Congrats & Welcome newbs

Ekels

Oh, Fight Like Apes are playing Dolans in September. Are they ID strict?

This is a pain in the arse because I won't be 18 until February and I barely look 17, never mind 18 +.

klong

a2dg wrote: »

hi all , i have just accepted my place in ul doing econmoics and sociology. Im 22 and have just been working etc for the past few years... i have a place in plassey booked but am starting to think am i going to be the only person over 18 in the village? and reasurances or suggestions of other decent places to stay would be a great help. Im making the long trip from cork and will be a complete lo:rolleyes:ner on arrival so wud like some place with a social contacting....... thanks again

You'll be fine in Plassey, though as a 1st year you probably will be in with the 18 year old muppets...I'm 23 and this is (hopefully) my 6th year in PV. Plus I got the Fun Police job so you'll see me around.

ninty9er

jkeire wrote: »

Yup!
I can see trouble with this I.D! I'm 19 but I look around 14! Even the bouncers where I live still don't buy it. Will this count for orientation week as well? A good few of my friends coming to UL are under 18 and the nightly line up for the week seems right good!

The Lodge are a bit lax in week 0 given the tendancy of people not to have ID, but from week 1 you'll need a blue sticker on the back which can be obtained from SU reception for the princely sum of €1.50 (if it hasn't gone up since December)

dragonfly!

got offered eng and hist in two minds wheter to take it or not, i live about 4 hours away so dunno wheter to take it or not. although i do have accomadtion booked in to cappavilla...
decisions decisions!:D

Mossin

Dragonfly, the only thing I'll say is that you wont regret coming to UL.

The end choice is obviously yours [or your parents who, if like mine ,wouldnt let you stay at home any longer]:(

kaimera

Mossin wrote: »

Dragonfly, the only thing I'll say is that you wont regret coming to UL.

The end choice is obviously yours [or your parents who, if like mine ,wouldnt let you stay at home any longer]:(

lol. yore parents are stoopid :pac:

FAIL for anybody who points out the irony...loser

quoteunquote

Just accepted my offer of Digital Media Design there. Am I right in saying that the number of people taking this course is very low?

Ahh...after six years of climbing to the top of secondary school and earning the right to call those first years n00bs I've now become one of them. Lovely.

kaimera

quoteunquote wrote: »

Just accepted my offer of Digital Media Design there. Am I right in saying that the number of people taking this course is very low?

Ahh...after six years of climbing to the top of secondary school and earning the right to call those first years n00bs I've now become one of them. Lovely.

newb

\o/

ninty9er

kaimera wrote: »

FAIL for anybody who points out the irony...loser

So many n00bs around that they wouldn't get the irony;)

Is that an "in joke"?

Ekels

Can anyone tell me if it's difficult for three 1st year males to be put into the same house in Killmurray? We applied in February and put down one another's names.

ninty9er

Ekels wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if it's difficult for three 1st year males to be put into the same house in Killmurray? We applied in February and put down one another's names.

I'd say get together with the other 2 and have a conference call with the Village Manager who should be able to sort you. Not sure if there's 6 bed houses in Kilmurry though?

Polar Ice

ninty9er wrote: »

I'd say get together with the other 2 and have a conference call with the Village Manager who should be able to sort you. Not sure if there's 6 bed houses in Kilmurry though?

Kilmurry is 6-8 beds (depending on which house) to the best of my knowledge

Ekels

ninty9er wrote: »

I'd say get together with the other 2 and have a conference call with the Village Manager who should be able to sort you. Not sure if there's 6 bed houses in Kilmurry though?

Cheers, man. I'll ring her tomorrow and plead my case. Couldn't stand being put in with a group of randomers, I don't care what anyone says about making friends etc.

cson

Davey should be able to sort ya out, I know last year there were 3 of us down together and only 2 of us ended up in the same house so we bitched enough about it to him and he swoped the other lad in.

