What should I pay attention to when studying at G8 University in Australia?

20 1 1 When I first went to Australia, I had no relatives or friends there. Didn't do much preparation or didn't know what to prepare. I basically completely abandoned myself. Fortunately, I met a very good roommate and met me at the airport. The purpose of saying this is to tell you that it is naturally necessary to do more homework before studying abroad, but you don't have to be too nervous. Anyone can get used to it slowly, the better, don't worry too much. Let's talk about studying in Australia from six aspects: application for studying abroad, Australian life, work, study, play and immigration.

1. Application for studying abroad

If you study in Australia, considering many factors such as immigration, internship and employment, there are three core topics about studying abroad: how to choose a major? How to choose a city? How to choose a school? I have answered similar questions before. Can you look at the specific process of studying in Australia? -Jason's answer

Note: Don't regard the purpose of studying abroad as attending a prestigious school. It should be how to find a better job and earn a higher salary by studying abroad. This is meaningful. If you want to do this, you must consider the factors such as major selection, overseas work, internship and immigration very clearly! !

2.

life

Australia is still very comfortable to live in. First of all, let's talk about natural climate and air quality. Because it is surrounded by the sea, there will be no extreme weather all year round. Especially in Sydney, I mainly stayed in Sydney before. Sydney really belongs to a city that is neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. Melbourne will be colder in winter, and it will often rain a little. Brisbane is certainly hot, and it is not much colder in winter.

In addition, Australia's overall folk customs are relatively simple. In addition, Australia itself is an immigrant country, so racial discrimination rarely occurs. In addition, most of Australia's population consists of British whites, with few blacks. Generally speaking, the law and order is also very good. Only a few Middle Easterners or areas where Indians and Lebanese gather occasionally have security problems, and most areas are very, very good. Many friends have just gone to Australia and got lost, and there will be local people driving you home. Many friends lost their wallets or other valuables on the train or bus, and most of them were found back! In fact, what impressed me most about these details is that the city of Australia really has the feeling of "not closing the door at night".

Let's talk about the cost first. Studying in Australia, the annual living expenses are at least 6.5438+0.2 million RMB. See my list below for details:

Accommodation: 150-300 USD/week (40,000-80,000 RMB per year)

There are many forms of study and life in Australia, such as: homestay family (300+/ week), independent single room (200+/ week) and shared rent (150+/ week), so the accommodation cost is a range. Share is actually very good for people with average economic conditions. At least two people are studying in universities in China. Where on earth should Sydney live? You can look at the question I answered earlier.

Eat: 65,438+02 USD per meal (55,000 RMB/year)

The price of 12 Australian dollars per meal is neither too high nor too low, which is basically the price of a bibimbap. A meal in the school canteen costs 7 or 8 yuan, but the most economical way to eat is to buy food and cook by yourself, which saves money. Spending $50 a week on food should be almost enough. In addition, there are so many delicious foods in Sydney that parents should never worry that our international students will be hungry or not used to eating, not at all. Chinese supermarkets in Sydney sell Laoganma, instant noodles from China, xinjiang cuisine, Sichuan, Cantonese and Shanghai cuisine. Korean food, Japanese food, Thai food and Vietnamese food in other countries are all dead and delicious. This is mainly due to the problem of immigrant countries. There are many people everywhere, so it is natural and authentic.

Transportation fee: 75 USD/week (20,000 RMB/year)

If conditions permit, it is best to live near the school and walk to and from school. This is the most convenient and economical. Otherwise, it's normal to spend a day 15 yuan in traffic. I go to school five days a week, and the cost is * * * $ 75/ week.

work

I talked for a long time about spending money. Let's talk about making money first. I strongly encourage students to go abroad to work more, on the one hand, they can earn some money and subsidize their living expenses; On the other hand, this is definitely an exercise for yourself, and it is also the most important step to truly integrate and experience the life of studying abroad. Domestic students often think that spending money at home during their studies is a matter of course, but in fact, you find out when you go abroad that you are a strange person if you don't work. Locals and junior high school students have come out to work in McDonald's, and there are more high schools. /kloc-After 0/8 years old, the locals can't wait to move away from home. They think it is even shameful to spend money at home as adults. This state really affected me, so I made up my mind to make a living by working on my own. Common part-time jobs in Australia are as follows:

Catering industry (this is the most, because the demand is large, but it is dirty and hard, and the company cost 65438 USD +00+/ hour).

