Reviews of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) | Australia

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Nate

Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States
Management Science, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Academic

Course recommendations

I think RMIT is going through a transition period, and I am sure that in less than five years it will be a top school. When I was there I saw a lot of improvment, in the buildings, teachers, and resources, but they had a long road infront of them. It really made me apprieciate Purdue a lot more!!!

My academic experiences

Quality of courses

Variety of courses

Access to resources

Interaction with teachers

Interaction with international students

Interaction with local students

Personal comments

The teaching methods are much different than in the US and I understand that some may say they are better, but I didn't like the fact that it was unacceptable to question lectures. They also needed to upgrade there computers drastically, which they were.

My opinion of the university assessment

Exams at end of course

Exams throughout the course

Essays and/or projects at the end of course

Essays and/or projects throughout the course

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Nate

Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States
Management Science, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Overall

I wish I had known...

How much it F$#@$%#*& rains in Melbourne!!!!!

In my opinion:

Most people loved it.

Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important

Academic reasons

1

Culture

4

Costs

3

Activities

4

Campus life

3

Party / people

4

Weather / location

4

Personal recommendation

You can only take 3 or four courses so don't go abroad to study go, go for the experience.

During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot

Became familiar with another culture

4

Traveled

4

Improved language skills

4

Met people from other countries

4

Became more independent

4

Partied a lot

4

Experienced a change in life

4

Advanced my studies & career

4

Final comments

Make sure if you go to Queensland that you don't go between December and March, all it does is rain. Also Look at Brisbaine, it was a great great city to see and there is so much to do close, it is also cheeper. Also I would recommend meeting some Australian exchange students at your home school. I did and it was the single best thing I did. When I got to Melbourne I had Assie friends to show me around and a place to stay.

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Nate

Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States
Management Science, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Expenses

Main source of funding:

Personal savings

Other sources of funding:

Other

Work opportunities:

I didn't want/need to work

Personal spending habits

The Phone and food is a rip, otherwise I was there to have fun and get everything out of it that I could. So I spent a lot of money. Alchol is very expensive be forewarned. The food is weird in the fact that it is almost as expensive to eat in as it is to eat out.

Travel, Telephone, Nightlife, Overall:

was more expensive than at home.

Housing:

was the same price as at home.

Food:

was less expensive than at home.

Accessibility of student needs

Second-hand text books

Second-hand household items

Second-hand bedding

Administrative

Money from home

Personal comments

Don't buy books, they are hard to sell and I only used two in a whole year. In Australia you can check them out at the Library. I had Internet banking and never opened an Aussie account and it worked beautifully, also if you need a large amount of cash you can get cash advances off a credit card from the Australian Post with no service fee. Anyways my bank never charged any intrest. I spent about USD$14,000 in 11 months

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