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Hi, I have submitted documents on 31st july, dispatched to delhi embassy on 5th august, got my fee receipt after submission and submitted that as additional documents (without the embassy requesting for it) on 17th august. Does this delay my visa? My course starts sept 7th DCU, and they have agreed for extenstion for couple weeks post that date as my classes only start on 15th. the registration deadline on their website is 25th sept, i have not contacted them further about the extension, should i ? my_qualifications are 12th graduate, applied for Bsc Psychology and Mathematics DCU

Hi there. I'm starting the PME this year, which has lectures every Tues/Wed 4-8pm on Pats Campus. My preferred option for commuting is by car, as I'm coming from a school in rural Wicklow. Do I have any chance of getting a car space on Pats or All Hallows campus from about 3.30-8.30pm? My backup options are to try to find parking on the surrounding streets, does anyone know if they have time limits, e.g. "2 hr stay max", and also if they tend to be all taken at 3.30pm? I know that main campus has huge car parks, but I've heard they are also max capacity usually. (I do have other backups, e.g. the train (much longer journey), renting a car space nearby (expensive) etc.) Open to any advice at all, thank you!

I got admitted in DCU for January intake for Msc AI.
In the admit letter it mentioned for autumn intake - 12 months but for spring intake its 18 months

I applied here since I thought January intake would also be 12 month.

Could anyone share why this time difference?
(I already mailed them but still no reply that is why posting here)

Hey, I’m going into my Masters and I have a few questions to ask about the masters in general

•When do we get timetables/logins etc. I used Canva in my old Uni, do ye have something similar here?
•When do we get our Student ID, I’m assuming 1st week of class?
•I haven’t heard anything from DCU since I accepted my masters back in December, when do we start hearing from them
•I got a room in the Postgrad block, do you need to get cutlery and things like that for it?

Thanks!

I saw a post earlier something asking the same thing but i wanna ask about it more in depth if any professors are around or willing to share..
When marking a repeat, do you generally want to see the student pass if their new script genuinely reaches the standard, or are you completely detached and just mark it exactly like any other exam?
If someone got 38% first time, then studied properly, fixed the grammar mistakes that were costing them marks, and their repeat is borderline (39–40%), would you tend to look carefully for legitimate marks that could put them over the pass?
Also, do markers actually notice when a student’s writing/grammar has improved from their previous attempt?
Just curious what goes through your head when marking a borderline repeat.

Title says it. I had a resit last week, and I am absolutely shitting it for my results. I feel like I did awful, despite having studied so much and going into the exam so confidently.. the original exam was marked harsh enough so I was just wondering if this will be marked to the same standard… I’m only in first year, and I’ve passed all my other modules. This exam genuinely felt more difficult than the original, which doesn’t make sense to me.

Has anyone else been in this position? How do yous think yous did in the resits?

Has anybody had any joy in getting accommodation on campus? I’m going into second year, I applied in first year, didn’t get it, applied again that August and didnt get it. Applied in Feb this year, didn’t get it, and just emailed campus residences and they said there were no rooms available. I was told they’d be holding another lottery soon, so I’ll still hold out, but I was just checking if anyone has actually been successful in getting accommodation this way. It’s sickening, because I live so far away, and it’s literally impossible for me to get to campus before 11:30 with public transport..

For anyone who has experience marking university language exams:
I got 38% in my first Irish exam, 4 marks short of the pass. I realised afterwards that I was making mistakes because I was translating English phrases too literally into Irish.
For the repeat, I studied properly for about 2 weeks and specifically worked on those grammar/sentence-structure problems. In my essay this time, I noticed myself correcting a lot of the small grammatical errors I would have made in the first exam. I answered the whole paper and felt fairly confident, but the exam itself felt harder because I had to think much more about the grammar rather than translating directly.
My question is specifically: if you were marking this repeat and saw a student who had previously got 38%, but whose new script showed noticeably better grammar and fewer small errors, would you expect that improvement to translate into enough extra marks to pass?
And if the final mark was borderline, say 39%, would you normally go back through the script carefully for any legitimate partial marks/rounding, especially in a language exam?
I’m mainly interested in what actually happens from the marker’s perspective.

I’m 22, joining the access course for mechanical and manufacturing engineering.
There’s very little information about it anywhere online and was hoping if anyone here has any friends or people they know that have done the course?
Any help would be appreciated!!
Especially with times as website says 1 year part time but in prospectus there’s a full time option.
Thanks!

I'm an EU citizen planning to move to Ireland to study mechatronic at DCU, and I'd really appreciate hearing from current students or recent graduates.

I have a few questions:

how do you find the lecturers and the overall curriculum?

how stressful is the course?

roughly how much do you spend per month as a student?

how difficult is it to find a part-time job?

how hard is it to find accommodation, and what should I expect to pay?

also any general advice or things you wish you knew before starting would be great.

thanks!