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What's first year in college like?
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12-06-2011 7:33pm#1
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They will judge your clothing? lol i thought uni was supposed to be more mature than school ..
Ok.
On the social side....
UCD can seem like a very intimidating place to a newbie.
If you don't bring half your secondary school with you it can seem, looking around, like everyone is in groups of friends and content enough that they'd not wanna meet new people.
Nothing could be further from the truth, even people who already have friends from school will be quite social around here.
Don't be intimidated by the place, most people you strike up a convo with will be really sound. I don't know your interests or what your like as a person but this generally goes for any group.
Join societies and if your a sporty person you'll find them all very welcoming as well.
The bigger socieites like CandE etc are not great for making friends in the sense of inside the society itself, they just organize piss ups etc (and pad the CV of their board members
), but at the events they organize are great times to meet new people, when your out on the piss in the first few weeks, talk to people and you'll end up making friends.
Smaller societies are better for making friends inside the society itself.
I also have to make another point...theres something you will hear ad nauseum from some people in this college, "jasys like i hate these D4 heads ye know, what do all these guys wearing abacrombie think they're mad, they're all such assholes".
I've noticed that almost all those who say this have never talked to them. The idea that anyone whos into sport happens to wear abacrombie or a rugby jersey and has a certain look is an asshole is a ridiculous stereotype.
UCD is not a catoonish American high school, there are no superevil jocks secretly sniggering at you for not wearing brand names, thats an insecure fantasy of some people around here at its really really really starting to get ****ing old at this stage.
Ive never understood this poisonous hate some people have for some based purely on the brand of clothes they wear etc, they hate on um without even knowing who they are as people, its ridiculous, don't get caught in that trap whter it be "them jocks are all assholes" or "them dramasoc are all weird" or "them gamesoc are nerds".
You'll find a lot of people here defy steriotypes, don't pre judge them and you'll have a much better time here.i thought that when i went to the open day..... and in almost all the talks and tours i went on i was told " thats a cool jacket" more often than i was asked whether i was thinking of goin to ucd lol...
in fairness it was a pretty awesome jacket;) ....and in the end i did decide to apply to ucd...because they liked my jacket :P ....
Not judging you in that case (tho clearly it was a nice jacket! :P ) they were just finding a way to strike up conversation, thats how you get to know people around here, striking up a convo at random times like that, in tutorials, out in student bar, watching events..
On the academic side....
Nobodys taking attendance (except at tutorials or groupwork), its all up to you. If its pissing rain and you don't wanna come in you don't have to, but don't let that go to your head, if you start falling too far behind you'll be screwed then when the midterms come, and repeating costs money and delays you, you may end up at stage where your friends are graduating and your still there.
Theres loads of options because of modularization and some very interesting electives out there.0 -
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supernutrino wrote: »Ok.
On the social side....
UCD can seem like a very intimidating place to a newbie.
If you don't bring half your secondary school with you it can seem, looking around, like everyone is in groups of friends and content enough that they'd not wanna meet new people.
Nothing could be further from the truth, even people who already have friends from school will be quite social around here.
Don't be intimidated by the place, most people you strike up a convo with will be really sound. I don't know your interests or what your like as a person but this generally goes for any group.
Join societies and if your a sporty person you'll find them all very welcoming as well.
The bigger socieites like CandE etc are not great for making friends in the sense of inside the society itself, they just organize piss ups etc (and pad the CV of their board members ), but at the events they organize are great times to meet new people, when your out on the piss in the first few weeks, talk to people and you'll end up making friends.
Smaller societies are better for making friends inside the society itself.
I also have to make another point...theres something you will hear ad nauseum from some people in this college, "jasys like i hate these D4 heads ye know, what do all these guys wearing abacrombie think they're mad, they're all such assholes".
I've noticed that almost all those who say this have never talked to them. The idea that anyone whos into sport happens to wear abacrombie or a rugby jersey and has a certain look is an asshole is a ridiculous stereotype.
UCD is not a catoonish American high school, there are no superevil jocks secretly sniggering at you for not wearing brand names, thats an insecure fantasy of some people around here at its really really really starting to get ****ing old at this stage.
Ive never understood this poisonous hate some people have for some based purely on the brand of clothes they wear etc, they hate on um without even knowing who they are as people, its ridiculous, don't get caught in that trap whter it be "them jocks are all assholes" or "them dramasoc are all weird" or "them gamesoc are nerds".
You'll find a lot of people here defy steriotypes, don't pre judge them and you'll have a much better time here.
Not judging you in that case (tho clearly it was a nice jacket! :P ) they were just finding a way to strike up conversation, thats how you get to know people around here, striking up a convo at random times like that, in tutorials, out in student bar, watching events..
On the academic side....
Nobodys taking attendance (except at tutorials or groupwork), its all up to you. If its pissing rain and you don't wanna come in you don't have to, but don't let that go to your head, if you start falling too far behind you'll be screwed then when the midterms come, and repeating costs money and delays you, you may end up at stage where your friends are graduating and your still there.
Theres loads of options because of modularization and some very interesting electives out there.
Well, it's good to hear that there are friendly and more mature people there because to be honest I'm sick of nearly everyone in my school. Even the people that you call "your friends" care about looking more "cool" than you and it's kind of like they are always competing with you on everything. Like who is going to call the other person to hang out or who chats up the better looking "moth" and stuff like that. It's so childish and annoying and the worst part is, 99% of the people I know and call "my friends" are like that.0 -
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hey, just wondering is the campus open these days or is it closed for summer? i want to bring my cousin to the campus coz she thinks shes gonna go this september, i want to show her the su shop and the library and whatnot, is any of that stuff open or is it closed for summer?
The campus is open for the entire summer, the place does not close down the minute the undergrads depart for summer holidays. There are those who are not fortunate enough to have summer holidays!
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Sierra Oscar wrote: »The campus is open for the entire summer, the place does not close down the minute the undergrads depart for summer holidays. There are those who are not fortunate enough to have summer holidays!
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Sierra Oscar wrote: »The campus is open for the entire summer, the place does not close down the minute the undergrads depart for summer holidays. There are those who are not fortunate enough to have summer holidays!
oooh was not aware of that - good luck with whatever your doing :pac: might pop into the su shop and buy myself a hoody while im there..0 -
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Can people who do not attend UCD currently take a look around the campus?
Yeah, course ya can
There's always people wandering around, walking their dogs or going for a run etc that aren't in the college. The buildings are open during the weekdays and as long as you are not causing a nuisance I'm sure you would be more than welcome to look around. Get someone who knows the campus to show you around if you can, you'll get a better sense of it.
Ah, missed Sierra Oscar's response.0 -
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