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Official bitch about daily life in UL

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    #7472
    ScummyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,671 ✭✭✭ScummyMan


    Anyone know where I could find a scanner on campus?


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    #7473
    iLaura
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭iLaura


    ScummyMan wrote: »
    Anyone know where I could find a scanner on campus?

    There's two in the library outside the big computer room.


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    #7474
    ScummyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,671 ✭✭✭ScummyMan


    iLaura wrote: »
    There's two in the library outside the big computer room.

    Perfect cheers


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    21 Schump Street
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭21 Schump Street


    how seriously are coop reports taken? struggling to finish mine now and I just feel like writing any old ****e


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    #7476
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users Posts: 7,552 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    21 Schump Street wrote:
    how seriously are coop reports taken? struggling to finish mine now and I just feel like writing any old ****e


    They don't take it that seriously. As long as you have something for each of the headings and it's long enough, you can waffle to your hearts content. I'd recommend filling it with rubbish. I don't know your course but we had to draw maps... I drew a lot of maps....


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    #7477
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    21 Schump Street wrote: »
    how seriously are coop reports taken? struggling to finish mine now and I just feel like writing any old ****e

    Copy and paste some pages from the company website (or related) into word. Clean it up and print it off.


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    #7478
    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    Spar was closed before 6pm today. Was that advertised anywhere? Vending machines in Red Raisins are almost empty too. I need sustenance!


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    #7479
    wnolan1992
    Registered Users Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    21 Schump Street wrote: »
    how seriously are coop reports taken? struggling to finish mine now and I just feel like writing any old ****e

    My course director read mine.

    One of my friends copy and pasted someone else's from a previous year.

    Another person I know copy and pasted a section and changed the heading on one rather than doing it.




    We all passed.

    So basically, it varies. By and large, once you have ANYTHING written, you'll pass. It's a pass/fail job anyway. Most likely it'll get a skim read and nothing more.

    If you're in a company who has never had Co-Ops before (that was the case with mine) then anecdotally I've heard they tend to look at those more closely.


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    #7480
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Chavways wrote: »
    Spar was closed before 6pm today. Was that advertised anywhere? Vending machines in Red Raisins are almost empty too. I need sustenance!

    Cafe in library still open. Just got a lovely freshly made sandwich there. Some hot food also available.


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    #7481
    iLaura
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭iLaura


    Dear Spanish young wan I'm stuck sitting beside in the library. Turn your music the FÚCK down. I don't want to listen to both it and my music -.-


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    #7482
    Anonymagician
    Registered Users Posts: 1,133 ✭✭✭Anonymagician


    Does anyone know why Spar seems to be closing in the evenings whenever they feel like it/before 6? I know there's not much left in there but still :confused:


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    #7483
    Chavways
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Chavways


    Anonymagician wrote: »
    Does anyone know why Spar seems to be closing in the evenings whenever they feel like it/before 6? I know there's not much left in there but still :confused:

    They did the same yesterday and there was still 3 days of exams to be done.


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    #7484
    iLaura
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭iLaura


    Chavways wrote: »
    They did the same yesterday and there was still 3 days of exams to be done.

    I'd assume its cauae the majority of exams are all done


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    #7485
    shano_88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭shano_88


    Anyone having trouble accessing there email?


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    #7486
    Troxck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭Troxck


    Around what time next year should myself and other lads be looking for off campus accommodation? We're going off campus to save on money. Realistically we will be looking at Oaklawn, Milford and Elm Park.


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    #7487
    ScummyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,671 ✭✭✭ScummyMan


    Troxck wrote: »
    Around what time next year should myself and other lads be looking for off campus accommodation? We're going off campus to save on money. Realistically we will be looking at Oaklawn, Milford and Elm Park.

    March ish usually.


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    #7488
    wnolan1992
    Registered Users Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    Troxck wrote: »
    Around what time next year should myself and other lads be looking for off campus accommodation? We're going off campus to save on money. Realistically we will be looking at Oaklawn, Milford and Elm Park.

