Did anyone not like UCD

ravydavygravy

logic123 wrote: »

well no offense but if UCD is the great place its cracked up to then i think i woulda have felt more welcomed and at home in two weeks, i only met one girl there who was fantastic and doing a general science course is pointless, you cant learn things which you have already learned off the top of your head. If you cant do basic maths and chemistry by time you do a science degree at uni then you dont deserve to be at uni, thats how i see it.

Good luck so, hope you have fun wherever you end up. :rolleyes:

Chucky the tree

logic123 wrote: »

well no offense but if UCD is the great place its cracked up to then i think i woulda have felt more welcomed and at home in two weeks, i only met one girl there who was fantastic and doing a general science course is pointless, you cant learn things which you have already learned off the top of your head. If you cant do basic maths and chemistry by time you do a science degree at uni then you dont deserve to be at uni, thats how i see it.

Hardly surprising. I know you're probably thinking it's them and not you, but it really is you.

logic123

do you think i should stay for the year at UCD

alois

why ask such a bloody stupid question in the first place, surely you know whats right for you so just go buzz off. it seems you've already made up your mind

Colpriz

logic123 wrote: »

do you think i should stay for the year at UCD

havent you read anyone's replies? 2 weeks comon..what do you expect to have got from it in that short a time?

Chucky the tree

logic123 wrote: »

do you think i should stay for the year at UCD

no, the less annoying people in ucd the better.

life frenzy

i think the A levels are diff set up to the irish leaving cert. Alot of ppl entering college here may have not studied all the sciences for example i studied Food Science in UCD and I didnt have Chem for leaving cert so had to do chem from scratch. It was done in 3months to get up to standard of the others and then we all were struggling togehter with the other chemistry we had to learn. I had done Physics for the leaving and found all of first semester physics very much a recap. The prob is our education system at secondary level. 3rd level ed is affected by this so they make 1st year a year of adjustment to get everyone to the same level!

AlanSparrowhawk

Can you forward me on the link to the alternative Neuroscience course? I'd like to have a look at their modules. Am I right in thinking you'll have to wait until next year to begin studying there and you've already paid the registration fee here?

The module listing for UCD neuroscience looks fairly typical of a biology focused science undergrad. By the sounds of it CHEM00010 Introductory Chemistry, MATH00010 Introduction to Mathematics are optional modules. Were you stuck with them because you don't have A-level Maths and Chemistry or because you were forced to take them for other reasons (late module registration, over subscription?)

life frenzy

give it a go! im sure u will be very challenged as the workload increases! Ucd is good at teaching strategies and time management! they really work ya hard!! I think you need to give yourself a few more wks and see how you get on!

logic123

ivejust had an email from the head of science or neuroscien at UCD apolgising for the terrible 2 weeks and dosent want to loose me, this is all good, but if he really wants me to stay hes gonna have to convince me, when i was doing my registration thats all i was offered, introductory maths and chem which i thought was odd, but accepted it cause there was nothing else so i thought that was alli could do. If hes willing to swap my modules for something a little more inspiring and help out with my fees then by all means but at the moment i aint got any money left.

logic123

tbh im gonna wait until i get a respnse back from the head of neuroscienc, he may offer me some suggestions, im very teempted to come back )again lol , cause at the moment theres nothing really going for a gap here over in england and ill have to wait until 2010 to start the neuroscience course over in england so i might be worth while me just coming back and doing the year at UCD

AlanSparrowhawk

you really don't make any sense.

Larianne

You can't determine how good or bad a university is within 2 weeks of attending classes. The first few weeks are going to be a bit all over the place and some classes will be easier for some than others due to previous learning. But it is good that UCD caters for all student levels. In the next few weeks it will pick up the pace.