Ekels

cson wrote: »

Davey should be able to sort ya out, I know last year there were 3 of us down together and only 2 of us ended up in the same house so we bitched enough about it to him and he swoped the other lad in.

Good to hear it's not written in stone anyway.

*Sully*

I just accepted European Studies so UL here I come

Think im going to dromroe, im kind of worried now coz now I hear its hard to meet other 1st years there
It was the ensuite bathrooms that lured me!:rolleyes:

kaimera

*Sully* wrote: »

I just accepted European Studies so UL here I come

Think im going to dromroe, im kind of worried now coz now I hear its hard to meet other 1st years there
It was the ensuite bathrooms that lured me!:rolleyes:

You'll meet folks thru clubs & socs, your class and basically pissing about in the college bars

Maek sure y'all make the beers in Week1!

Otacon

*Sully* wrote: »

I just accepted European Studies so UL here I come

Think im going to dromroe, im kind of worried now coz now I hear its hard to meet other 1st years there
It was the ensuite bathrooms that lured me!:rolleyes:

I would have thought Dromroe would be the place for all the first years as students only learn after staying there that they should move to external college accommodation.

cson

Jesus, I'd have thought the opposite, its sooo close to everywhere on Campus... I'm daydreaming here at the thought of getting up at 8.57 for a 9am lec in the foundation building and still making it.:pac:

Otacon

Dromroe starts out brilliantly and has its advantages but my best years in college were those spent off-campus.

If I could do it again, I'd pick 14 Harvard for the four years!

kaimera

Even after everything that went on? :pac:

http://picasaweb.google.com/kaimera/070410/photo#5056328487454926818

Otacon

All I could do was laugh... most of the time. Then the tears came...

kaimera

Otacon wrote: »

All I could do was laugh... most of the time. Then the tears came...

We know.

She told us you cried :pac:

The Don

kaimera wrote: »

We know.

She told us you cried :pac:

Thats not all she told us.....2 leaves

cson

Shame on you all. You never attack a mans castle during queen time.

Unless its to get pics.

Otacon

Queen Time was reserved for when Peteee needed a time-out.

To this day, I wonder if kai ever hid in my closet when the laydeez were over...

kaimera

Otacon wrote: »

Queen Time was reserved for when Peteee needed a time-out.

To this day, I wonder if kai ever hid in my closet when the laydeez were over...

No.

I just sniffed the couch after... -.-

Otacon

You do remember that I was on the bottom for that incident yeah? Course you do, stud!

kaimera

Otacon wrote: »

You do remember that I was on the bottom for that incident yeah? Course you do, stud!

Only took 60.seconds for ya to jump at the obvious funneh.

hook.line.sinker.

:pac:

ninty9er

kaimera wrote: »

Even after everything that went on? :pac:

http://picasaweb.google.com/kaimera/070410/photo#5056328487454926818

Looks like ye had a good week 0 that year:pac:

moonbeam9999

U L here I come,Business and French, anyone else out there doing the same course,I am also confused about fees, is it orientation week we pay or week commencing the 8th,must we register online first or what????
would appreciate any advice.

kaimera

Gotta pay fees in orientation.

Yer guide [pray it aint 99-R :pac: ] will bring ya around and into EGO10 [idinit?] for processing

ninty9er

You pay the reg fee BEFORE you come to UL. You then keep the slip from the bank to prove it's paid and bring it with you to college.

you will NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER without this slip.

For subsequent years you can pay online using the student records system, but AFAIK there's no way for newbs to do this. Module registration takes place in Week 1 (8th September) and must be completed by the Friday of that week or fines will become payable.

I'm not guiding groups.....ich bin ein Seniorguide:P:P

moonbeam9999

Thanks alot u guys, thats a great help,us poor freshers,if anyone out there has first year books for sale(bus and fren.) wud luv to hear from u.

rmacm

There should be a Bank Giro form in the orientation pack you get from UL. Head to the bank with this and pay there. As ninty9er said you keep the receipt and bring it with you on your first day and when you're being led around EGO10 someone will take it off you to show you've paid your fees for the year.

