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You did it: you sat and survived your Leaving Cert – even nabbing a miraculous B1 in Honours Irish in process. You collected your results and held tight until yesterday morning when CAO tallies were released. 

In short, you’re now a proper adult; ready and willing to embark on your third-level education.

In fact, you reckon you have a whole host of challenging matters totally sorted: Sixth Year holiday; Debs date; term-time accommodation… not to mention a few mean dance-floor moves.

Still, have you considered the essentials? You know – like things to actually cook food with? Or devices on which to study?

No? Well, at least from next week Aldi is releasing a load of AMAZING kitchen essentials, gadgets and technology items to make the transition to college as hassle free as possible.

On sale from Thursday August 27 (stick the date in your phone), we reckon that a load of returning second, third, and fourth years will be updating their kitchens and their desks too with a few of the bargains.

 

 

Mini oven; €27.99

Accessories include baking tray, grill rack and tray handle – available in black, red or white. 

Double hot-plate; €29.99 

Super handy as it means you can have two pots cooking at once. Comes with an adjustable thermostat. 

Table-top fridge; €89.99 

This has a 45-litre capacity and an icebox with two fixed door racks with a removable wire shelf. Available in black or white.

One-cup coffee maker; €19.99 

Yes! One of our favourites, it features a reusable mesh filter and also includes a stainless steel thermo travel mug with a lid, so you can bring your morning coffee to lectures with you.  

Plus…
 
Kitchen basics, from €1.99

Don’t forget about Aldi’s oven dish (€4.49), colourful wok (€5.99), chip and pizza tray (€3.49) and kitchen tools (€1.99 each) including a slotted turner, spaghetti spoon, masher, ladle or slotted spoon.

Kitchen gadgets, €1.99 each 

Get a cheese grater, peeler, pizza cutter, tin opener, garlic press or corkscrew. Available in five colours.

Sandwich box, €2.99 each 

Keep your sandwiches and snacks fresh in Aldi boxes – a must-have for anyone on a budget. Available in blue, pink or green.

 

And away from the kitchen, Aldi also has some handy, great-value gadgets for study…
 
MEDION AKOYA notebook; €229.99

An ideal budget-buy. It’s lightweight and features Windows 10 Home and Intel HD graphics. It also has a HD display, 32GB of flash memory, and 2GB memory. Then there’s the high-definition audio with two loudspeakers, an integrated webcam and microphone, and up to nine-hours of battery life.

 

Multi-purpose powerbank; €14.99

The pocket-sized power bank is the perfect accessory for travel or when you know you’ll be out all day and will need to charge your devices at some stage.

 

Bluetooth headphones; €24.99

High-quality sound on the move! These headphones are nice and light and allow you to stream music and phonecalls wirelessly. Available in four colours.

 

For all of the above and more to make the transition back to college even easier, head to Aldi on Thursday August 27 while stocks last. 

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You may have heard that tomorrow will be very special day for teenagers up and down the country tomorrow.

The second Wednesday in August can send some school leavers into a state of despair at the mere thought. Parents have also been known to get a bit tetchy around this time of year as well.

A quick gander through the hashtag #LeavingCert on Irish twitter today proves that is very much true today as exam students shared their dread with the world.

We gathered up some of the best from today and you can be sure tomorrow will have plenty of gems too.

Plenty of messages have been shared on social media to remind students that tomorrow’s results aren’t going to determine their entire future.

More people have taken to twitter to reminisce about their results day memories. Plenty of students have also been letting us know they intend to celebrate (or commiserate) tomorrow.

Surely it won't be that bad?

Ah yes, we know the feeling well.

Bit harsh, no?

Some people have been counting down the days….

We're not sure we were that enthusiastic to get a hold of the mysterious brown envelope…

Ah here.

One thing that we know for sure, there’s going to be candles light across the length and breadth of the country tonight in preparation for the big day.

 

 

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Have you ever been so fed up or so far behind with a module in college that with a few drinks in you, you wanted to mail your lecturer and complain? Well this guy did just that. 

One student, Patrick Davidson, was clearly out for a heavy night on the beer and decided he had no other option but to email his lecturer to ask for an extension on his work. 

It would be expected that in this case, the lecturer would do the exact opposite of grant him the extension and possibly dock marks for the drunks rant, but nope, he got extremely lucky. 

