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"I dont think you can transfer from an Australian uni to a US uni."</p>
<p>why not?
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Not true at all.. in fact, some schools give preference to students from overseas institutions when transferring (I am not sure whether this applies to US citizens overseas, or international students overseas).</p>
<p>But as I said before, the grading system in Australia is vastly different from the US... When my brother applied to grad school in the United States (he graduated from Melb Uni with as a Chem major), he made sure that his professors put down his PERCENTILE ranking to reflect the rigor of the program he was in (for example, in one of his classes he got something like 67 on the finals but that was enough to put him in the top 10% of the students who took that course).</p>
<p>anonymous, yuo should consider applying to very good but not super-elite US schools like Wisconsin, Purdue, Washington, Rutgers, Florida and so forth. Some of those will accept you, and they provide great environment and a solid education.</p>
<p>calx - yes i am also considering u of michigan - ann arbor and u of illinois - urbana. but i dont think that i will consider universities that are below umelbourne's or UNSW's standards. i mean it doesnt make sense to transfer out to a "worse" university.</p>
<p>y17k - you make it sound as if melbourne is very hard. i am sure it is nothing compared to the super-rigorous courses that cornell or carnegie offers. also, the reason i think that makes melbourne average gpa so low is maybe because of its low admission standards. i mean melbourne is a good university no doubt, but they accept just about anyone!</p>
<p>Keep in mind that transferring to a University in the US often requires that a certain number of credits already having been completed. For example, even for a US Citizen, many times, to transfer universities in their undergraduate studies or to transfer from a community college into a university, the applicant must have completed enough credits to count as a junior (go in as a thrid year), atleast that is how it is to get into most UC's and cal states</p>
<p>Umelb is not considerd the best in australia... ANU is (but seriously who would want to be stuck in canberra)</p>
<p>Both UNSW and Umelb have great exchange contacts in the US (I would say they actually have the best in australia from my personal judgement). UNSW in engineering is quite tough, i am pretty sure that the US colleges would be familiar with the different grade system and take that into consideration. It could be in your best interest to go to Umelb if it is easier as UNSW is supposed to have a 'better' engineering. However, given that in australia not many students travel interstate its likely you would still be competeing with the best of each state so all in all it could come down to a lifestyle decision. </p>
<p>I really was not much help was I? heh sorry</p>