They sort out most of the stuff on the first day e.g. you'll get your ID card and your computer account sorted out (remember to change your password because if you don't it remains the same as your ID number). You'd be surprised at the amount of people who don't do this including Comp Sys folk who should really know better.

Best of luck with your course and enjoy your time in UL.

ninty9er

rmacm wrote: »

They sort out most of the stuff on the first second day e.g. you'll get your ID card and your computer account sorted out (remember to change your password because if you don't it remains the same as your ID number). You'd be surprised at the amount of people who don't do this including Comp Sys folk who should really know better.

The Gestapo, sorry SS have come to know this problem and the default password is now date of birth, which they didn't tell guides last year, which caused mass confusion in the Library.:rolleyes:

moonbeam9999

I really appreciate all the help and advice,nice one Mossin,oh and im staying in plassey,and luv the Blizzards,gud choice for first week in ul.
anyone know how many hours my course will be?.

Mossin

The course usually has 6 modules.
So that's 2 lectures and a tutorial for each mosule, maybe more for French.
In total, there is usually no more than 20 hours for BBS.

The Don

moonbeam9999 wrote: »

nice one Mossin,

I'm sure he'll give you the chance to thank him in person.

1huge1

Oh were supposed to pay the reg fee before we go to UL? I thought we had to wait till we started.

ninty9er

1huge1 wrote: »

Oh were supposed to pay the reg fee before we go to UL? I thought we had to wait till we started.

Before, definitely before!! I'm fairly sure it even states it on the cover letter with the bank giro.

José Alaninho

Got HPSS so damn happy... UL / Thomond Village here I come! Any idea when we're told what room we're stayin in, get our key etc?

ninty9er

José Alaninho wrote: »

Got HPSS so damn happy... UL / Thomond Village here I come! Any idea when we're told what room we're stayin in, get our key etc?

Whenever you turn up at village reception. You can ring ahead and find out what apt you're in, but I'm not sure if they'll tell you who else is in the apt.

jkeire

One more question, well, from me anyway. As I said before, my day of meetings and guides is the 4th, but if I come up on the tuesday can I register then?

ninty9er

jkeire wrote: »

One more question, well, from me anyway. As I said before, my day of meetings and guides is the 4th, but if I come up on the tuesday can I register then?

Nope, you'll be registered with your group on the second day (4th)

jkeire

ninty9er wrote: »

Nope, you'll be registered with your group on the second day (4th)

ok so, but if I'm staying in Cappavilla could I still go to the gigs at night without the official UL ID? Would there be any benefits at all to going up on tuesday?

Thanks a million for all the advice!!

ninty9er

jkeire wrote: »

ok so, but if I'm staying in Cappavilla could I still go to the gigs at night without the official UL ID? Would there be any benefits at all to going up on tuesday?

Thanks a million for all the advice!!

Bring alternative ID just in case, but they're fairly lenient in Week 0 reagrding UL ID

rmacm

ninty9er wrote: »

The Gestapo, sorry SS have come to know this problem and the default password is now date of birth, which they didn't tell guides last year, which caused mass confusion in the Library.:rolleyes:

Interesting granted it still doesn't solve the problem I mean you're going to make friends in college and eventually you're going to find out what their birthday is. Oh well **** happens I guess.

toushea

Starting in Mech Eng. ,still have got any info tho. Ah well the usual for Ireland the closer you live to the person sending you the mail the longer it takes to arrive.

Does anyone know what the windsurf club is like when it comes to ordinary surfers ?

ninty9er

toushea wrote: »

Does anyone know what the windsurf club is like when it comes to ordinary surfers ?

The windsurfers are great craic. Always doing something. They've just moved base from Galway to Castelgregory and they accomodate most people

C&S recruitment is on in the Arena Wednesday Week 1 (10th Spetember) from 6-9pm