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Words of wisdom for freshers.

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    #122
    muffinz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 487 ✭✭muffinz


    Chucky the tree wrote: »
    Clubs in town will be strict and will nearly always ask for ID.
    Sad times :(


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    #123
    aimerlans
    Registered Users Posts: 134 ✭✭aimerlans


    does it have to be student id?
    passport work?


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    #124
    Raphael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭Raphael


    muffinz wrote: »
    So their not fussy? Want to try get out as much as possible to meet new people, hate to be turned away by some douche with a grin on his face:rolleyes:
    Yeah, damn those douchey bouncers, keeping minors out of bars and preventing them from being shut down for the serving alcohol to minors, like they're paid to do. Damn them to hell.

    Edit: Carrying on from 141089s point, if you feel the need to play games, watch movies or piss about in a lecture; Fuck off out of the lecture. Seriously. You're not paying attention to it, so why stay? You're just wasting everyones time and distracting people who actually give a ****.


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    #125
    Pandoras Twist
    Registered Users Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭Pandoras Twist


    bigred100 wrote: »
    Whereabouts are people getting the 17 from?

    Kimmage Rd. West pour moi. Loooong journey :(

    Same here! Disaster when it's missed, or even worse, you got there ten minutes early than its leaving Rialto and it just doesnt show up
    dyl10 wrote: »
    Don't think I've had to show my ID, apart from my student ID at the door the odd time.

    As far as I know your student card gets printed with your date of birth on it if you are under 18. You need to show your student id to get into any of the events run during the year so shiiiit one

    Places in town are aslo quite strict, especially on student nights. I find the best bet is to go to the same place all the time and make friends with the bouncers


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    #126
    YouthNovel
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    About ID and stuff for freshers week. Are there things going on in UCD like the freshers ball that you need to be over 18 for?


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    #127
    Joneser
    Registered Users Posts: 428 ✭✭Joneser


    Nothing really I can add that hasn't been said before except this:

    -Don't be on boards.ie when you should be working on an assignment :P


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    #128
    Pandoras Twist
    Registered Users Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭Pandoras Twist


    YouthNovel wrote: »
    About ID and stuff for freshers week. Are there things going on in UCD like the freshers ball that you need to be over 18 for?

    Freshers ball was in the Academy last year so ID is strict.

    UCD Ents run gigs (bands/djs etc) in the student bar. For these you will need your student card or if you are signed in by another student, you will need an ID

    Anything that sells alcohol will require you to be over 18


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    #129
    Sad Professor
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    Raphael wrote: »
    Edit: Carrying on from 141089s point, if you feel the need to play games, watch movies or piss about in a lecture; Fuck off out of the lecture. Seriously. You're not paying attention to it, so why stay? You're just wasting everyones time and distracting people who actually give a ****.
    +1

    I really don't understand people like this. They obviously don't want to be there, so why go? When I don't want to be in a lecture I can always find something better to be doing, be it in the bar or the library. It is especially annoying in first year as it seems to take everyone several weeks to realise that no one is going to notice or care if they aren't there.


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    #130
    pandas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭pandas


    ok..what are the following: -

    a superleague team??
    l&h society?
    TKD?
    colours rugby team??


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    #131
    Jack Bracken
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Jack Bracken


    pandas wrote: »
    ok..what are the following: -

    a superleague team??
    l&h society?
    TKD?
    colours rugby team??

    Superleague is basketball. UCD Marian.
    L&H is the literary and historical society.
    TKD is Tae Kwon Do.


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    #132
    WolfForager
    Registered Users Posts: 4,532 ✭✭✭WolfForager


    Jack Bracken wrote: »
    TKD is Tae Kwon Do.

    Which you should do ;)


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    #133
    bigred100
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭bigred100


    Superleague not football no?

    http://www.ucdsoccer.com/superleague/latest-news/828


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    #134
    Sefirah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 271 ✭✭Sefirah


    Jack Bracken wrote: »
    L&H is the literary and historical society.
    :eek: no way!! omg. How embarrassing. I thought it was the Lesbian and Homosexual society (break away group for those not into the transgender thing?!)
    Pfft, I can join it now :p


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    #135
    Einstein?
    Registered Users Posts: 378 ✭✭Einstein?


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    • Don't expect much by way of scenery. You've basically joined Chernobyl with better air.


    hahahahahhahahahahhahahahahaha


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    #136
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    Biology students, name for animal div & evolution: Do the trout report, it's a pain in the hole, but just do it......

    Science in general: Go to anything worth marks, you might think, ah sure it's only worth x% go to it


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    #137
    El Siglo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    Fad wrote: »
    Biology students, name for animal div & evolution: Do the trout report, it's a pain in the hole, but just do it......

    Science in general: Go to anything worth marks, you might think, ah sure it's only worth x% go to it

    Are they still doing that? I remember one of the lads I went to secondary with doing that report, that was four years ago... I feel old now!:pac:


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    #138
    Fad
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    El Siglo wrote: »
    Are they still doing that? I remember one of the lads I went to secondary with doing that report, that was four years ago... I feel old now!:pac:


    Yep, worth 35% too.

