nervous about college!

hatethisfeeling

Is no one else nervous about college?! Im heading to DIT from westmeath on my own and Im sh*tting bricks! Im so afraid of not making friends or getting lost in dublin, yet all I see is people being excited about college? And for stuff like freshers week, who do you go out with if you have no friends in the college with you? Im stressing so much, please tell me im not the only one!

LilMissCiara

SNAP

(times a million! :P)

Shreddingblood

Ah don't worry you'll make friends no bother.

SuperSean11

hatethisfeeling wrote: »

Is no one else nervous about college?! Im heading to DIT from westmeath on my own and Im sh*tting bricks! Im so afraid of not making friends or getting lost in dublin, yet all I see is people being excited about college? And for stuff like freshers week, who do you go out with if you have no friends in the college with you? Im stressing so much, please tell me im not the only one!

You're gonna love it.

Sarah?

Don't worry there'll be loads more like you, terrified now but probably all besties in a couple of weeks!

Crush525

The fact it's so terrifying and walking into the unknown is what makes it feel so exciting! I mean if you knew what was coming then it could feel boring. After several years of being surrounded by the same people in the same classes, it's always awesome to have some change and new beginnings.

Shreddingblood

Sarah? wrote: »

Don't worry there'll be loads more like you, terrified now but probably all besties in a couple of weeks!

Besties? What regional dialect is this a part of?

Sarah?

Shreddingblood wrote: »

Besties? What regional dialect is this a part of?

The "pulling-the-piss-out-of-people-who-say-stuff-like-besties" one.

It was either that or "BFFLs". :P

hatethisfeeling

But im not great at socialising...seriously I feel sick at the thoughts of it

Shreddingblood

hatethisfeeling wrote: »

But im not great at socialising...seriously I feel sick at the thoughts of it

You should talk to people in the DIT forum

LittleMissLost

Me too.

I dont think my username has ever been more fitting :cool:

I'm so scared and sad to be leaving school and everything and everyone I have known for so long

Jimmy Magee

What will you be studying?

dambarude

I was in a pretty similar situation a few years ago hatethisfeeling. I wouldn't have minded had I not had to go to college at all, I was pretty worried about it.

Within a week you'll know loads of people, so don't be too concerned about it. If you make any effort at all you'll get to know people.

hatethisfeeling

human nutrition and dietetics

BamboozledFinn

hatethisfeeling wrote: »

Is no one else nervous about college?! Im heading to DIT from westmeath on my own and Im sh*tting bricks! Im so afraid of not making friends or getting lost in dublin, yet all I see is people being excited about college? And for stuff like freshers week, who do you go out with if you have no friends in the college with you? Im stressing so much, please tell me im not the only one!

I'm the EXACT same and I'm heading to DIT too! Literally you have just written all my feelings word for word.:(
What is it that you're going to study?

Shreddingblood

Did you post on this? You might find like minded people.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056359620

Jimmy Magee

hatethisfeeling wrote: »

human nutrition and dietetics

Roight.

Go for the larger folk and give them the belief that they can change their fat eating habits. When they do they'll love you forever... :pac:

Jimmy Magee

BamboozledFinn wrote: »

What is it that you're going to study?

human nutrition and dietetics

Saaron

You'll get chatting to people easily! I am incredibly shy and managed to get on with everyone. People are so easy going
Everyone else will be a bit nervous so you're all in the same boat.

Don't worry about getting lost, it's not a big place. If people are going out you can arrange to meet them somewhere you know before hand then all head out together. You could also try to get to know the area before you start.. try planning your route to college, getting to know the buses. That way you'll be a bit more familiar with the place. If you aren't used to using buses you can ask the driver to tell you where your stop is.


I went to DIT as well and no one really knew each other either. After a day or two we all knew everyone.

DenOfIniquity

I am going to DIT too!
To be quite honest, I'm more worried about accommodation than making any friends.
Surely I've heard people like crazy individuals, so I should fit in some crowd no bother! In the worst scenario, if I became a social outcast, I'm pretty sure my imaginary friends wouldn't bail on me... :P

BamboozledFinn

DenOfIniquity wrote: »

I am going to DIT too!
To be quite honest, I'm more worried about accommodation than making any friends.
Surely I've heard people like crazy individuals, so I should fit in some crowd no bother! In the worst scenario, if I became a social outcast, I'm pretty sure my imaginary friends wouldn't bail on me... :P

Are you having as much bother as I am trying to find accommodation? Seriously, why is grangegorman taking so fécking long?!?