The email got off to a questionable start when Patrick wrote: "Mr Martin. Just letting u kno that u r a motherf*kn g and I'm sorry that u r bald. Lol" 

He then went on to offer him some help for his lack of hair saying "If you want I get hook you up with a girl that can get your hair back", before getting to the point and asking for an extension on his assignment because he would be "sick af tomorrow."

And to our surprise, and probably his too, Mr Martin was completely cool about it which officially makes him the most laid-back lecturer around. 

He replied by giving him an extension without question and thanking him for his concern about his bald head saying "My wife likes it and I don't get paid enough to get implants."

"On a side note… What were you drinking last night? Next time you email me id like a bottle of whatever you had so I don'thaev to remember what you said. "

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Ah the glorious freedom that is moving away from home.

Whether you’re heading off to college or just finally managed to figure out how to fund both rent and your wardrobe essentials, there’s nothing quite like that first big move.

If you are in fact heading off to embrace the college experience and find yourself wondering what will happen on the big move-in day, here’s a little break down. Fair warning: sometimes Hollywood lies to us and it’s not all amazing parties and tanning on the roof, this is real life and someone will have to hoover eventually…

You might have to share a room, that will get awkward some day

You will become an expert nap taker

Budgeting will get really real, really fast

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There will be a lot of house parties, choose wisely

You will try to 'spring clean' at some point

There will be people who just cannot share

'Free food' become the two most exciting words in your mind

Study week is a whole new world of adventures

Having a clean floor becomes the ultimate luxury

Someone is going to try and enforce 'house rules', good luck with that

 

 

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With a little over a month to go until the first round of CAO offers become available, let’s take a look at the direction that the courses appear to be heading in.

With the analysis of the 2015 CAO applications already well underway, the first assumption is that the points for law and engineering are on the rise.

When the first round of offers come out on August 17th, students should expect engineering, technology, law, architecture and other construction-related courses to have risen from last year.

According to The Irish Times, the points for arts, science, social science and primary teaching are most likely going to stay at a similar level to 2014.

As the points for medicine dropped in 2014 because of the reconfiguration of the marking scheme for the Hpat test, there has been a small increase in the number of applications to the field this year. This could result in a small points increase this year. 

With the economy looking more stable, construction-related courses are not the only degrees gaining popularity again. Business courses remain prominent with applications up 2.3 percent on last year.

This could mean a 5-10 point increase for the most sought after business courses.

A huge drop has been seen in the number of applications for agriculture and horticulture courses. The number of students choosing them as their first-choice options are down by 19 percent from last year. 

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College is a place where you meet so many different types of people and have a chance to try new things. You have endless chances of making new friends with all the events, clubs and societies and yet somehow come out four years later with eight…but at least they are good ones!

1. Your First Day Friend
You probably have nothing in common with this person and you made friends simply out of fear of you both being alone on that first day at orientation. But somehow it's stuck!

2. The Smart One
This one is great for motivating you to actually do the readings which you realised over time are recommended for a reason. They also alway seem to know when assignments are due and when the in-class tests are scheduled. This friend is basically your college planner because lets face it, the 2014 planner you bought last January is still blank.

3. The Best Friend For Life
They say that you make your friends for life in college and that is 100% true with this friend, you seemed to just click and get on very well, you can see yourselves being friends for years. They’ll probably make a good speech at your wedding reliving your golden years.

4. The Older One
They may be a mature student, a repeat student or even just someone a few months older that fills a sibling like role. They essentially have more life knowledge than you do and therefore are happy to lend a hand when you need it. 

5. The One You Secretly Fancy
Boys being boys (dense) he was not receiving your signals as flirting and you are now firmly in the friend zone. Which is fine except for the fact he expects you to high five him when he pulls on a night out…

6. The One Who Lives On Campus
Great for somewhere to crash on a night out after college events or when you accidently spend your taxi fare home on jager bombs. They are also obligated to host the venue for pre-drinks before nights out.

7. The Agony Aunt
This one should be studying psychology as they always know exactly what to say and do. It doesn’t matter if  you come to them for help with something as big as changing courses or something as small as what to text the guy you met in Coppers, they always have a solution. 

8. The Party Animal
Their grant and part time job solely funds their social life and they could drink the entire Geordie Shore cast under table. Which is not advisable. Obviously. 

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Whether we are still students, or just remembering the good days – we all know how awful it is to have a hangover in a lecture. You could have just slept in, so the hardest part is actually over. 

