic. One letter of attendance per year then you have to pay for more. And it takes a few days. Not having to pay for repeats in Trinity is nice too.
    Not to mention the 30 something euro fee in UCD for replacing your student card compared to Trinity's 6 euro. Along with the 50 euro fine in UCD for forgetting your student card at examinations.

    Then theres the fact that we don't have to pay for supplementals...


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    #116
    TrollHammaren
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    gaillimheach wrote: »
    • A lot of usage of the terms "Upper Class/Middle Class/Lower Class" etc. in lectures. In other words, a precoccupation with antiquated class perceptions was quite prevalent among my lecturers.

    What did you study, if you don't mind me asking? I imagine it could be quite relevant, depending on the course.


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    #117
    [Deleted User]
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    TrollHammaren wrote: »
    What did you study, if you don't mind me asking? I imagine it could be quite relevant, depending on the course.

    Exactly, studying Science I've never had the word "Class" mentioned in any lecture in 2 years.


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    #118
    Doug Cartel
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    true-or-false wrote: »
    Exactly, studying Science I've never had the word "Class" mentioned in any lecture in 2 years.

    And when I was in an NUI I used to hear the word "class" all the time. Mostly in my object orientated programming lectures.


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    #119
    CaraK003
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    Oh god, I'm thinking of doing Law and Business in TCD next year... Am I basically asking for a course full of twats?
    Are the computer science and business students any better? Thinking of that too....
    And is the social life really that bad? Like I'm no alcoholic or anything, and i intend on joining societies and sports the minute i get there, but I like nightclubs too! Is there really no nightlife at all?


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    #120
    FloatingVoter
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    You'll fit right in once you stop resurrecting dead threads. Its considered low class and besides - we're all Muslims now.


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    #121
    andrew
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    CaraK003 wrote: »
    Oh god, I'm thinking of doing Law and Business in TCD next year... Am I basically asking for a course full of twats?
    Are the computer science and business students any better? Thinking of that too....
    And is the social life really that bad? Like I'm no alcoholic or anything, and i intend on joining societies and sports the minute i get there, but I like nightclubs too! Is there really no nightlife at all?

    Your class will feature a pretty broad spectrum, from twats all the way to absolute nerds. You'll find someone your get on with. Besides, societies are better friend making vehicles.

    And of course there's nightlife...you're in the middle of the city, how could there not be!


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