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HEAR Orientation 2014 (NUIG)

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  • #52
    FBee
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭FBee


    derbyk wrote: »
    hi Mr Talk,
    do students who get the HEAR have to attend the orientation programme?

    I'm not Mr Talk, I think he got banned from boards for some reason :P but I'll try and answer your questions..
    If you get into your course with a HEAR place and you didn't recieve the points for your course then you have to do the orientation or risk loosing your place on your course. But if you got a HEAR place and you got enough points for your course then you don't have to go to the orientation but you loose your HEAR place and therefore all the benefits from HEAR.


  • #53
    derbyk
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭derbyk


    are you sure that you wouldn't lose your place if you dont turn up and got enough points for your course, as i read somewhere else that you could lose your college place whether you got the points for not , if you dont go.


  • #54
    dan1
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭dan1


    FBee wrote: »
    I'm not Mr Talk, I think he got banned from boards for some reason :P but I'll try and answer your questions..
    If you get into your course with a HEAR place and you didn't recieve the points for your course then you have to do the orientation or risk loosing your place on your course. But if you got a HEAR place and you got enough points for your course then you don't have to go to the orientation but you loose your HEAR place and therefore all the benefits from HEAR.

    Hi so the long and short of it is if you got accepted through hear you go to the orientation weather you got enough points or you didn't get enough points. Would that be correct ?


  • #55
    FBee
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭FBee


    derbyk wrote: »
    are you sure that you wouldn't lose your place if you dont turn up and got enough points for your course, as i read somewhere else that you could lose your college place whether you got the points for not , if you dont go.

    Unless they changed it this year for NUIG. But in the past that's how it was. You will need to obviously get in contact with them and ring them and explain that you can't/don't want to go to the orientation.


  • #56
    derbyk
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭derbyk


    ok thanks


  • #57
    FBee
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭FBee


    dan1 wrote: »
    Hi so the long and short of it is if you got accepted through hear you go to the orientation weather you got enough points or you didn't get enough points. Would that be correct ?

    Well yes. If you a HEAR place (whether or not you got the points) then you do the orientation and you get the benefits throughout the year (book token, additional student assistant funds etc).


    I think many students only hear about how HEAR lets them get into the course if they didn't get enough points and that's where all the confusion comes out of. I myself thought that was true. But that is only one of the benefits.


  • #58
    HauntedGhost
    Closed Accounts Posts: 164 ✭✭HauntedGhost


    Does anyone know how can i find out what date my course starts on? I have no clue


  • #59
    The Lost Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    HauntedGhost wrote: »
    Does anyone know how can i find out what date my course starts on? I have no clue
    http://www.nuigalway.ie/academic_dates/academic_term_dates.html


  • #60
    scatmanscat
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭scatmanscat


    Is the book token and additional student assistant funds the main benefits of HEAR, what else can I expect from HEAR. I will be attending the orientation programme.


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  • #61
    Janeh9
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Janeh9


    How do they alocate rooms for the orientation? Like I know there are shared rooms in Corrib Village so will there be two people to some rooms?


  • #62
    HauntedGhost
    Closed Accounts Posts: 164 ✭✭HauntedGhost


    What kind of bags do most people bring? or are bringing this week?


  • #63
    KamKam
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭KamKam


    HauntedGhost wrote: »
    What kind of bags do most people bring? or are bringing this week?

    I have the exact same question, and since we need to bring clothes and toiletries for 3 nights, will there be a place to put our bags? Or will we have to walk around with them until we get our accommodation at the end of the day?


  • #64
    The Lost Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    Janeh9 wrote: »
    How do they alocate rooms for the orientation? Like I know there are shared rooms in Corrib Village so will there be two people to some rooms?
    Im just guessing but course/age etc may help decide how people are allocated to accomodation
    KamKam wrote: »
    I have the exact same question, and since we need to bring clothes and toiletries for 3 nights, will there be a place to put our bags? Or will we have to walk around with them until we get our accommodation at the end of the day?
    The SU have a bag drop but that may not be open yet. There'll be places to leave gear so you wont be carrying them


  • #65
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Janeh9 wrote: »
    How do they alocate rooms for the orientation? Like I know there are shared rooms in Corrib Village so will there be two people to some rooms?