That doesn't make the rest of the lecture any easier though…

Here's the cycle of sitting in a lecture, hungover:

1. I’m Way Too Drunk For This

No no, it's been like six hours, you're definitely grrrand you think as you take the short walk into college. 

2. Don’t Sit Close To Anyone

You can’t help but despise everyone surrounding you. Why are they so loud? And in the way? All you want is to find a nice corner where you can reside, undisturbed. This may be the fear. 

3. The Smell Of Drink Off Me

You slowly start to realise that you smell like nail varnish remover. You turn your own stomach and begin getting paranoid about those around you. 

4. It’s So Hot In Here

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Too many people make it really, really warm… gonna puke. 

5. Ok, Ok, Focus

Time might just fly by if you pay attention. This lecture might distract you from the constant waves of nausea.

6. Don’t Make Eye Contact With The Lecturer

Head down, take notes. They'll never know (they ALWAYS know). 

7. Ok, Just Write The Date On The Page

Concentration, concentration…

8. That Projector Is WAAAAAAY Too Bright

The world hates you. You hate you. Why did you come here?

9. Uggggggh Why Am I Here?

Naptime. 

10. So. Hungry. 

Hot chicken roll is only minutes away – hang on. 

11. FLASHBACK

There was Rock The Boat and then..NO NO NO!

12. “That concludes today’s lecture…”

Run. Run as fast as you can. 

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Some things are simply not acceptable once you leave college. For students, anything goes, so you better get these things crossed off your college bucket list!

1. Eating Straight From the Saucepan
Grown-ups do not eat beans from a saucepan. Think about what your mother would say if you did it at home. Exactly. 

2. Leaving Dirty Dishes
If you do this as a 20-something professional, expect to have a bad time with your housemates. 

 

3. Having  a Naggin Wall
It just looks messy outside of college accommodation. Not to mention slightly alarming. 

4. Midday Television
It’s not fair, we know. We miss it too. Getting to see Home and Away four hours before everyone else? Suuccckkahs!

 

5.Free Rent
The ride stops here kids.

6.  Drinking Milk Out of the Carton
Drinking anything out of the carton in fact.

 

7. Not Going to College
Gone are the days when you wake up late and just decide, not today.

8. Pizza For Breakfast
Time to buy porridge, oldie

9. Morning Trips to McDonald's

10. All Day Drinking
Unless it's a Saturday. 

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11. Crashing Parties
‘I hear the nurses are having their class party tonight. I know Mary, we can definitely get in.’

12. Playing Like Kids
There’s no more time for rounders or water fights anymore. 

13.  Mid-Week Hangovers

14. Rainbow Hair Dye
There is a very small gap in life when this is acceptable

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15. Sharing A Lightbulb in a House With 5 People

 

16. Not Paying For Bin Collection

17. Midday Naps

18. Wearing Tracksuit Bottoms Everyday

19. Practical Jokes
Never quite as funny…or appreciated. 

 

20. Getting Naked When You’re Drunk
There comes a time when it’s no longer hilarious to dance on tables with your tights down. 

21. Midnight Munchies
Ice cream with Nutella. Pizza and chips. 

22. Making Excuses for Not Having Your Life Together
Not really going to work in front of your new boss.

23. Drinking for One Consecutive Week Straight

 

24. Not Going Grocery Shopping Once a Week
Unless you want to starve or spend a fortune?

Not_even_sorry

 

25. Forfeiting Food Money for Drink Money

26. Binging on Your Favourite TV Show for 2 Days Straight

 

At least we’ll have the memories! Don’t wish away your college years, use that fast metabolism to it's full potential. You don’t get it back when it’s gone!

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Waitressing is a great part-time job to have during college or even full-time whenever – but it's hard. People think it's so easy to be "just a waitress" (we're looking at you Ross Gellar) when in reality it's not easy. At. All. 

1. People asking stupid questions and giving  you stupid answers
Would you like tea or coffee? "Yes” The silence that follows is agonising so you’ve to ask again “tea or coffee?” oh yeah sorry tea. *Face palm*

2. When they start arguments with you with things out of your control. 
Telling the customer that you only accept card for orders over five euro and suddenly World War 3 breaks out.

3. When people make paying the bill awkward
By telling you at the last minute they want to split the bill half with one side of the table and three quarters with the other side and Richard is paying by cash and the rest by card.

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4. Then there's the people with the strange food orders that make the chef want to strangle you
Gordon Ramsay’s anger may look entertaining on TV but not when you’re on the receiving end of it.

