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St Angelas Sligo

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  • #32
    Mugatuu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Mugatuu


    Has anyone booked accommodation for Sligo? Is it too early or should I go book it? Help!:o


  • #33
    Mandymoo6
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    Hi Guys ive just accepted a mature students place (im only 24 ha) on the home ec & Re course in the college just wondering has anyone any suggestions re accomadation.... i havent a clue where to start or is anyone lookin for someone to share with. would be great to get to know someone before i go in september. thanks. :)


  • #34
    spurious
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    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=975


  • #35
    Coughlans
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    I booked accommodation in Ard Nua, hopefully I get in now :)


  • #36
    Mugatuu
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    I've also booked Ard Nua! :)


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  • #37
    Coughlans
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    yaay, I've heard it's very posh. :)


  • #38
    Mugatuu
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    Yeah it looks lovely! :D ooh fingers crossed Ill get offered a place! What course have you applied for?


  • #39
    Coughlans
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    am Home Ec with Irish is my number but I've put the four courses down you? :)


  • #40
    Mugatuu
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    The B.A in applied food science with business management:)


  • #41
    Pang
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    I spent four years in Ard Nua and loved it! There is no way I would recommend to anyone to live out on campus in Angelas. Ard Nua will be great for meeting people from the IT. It's a quick walk from town and more conducive to a good social life which you will need as the course is extremely intensive.


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  • #42
    Coughlans
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    Does anybody know when orientation is?


  • #43
    aimzLc2
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    Coughlans wrote: »
    Does anybody know when orientation is?

    I don't see it on the website but as soon as you find out you got a place they will send you any information you need in a pack.


  • #44
    Mugatuu
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    Someone on their FaceBook page asked and they said "First year HEAR students will start on 2nd Sept. All other first year B.Ed. students start on 5th Sept.."


  • #45
    eimeardreamer
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    I've just received my results today and i'll hopefully have enough points to do Home Ec. and Biology teaching when the offers come out on Monday. I was just wondering about accommodation now, the trend seems to be that first years live in the new accommodation on campus but i don't really want to?? are there many first years living in Sligo town and if so where? If I were to live on the outskirts of the town in Yeats Village or Ard Nua would I be somewhat disconnected from the other first years as regards making friends and meeting people on my course? I'd really appreciate if someone could help me out!! :)


  • #46
    HugsiePie
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    eimeardreamer wrote: »
    I've just received my results today and i'll hopefully have enough points to do Home Ec. and Biology teaching when the offers come out on Monday. I was just wondering about accommodation now, the trend seems to be that first years live in the new accommodation on campus but i don't really want to?? are there many first years living in Sligo town and if so where? If I were to live on the outskirts of the town in Yeats Village or Ard Nua would I be somewhat disconnected from the other first years as regards making friends and meeting people on my course? I'd really appreciate if someone could help me out!! :)

    All the Sligo IT students live there, I actually dont know about St. Angelas 1st years I just know that a lot of Angies students live there too


  • #47
    Mugatuu
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    eimeardreamer wrote: »
    I've just received my results today and i'll hopefully have enough points to do Home Ec. and Biology teaching when the offers come out on Monday. I was just wondering about accommodation now, the trend seems to be that first years live in the new accommodation on campus but i don't really want to?? are there many first years living in Sligo town and if so where? If I were to live on the outskirts of the town in Yeats Village or Ard Nua would I be somewhat disconnected from the other first years as regards making friends and meeting people on my course? I'd really appreciate if someone could help me out!! :)

    Hi Eimeardreamer!
    Well done on the leaving cert results! I was in contact with the student union in Angela's a while back and they recommended to live in Ard Nua and Yeats over the campus accommodation, I think campus accommodation worked out at around €4,500 :O (Open to correction!) the student union said it has gone down over the years and half of the apartments aren't being used anymore so I inquired around and Ard Nua and Yeats seem to be fairly popular. Both have bus routes running directly to and from the college. Also where ever you decide to go for accommodation they will ask what course you are doing and try put you in with people in your year/class and also in with Sligo IT students so it'll be a good way of making friends / mixing etc!

    Hope that was of some help!

    Mugatuu:D


  • #48
    eimeardreamer
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    Mugatuu wrote: »
    Hi Eimeardreamer!
    Well done on the leaving cert results! I was in contact with the student union in Angela's a while back and they recommended to live in Ard Nua and Yeats over the campus accommodation, I think campus accommodation worked out at around €4,500 :O (Open to correction!) the student union said it has gone down over the years and half of the apartments aren't being used anymore so I inquired around and Ard Nua and Yeats seem to be fairly popular. Both have bus routes running directly to and from the college. Also where ever you decide to go for accommodation they will ask what course you are doing and try put you in with people in your year/class and also in with Sligo IT students so it'll be a good way of making friends / mixing etc!

    Hope that was of some help!

    Mugatuu:D

    Okay sounds good! Id say its deff Ard Nua or Yeats for me so...if i get the course!!:L Thanks a lot for your help!


  • #49
    Mugatuu
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    eimeardreamer wrote: »
    Okay sounds good! Id say its deff Ard Nua or Yeats for me so...if i get the course!!:L Thanks a lot for your help!

