Good place to get perspective on what makes you happy in life Past Review

Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc.

The class system is such that there are large classes where the lectures are recorded and you can never show up to class and there are small classes where you will be very involved. If you want to work hard and learn, professors will be available to help and interested in your success. However if you do not want to do much work, you will also find your place.

On-site administration of your program

The program itself is large and quite disorganized so you have to know what you need. Great pre-orientation weekend trips (like surfing and wine tasting). It's important to figure out your class schedule as early as possible because you can't enroll in classes without your advisor manually putting in your schedule.

How satisfied were you with your living arrangements?

The main options are looking for a sublet, living in mostly study abroad housing (like Urbanest), and living in residential colleges. Urbanest upside is that you'll be with mostly Americans who want to travel as much as you, but the downside is that it won't be an immersive experience and it'll be difficult to meet Australians. The residential colleges are like Greek life and in most of them study abroad students are with the first years at the bottom of the social hierarchy. The exception to that is Mandelbaum House, which I'd highly recommend. It's a small community of mostly full-degree students (Australians and international) and several study abroad students every semester.

Great catered food in all residential colleges.

How integrated did you feel with the local culture?

The culture is generally relaxed and 'work to live'.

How well were health issues addressed during the program?

Didn't have any

Google is a little behind on this, but Darlington is a very safe neighborhood today. And the city in general is pretty clean and safe.

(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost)

I had prepaid food. Toiletries are expensive

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• coffee (it's the best in Australia)

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