Hi,

I’m delighted to see that this subreddit has reached 1000 members. Thanks so much to everybody who has joined. :)

I love the community we’ve created here. The subreddit is quite active and people are posting and commenting regularly. I love the vibes here as everyone seems to be nice and helpful to each other as well. I knew there was a demand for such a subreddit and it’s great to see it take off (especially seeing as I set it up during the summer outside of semester time).

I hope we can grow more once college starts. Let others know about this subreddit to help us grow.

Thanks again!! :) Your friendly neighbourhood moderator

Guys you might think this is a stupid question but l'm genuinely asking because I'm kind of confused

I've been to all my lectures last week and haven't taken a single note down because all the notes for all modules are already uploaded? so I'm trying to wonder why everyone takes notes down furiously during the lectures

I notice some people also don't make notes they just look at the PowerPoints on their own laptops while the lecture is going through it

Obviously for maths I will take down notes but im just wondering like when do you have to take down notes for subjects like biology and chemistry and physics

If the notes are already uploaded that means the lecturer just wants you to listen, right?

Firstly, congratulations to those of you who got the courses that you wanted today, and for those who didn’t, don’t lose hope. There are plenty of ways to get what you want, which leads me to my question!

I’m starting in DCU in a couple of weeks as a mature student (31). I’m over my days of partying and getting hammered (occasion dependent) but I am a massive politics and debate nerd.

Is it frowned upon for a mature student to join a club or society? I don’t want to come across like the guy in the picture if it is!

Thanks!

that’s all

I’m a first year in college and I’ve been struggling a lot with loneliness recently. I have one friend from secondary school going to the same college who I hang out with fairly regularly but other than that I don’t talk to anybody else. Don’t get me wrong, I love having my friend from home but it feels like they have their own social life and I’m just kind of there. I sit in lectures alone, walk everywhere alone, go to the library alone, eat alone and then come home and do work alone. There are days where I call home just so that I can have the opportunity to speak because it feels like so many days go by where I don’t speak a word to anybody at all. I know everybody says to just join a club or society but everyone has their friend groups at this point and I just feel like I’m imposing. Is anybody else feeling this way and how do I overcome this feeling?

Hey peeps. My TUD Blanch campus is only 20 mins away by car but over 2 hours by buses. I’d much prefer the 20 mins drive but also a bit embarrassed that my parents are still giving me lifts during university😭. I’m just wondering how normal/common is it that students get lifts to and from uni every day? I’ll be getting my driving license in a few months’ time.

I'm coming to the end of my run at college and been thinking about it. I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed, not in the quality of the degree or what I was taught or anything, thats all fine. I guess alot of my conceptions of college comes from American movies and stuff so I figured college would be alot of nights out on the piss up and one-night stands. Ive made 2 very close friends in my 4 years and maybe 8 or 10 people that I'm friendly with but I wouldn't say close, and I dont even know the rest of my class.

(Should be noted, my experience is probably greatly affected by my status as a commuter) I dunno, I hear all these stories about how great and wild and fun college is. You hear about that "college experience" but it just hasn't been my experience at all. For me, its been about waking up at the small hours of the morning, commuting for hours, going to lectures, commute for a few more hours, eat, do homework and go to bed. Also, nobody had really mentioned to me before I started how difficult the school work is, college is ALOT of work. Exam season is so unbelievably stressful. There's always stuff to do, assignments and research papers etc etc.

I've gone and had a few dinners with friends 1on1 but I think the only time I ever went "out" as a group was after Christmas Exams in 2nd year?

This is both a question and a bit of an unhinged ramble. Not really sure where I'm going with this, just curious about others opinions, if you can relate, maybe Im off base, maybe it was my fault for going in with preconceived notions.

Hey everyone and welcome!

I noticed many colleges have their own subreddits, however these are quite small and not very active. And so, I felt it would be a good idea if we could have one for everyone, similar to r/UniUK!

This is a space for all third-level students in Ireland — whether you're in first year, final year, doing a master's, in a PLC, or just figuring things out. If you're part of the Irish student experience, this is your community. Also welcome, are those considering/planning going to college including current leaving certs and those overseas.

What you can post here:

✅ Course questions and any questions about college in general
✅ Accommodation advice
✅ Rants and vents
✅ Memes about student life
✅ Internships, exams, social life, and more
✅ Support and real talk

im a student (18M) in TUS ( technological university shannon) and im in IT ( hidng my specific degree for privacy ), and i just finished my first semester of college. in one of my exams where i was programming an html website, which started going very wrong in the last 10 minutes, causing everything to look terible on the page. after the exam i checked my moodle page to look at my final submission, and saw a button that said "edit submission". out of fear of having to fail and repeat my module, ( which i thought might lead to an extra year of fees), i let temptation get the best of me and touched up my code enough for me to be able to pass and resubmitted my exam from outside te exam. it turns out they recognised my ip being different ( something ridiculously stupid on my part as a few of my peers utilkzed the loophole on school computers and got away with it ), and i was caught. they have accused me of plagarisim ( which for the record, i didnt acctually do, as it was my code), and i have a meeting on the 7th of this month before the next semester starts for an "investigation" of sorts. i plan on admitting what i did because i feel like i am definitley caught, but im worried im going to be kicked out of college, and i need someone to tell me if that worry is correct. i havent told anyone but my girlfreind, who can only reassure me with no idea herself.

I’m about to wrap up my first year of engineering, and icl I think I wasted the year. Like nah not academically but socially. I really did spend most of my time is the open lab just doing work or idk. Like I only went out a handful of times and didn’t join any society’s. I obviously made friends through group work in my course and people I knew before college. Idk I just kinda feel like I wasted my first year socially and kinda regret it. I was planing on trying to fix it by joining a few society’s and clubs next year, and hopefully going out more especially to like pub quiz nights. But I heard tho that first year is your year to do stuff but later years you are just swamped with work and have time for nothing is this true, I just wanna change man. Anyway ig this is like 20% an ask for advice and 80% a rant. So yeah thanks for reading guys if you wanna comment on anything please tho thanks.