    No problem :D
    I'm hoping to get Angela's on Monday also so we might cross paths! :)


  • #50
    aimzLc2
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    Hey guys, think i've got enough to do home ec teaching this year! :D don't have a clue what to do about accomadation yet.. good luck :)


  • #51
    happywithlife
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    The work load is ferocious in first year so avoid bunking down with IT students as you'll go doo lally with envy 😣
    You do need the support of a few classmates to survive


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  • #52
    aimzLc2
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    happywithlife wrote: »
    The work load is ferocious in first year so avoid bunking down with IT students as you'll go doo lally with envy 😣
    You do need the support of a few classmates to survive

    do you have any tips for starting angela's? i'm nervous to be moving out for the first time :P and were you able to get a job there? i'm worried about the costs too


  • #53
    happywithlife
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    aimzLc2 wrote: »
    do you have any tips for starting angela's? i'm nervous to be moving out for the first time :P and were you able to get a job there? i'm worried about the costs too

    I'm. Too long gone 😜 to be of much use - there was a thread here last year so look for that

    First off all, don't buy half the stuff on the list they send you
    Memory tells me you need
    2 lab coats
    1 knife set - pay the extra for engraving so you can mind your knives - 14 years on, I'm still using mine at home 😀
    1 sewing machine. I got singer cos I'm southern based and there's a shop in cork. Those from the Sligo direction gen bought brother
    Don't buy the linen cloths and all that stuff if its still on the list
    Nothing can prepare you for the cost of the course though 😰
    It's sooooo expensive.
    Workload is hectic but a part time job is perfectly manageable.
    Make friends with the RA if they still have one or if not a 2nd yr during orientation
    Friends for life are made there so best of luck 😃


  • #54
    kds24
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    I'm in angies at the moment. On campus accommodation is by far the nicest, after that it's ard nua. On campus is handy cause you can go back to your apt during lunch and (very rare) hours off during the day. the workload is very intense! it's only about 10 mins from sligo town, and most taxi's do rates of 8euro which is nothing when there's 4 people in the taxi! there's probably an even split between those with cars and those without. ask me any specific questions and i'll do my best to answer :)


  • #55
    Mugatuu
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    kds24 wrote: »
    I'm in angies at the moment. On campus accommodation is by far the nicest, after that it's ard nua. On campus is handy cause you can go back to your apt during lunch and (very rare) hours off during the day. the workload is very intense! it's only about 10 mins from sligo town, and most taxi's do rates of 8euro which is nothing when there's 4 people in the taxi! there's probably an even split between those with cars and those without. ask me any specific questions and i'll do my best to answer :)

    Hi kds24
    What course are you doing? Do you know anyone doing the applied food science course? What are the timetable hours like overall? Do many students drive in? Is parking hard to find? Parking spaces were like gold-dust in WIT in the mornings. Is the traffic bad in the mornings etc? Can Angelas students join clubs and societies over in Sligo IT? The student union said there's only about 4 or 5 in the college presently.
    Thank you :D


  • #56
    kds24
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    Mugatuu wrote: »
    Hi kds24
    What course are you doing? Do you know anyone doing the applied food science course? What are the timetable hours like overall? Do many students drive in? Is parking hard to find? Parking spaces were like gold-dust in WIT in the mornings. Is the traffic bad in the mornings etc? Can Angelas students join clubs and societies over in Sligo IT? The student union said there's only about 4 or 5 in the college presently.
    Thank you :D

    i'm doing home ec and economics. i dont really know the girls in food science but i know their hours aren't quite as intense as ours. no parking is usually fine! obviously the ones closest to the college are gone early, but theres plenty of spaces.no idea what traffic is like as i lived on campus last year. nope angela's is not affiliated with the IT so as far as i know you can't join their clubs and socs. yeah there's only a few clubs, but there's always the option to start your own!


  • #57
    Pang
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    When I was in first year, Ard Nua put all us gals from Angela's together in either apartments or houses. There were 7 of us in the apartment and it was such a great way to meet and get to know people from the course.

    For the other three years, some of us actually requested the same apartment and rooms and stayed together during that period of time. We had people that we knew from the IT from first year leave Clarion and come live with us as well! I really enjoyed my time there. Plus Ard Nua use to throw a Christmas party with plenty of vouchers!

    In relation to the course, it's going to be expensive and intense. Definitely buy the knife set and the lab clothes. I bought a Brother sewing machine when I started there and I would recommend that noone buys the one they recommend. I found it poor quality and it was difficult to ever get the tension correct on it. Look around for value for money. If you have your own machine at home, this can be used. Lidl had a Singer recently for 99euro.

    Another thing, I'll say to anyone doing Home Ec, is to be aware of the cost of teaching practice. You'll be expected to have plenty of resources and visual aids which can cost alot, between colour printing and laminating etc...


  • #58
    Coughlans
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    is there anybody thinking of doing or already doing the irish elective? Also someone told me that you can swap electives once you get in. Is this true?


  • #59
    aimzLc2
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    Could anyone pm me rough prices for ard nua accomadation please? i can't see prices on their website :/


  • #60
    Mugatuu
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    aimzLc2 wrote: »
    Could anyone pm me rough prices for ard nua accomadation please? i can't see prices on their website :/

    AimzLc2, if you want to PM me your email address I can give you their price packages and all the info they sent me on :-)


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  • #61
    aimzLc2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 662 ✭✭✭aimzLc2


    Mugatuu wrote: »
    AimzLc2, if you want to PM me your email address I can give you their price packages and all the info they sent me on :-)

    Done.That would be brilliant thanks


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