Supermarket (girls can be cashiers, boys can be tally clerks, girls are more relaxed, and boys are manual workers $ 10+/ hour)

Cleanliness addiction (this is hard and dirty, but I heard that the salary is good, $ 16+/ hour)

Professional work (this depends on personal level. If an IT giant writes great code and finds a job, his salary will be gone.

During studying in Australia, generally speaking, there are about 4 days of classes a week. At least I can work on Saturday and Sunday, or in winter and summer vacations. It's really no problem to make good use of this time and earn living expenses.

Regarding the problem of finding a job, we can mainly look at the following ways:

Chinese forums (Sydney Today, Tick Tock, Ozyoyo (Brisbane), Adelaide BBS, Yiwan (Melbourne))

Local recruitment website (Seek- AustraliaNo. 1).

The recruitment channel on the school website

study

Talk about the special features of reading. Studying abroad, the cost of failing the exam is very high, because there is no make-up exam, and the only choice for failing the exam is to rebuild and pay the tuition again, and two or three thousand yuan will be gone at any time. Money is still a trivial matter, the key is to waste time. If the subject you failed is still open next semester, that's easy to say. If you don't open it, you have to wait for a year, which is very troublesome. In addition to suggesting that you study hard and prepare well, the following points are particularly important:

Choose a course

Choosing courses is super important. If you don't want to fail, you must confirm with your seniors or seniors which courses you should choose and which courses you should not choose. It is very important which teacher can attend and which teacher can't. In addition, when you first go to school, don't blindly choose the courses you are interested in. Be sure to confirm the passing rate of this course. If it is a relatively low subject, it is recommended not to choose it for the time being.

copy

Plagiarism is a high-voltage line that our classmates in China often violate. I solemnly emphasize with my classmates here that this matter is too serious. Everyone must pay attention to it and don't have any luck. After plagiarism is confirmed, the lightest thing is to get 0 points in this course, and if it is serious, it will be dropped out, while other schools generally don't like to accept such students who drop out.

Our classmates may say, I will refer to the homework of my predecessors or classmates, replace synonyms or disrupt the order of paragraphs. Comrades are "naive! ! ! ! "Abroad, a system called Turnitin is used to check plagiarism. It will compare your homework with that of your classmates and former seniors. If the repetition rate is higher than a percentage, the system will play your homework to the teacher for manual review. There are still many people who plagiarize unintentionally, such as forgetting to add references, which is also a very troublesome problem and is likely to be identified as plagiarism. So, everyone must remember! ! The problem of plagiarism is the high-voltage line, don't touch it! ! !

cheat

Cheating is more serious! ! Once you get caught, you're absolutely finished. Australia will pass 50 points. This is not true. Don't cheat !

play

In entertainment, Australia is not bad. There are KTV, bars, clubs and Internet cafes. However, to go to Australia, you must play something special. I strongly recommend you to play the following things:

Camping. Take tents and friends to find a forest park to camp, barbecue and fish. It was fun.

Go fishing at sea. Everyone has fished. Fishing at sea is a characteristic of Australia. You have to go through it.

Golf. The domestic aristocratic movement is an ordinary movement abroad, and it really doesn't cost much. Dozens of Australian dollars can play 18 holes.

Step 6 migrate

I have talked about immigration many times. I strongly suggest that every friend who goes to study in Australia must know clearly about Australia's immigration policy in advance before deciding whether to immigrate or not. There are indeed many people, who didn't know before, chose their majors in a hurry, and then went to Australia and found that they could not immigrate or had various problems. What a pity. It is very important to prepare in advance! ! Please see the following article for details!