Monty Burnz

hatethisfeeling wrote: »

Is no one else nervous about college?! Im heading to DIT from westmeath on my own and Im sh*tting bricks! Im so afraid of not making friends or getting lost in dublin

Dublin is a small town, regardless of what the natives think. You'll be doing well to get lost there unless you're drugged, blindfolded and dropped onto a random bus.

Regarding friends, the place will be full of people from two categories: those entering the college with friends (who will be slower to pick up new friends) and those with no friends yet (like you) who will be fast to do so.

I went to college with a big gang of friends from school, but left college five years later with a whole different set of friends.

Don't sweat it, you'll be fine.

DenOfIniquity

BamboozledFinn wrote: »

Are you having as much bother as I am trying to find accommodation? Seriously, why is grangegorman taking so fécking long?!?

Ah it's unreal! I spent most of the day on websites like daft.ie, myhome.ie. etc and still feel like I haven't found anything near what I'm looking for. I can't really afford high rent, and I really don't want to be living somewhere on the outskirts of Dublin and get the bus or luas to college everyday. (Oh my God, I actually wrote 'school' instead of 'college' there and giggled when I had to correct it!:D)
Ah well, I guess you can't have it all! :P

joshrogan

I just wish I was 18 when I started instead of the end of October .

BamboozledFinn

DenOfIniquity wrote: »

Ah it's unreal! I spent most of the day on websites like daft.ie, myhome.ie. etc and still feel like I haven't found anything near what I'm looking for. I can't really afford high rent, and I really don't want to be living somewhere on the outskirts of Dublin and get the bus or luas to college everyday. (Oh my God, I actually wrote 'school' instead of 'college' there and giggled when I had to correct it!:D)
Ah well, I guess you can't have it all! :P

I'm finding that the majority of ones on those sites are 2nd or 3rd year students and I'd feel a bit weird moving in with them!

I finally got "school" out of my system by burning the ol' uniform today. Wouldn't risk doing it before in case it was bad karma and I wouldn't get an offer.:P

DenOfIniquity

BamboozledFinn wrote: »

I'm finding that the majority of ones on those sites are 2nd or 3rd year students and I'd feel a bit weird moving in with them!

I finally got "school" out of my system by burning the ol' uniform today. Wouldn't risk doing it before in case it was bad karma and I wouldn't get an offer.:P

Couldn't agree more! I would probably be quite intimidated by them, as I am only a fresher. :P But then, what choice do I really have... If I went for the likes of Herberton Apartments, Griffith Halls of Residence or the Gateway Village, it's already around 400 a month, plus bus/luas fares. UGH, DUBLIN, Y U SO COMPLICATED!?
Oh, my uniform has been neatly folded and hidden away in the darkest corner of my wardrobe... Except for the trousers, I made a fancy pair of shorts out of them. :cool::P

BamboozledFinn

DenOfIniquity wrote: »

Couldn't agree more! I would probably be quite intimidated by them, as I am only a fresher. :P But then, what choice do I really have... If I went for the likes of Herberton Apartments, Griffith Halls of Residence or the Gateway Village, it's already around 400 a month, plus bus/luas fares. UGH, DUBLIN, Y U SO COMPLICATED!?
Oh, my uniform has been neatly folded and hidden away in the darkest corner of my wardrobe... Except for the trousers, I made a fancy pair of shorts out of them. :cool::P

Yeah, my cousin goes to St. Pats and she sent me links to all these girls looking for flatmates but sure we'd have nothing in common!
My tea went everywhere when I seen that it's €88 to get a dublin bus/luas 30 day pass! That's €880 if I'm up in Dublin for 10 months! :mad:So only accommodation within a reasonable walking distance to Cathal Brugha St. is getting any thought from me.
SNAP.:eek: I have a ridiculous pair of high-waisted grey shorts made from my own school trousers!

Jimmy Magee

BamboozledFinn wrote: »

Yeah, my cousin goes to St. Pats and she sent me links to all these girls looking for flatmates but sure we'd have nothing in common!

They might be attractive. :pac:

BamboozledFinn

Jimmy Magee wrote: »

They might be attractive. :pac:

They might be but I don't bat for the home side as it so happens.:)

Jimmy Magee

BamboozledFinn wrote: »

They might be but I don't bat for the home side as it so happens.:)

Oh. That's a shame.

what.to.do

joshrogan wrote: »

I just wish I was 18 when I started instead of the end of October .

Ah your 18th will be unreal so!!