what is needed for uni..

[u/CabinetRealistic5991]

this feels like such a stupid question, but what do i need to bring to university everyday & what i should have 😭😭

the offers are coming on wednesday and ive gotten nothing

[u/Top_One_5131]

I’m probably gnna stock up on highlighters/ pens and get 1 refill pad with seperaters.for leaving cert a weekly schedule book really helped me stay on track so deffo gnna get another one for colly ANDDD im gnna get a new school bag that’s just black and decorate it with pins and stuff and then clothes too cus I need a few new pieces URMM THERES DEFINITELY WAY MORE ESSENTIALS but that’s all I can think of rn go on tik tok for more advice

[u/nerdboy_king → u/Top_One_5131]

Depending on your course a laptop is more helpful than refill pad

One of my notes documents from 1st semester has about 40 pages

[u/Top_One_5131 → u/nerdboy_king]

Oh yes I’ve a laptop

[u/Putrid_Bumblebee_692]

Honestly a note book with dividers ,a multi pocket folder ,A pack of pens , couple highlighters and a calculator depending on the course I’m going into my final year and I’m not bringing anything else you just don’t need all the random stuff people buy

[u/inatemate1 → u/Putrid_Bumblebee_692]

Would I be able to just bring my stuff from secondary school?

[u/Top_One_5131 → u/inatemate1]

That’s what I’m gnna do

[u/Top_One_5131 → u/[deleted]]

I’m 4 points away from quantity surveying in Bolton street and then 2nd course is construction management 🤞🏽

[u/Putrid_Bumblebee_692 → u/inatemate1]

Yup if you need anything specific the lecturers will tell you

[u/UUS3RRNA4ME3]

You will need a laptop. That's it really. Some pens and a copybook if you like taking physical notes.

It's been over 10 years since I went to college and even then everything was online. All communications are online. All assignments are given online and submitted online except a select few (which I presume nowadays are online too).

[u/redglawer]

The duality of these two comments lol

[u/BlankCheese6336]

You could probably walk into college with nothing more than a pen and notebook and be fine for a few weeks. All you need is a refill pad with dividers (as others have said already) and some pens. And you will probably need a laptop or an ipad with a keyboard at some stage. In my course one lecturer would recommend books for a module but none of us ever got them and we were grand because we just learned the material that she provided for us online. But in other courses it might be a different story im not sure

[u/Fit_Excitement_2145]

Depends what youre doing but generally all you need is something to write on, a pen (multicolour if you want to be extra organised), some highlighters and a laptop. If you prefer typing your notes then all you need is a laptop i think but its always good to have a notepad and some pens incase you’re drawing a diagram or doing some brainstorming for group work

[u/Gorzoid]

First week, you could bring absolutely nothing and be fine. As mentioned above you'll likely want a laptop or tablet as most material, i.e. lecture slides, tutorial/lab exercises and assignments will be distributed over some web portal (phone works but can get annoying)

If your course needs textbooks you'll likely be given a list in first week or 2, many courses have no mandatory textbooks though.

Bring a notepad and pen for note taking / completing exercises in tutorials.

You'll be fine, uni starts slow for this exact reason.

[u/foffela1]

Nothing basically. Like I'm hoping to do Comp Sci so basically all I need there is a laptop. It really depends on the course but a laptop/tablet is the most important.