To be honest you should make your decision quick and maybe allow someone who does want to do the course take your place instead. (Pretty sure there's only 22 places on that course).

logic123

tbh yeh i know, im not making sense of this either lol. Basically im thinking of just coming back and doing the first year at UCD, which will kill time until the neuro course in england starts in 2010 september. However, at the moment the neuro head has sent me email apologising for whats been hapening at the moment. I will wiat until he replied

logic123

hopefully ill be making a final decision once the head of neuro gets back to me, but he says he dosent want to loose me and that they will take care of me lol and try and sort something out so i will wait until i get a response back. see what will happen

Craguls

I'd stick it out. Maybe they could accommodate you with better optional modules and sure you might enjoy it a lot more and want to stay

Économiste Monétaire

How old are you, logic123?

logic123

thats what im hoping for craguls better option modules, if they can do that then i will go back

logic123

logic123 wrote: »

thats what im hoping for craguls better option modules, if they can do that then i will go back

They're not going to change the course for you. He just said he didn't want to lose you because well...that's what they all say. I doubt he gives two shíts.



I think we're forgetting about the real victims here tbh...Logic123's roommates. Imagine having to live with this fun sponge?

Donald-Duck

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

They're not going to change the course for you. He just said he didn't want to lose you because well...that's what they all say. I doubt he gives two shíts.



I think we're forgetting about the real victims here tbh...Logic123's roommates. Imagine having to live with this fun sponge?

Well if he got stuck in 000010 modules despite having a levels in chem/maths then somethings wrong, they're for people who didn't do the subjects in the past.

leesmom

logic123 wrote: »

ivejust had an email from the head of science or neuroscien at UCD apolgising for the terrible 2 weeks and dosent want to loose me, this is all good, but if he really wants me to stay hes gonna have to convince me, when i was doing my registration thats all i was offered, introductory maths and chem which i thought was odd, but accepted it cause there was nothing else so i thought that was alli could do. If hes willing to swap my modules for something a little more inspiring and help out with my fees then by all means but at the moment i aint got any money left.

do you expect the head of neuroscience to fork out money to you?
did you not add up the costs of being in college in dublin?
i mean you dont drink so its not like the money is going on that??

muboop1

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

You say the UCD course is 4 years, the UK one is 3. You knew this. You came over specifically to do the 4 years, what did you think the first year was? Bonus neuroscience skillz that only the Irish get?

You should have researched the difference between the 2 courses. If you were already able for the 3 year UK course then that is what you should have done.

You cant blame UCD for doing an introduction to a subject.

Here, ballox to this!

reading through this all is annoying me alot.

Firstly, you have so far had an introductory week at college, and freshers week...

Freshers week is all about the piss up! intro week is a joke anyway!

All courses will start slow, but soon enough you are going to wish you had all those intro courses...

Here's the facts, you didn't do your research.
You messed up and say UCD isnt up to standard???
Ballox.
Ill have you know my 4 year engineering degree is recogonised as a masters in the UK.

But of course, UCD isn't academic??
Thats why my degree is recogonised as so high in the UK...


Give the place a go or quit whining and go home.

You come across as insanely immature and really niave.
You moan that it isn't hard enough... have you even got an assignment yet??
You don't like drinking or going clubs, thats your porogative. But pretty much every university has this culture. Especially for the first few weeks. Hell my mate was in MIT for a while and they partied like mad at times! And please i dare you to mention an "academic college" with no party scene...
Berkley was the same, another mate done erasmus to MCGILL University in Canada another top 20 in world... She had a great time! its all about time management!

You can happily party and work once you do it correct!

Get realistic please

seraphimvc

OP go to any UK college - i can guarantee you will soon find out the same lol

1st yr college is supposed to ensure everyone to know their basic knowledge before you can move into advanced stage - try to finish the whole neuroscience course before you say easy p*ssy:D

and bollux to the 3yrs degree courses in UK,i heard they are closing them now turning all into 4yrs - you cant do any real sh!t in 3 yrs time(for a science degree)

clickclick

logic123, im in 2nd sci omnibus, but basically did all the modules youll be covering for stage 1 neuro, and believe me they do become tougher!

we all became complacent in the first month as it was the basics but after a while the workload got tougher, even classmates with near perfect Alevels struggled a little!!
i doubt you have yet experience the full whack intensity of a lab session in the 2 weeks!

if you can switch the intro classes, go for matrices and vectors and molecular world because they are interesting and not just refresher modules.

if you do somehow decide to proceed on with neuro in UCD, i can honestly say that youll be extremely happy with the massive workload us 2nd years have in our first two weeks so far, its a massive jump but the basics from 1st year are essential.

