<p>Which would you choose based on location only? I would either be at Auckland, Melbourne, or Sydney. I am a civil engineering major. Which would you choose based on academics? I would like to do a semester at one of these places.</p>
<p>Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland. In that order. Melbourne and Sydney are pretty close in prestige, with Melbourne having a slight edge. In deciding between Sydney and Melbourne, you should pick based off of location, etc. rather than academics. As they are pretty equal in that arena.</p>