    I would think maybe that if you booked a single room then they would probably give you a single for the orientation and the same for anyone that booked a shared, they woud be sharing


  • #66
    scatmanscat
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭scatmanscat


    Is the book token and additional student assistant funds the main benefits of HEAR, what else can I expect from HEAR. I will be attending the orientation programme.

    Anybody no????


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  • #67
    dan1
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭dan1


    scatmanscat wrote: »
    Is the book token and additional student assistant funds the main benefits of HEAR, what else can I expect from HEAR. I will be attending the orientation programme.

    Anybody no????
    As far as I know there is a students assistant fund that opens in October that also helps with costs but you must keep all your receipts for purchases


  • #68
    HauntedGhost
    Closed Accounts Posts: 164 ✭✭HauntedGhost


    Are we staying in Corrib for the 4 days of Orientation with 4 other people? Do you think it would be possible to leave Wednesday?


  • #69
    dan1
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭dan1


    HauntedGhost wrote: »
    Are we staying in Corrib for the 4 days of Orientation with 4 other people? Do you think it would be possible to leave Wednesday?

    All info is in the orientation letter that you should have got if you are going on Sunday and the same with corrib if you are staying there you will have that info as well.


  • #70
    thomasjoyce73
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭thomasjoyce73


    What do you have to bring to the HEAR orientation


  • #71
    nousername12
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭nousername12


    Hi i was just wondering how did you become a hear mentor and also how can you apply to be a tour guide during orientation week?


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  • #72
    The Lost Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    nousername12 wrote: »
    Hi i was just wondering how did you become a hear mentor and also how can you apply to be a tour guide during orientation week?
    Contact the disability office about HEAR and becoming a mentor through them. Not sure who best to contact about orientation week etc but talk to SID etc and find out there would probably work...


  • #73
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    The Lost Sheep wrote: »
    Contact the disability office about HEAR and becoming a mentor through them. Not sure who best to contact about orientation week etc but talk to SID etc and find out there would probably work...

    For Orientation week maybe try Marketing Office in the Quad


  • #74
    danube
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭danube


    What dates is HEAR orientation on in NUIG this month?


  • #75
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    danube wrote: »
    What dates is HEAR orientation on in NUIG this month?

    If you check their website you might find the dates there.


  • #76
    biosci
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭biosci


    Sorry to bump an old thread but am I obligated to spend the 3 nights in Corrib? I live in Galway so would I be able to go home in the evening and come back in the morning?


  • #77
    The Lost Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    biosci wrote: »
    Sorry to bump an old thread but am I obligated to spend the 3 nights in Corrib? I live in Galway so would I be able to go home in the evening and come back in the morning?
    Its not an old thread...
    No you are not obligated to stay in Corrib. If you live in the City you wont have to stay in Corrib


  • #78
    biosci
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭biosci


    The Lost Sheep wrote: »
    Its not an old thread...
    No you are not obligated to stay in Corrib. If you live in the City you wont have to stay in Corrib

    Misread the date of the last post and thought it said 2014, pardon :P
    Ah wonderful. Thanks :)


  • #79
    Firstly123
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Firstly123


    Do you avail for fee accommodation as part of hear??


  • #80
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Firstly123 wrote: »
    Do you avail for fee accommodation as part of hear??

    Do you mean free ?


  • #81
    Firstly123
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Firstly123


    yes i meant free


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  • #82
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Firstly123 wrote: »
    yes i meant free

    No you have to pay your own acc fees


  • #83
    GG396
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭GG396


    The Lost Sheep wrote: »
    Its not an old thread...
    No you are not obligated to stay in Corrib. If you live in the City you wont have to stay in Corrib

    Are you sure about this? I emailed the access office and they said students are not permitted to leave at all.

    Could anyone tell me what the kitchens are like in Corrib? I plan on bringing some food to heat up, will I get the chance?


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