.Bob

AlanSparrowhawk

which institutions recognise a 4 year degree as a masters?

muboop1

AlanSparrowhawk wrote: »

which institutions recognise a 4 year degree as a masters?

cant say it goes for all 4 year degrees, depends on the accrediation, but in chemical engineering i think its IchemE or similar charter like that? not yet a graduate so haven't to much clue about the charters etc... (info there i just haven't gone into it...) but anyway its true! :pac:

Little Acorn

logic123 wrote: »

well no offense but if UCD is the great place its cracked up to then i think i woulda have felt more welcomed and at home in two weeks, i only met one girl there who was fantastic and doing a general science course is pointless, you cant learn things which you have already learned off the top of your head. If you cant do basic maths and chemistry by time you do a science degree at uni then you dont deserve to be at uni, thats how i see it.

Is this what the real problem is? Are you missing your friends back home,or feel like you won't fit in over here? It's horrible if you feel lonely or out of place at college,but just give it time and you should make lots of friends.
Not wanting to sound bad,but you come across as a little bit arrogant whether you mean to or not.
Just loosen up,even just a little. You can join societies/clubs that aren't revolved around partying,if that's what you wish and will meet plenty of people with similar interests to you.
Hopefully you will be able to get your modules changed,and if you do,then why not give the place ago? You might even hook up with that girl!
It just seems a shame to waste the year,when you could end up really enjoying it.

College didn't work out for me for a number of reasons(I was in NUI Galway),but I would love to be in your position right now. I plan to be back in college next year.

(I didn't attend UCD,but my sister did and got on well. I just stumbled across this thread when it was recently posted in on the home page.)

Anyways,I hope all your subjects etc. get sorted, and wish you well.

Jev/N

Wow this is an interesting one. Having spent 4 years and now graduated with a decent degree, I'd like to offer a few pointers:

Nearly everyone has mentioned it's only the 2nd week and in fairness, I'm astounded with the fact you're getting cold feet already. If it's home-sickness that's understandable but that doesn't seem to be in the issue.

We had píss easy subjects like introduction to accounting in first year and none of my classmates, many who had studied it at second level, complained one bit! Plenty of our subjects even in 3rd year and 4th year were easy going for the first few weeks also.

Anyway, university for a lot of people is tough starting out so they're not gonna just pile on the work in the first couple of weeks but, believe me, it will get tougher!

In relation to UCD's emphasis on things other than academic rigour, do you not realise that education, in an academic sense, is not the be-all and end-all of college life??
We had a talk from a Supreme Court Justice on our first week in UCD who told us that his daughter's one regret having graduated with 1st class honours was not spending more time socialising, playing sports, getting involved in socs, partying etc.

When you're going for interviews in the future, they will be looking for a rounded individual, not someone who is worrying about how easy things are two weeks into the course.

It just seems like you're making a very rash decision with little or no basis for it. If I was in your position and I would love to be back in first year again, I'd just go with the flow: join socs, go to parties, miss lectures etc etc etc because there's only so long you can afford to do that and you'll regret it if you don't!

ChocolateSauce

logic123 wrote: »

but i just feel a little cheated by the course, i feel as thought UCD places alot more emphasis on sports of social wellbeing rather than the academic rigour of uni

You're being impatient. First year is easy, not doubt, but 3rd and 4th year are extremely hard. 2nd year isn't a stroll either. Your problem is that you don't want to wait.