5. It's actually very tiring 
You are literally standing all day and those trays with food are actually pretty heavy. 

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6. Rachel Green may make waitressing look glamorous
Reality is you’ve to wear a uniform and not a stylish outfit and your hair has to be tied back. Guess there was no Health and Saftey regulations in Central Perk.

7. Waitresses smiling all the time isn’t because we love our job so much
It's because we have to so don’t be fooled we’re really dying inside.

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Your first day of college is kind of like starting at "big school" all over again. New location, new teachers, new pals, new books. It's only natural we'd assume that the new start means we'd automatically become a slick, carefree, stylish superstar who takes to university life like a duck to water.

Of course, it's not always like that, as this "expectations vs reality" video shows! If only all colleges had signs that said "This way to your lecture, Gary," we wouldn't have spent hours of our lives walking around like a lost child looking for our mammy.

As for the impossible-to-eat chicken fillet roll that leaves you covered in iceberg lettuce leaves… yep, that seems fairly accurate too. Oh, college. Best time of our life, is it?!

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Girls creator and star, Lena Dunham has written about a painful experience she encountered while in college.

In Lena’s new book, Not That Kind Of Girl, she relates an incident in which a friend told her she [Lena] had been raped, to which she says she: “burst out laughing.”

She describes the encounter as “aggressive” and also says she required medical attention afterwards, knowing that something very bad had happened to her: “I knew that it wasn’t right and I knew in some way that this experience had been forced upon me.”

Lena says that it took her a long time to overcome the horrific incident: “It was a painful experience physically and emotionally. And one I spent a long time trying to reconcile.”

The successful writer also said that it took her a long time to be honest with herself about what had happened that night: “It wasn’t something that I was able to be honest about [at the time]. I was able to share pieces, but I sort of used the lens of humour, which has always been my default mode, to try to talk about it.”

Lena also said that although the chapter about the date rape was difficult for her, she knew it was important to share: "The chapter about date rape in the book was a really, really terrifying thing for me to put into the world."

We’re glad that Lena found the strength to talk about what had happened to her.

If you are affected by any of the issues in this article, please visit the Rape Crisis Centre.

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So you've decided you're giving up on that assignment. Just for now mind. You'll go back to it…obviously. In the meantime, here are some much more interesting things you can do instead:

1. Netflix
Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings, you wonderful people! Home to many brilliant, and sadly cancelled, shows. Watching Buffy stake vampires will surely motivate you to work to your full potential too. And if the first episode doesn’t work maybe a whole season will?

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2. YouTube
Discover a YouTube vlogger you like and then go back to their first videos and watch as they go from a nobody to an internet sensation! Again this will surely motivate you to at least get the idea to do something productive.

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3. Tumblr
An unlimited haven of endless gifs! You will end up here all night, which is perfect for procrastination, although not so much for productivity. Unless you are adding to your own Tumblog, proceed with caution.

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4. Check All Your Updates
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, your emails. It’s important to stay up-to-date. No one wants to have FOMO(Fear Of Missing Out)!

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5. Organise Everything
Tidy room, tidy mind. You can’t work in a mess, right? And who says to stop at your room? There’s a reason your college store has so many different colours of highlighters; it’s to make your notes really pretty. And organising notes is kind of like studying them, right?

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6. Check In With Parents
Check in with your parents and ask them how they are. An hour phone call should be efficient enough to keep them off your back for a while. You’re always neglecting them, or at least you have in their minds…

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7. Laundry
They just don't smell as fresh as you'd like after yesterday's wash – one more won't hurt. Sure what else would you be doing?

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8. Contemplate The Meaning Of Life
Contemplate the meaning of life and whether or not is has anything to do with the number 47. Or better yet, head down to the college bar and discuss these thoughts with a fellow procrastinator over tumblers of neat whiskey because you are sophisticated intellectuals!

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9. Exercise
Horizontal running counts too. Or walking to and from the kitchen getting cups of tea.

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10. Bake/Cook something
Then Instagram your masterpiece/disaster in the kitchen! #eats #stunning #nofilter #overdone

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11. Nap
Sleep is life’s elixir. Its power should never be taken for granted. And if you went through the previous activities you probably deserve it, you little soldier you!

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12. SHEmazing!
Think of all the amazing style and beauty tips, recipes and goss you could be catching up on – perfect!

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