    From end of February on really. I left it until start of April this year, and Oaklawns was full for September already.


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    #7489
    Troxck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭Troxck


    Cheers lads!

    What place would ye recommend out of those three? I know people living in all of them and I like Elm Park the least. It's mostly between Milford and Oaklawns

    There would be five of us too, so a bit of an awkward number


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    #7490
    Aceandstuff
    Registered Users Posts: 734 ✭✭✭Aceandstuff


    I've lived in Milford and Elm Park. No idea about Oaklawns, but from what I've seen while house hunting, the buildings aren't as nasty there.

    Milford got rowdy now and again, but I had no trouble in Elm Park. It really depends on which house you end up in, and if there are families next door or "student houses." In Elm Park, I was down a little cul - de - sac where nothing ever happened. In Milford, you'll hear more partying, and I found the street trashed/traffic cones on roofs a few times.

    Just stay out of CSIS, and everything will be ok....


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    #7491
    wnolan1992
    Registered Users Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    I've only stayed in Oaklawns over the summer, so I can't really speak for noise levels during term, but I will say that the houses are generally pretty nice. IMO, the further in off Plassey Road you are, the better. I've lived in a house that was literally right next to the road, and the traffic noise can be annoying if you're trying to have a lie in of a Saturday morning. Lived in a house that was as far back as you can go, and much preferred it, as we even had a massive back lawn.

    5 is a good number in Oaklawns. A lot of the houses are 4 bedroom houses that have been converted into 5 beds from what I've seen.

    There is an owner-occupier in Oaklawns that rents to students, but from what I've heard, avoid her.


    You should try College Court too. I'll be the first to say I had my reservations about living here, and the noise levels can be a pain at times, but the house I'm in now is one of the best I've lived in in Limerick. Good condition, warm, close to campus - basically don't rule out CC out of hand, moreover if you're the partyin type.


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    #7492
    Owen_S
    Registered Users Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭Owen_S


    Stayed in Oaklawns, and have had friends who have lived there in other houses. Would definitely avoid it - houses are made from cardboard, walls are very thin, even in comparison with College Court etc. Also very cold, and the dormer style rooms are annoying.


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    #7493
    Troxck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭Troxck


    Cheers for the replies, so basically it's very hit and miss? I'll say it to the lads when we go back in January and try and sort it out.

    I'm definitely not staying in CC, it's good craic there but I would never live there. Too many horror stories haha :rolleyes:


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    #7494
    shano_88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭shano_88


    Would there be anywhere open to print something today?


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    #7495
    Pete123456
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭Pete123456


    The main building should be open I think... Security guy I know is working today any ways. If it is then go to the first floor A block to the postgrad room or arial next to it they're always open with a printer


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    #7496
    shano_88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭shano_88


    Pete123456 wrote: »
    The main building should be open I think... Security guy I know is working today any ways. If it is then go to the first floor A block to the postgrad room or arial next to it they're always open with a printer

    Thanks, Ill give it a go.


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    #7497
    iLaura
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭iLaura


    For anyone wondering about timetables, they came out on January 9th last year, so should be up in and around Friday 8th this year :)


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    #7498
    Copper_pipe
    Registered Users Posts: 11,553 ✭✭✭✭Copper_pipe


    Still no placement sorted :( Getting worried now


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    #7499
    Pete123456
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭Pete123456


    Me either... Not particularly worried cause there's a heap of us in the same boat. What will be will be!


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    21 Schump Street
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭21 Schump Street


    Can you post your coop report to the coop office or do you need to hand it in? Do you give it to your placement officer?


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    #7501
    wnolan1992
    Registered Users Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    21 Schump Street wrote: »
    Can you post your coop report to the coop office or do you need to hand it in? Do you give it to your placement officer?

    I don't know if you can post it, but you don't need to give it to your placement officer. Just go in and say you have it, they'll direct you to whoever's taking them that day and they'll give you a receipt.


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