Past Review
By Broghan H (Chemical Engineering., Tufts University) for
University of Melbourne: Melbourne - Direct Enrollment & Exchange
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
Personal Information
| The term and year this program took place: | Spring 2009 |
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* Overall educational experience
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
RMIT Village is in a great location, but has very small rooms. I had a horrible roommate at first, but she moved out and my new roommate was fabulous. It feels like a dorm, which is great to meet new people. The RMIT orientation was very fun, lots of parties and social events. However, there is a guest policy that was fairly strict that the students had a hard time agreeing with. <br /><br /> |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
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Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | It is difficult because there is no "meal plan" and you have to buy all your food. |
Language
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | None |
Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Definetely study abroad. I was nervous when I left for Australia, but looking back, I can't imagine not doing it! I felt like I really owned the city and became very familiar with my neighborhood. My volleyball team became my family and the engineers I studied with are still some of my good friends. |
Individual Course Reviews
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Heat and Mass Transport Processes 1 |
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| Instructor: | Sandra Ketish |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | It was an awesome course! Very "real-world"...we talked about the economics of engineering and practices in industry. I really enjoyed Sandra and her style of teaching. The class was hard, but I felt like I got a lot out of it! |
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Reactor Engineering |
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| Instructor: | Greg Qiao |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Greg was a little difficult to understand, but the subject matter was well presented and the class was very interesting. A lot of math, but it was all very straight forward and well presented. |
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Biochemistry |
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| Instructor: | Irene Stanley |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | Very interesting, but definetely easier than the Bio 152 class offered at Tufts. There were a few professors who taught the course, and all of them were very articulate and well educated on their respective topics. |
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Weather and Climate Systems of Australia and New Zealand |
| Course Department: | 627-225 |
| Instructor: | Kevin Walsh |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | It was not what I was expecting...less cultural, more math. It was much more of a meteorological course than an Australian culture course. The professor was very dry and boring, but a very nice man. |
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