<p>i've got a couple of friends who've studied abroad in the us from australia, and they felt the work was far easier in the US than it was back here in Australia... having said that, the difficulty of the work isn't important, it's the respect the university holds...</p>
<p>hey..thnx for all the suggestions...if i study abroad from Aus..will i be able to experience a normal berkeley life..or do exchange students have their own place to learn? sry..this is probably an ignorant question..but afterall im still a FRESHMAN in highschool...turning sophmore soon tho.</p>
<p>As far as I know inetrnational students studying for a year abroad take classes whit every one else.</p>
<p>you study with everyone else, the whole idea of study abroad is to experience life in another university, in another country... grouping all the exchange students together for their own classes would defeat this purpose...</p>
<p>Hey if i am stealing this thread because i am not intending too (its just that i havnt seen any threads about australian universities).</p>
<p>I know that ranking can sometimes be misleading, but on a realistic note how would you place top australian universities like U Melb and UNSW along with the US univs. Could you maybe give me some univs in the US that you reckon are at the same level as U Melb and UNSW?</p>
<p>The Universiy of Melbourne is the best regarded one internationaly. I would say it would be around an Emory for people in the know. UNSW is not as well known and I am not so sure what it would be compared to. Personally I would say it would be around a George Washington University or a University of California, Santa Barbara but I do not know it as well as Melbourne.</p>
<p>It is a completely different system so it is quite hard to truely compare them. Remember that different countries favour different universities ... for instance i think its china prefers UNSW while korea prefers USYD (i cant remember exact prefrences but i know asian countries have favourites in australia .. i dont know who likes Umelbourne sorry..sure its someone). America is the other side of the world so it goes both ways, not many people in australia would know of Darthmouth but that does not mean it is a 'poor' university. Although i realise you are most likely asking as it makes sense to have name recognition for you ... </p>
<p>Personally i would say Umelbourne would be above emory... but of course i am biased as i am australian. (same with UNSW comparied to GW). </p>
<p>Best way to work out who they compare to is to look at exchange links as uni's tend to try to stick to institutions on a similar level.</p>
<p>I have linked this in another thread but i forget where so i may as well do it again :) </p>
<p>UNSW:
<a href="http://www.international.unsw.edu.au/exchange/exchangepartners.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.international.unsw.edu.au/exchange/exchangepartners.html</a></p>
<p>USYD:
<a href="http://www.usyd.edu.au/internationaloffice/partners/exchange_partners.shtml#lis%5B/url%5D">http://www.usyd.edu.au/internationaloffice/partners/exchange_partners.shtml#lis</a>
(sorry i could not find list itself .. there are links to lists on that page though)</p>
<p>Umelbourne:
<a href="http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/exchanges/goabroad/ex/partners6.html#USA%5B/url%5D">http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/exchanges/goabroad/ex/partners6.html#USA</a></p>
<p>BTW the best university in australia is supposed to be Australian National University (ANU) in canberra. But people tend to stick to their own area in australia and its rare someone would move to canberra to study.</p>
<p>also i just woke up so appoligies for spelling mistakes or if some sentences dont make sense .. need to get some caffine into me :)</p>