Just as the title would suggest, I’m a filthy college drop out. I started in UCD last week and, 3 days in, decided to withdraw from my course. Which was the 6 Year Medicine degree. I handed back my student card and decided I’d never set foot in the place again. UCD and I are [...]
The End of Emerald’s journey.
Well I thought it was about time I wrote my last blog post, since we’re going to be booted off any day now to make way for the next batch of helpless leaving certs. Despite promising myself weeks ago that I would check my results online (so as not to return to that awful place [...]
I’ve always been terribly impatient, call it a character flaw if you will. Luckily, to put off pacing around the house anticipating results I had an amazing holiday of 10 days with 10 friends in Barcelona, coming back just 5 days before results, ensuring that my nails remained unbitten and my hair not torn out. [...]
…I’m a Doctor! Today has been the much awaited CAO offers day. My lack of nerves in the run up to the actual Leaving Certificate Results was made up for, infinite times, last night as I gritted my teeth and crossed all of my fingers, hoping against hope I’d be offered Medicine today. I’m not [...]
The end, my friends.
… alas. Too much napping in airports and planes today means that I am now wide-awake and talking to others in the same pre-result position as myself. Like, we’ll be grand. A few years from now this will all be a distant memory, like seriously – does anyone out there still care about that re-arranged [...]
Day before the results. Woo.
One day left folks, and hasn’t August 12th rolled around a lot sooner than imagined? I don’t have a whole lot to say here, this renewed sense of anticipation I’ve been trying to ignore is sitting rather uncomfortably somewhere in my stomach, competing for space with a family of butterflies. I do wish everyone the [...]
It’s just a mere week until the Leaving Cert Results… Nervous Yet? Now, not to worry anyone but this day shall decide your future. Will you be getting your course of preference? Will you be repeating? Will you meet all your matriculation requirements? Will you be branded a success or a failure? In just 7 [...]
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