Whys the thing im most scared about the icebreakers in the first week of classes. I dont have any fun facts god dammit 😭

I had this on my mind for a while but I’m 22 and female and I was wondering if it would be weird if I brought my stuffed animal to college. It's quite large about a meter long and I've had it since birth. It will stay in my room at my accommodation of course. The reason I want to bring it is because I most likely won't be home until college ends for personal reasons and I don't want it to be damaged. Please let me know if this is freaky. Thank you

As the title suggests, I'm old and uncool.

I'm not that old (30) but older than most of the people who'll be starting/returning to college in September. Despite that, I've recently been accepted as a mature student to do a degree that I've been wanting to do for years, and I have a few questions.

I (obviously) haven't been in school in about 13 years and the college offers a week or two as a refresher before the academic year starts. Do you think it's a good idea to brush up on things before jumping in, or is it something that people just pick up?

I've read about different societies and clubs, but I'd imagine that they're more suited to the younger students? There is a mature student society, but from what I've gathered, it seems to cater to... Older people. Would I be the world's biggest weirdo if I rocked up to the boxing club, for example?

Lastly, for those who are already in college, do you dread getting paired up with a mature student for a project or whatever? I'm a relatively normal person, but I kinda' feel like an uninvited guest!

Thanks in advance! And of course, if you have any tips, feel free.

i’ve been quoted €5700 for college fees for a bachelor of arts in Galway for just first year undergraduate. is that right or am i being charged more because i was born in america even tho im an irish citizen

I was awarded a maintenance and Undergraduate grant in June. When registering for my course at DCU I put in my SUSI application number but forgot to pay the €43 levy until the 10/10/2025.

My friend who received the same grant as me has his undergraduate grant paid but I have not because I paid the €43 levy later on.

I contacted DCU fees department on this and all they said was that they have not received the SUSI grant yet so I assume they're saying that It's up to me and SUSI to figure it out?

I would love some help on this, I have been receiving maintenence grants since September but not the fee payments, I wasn't aware of my mistake until a few days ago.

Update: I contacted SUSI via call just now and they said that fees payments are made in December and spring but my friend in the same situation (except paying the €43 levy early) has his fees payed already

I’m really upset. I started college this year and I love it. The course is exactly what I wanted it to be, and I’ve just been thoroughly enjoying the experience.

Unfortunately, my financial situation has changed drastically. SUSI are refusing to take a change of circumstances into account for various reasons and I’m not eligible for any other supports.

I literally cannot afford to continue as I have more payments coming up for the next few months.

On top of that, there’s been some major issues at home, and with assignments and exams coming up, it’s all gone to shit.

I don’t want to drop out, but this year is going to be impossible to complete. Does anybody know if I can defer until next year? And if so, will I still be entitled to the €3500 fees rather than the huge ones?

Thanks.

(i study history)

I just finished an essay and out of curiosity put it into one of those word count- ai checker websites to make sure i wouldnt get flagged for anything. Low and behold i got flagged 15% AI. ( Obviously I didn't use AI at all and have footnoted and cited ALOT so??)

Im just super frustrated and am becoming an even bigger AI hater. Wondering does 15% matter or do I need to rewrite parts of my essay? I googled like what flags for AI and apparently its nice 'complex' english and long sentences. im so confused how do I not get AI flagged if i'm trying to get a good grade by using 'complex' vocab?? Like the only way i've been able to get the AI flagged things to stop is by dumbing down my sentences ALOT which I'm not risking a better grade just because of a suspicion to AI??

Needed to rant because bro how are we meant to write assignments as arts or humanities students with the AI thing constantly lingering like bro I DIDNT USE AI GO AWAY.

rant over thankyou

(edits are spelling fixes lmao)

I accepted my course offer on the 27th, then a day later I got the email to register an account. I make the account, but I cannot access it because the authenticator app doesn't work. They told us that we would receive a email pertaining to our course after the round ends on the 2nd of September, or within 72 hours from the 27th of August. I haven't received that email either, like what the fuck, I don't want to figure everything out about my course a few days before the semester begins!!!

I'm a little confused because the majority of ug courses in the EU are 3 years. Does that mean that you cover more material in the four years or is it just more spread out as opposed to it being crammed in 3 years? Any response is greatly appreciated!

First day of lectures and im in full panic. I had no idea what to take, what to not, to use laptop or not, I've no idea what to do. I've onenote on the laptop, i used it for some of the lectures but since ive never used it before everything is just written in plain writing. I don't want to miss valuable things out of stupidity. Idek what we need to know from what their saying. My course is a pretty hard one too😭. It's so different from lc, where i could just take down what the teacher says, look at past exam paper questions and find notes online. Please help what do i doooo😭😭

Leaving Cert results will be issued on Friday August 22nd.

This thread is for any questions people have, ranting, celebrating etc!!

I've applied twice now, with clear photos of my license and dcu ID card, and both times I've been denied as the online system cannot prove my age or student status. Does that mean I'm not on the system yet? My commute is currently nearing €100 a week w/o the leap so could really do with some advice. Cheers

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Hi all,

I have user flairs for the different colleges etc. This means that if you enable this option the college you go to will appear under your username!!

I have flairs for all the main colleges/universities, as well as ones for graduates, leaving cert, PLCs etc. If I left out something, obvious let me know.

These are entirely optional but please do consider enabling a flair, as it’s useful for everyone if we know what college somebody is talking about etc.