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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
We lived in Coogee (one of the beach-y suburbs) and there are great cafes there... go to Globe. But the best night life is in Darling Harbour and Kings Cross.
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Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I lived with 5 other international students -- it was very culturally diverse
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Personal comments
We found an off-campus house that was relatively close to the Uni; we got along famously and worked/studied well together
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It is all in English -- there were no language barriers. It is imperative that you attend tutorials, as instructors are not the primary coursework evaluators
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Academic
Course recommendations
Take international business at the main campus; it was a really great course with a phenomenal lecturer. Australian sociology was a trip... liberal arts courses in Australia are taught very differently in Oz compared to the states. I took a couple of classes at the college of fine arts (a different campus) -- they were awesome. I highly recommend taking an arts course or two there.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Marketing courses could have been organized a bit better.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I worked, but it was illegal/cash in hand work
Personal spending habits
The cost of living is higher in Australia than in Texas. Travel expenses to see Australia and NZ were obviously more than i would spend in a given semester traveling to and from cities in Texas
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Food, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Cell phones are much more expensive in Australia than in the US -- budget for high cell phone expense
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Stay for a year -- its beautiful and so worth it.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
The Uni doesn't have a close on-campus student friendship fostering feel the way it does in Texas... I hung out with other international students I met through my exchange program and locals i met in class.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Tour the east coast... sail around the whitsundays, 4x4 frasier island, scuba dive the great barrier reef, fly to new zealand, take advantage of the proxitiy to south east asia.
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