u/iamanoctothorpe

Sorry for the vagueness here but I firstly don't feel like sharing all the info about my life online, and I'm also not asking about specific programmes anyway. I'm Irish and I can't afford to stay here for masters so I'll go abroad most likely, and within the EU as well. In my own country and many others a lot of masters programmes are comprised mostly of 1-2 nationalities who are there to get a student visa to backdoor into long term residency. I can't blame people for wanting better opportunities for themselves since that's lowkey also me (I'd want to possibly stay in the city/country I studied after graduation if I liked it and it was feasible, I don't particularly want to stay in Ireland) but in terms of networking and social dynamics within the course it wouldn't be so great, and I also suspect it would affect the perception among employers. I would also worry about an English-medium masters being a bit of an afterthought and shoddily run, in an otherwise respectable university/faculty.

So basically is there much of a way to vibecheck programmes beforehand? I am already only considering reputable public universities, but beyond that I wonder is there a chance that a university can be running an excellent programme in the local language but a dogshit english-language version? If I moved to another country I would of course learn the local language but I would only entertain studying in English because writing a thesis and chatting in a bar are of course two different levels of difficulty. Also btw I am in the arts/humanities field, not trying to go to med school or do a STEM degree.

Anyways give me your red flags to watch out for

I'm 20 and I guess thinking about careers at this point. I have mild enough TS for it to not be perceived as TS, but I also sniffle a lot and touch my nose. I am the most boring straight edge person you can imagine, like I don't even drink coffee. But I wonder if that ever gets mistaken for doing drugs, especially specific types of drugs. What about you guys what is your experience with this?

Currently studying Business Studies and Russian in Trinity College Dublin (as an Irish student). I had the option to do something more suited to my interests but I chickened out at the last minute and figured it was better to do only one niche subject rather than 2 because I was scared of being unemployed. I also don't intend to write a sob story because I am much more fortunate than most but I feel so out of place in these types of settings since I don't come from a rich family, parents (well my singular parent) are not in anything close to this field, also disabled but fortunately I can handle a desk job mostly fine.

Anyways in uni and also in some EU related volunteering I do I hang out with a lot of law, political science and international relations students who are also way richer than me and casually talk about how they are gonna do their masters in the College of Europe or other very expensive places, and how they are taking some unpaid internship that I would probably also find a very interesting experience but can't justify.

I'm not feeling fulfilled at all in business but I can't financially justify transferring to another programme so I am trying to just make the best of it. For masters I also feel a bit stuck because I can't afford a lot of what is recommended on this sub or among my peer group, but also feel like I have the "wrong" type of degree and wouldn't get into a lot of programmes if they require minimum ECTS in certain subjects, even if I could afford to go.

So anyways, wondering if anyone has found themselves in a similar situation. Trying to use a business degree in a non businessy way, and also studying the language of the single greatest threat to Europe :/ Not sure is that some sort of stigma on my cv or not.

I do business and a language and I love the language but I have no passion for business. I was also offered linguistics with the same language pretty early into first year in a subsequent round of CAO offers but I didn't take it because I was a bit too scared of being unemployed after graduation. I can't financially justify changing course so I am just treating business like a responsibility that I might not like but I still need to take seriously. Some of my friends have said that for a masters I should do something I'm more interested in, but at this point I'm not sure would any of those programmes would take me since my undergraduate degree isn't relevant enough. In the meantime I also feel some level of insecurity about not doing a "proper" academic subject compared to my friends that I share language classes with. I'm not looking for strangers on Reddit to magically fix this for me, just needed to rant.

I'm a college student who plays an instrument well enough to teach it to beginners. Was thinking of giving lessons as a side hustle but just wondering if anyone knows the answers to any of my questions.

-How does one get students? I don't really know anyone in the town I live in, and come September I will be in Dublin anyway. So I'm not really sure how one does this.

-Legalities. Basically, do I need to pay tax? And in terms of teaching kids how does it work re: Garda vetting because I've been vetted before but I also know that vetting only applies per organisation and that a private citizen can't get vetted on their own.

I go to an Irish uni but our grading system is the same as far as I know. I just finished first year in a humanities course. I usually get 2:1s on my essays. I recently fluked my way into getting 77 percent on an essay (all my essays are capped at 80). But I don't actually understand what I did differently in this essay that made it better. In your experiences, what would you say sets these apart?