    Still didn't do it >_>

    And Passed :P


    But seriously, it needs to be done >_<


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    #139
    Ragamuffin
    Registered Users Posts: 351 ✭✭Ragamuffin


    bnt wrote: »
    Some advice:
    • Don't Panic.
    • I'm one of those mature students mentioned earlier. You'll find us attending most lectures and sitting at the front, because if we're going to do this, we're going to do it properly, like a job. We're usually approachable, but if you want a straight answer, ask a straight question. We're not weird, or stupid: we just don't share your assumptions about life, the universe, and everything. :pac:
    Nice one to the Hitchhiker's reference :)


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    #140
    graw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭graw


    >>> Try to remember to return library books on time. You don't want to clock up fines especially if they are ''short loans'' or when ''superfines'' are in operation.

    >>> Go in the doors that have IN written on them... and go out the doors that have OUT written on them. Quite a simple system really! (I'm afraid that some people do have to be told this!)

    >>> Don't p*ss off the bus drivers on the number 10 bus. I kind of like the idea of being able to get home from UCD at night! Invaluable service.

    >>> Avoid choosing modules that have 9am lectures. You won't make it to them. EVER!

    >>> If you need any help WITH ANYTHING, go to the admin building and have a chat with the advisor's at the student desk. They are all pretty sound and will point you in the right direction no matter the issue is. Seriously, don't wonder about where to go or who to ask. If you don't know or are unsure, just go straight to them.

    >>> Consider others when using the computers. Sometimes there is a rush to get assignments in on time and there is a scramble to print things off. If you are using Facebook or just fiddling around in general and notice somebody crapping about losing a percentage of their grade if they submit an assignment late, up your rear end and let them have access to the computer.


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    #141
    Yeahhh
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    Chucky the tree wrote: »
    Clubs in town will be strict and will nearly always ask for ID.


    Does everyone go out in town? :rolleyes: I mean, i just rather south sideness.. :pac:


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    #142
    El Siglo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    Yeahhh wrote: »
    Does everyone go out in town? :rolleyes: I mean, i just rather south sideness.. :pac:

    Yes, it'll usually go something like this; Forum Bar, home, cans, buckfast/naggin, town, coppers/Palace/D2 etc... At least that's how the three years went when I was in Belfield.;)

    I miss being an undergrad, things were so fucking simple.:pac:


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    #143
    muffinz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 487 ✭✭muffinz


    Pandoras Twist wrote: »
    Freshers ball was in the Academy last year so ID is strict.

    UCD Ents run gigs (bands/djs etc) in the student bar. For these you will need your student card or if you are signed in by another student, you will need an ID
    Well my first year is going to suckkkk til January....


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    #144
    Pandoras Twist
    Registered Users Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭Pandoras Twist


    There are ways around it. Chances are you will get served in the student bar on a normal night with out ID. Its just when theres events on

    Freshers ball is usually fairly **** anyway


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    #145
    Indie_92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭Indie_92


    Pandoras Twist wrote: »
    There are ways around it. Chances are you will get served in the student bar on a normal night with out ID. Its just when theres events on

    Freshers ball is usually fairly **** anyway


    Will ucd student card do for freshers ball? or does it have to be actual id :(


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    #146
    unknown13
    Registered Users Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    Indie_92 wrote: »
    Will ucd student card do for freshers ball? or does it have to be actual id :(

    Actual ID since it is in the academy. It says on the poster on FB that you need Government ID


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    #147
    bigred100
    Registered Users Posts: 496 ✭✭bigred100


    unknown13 wrote: »
    Actual ID since it is in Alchemy.

    Is it not the Academy? Same applies either way.


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    #148
    frser32
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    It sucks being 17 and going to uni..not 18 till March..gonna be a long year!:D


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    #149
    Ruski
    Registered Users Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Ruski


    frser32 wrote: »
    It sucks being 17 and going to uni..not 18 till March..gonna be a long year!:D
    In the same boat as you. It's pretty bad.


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    #150
    El Siglo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    Folks going to uni at 17 is the best.;) Because how many people can say they have a degree at the age of 20/21? One of my lecturers started college when he was 16, can you imagine what that was like? My thesis supervisor was 24 when he finished his PhD (that was 12 years ago and he looks like Blue Peter presenter)!

    So you might think it's shit now, and I'd be inclined to agree with you. I've been there, I couldn't get in anywhere till Christmas and even then that was only 21s on D'olier St. But I'm 21 finishing a masters, not too many people can say that in fairness.:pac:


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    #151
    muffinz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 487 ✭✭muffinz


    El Siglo wrote: »
    Folks going to uni at 17 is the best.;) Because how many people can say they have a degree at the age of 20/21? One of my lecturers started college when he was 16, can you imagine what that was like? My thesis supervisor was 24 when he finished his PhD (that was 12 years ago and he looks like Blue Peter presenter)!

    So you might think it's shit now, and I'd be inclined to agree with you. I've been there, I couldn't get in anywhere till Christmas and even then that was only 21s on D'olier St. But I'm 21 finishing a masters, not too many people can say that in fairness.:pac:
    16? Holy crap!! I feel better now :pac:


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